Some inscriptions from tombstones at the Old Concord Cemetery
Allendale County,SC
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Elvira Ann Hagood McPherson Estes and Elliot Estes are buried at Concord Cemetery in Allendale County, S. C. Her tombstone has this inscription:
FROM THE TOMBSTONE OF ELVIRA ANN ESTES
THE REMAINS OF MRS. ELVIRA ANN ESTES
RELICT OF REV. ELLIOTT ESTES
ARE HERE DEPOSITED.
SHE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER, 1797,
AND DIED MARCH 5, 1862,
AGED 64 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS.
SHE WAS A ZEALOUS MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH
AND LIVED A PIOUS AND USEFUL LIFE.
WAS A TRUE AND SINCERE FRIEND EVER READY
TO DO FOR OTHERS WHICH WAS HER GREATEST PLEASURE.
WINNING THE LOVE AND ESTEEM OF ALL AS A PARENT
THE MOST SACRIFICING AND DEVOTED.
SHE LIVED THE LIFE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
AND HER LAST END WAS LIKE HIS.
MY MOTHER IS GONE HER WORK IS DONE AND SHE IS
FULLY BLEST. SHE FOUGHT THE FIGHT, THE VICTORY
WON AND ENTERED INTO REST.
FROM THE TOMBSTONE OF REV. ELLIOTT ESTES:
AFFECTIONS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF REV. ELLIOTT ESTES,
A NATIVE OF CAROLINE COUNTY, VA., BORN 23RD JULY 1795.
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 9TH OF JUNE 1849 AT HIS OWN HOME
IN BARNWELL DISTRICT, SO. CA.. AGED 53 YEARS, 10 MONTHS
AND 14 DAYS.
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD, HE BEING
DEAD YET SPEAKETH.
HE WAS A GOOD MAN, AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND AND PARENT,
A FRIEND INDEED. A BENEVOLENT AND LIBERAL CHRISTIAN
RICH IN GOOD WORK, READY TO DISTRIBUTE, WILLING TO
COMMUNICATE. HIS WORDS DO FOLLOW HIM. HE WAS A FAITHFUL
CHRISTIAN MINISTER WHO SHUNNED NOT TO DECLINE THE WHOLE
COUNSEL OF GOD. THE DIVINE SOVERIENTY WAS A DOCTRINE DEAR
TO HIS HEART AND HE FAILED NOT TO TEACH THE DEPRAVITY AND
RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN. WHO SHALL LAY ANYTHING TO THE
CHARGE OF GOD'S ELECT, WHO WORKETH ALL THINGS ACCORDING TO
THE COUNSELS OF HIS OWN WILL, SHALL NOT THE JUDGE THE EARTH
DO RIGHT.
HE PREACHED THIRTY ONE YEARS AND WAS THE PASTOR OF ARNON AND
BEECH BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCHES WHEN HE FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS.
HIS BEREAVED WIDOW, SON AND DAUGHTER IN COMMITTING THE BODY
OF THE LOVED ONE TO THE TOMB HAVE THE STRONGEST HOPE OF HIS
BLESSED IMMORTALITY. HE WHO IS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
WILL RAISE THIS FORM AGAIN THAT IS MAY BE FASHIONED LIKE HIS
GLORIOUS BODY AND SO SHALL HE EVER BE WITH THE LORD.
HUSBAND, THOU ART GONE TO REST
THY TOIL AND CARES ARE O'RE.
AND SORROW, PAIN AND SUFFERING NOW
SHALL NEVER DISTURB THEE MORE.
FATHER, THOU ART GONE TO REST
AND THIS SHALL BE OUR PRAYER
THAT WHEN WE REACH OUR JOURNEY'S END
THY GLORY WE MAY SHARE.
_________________________________________________________________
FROM THE GRAVE OF HARRIET SARAH ESTES BROOKS
HARRIET SARAH, WIFE OF WALKER IVESON BROOKS, ONLY
DAUGHTER OF REV. ELLIOTT ESTES, DEC.
B. JULY 5, 1835
D. OCT. 17, 1860
DEAR CHILD TIS PAINFUL THUS TO PART
BUT I'LL ENSHRINE THEE IN MY HEART
TILL WE SHALL MEET ABOVE
MY SISTER DEAR, FAREWELL, FAREWELL!
MY TEARS FOR THEE DO FLOW.
ERE LONG, I HOPE WITH THEE TO DWELL
WHERE PARTING IS NO MORE.
THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE
PSALM XXIII
AFFECTIONS TRIBUTE
IN MEMORY OF A FONDLY ENDEARING WIFE,
A DAUGHTER DUTIFUL AND KIND, AN AFFECTIONATE
AND MUCH LOVED SISTER.
A MOTHER DEVOTED. OH!
HOW GENTLY, HOW LOVELY.
A WOMAN NOBLE, GENEROUS, BELOVED.
ERECTED BY MUCH BELOVED HUSBAND
WEEP NOT FOR HER!
SHE IS AN ANGEL NOW
AND TREADS THE SAPPHIRE FLOORS OF PARADISE.
ALL DARKNESS WIPED AWAY FROM HER REFULGENT BROW.
SIN, SORROW, SUFFERING BANISHED FROM HER EYES.
VICTORIOUS OVER DEATH,
TO HER APPEARS THE VISTA'D JOYS OF HEAVEN'S
ETERNAL YEARS.
WEEP NOT FOR HER.
