Allendale County, South Carolina on the Savannah River, Welcome!

Some Burials of interest to Williams Family

in the

HICKORY GROVE BAPTIST CEMETERY

About ten miles East of Fairfax, SC intersection of Hwy S25 & 248

In Fairfax go out 7th Street which turns into Mixon Corner Road

Sign for Cemetery is about 2 miles after Jackson Branch Church sign

partial inventory of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church cemetery near Fairfax, SC.

I walked through the cemetery with a tape recorder and then transcribed my notes. I think I got most of it.  Jim Wood

• Priester, George W. Feb 22, 1915 Dec 9, 1992
• Priester, Marilyn H Dec 21, 1922 No date yet
• Priester Bradley Hiers Infant son of George and Gloria June 3, 1977 June 4, 1977
• Bishop, Terry P. Sept 16,1906 Nov. 4, 1962
• Bishop, Chesleya June 24, 1894 Jan. 12, 1967
• Compton, C. M. June 3, 1847 Oct 14, 1911
• Brant, A. Mary, wife of C. M Compton Sept 22, 1854 Sept 7, 1939
• Wilson, Lorry, husband of Cornelia Chassereau ( in a Priester plot) July 28, 1943 Nov 18, 1977
• Mixon, Otis F. TSGT US Army WWII Jan. 28, 1922 June 27, 1969
• Priester, Woodrow W. June 15, 1918 March 3, 1989
• Priester, Betty W. May 2, 1928 June 30, 1998

• Mew, M. Louise Jan 5, 1919 July 18, 1931
• Mew, Howard Wilson Sept 12, 1889 Oct 17, 1928

• Williams, Jacob Martin Apr 4, 1894 Jan 10, 1968
• Williams, Eula Folk July 28, 1896 Sept 27, 1993

• Williams, Henry R. Dec 11, 1857 March 12, 1934
• Williams, Harriot J. Apr 26, 1864 April 12, 1928
• Williams, Jacob Wallace Sept 9, 1917 July 25, 1987
• Williams, Lucile Norris Feb 28, 1920 Alive

• Williams, Leland Douglass, son of J. M. and Eula F. Williams  Nov 20, 1923 June 11, 1929
• Williams, Harold Jerome, Son of J. M. and Eula F. William Dec 29, 1927 Aug 30, 1933
• Williams, Owens David, son of J. M. and Eula Williams Sept 22, 1925 July 20, 1941
• Myers, Lois Williams Nov 19, 1919 Dec 7, 1972
• Myers, Elija McGloughlin, infant son of Mr. and Mrs E. W. Myers August 19, 1936
• Priester, Joe E. August 9, 1876 Feb 3, 1940
• Lee Mills, his wife Sept 11, 1880 Feb 15, 1970
• Mixon, Elsie Oct 22, 1874 Aug 15, 1924
• Mixon Harry Oct 22, 1901 Dec. 30, 1923
• Father, William Henry Nix May 9, 1866 Dec 14, 1907
• Mother, A. Pricilla Rentzs Nux Crews April 18, 1872 Aug 9, 1935 SP? Crews
• Large headstone says Nix/Crews

• Priester, In memory of (unreadable)

• Priester, Harry H. July 25 1890 April 25, 1953
• Priester, Annie V. Nov 19, 1885 Jan 3, 1944
• Infant son of Harry and Anna Dec 19, 1918

• Fer, Homer Earl Apr 11, 1923
• Fer Harriott Geneva Sept 4, 1915 Oct 15, 1974

• Williams, Vasco F. Sept 21, 1904 Oct 22, 1949
• Williams, Ada E. July 20, 1904 Nov 15, 1982
• Williams, Lucele October 1, 1925 June 25, 1936
• Infant Daughter no date

• Priester, William F. 1818 1888
• Priester, Susannah H. 1852 1922

• Priester, Wattie W. June 9, 1862 Nov 26, 1929
• Priester, Mattie S. Oct. 15, 1872 Feb 20, 1924

• Priester, Wilson Oct. 15, 1866 Oct. 21, 1944
• Priester, Lillie Ayer Sept, 7, 1880 Mar. 28, 1964 Wife of W. L. Priester
• Priester, Virginia Oct. 27, 1910 Dec 11, 1911 Dau of W.L. and Lillie
• Priester, Herman Feb. 7, 1909 Apr. 13, 1912 Son of W.L. and Lillie
• M. Beatrice ? June 5, 1912 Apr. 22, 1986 Dau of W.L and L. A. Priester

• Williams, Wade Dec. 16, 1875 Oct. 31, 1941
• Williams, Bertha Alleen Dec. 1, 1881 Feb. 27, 1963
• Williams, Mae Violla Platts Jan 21, 1879 Nov. 27, 1920 Wife of W.H.W. Williams
• Williams, Veno Platts Mar. 17, 1907 Dec. 18, 1907 Infant son of W. H. and M. V.
• (Name hard to read) Williams
• Williams, Allen C. May 21, 1848 Aug. 3, 1927

• Mosley, Viola Priester Apr. 12, 1905 June 15, 1959
• Mosley, J. G. Apr. 21, 1905 Sept. 15, 1952

• Priester, Henry Joshia Dec. 29, 1850 July 8, 1926
• Priester, Laura H. Williams Jan. 10, 1856 Oct. 15, 1942

• Stanley, William July 26, 1848 Jan, 26, 1905
• Stanley, Mary Williams Nov. 15, 1854 Nov, 21, 1936 Wife of William Stanley

• There are more graves but I ran out of time to finish the entire cemetery.

• Folllowing from Photos taken by Robert and Betty Lee

• Priester, Ella Catherine Jan 8, 1883 Oct, 8, 1939 Second Wife of J. W. Priester

• In Memory of:
• Priester, Mahala (Priester) 1832 1870 Wife of W. F. Priester
• Priester, Janie Elizabeth 1855 1860 Daughter of W.F. and M.P. Priester
• Priester, Laravan, Rebecca 1857 1860 Daughter of W.F. and M.P. Priester

• Simmons, Harriet E. May 14, 1848 July 17, 1932 Wife of J. R. Priester

• Priester, Jacob Robert July 14, 1848 Jan 19, 1923  PVT CO D 24 SC INF CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY

• Priester, David L. Apr 25, 1871 May 19, 1936
• Priester, Jessie E. Dec 11, 1870 Dec 10, 1897 Wife of D.L. Priester
• Brant, Hattie L. Sept 4, 1881 July 13, 1925 Wife of D.L. Priester

• Priester, Ballie L. Aug 20, 1885 May 11, 1937
• Priester, Susan Cantie Sept 11, 1887 Sept 8, 1955 His Wife

• Priester, Jacob A. July 4, 1879 Oct 23, 1959
• Priester, Mary Catherine Nov 6, 1885 Sept 5, 1975

updated 3 March 2001

There are more graves but I ran out of time to finish the entire cemetery.

This partial survey by  Jim Wood.

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