About

Bostick Cemetery is an early burying ground in the area that is now known as Garnett, South Carolina.

A burying area that was begun outside the fence was most probably an early slave cemetery.  There are now many graves there that are not memorialized with headstones.

I have collected death certificates and made photographs of markers, and have published them here in memoriam to those people.

CHARLES. Faithful Servant of B. R. Bostick, Esq. died 1841 aged 55 years. 30 years an efficient preacher in the M.E.C. This Stone is erected by his friends & brethren among whom (illegible)

CHARLES.
Faithful Servant of
B. R. Bostick, Esq.
died 1841
aged 55 years.
30 years an efficient
preacher in the M.E.C.
This Stone is erected by his
friends & brethren
among whom
(illegible)

2 thoughts on “About

  1. This is a fascinating look into the history of your area! I’ve always loved walking through cemeteries; any chance I get on holidays, I’ll take the time – more frequently than museums. The investigative aspect is also intriguing. I once came across a grave marker in a Scottish cemetery, lost in a back corner in the overgrowth, from 1639, the only legible part being “Knight of…”

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