Richardson Cemetery
circa 1800
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33.63722, -80.49111Tucked away, down a driveway off of the Old River Road is the site of one of the earliest graveyards in St. Mark's Parish where the remains include that of a Revolutionary War general and two South Carolina Governors.
Nestled in the rural outskirts of Summerton is the site of one of the earliest graveyards in St. Mark's Parish. In the cemetery are buried Richard Richardson, Brigadier in the Revolution, his second wife, Dorothy Sinkler Richardson, South Carolina Governor (1802-4) James Burchell Richardson, and South Carolina Governor (1840-42) and founder of The Citadel John Peter Richardson.
Did you know? There is a horse buried here. “Dew Drop'' even has its own marker.