_______________________________________________________________________
OTHER GRAVESTONES AT CONCORD CEMETERY
WALKER IVESON BROOKS
OCT. 26, 1826
JUNE 30, 1886
ELLIOT E. BROOKS
MARCH 13, 1854
FEB. 8, 1882
CAMILLE LAWTON CUNNINGHAM
OCT. 12, 1885
DEC. 17, 1928
SAMUEL WALKER LAWTON
DEC. 8, 1881
OCT. 2, 1882
SAMUEL GEORGE LAWTON
NOV. 21, 1838
AUG. 19, 1919
HARRIET BROOKS LAWTON
SEPT. 30, 1860
NOV. 13, 1927
REV. ANDREW BROADDUS ESTES
FEB. 17, 1832
MARCH 5, 1885
"I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE WITH THY LIKENESS.
ANNA CORNELIOUS, WIFE OF REV. A. B. ESTES.
JAN. 7, 1834
JAN. 15, 1909
ON MY HAND NO PRICE I BRING
STABLY TO THY CROSS I CLING.
There is also a grave of a Benj. Estes.
Benjamin M Carson
1870-1945
W. B. Carson
1821-1903
Wm. H. Carson
October 15, 1834
October 6, 1883
Mary C. Carson
Wife of W. B. Carson
April 14, 1841
June 11, 1877
Mary E. Carson
Died February 17, 1877 date of birth not clear.
Eugene M. Kirk
Sept. 25, 1855
June 26-1931
Lottie E. Kirk
March 1, 1868
Oct. 4. 1926
Charles Dupont Kirk
March 30, 1888
August 5, 1928
Company D 516 Engineers France 1918 (This on separate marker)
Charles D. Kirk, First Sgt.
1888-1928
Ella Bell
Daug. Of EM and LE Kirk
B. Erwinton, SC June 9, 1895
D. Atlanta. GA. July 12, 1902
William Oswald
Son of EM and LE Kirk
d. June 18, 1893
age 2 yrs. 8 mo. 2 days
Arthur Manning
Infant son of EM and LE Kirk
Died on his birthday Sept. 25, 1885
Age one yr.
W. B. Oswald
January 16, 1858
April 30, 1937
Lucille Miller Oswald
Dec. 20, 1873
July 27, 1949
Carolyne Oswald Losey
April 2, 1908
May 10, 1982
Hubert Lyonell Oswald
August 24, 1900
August 24, 1968
Elizabeth Murray Oswald
July 17, 1905
May 24, 1960
Jessie Wanola Oswald
April 12, 1898
May 22, 1974
Phebe Sarah Oswald
April 23, 1839
Feb. 11, 1910
John Shorter Oswald
February 14, 1830
Sept. 18, 1901
Margaret Cordelia
Daug of John S. and Phebe P. Oswald
January 10, 1875
September 30, 1934
John Shorter Oswald, Jr.
February 14, 1864
January 5, 1906
Walter Bernard Oswald
September 11, 1867
July 24, 1906
William Ladson Harper
June 11, 1914
February 10, 1916
Wilmot Lamar Harper Dates of birth and death unclear on this one
Henry Milton Harper
December 23, 1901
April 30, 1902
Sidney William Harper
US Navy
January 18, 1912
June 22, 1986
Nell Gunn Harper
June 16, 1908
March 14, 1996
John Philpot C. Harper
Son of William B. and Sallie Bryan Harper
June 14, 1865
April 2, 1882
James E. Harper
1870-1944
Sarah Harper
Wife of James E. Harper
1870-1954
Henry Howard Harper
1904-1952
Emily Howard Harper
Daug. Of George W. and Ann Harper Lawton His last name must be Lawton
Born Charleston March 16, 1842
April 13, 1931
Henry Clay Lawton
b. Augusta July 19, 1841
May 29, 1894
Richard Howard Harper
April 27, 1883
December 30, 1912
Margaret E. Harper
1883-1959
Mary Ann Harper
1872-1961
Marion Johnson Turner
August 8, 1845
March 1925 day of month cannot tell
Milton Anthony Turner
Son om Marion Johnson Turner
June 2, 1886
February 2, 1898
Emma A. Turner
Wife of Marion Johnson Turner
April 2, 1852
May 7, 1890
MA Turner, MD
July 20, 1843
September 12, 1912
Lucy Johnson Turner
Jan. 14, 1852
May 9. 1897
W. B. Peeples
November 9, 1833
April 15, 1892
Help Lord for Godly Man
Ceaseth for the faithful fail
From among the chidren of men
William B. Peeples
Capt. Co. K, 3 SC Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Susan Catherine Laughlin
Wife of W. B. Peeples
November 11, 1836
August 18, 1921
I was glad when they said
Let us go into the house of the Lord
Shelly Peeples Ellis
Wife of O. H. Ellis
December 10, 1877
February 22, 1902
Her sun is gone down while it was yet day.
Edwin Hardin Peeples
September 4, 1854
May 18, 1926
Mattie Wood Peeples
August 11, 1874
August 10, 1951
Kate Alexander
Daug. Of WB and SC Peeples
d. March 15, 1874
age 18 mo. 20 days
SCP
UBC
EWMP These three were small stones with no more information
Carrie Mae
Infant daug. Of EH and MW Peeples
August 18, 1898
May 24, 1900
Our Darling Baby
Martha Peeples
Jan. 16, 1902
Oct. 10, 1908
In Memory of
Harold Gerard
Son of EH and MW Peeples
August 4, 1895
August 5, 1897
Charlie Peeples This stone overturned and hard to read
Emile B. Peeples
3rd son of EH and MW. Peeples
Dec 1884
d. 1898
Fannie B. Peeples
Daug of EH and MW Peeples
d. 1885
William E. Peeples
2nd son of EH and MW Peeples
d. Sept. 11, 1882
aged 13 mos.
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