NEW MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY (1879), Anderson County, SC A.K.A. Version 2.3, 16-Jan-2009, A203.TXT, A203 ******************************************************************************** It's believed that the usage of any original work submittals contained within these webpages such as articles, compiling, photographs or graphics, conform to Fair Use Doctrine & Copyright Guidelines. COPYRIGHT NOTE: (1.) Works published before 1923, are considered to be public- domain. (2.) Works published 1923-1977 without a copyright notice, are considered to be public-domain. (3.) Unpublished non-copyrighted works will have Author permission for public-domain. Facts, names, dates, events, places & data can not be copyrighted. Narration, compilations and creative works can be copyrighted. Copyright law in the U.S. does not protect facts or data, just the presentation of this data. REPRODUCING NOTICE: These electronic pages may only be reproduced for personal or 501(c) Not-For-Profit Society use. Use the following names, if, you would like to give any author compiling credit. AUTHORS: Paul M. Kankula-NN8NN & Gary L. Flynn-KE8FD *********************************************************************** 05-01-15 HISTORY WRITE-UP : E.E. Vaughn at Pastense2@aol.com CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > Latitude N x Longitude W CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ In the Carolina Room, you will find bits and pieces of information collected by me, in my travels in different Counties in South Carolina. Visit http://members.aol.com/pastense2/scroom.htm In the Carolina Room, I have stored many documents that pertain to the State of South Carolina, however, I do have some records that I have acquired from other States, as well. Here you will find a little bit of my Family History, South Carolina Misc. Records extracted, from (wills, deeds, marriage records, deaths records, probate records) Penitentiary Records, Coroner Inquisitions, Church Cemetery transcriptions where to get copies of these books, pictures, census information, surname connections, Mortality records, Slave records and Mortgage Records. Many of the items in my possession, were copied from the original document and later compiled and placed in one of my many databases, for future reference. Keep in mind, that a lot of hard work has been placed in the years of research that I have done. Most of what you will find here I freely share, with the understanding that it is copyrighted material, published either by me or someone else, that I have acknowledged. The following history information was taken from the Inventory of Church Archives of Churches 1935. By: E.E. Vaughn New Mt. Pisgah Bapt. 18 mi. NW of Anderson Organized 1879 1st 1879 - 1887 in log structure in present site; 2nd 1887 - 1907 wooden frame; 3rd 1907 - 1939 wooden frame. Built 1939, consecrated June 28, 1939. Wooden frame, oblong shaped 34 X 42, no bell or belfry. Plain square doors and windows. Capacity 325. Value of building $2800, value of lot $200, total value of property $3000.00. First settled clergy Rev. Aaron Walker, tenure 1879 - 1882. Present membership 162. This church was named New Mount Pisgah after the white peoples church Mt. Pisgah about one and one half mile east. The members worshipped at Mt. Pisgah prior to their organization. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife ?, Dora Louise, b. 18-sep-1912 d. 26-jan-1988 Acker, Clarence, b. 26-oct-1912 d. 4-may-1985 Acker, Enoree R., b. 26-jan-1910 d. 6-sep-1982 Adams, Barbara, b. 1950 d. 5-nov-2004 Alexander, Bertha Louise, b. 4-sep-1960 d. 23-apr-1969 Alexander, Betty H., b. 1-jan-1944 d. 20-oct-1993 Blassingame, Annie Mae, b. 23-jul-1902 d. Blassingame, Clarence E., b. 22-jul-1928 d. 17-jun-2007 Blassingame, James L., b. 30-mar-1922 d. 8-may-1965 Blassingame, L.G., b. 22-jan-1921 d. 21-apr-1981 Blassingame, Luther, b. 16-oct-1895 d. 17-jan-1973 Blassingame, Mary Moorehead, b. 9-dec-1919 d. 13-oct-2000 Blassingame, Maudie L., b. 2-dec-1923 d. 1-jan-1972 Blassingame, Samuel P., b. 23-sep-1930 d. 21-sep-2003 Bowens, Annie W., b. 28-aug-1912 d. 3-oct-1995 Breazeale, Harden, b. 24-jun-1922 d. 20-dec-1967 Breazeale, Josie Lee Benson, b. 14-jul-1903 d. 22-feb-1950 Brewer, Harton, d. 26-dec-1991 Brown, Tiney Maer, no dates Burts, O. Clifton, b. 6-feb-1915 d. 20-feb-1982 Burts, Sallie R., b. 1882 d. 1959 Byrd, George Jr., b. 11-feb-1936 d. 13-nov-1960 Byrd, James Arthur, b. 26-feb-1938 d. 2-oct-1967 Byrd, Lelia R., b. 7-aug-1920 d. 7-jun-1974 Cannon, Maude L., b. 12-mar-1901 d. 17-jun-1981 Cannon, Ruth Moorehead, 29-mar-1914 d. 21-jan-2002 Crite, Alicia C. Scott, b. 1-aug-1937 d. 1-oct-1966 Crite, L.C., b.15-apr-1930 d. 15-jul-1951 Cureton, Joe Harvey, b. 31-aug-1917 d. 25-oct-1990 Cureton, Matthew O., b. 25-jun-1914 d. 8-jul-1969 Cureton, Rev. Y.W., b. 1875 d. 1939 Cureton, Yancy Warren, b. 31-oct-1919 d. 17-dec-1971 Dean, Hoke, b. 22-may-1887 d. 7-feb-1961 Durham, Zane Christopher, b. 2-feb-1974 d. 18-jul-1998 Ellington, Phoebia, b. 3-mar-1894 d. 13 Jan-1977 Fisher, John H., b. 19-sep-1925 Fisher, Mamie A., b. 27-mar-1933 d. 25-may-1996 Gamble, Julia R., b. 19-dec-1902 d. 1-mar-1977 Hagan, Dora L.M., b. 1904 d. 2008 Hagood, Bertha Lee R., b. 1-nov-1921 d. 7-apr-1989 Hagood, Ronald, d. 5-feb-1967 Hallum, Leroy, b. 28-mar-1917 d. 16-apr-1955 Hallums, Hovey Jr., b. 15-oct-1936 d. 11-aug-1945 Hammonds, Eula Mae Jackson, b. 21-feb-1908 d. 7-nov-1962 Hogan, Jack, b. 1936 d. 2007 Jackson, Elizabeth H., b. 18-jan-1877 d. 3-oct-1947 Johnson, Lillian R., b. 28-sep-1908 d. 18-jan-2000 Johnson, Mayshack, b. 3-feb-1908 d. 14-jul-1979 Johnson, Willie Mae, b. 5-jan-1932 d. 4-nov-1977 Jones, Early, b. 8-jan-1888 d. 20-mar-1969 Jones, Helen Crite, b. 1-aug-1931 d. 9-sep-1992 Jones, James, b. 8-jan-1898 d. 20-mar-1967 Jones, Marie, b. 2-feb-1898 d. 7-dec-1971 Lacey, Thomas, b. 17-jul-1921 d. 19-feb-1963 Ledbetter, General P., b. 6-feb-1919 d. 29-dec-1972 Ledbetter, Josephine Robinson, b. 7-dec-1894 d. 13-jan-1960 Ledbetter, Rev. Jay H., b. 19-jun-1892 d. 1-may-1969 Ledbliter, Harriett, b. 18-oct-1960 d. 18-jan-1963 Ledbliter, Johnnil L., b. 16-jul-1923 d. 3-aug-1961 Long, James, b. 4-dec-1912 d. 6-feb-1994 Long, Nolin, b. 15-nov-1919 d. 10-jul-1967 Long, Ruby B., b. 14-nov-1912 d. 19-jan-1973 Lucas, Robert Lee, b. 1931 d. 1956 Massey, James Albert (Jr.), b. 1959 d. 1976 Massey, James Albert (Sr.), b. 15-sep-1929 d. 21-nov-1999 Mattox, Charles E., b. 1924 d. 1951 Mattox, Eudie S., b. 1890 d. 1963 Mattox, William H., b. 1926 d. 1945 McClendon, Rosa T., b. 29-oct-1906 d. 16-may-1973 McClendon, Ruby, b. 1926 d. 2001 McClendon, William, b. 22-jan-1904 d. 2-may-1986 Moorhead, Furman, b. 14-sep-1933 d. 4-jul-1960 Moorhead, Lloyd, b. 3-may-1927 d. 21-jul-1968 Moraney, Angela Denise, b. 13-feb-1970 d. 2-apr-1974 Moraney, Berdie Mae, b. 6-oct-1939 Moraney, James Allen, b. 6-nov-1941 d. 28-mar-1974 Nash, Doris, b. 1930 d. 1962 Reeves, Melvin, b. 4-feb-1912 d. 27-dec-2004 Rhodes, Mirriam Johnson, b. 9-aug-1937 d. 28-apr-1970 Richey, Helen B., b. 1909 d. 1963 Robinson, Benjamin Jr., b. 15-oct-1932 d. 28-mar-1983 Robinson, Benjamin, b. 8-jul-1894 d. 24-sep-1936 Robinson, Earnestine, d. 11-feb-1945 d. 28-feb-1970 Robinson, Eva Davis, b. 12-apr-1891 d. 8-apr-1961 Robinson, Lillie B., b. 3-jun-1898 d. 23-nov-1965 Robinson, Pauline B., b. 21-jul-1914 d. 5-jun-2006 Robinson, Pauline, b. 22-feb-1914 d. 5-oct-1938 Robinson, Roy, b. 1907 d. 1976 Rosemond, Annar, b. 1885 d. 1956 Scott, Arthur, b. 1893 d. 1993 Scott, Edith, b. 1906 d. 1996 Scott, Sammie Lee, b. 10-aug-1988 d. 3-jun-1962 Sligh, Baby Desmond D., b. 26-apr-1972 d. 28-apr-1972 Sligh, Baby Jerry Lee, d. 9-jun-1953 Sligh, J.W., b. 12-mar-1915 d. 13-oct-2005 Sligh, James, b. 28-jul-1911 d. 22-jul-1995 Sligh, Lizzie Ladd, b. 15-jul-1899 d. 10-may-1980 Sligh, Lois L., b. 28-jul-1917 d. 10-dec-1969 Sligh, Maggie M., b. 1-mar-1917 d. 7-may-1992 Smith, Berdie W., b. 12-apr-1917 d. 26-sep-1997 Smith, Birdie W., b. 12-apr-1917 d. 26-sep-1997 Smith, Eddie, b. 12-nov-1912 d. 15-oct-1993 Tarrent, John, d. 12-sep-1936 Taylor, d. 13-mar-1933 Taylor, Eller Nee, b. 23-apr-1918 d. 7-feb-1974 Taylor, Elvira B., b. 15-mar-1863 d. 6-jan-1965 Taylor, Eugene, b. 1900 d. Taylor, Joe Ed, b. 7-jul-1914 d. 24-jun-1966 Taylor, Luther, b. 1907 d. 1957 Taylor, Mary Dirton, b. 6-may-1915 d. 6-jun-1942 Taylor, Mary L., b. 1903 d. 1938 Taylor, Robert Sr., b. 10-feb-1861 d. 20-jun-1933 Taylor, Robert, b. 4-feb-1896 d. 11-nov-1965 Turmon, Dan, b. 15-aug-1920 d. 12-aug-1991 Tutt, John Henry, b. 2-jun-1933 d. 11-jun-1972 Tutt, Mamie Lee M., b. 16-mar-1908 d. 13-jul-1973 Tutt, Richard Carrie, b. 1-jan-1932 d. 24-may-1989 Tutt, Richard, b. 29-dec-1898 d. 21-oct-1962 Walton, Alpha Mae, b. 25-sep-1936 d. 15-apr-2007 Walton, Ben L., b. 1903 d. 1991 Walton, Charlie Mae, b. 1907 d. 1979 Walton, George B., b. 1926 d. 2007 Walton, Javon Tyrek, b. 23-jan-2000 d. 26-jan-2000 Walton, Sylvene A., b. 15-may-1919 d. 16-jul-2002 Westfield, Anna C., b. 18-feb-1904 d. 21-sep-1960 Westfield, Ervin S., b. 14-oct-1903 d. 26-nov-1986 Westfield, Nathaniel, b. 11-nov-1923 d. 26-feb-1940 Westfield, Wade Hampton, b. 14-oct-1875 d. 7-apr-1959 Williams, Juanita L., b. 12-jan-1929 d. 25-dec-1961 Williams, Lisa Denise, b. 1963 d. 1963