Upper Long Cane Cemetery


Upper Long Cane Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	Greenville St (SC HWY 20 N) at junction with Beltline Rd (SC Sec Rd 1-35), Abbeville vicinity
Coordinates	34°12′13″N 82°23′24″W / 34.20361°N 82.39000°W / 34.20361; -82.39000Coordinates: 34°12′13″N 82°23′24″W / 34.20361°N 82.39000°W / 34.20361; -82.39000
NRHP Reference #	10001039^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 17, 2010

Upper Long Cane Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Abbeville, South Carolina, founded c, 1760.^[2]^[3] Over 2,500 marked graves and numerous unmarked graves cover the cemetery's approximately 25 acres. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

The cemetery helps document the history of many prominent families in the area, from its founding into the 20th century. Many gravestones were carved by three generations of master craftsmen from Charleston, including over fifty signed or attributable to stonecutters Rowe and White, John White, William T. White, Robert D. White, and Edwin R. White.^[3]

The markers include marble, granite, sandstone, and slate headstones, as well as footstones, obelisks, pedestal-tombs, box tombs, table-top tombs, and tablets. Art on the markers and tombs includes simple engraving and ledgers with motifs of angels, doves, lambs, open Bibles, weeping willows, palmettos, flowers, wreaths, and ivy.^[3]

Notable burials

Maj. John Bowie (1740-1827), soldier in the American Revolution
James Sproull Cothran (1830-1897), U.S. congressman
Pvt. Ezekiel Evans, soldier in the American Revolution
Pvt. James Evans, soldier in the American Revolution
Lt. Gov. Eugene Blackburn Gary (1854-1926)
Frank B. Gary (1860-1922), U.S. Senator
Maj. Andrew Hamilton (1738-1835), officer in the American Revolution
Samuel McGowan (1819-1897), Confederate general

References

1 2 "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/13/10 through 12/1723/10". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
↑ Power, J. Tracy; Jenny Hagan Kelly; Susan C. Hagen (October 29, 2010). "Upper Long Cane Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
1 2 3 "Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville County (Greenville St. at junction with Beltline Rd., Abbeville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

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