Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery

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Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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Beaty Family Plot, June 2010
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Location800 Third Ave., Conway, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°50′10″N79°02′42″W / 33.83611°N 79.04500°W / 33.83611; -79.04500
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1737
Architectural styleVictorian Gravestone Art
MPS Conway MRA
NRHP reference No. 86002229 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 05, 1986

Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina. [2] It contains fine examples of Victorian-era funerary art, especially those in the Beaty family plot. Portions of the cemetery site were first the old Kingston "burying ground", established about 1737, and burials continued until 1909. [3] It is co-located with the Kingston Presbyterian Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. June 25, 1986. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina: Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Horry County (507 Main St., Conway), including six photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-19.