This cemetery used to be next to the Old Salem Methodist Church. The church building was moved, the cemetery remains. It is on private property, in a wooded area near the railroad tracks. It is badly in need of some loving care. We will be working to record and restore what we can.
The burial ground from just inside the remnants of the wall.
Photo above contributed by Pam Miller, www.pamiller.net
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Jeremiah Leak
died Feb 27, 1853, age 73 (born 1780)
Jeremiah Franklin Leak Sr. was my 5th great grandfather. LMB
Jane B. Leak, wife of Jeremiah Leak
died May 10, 1862, age 65 (born 1797)
John W. Leak, son of Thomas and Charlotte Leak
July 18, 1828 – April 6, 1830
Martha Elizabeth Leak, daughter of T. & C. Leak
Aug. 20, 1823 – Aug. 16, 1827
George Leak
died Oct. 29, 1819, age 53 (born 1766)
“To the Memory of George Leak who departed this life 29 October 1819 Aged 53 years”
Footstone dated 1819. Photos contributed by Pam Miller, www.pamiller.net
John B. Leake
son of W.J. and S.C. Leak
Dec. 12, 1863 – Nov. 23, 1864
James S. Adair
Oct. 15, 1771 – June 6, 1862
Delilah A.H. Adair
wife of James Adair
Nov. 29, 1783 – Jan. 18, 1864
Hannah Simpson
wife of Nathan Simpson, daughter of Jas. & Delilah Adair
Nov. 7, 1816 – Dec. 8, 1884
Miss Mary E. Simpson
Nov. 13, 1834 – Sept. 1854
William Adair
son of Jas. & Delilah Adair
Oct. 1822 – Oct. 1841
James Henry Adair
son of Jas. & Delilah Adair
Aug. 4, 1820 – April 1, 1865
Edmond Adair
1814 – Oct. 10, 1895
Susan Adair
Dec. 11, 1813 – Sept. 10, 1885
Delilah Adair
daughter of Edmund & Susan Adair
Nov. 20, 1853 – April 26, 1854
Infant daughter of Edmund & Susan Adair
born and died 1839
Martha Thompson Adair
daughter of Edmund & Susan Adair
March 10, 1842 – Dec. 18, 1893
William Adair
Sept. 12, 1812 – April 15, 1844
John C. Calhoun Adair
June 20, 1851 – Sept. 6, 1878
Sarah Talulah Adair
daughter of J.H. & Elizabeth Adair
April 16, 1860 – Oct. 11, 1872
Sarah Ann Meadors
wife of P.M. Meadors
died Aug. 8, 1880, about 50 years old. A Methodist
Erected by Mrs. Mary Jones
Delilah Potter
wife of Moses Potter, daughter of J.J. & M.W. Ramage
Jan. 6, 1834 – May 2, 1871
Isaac Adair
July 31, 1818 – Aug. 9, 1863
Sallie Adair
Feb. 9, 1818 – Feb. 6, 1898
Little Sallie Copeland
daughter of D.T. & M.H. Copeland
Aug. 4, 1866 – Aug. 12, 1867
Mattie H. (Martha) Copeland
wife of David T. Copeland
Jan. 1844 – March 29, 1880
Thomas Holland
Aug. 16, 1805 – March 23, 1850
Mary Holland
wife of Thomas Holland
May 22, 1811 – March 25, 1860
Thomas Rutledge Holland Jr. and Mary Leak were my 4th great grandparents.
Wyatt R. Holland
son of Thomas & Mary Holland
July 19, 1837 – April 8, 1855
Greenberry Reason Holland
Feb. 7, 1835 – April 15, 1865
Sarah Ann Missouri Holland
November 6, 1844 – March 16, 1865
Thomas Rutledge Holland III
husband of Nancy S. Holland
March 4, 1831 – May 11, 1856
William W. Holland
son of Thomas & Nancy Holland
1853 – 1855
Elias Bearden
Aug. 29, 1819 – Dec. 3, 1864
J.L. Bearden
May 16, 1857 – Nov. 6, 1880
Jane E. Bearden
March 4, 1861 – Sept. 13, 1867
Della M. Bearden
May 5, 1863 – Nov. 24, 1877
Melinda Briggs
daughter of R.P. & S.E. Briggs
June 21, 1862 – Dec. 28, 1863
Deen, N., 16
1831
Deen, A.(close to above)
Wright, K.E.
1831
Z.B.W. (next)
Several stones, unmarked and plain, are clearly placed outside the old cemetery fence. I would assume that these are markers of enslaved people.
This burying ground is in Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina.