MOUNT SINAI BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC
A.K.A. Pickens, SC

Version 2.3, 4-Oct-2003, P183.TXT, P183


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CEMETERY LOCATION:
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Locate intersection of Highways 178 and 183 in Pickens.
Drive (S) on Highway 178 (Pendleton Rd).
In 2.0 miles turn left (E) onto SR S39-267 (Bethlehem Rd).
In 0.1 miles turn right (S) onto Old Liberty-Pickens Rd.
In 1.2 miles turn left (NE) onto SR S39-204 (Country Club Rd).
Drive 0.7 miles (NE) to church on your right

Latitude N 34 50.691 x Longitude W 82 41.315


CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY:
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It has been reported by Miller family descendants, that the graves of Isaac 
Miller and his extended family have now been covered by a church parking lot.

It's assumed that legal authority was obtained by the church and/or their paving 
contractor.  

The following information is for your information only. 

S.C. Code of Laws, Section 16-17-600. 
Destruction or desecration of human remains or repositories thereof; liability 
of crematory operators; penalties. 

(B) It is unlawful for a person willfully and knowingly, and without proper 
legal authority to: 

(1) obliterate, vandalize, or desecrate a burial ground where human skeletal 
remains are buried, a grave, graveyard, tomb, mausoleum, or other repository of 
human remains; 

(2) deface, vandalize, injure, or remove a gravestone or other memorial monument 
or marker commemorating a deceased person or group of persons, whether located 
within or outside of a recognized cemetery, memorial park, or battlefield; or 

(3) obliterate, vandalize, or desecrate a park or other area clearly designated 
to preserve and perpetuate the memory of a deceased person or group of persons. 

A person violating the provisions of subsection (B) is guilty of a felony and, 
upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more 
than five thousand dollars, or both. 


TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
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a. = age at death
b. = date-of-birth
d. = date-of-death
h. = husband
m. = married
p. = parents
w. = wife

MILLER, Martha, b. 4-oct-1829, d. 29-sep-1885, h. michael miller, memorial 
marker installed next to edge of parking lot

Note: It's reported that the following graves are located under the above parking -

MILLER, Michael
MILLER, Isaac (Sr), wife elizabeth and possibly their extended family
MILLER, Isaac (Jr), wife mary allgood and possibly their extended family