Old Quaker Cemetery - Notable Gravesites

Notable Gravesites

  • Agnes of Glasgow, (1760–1780) - A lost lover and part of a local legend, which local folklore claims still haunts the cemetery to present day.
  • Richmond Hobson Hilton, (1898–1933) - World War I Medal of Honor recipient.
  • John Canty Villepigue, (1896–1919) - World War I Medal of Honor recipient.
  • John Peter Richardson III, (1829–1899) - South Carolina Governor from 1886 to 1890.
  • Richard Rowland Kirkland, (1843–1863) - Civil War Confederate soldier and hero at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
  • Joseph Brevard Kershaw, (1822–1894) - Confederate Civil War General, president of the South Carolina State Senate, and for whose forebearers Kershaw County was named.
  • John Doby Kennedy, (1840–1896) - Confederate Army General during the Civil War, and later South Carolina Lieutenant Governor.
  • John Bordenave Villepigue, (1830–1862) - Confederate Civil War General, and ancestor to John Canty Villepigue.

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