{{Short description|Cemetery in Kershaw County, South Carolina, US}} {{Notability|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox cemetery | name = Old Quaker Cemetery | established = {{Start date|1759}} | abandoned = <!-- or | closed = --> | location = Camden, South Carolina, U.S. |findagraveid=71114|graves=roughly 6,100}} '''Old Quaker Cemetery''', founded in 1759, is a cemetery located in Camden, South Carolina, in Kershaw County.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Craig |first=Joanna |date=2023-05-02 |title=Colonial Dames present new plaque for Quaker Cemetery |url=https://www.pmg-sc.com/camden/article_7c1ad5d5-dc20-5abf-80fc-c04b4b9b6dd5.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=The Lancaster News |language=en}}</ref> It dates back to the earliest days of Camden, which was first settled in 1730, and is the oldest inland city in South Carolina.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2023 |title=Restoration of Quaker Cemetery: Local woman's generous donation transforms historic grounds |url=https://www.wltx.com/article/news/history/quaker-cemetery-restoration-donation/101-b68d2389-384f-43ff-af82-8f8a41a15f06 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=WLTX |language=en-US}}</ref> The cemetery is notable in that it maintains the gravesites of numerous famous people, to include members of the Quaker community,<ref name=":1" /> Revolutionary War soldiers,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cahn |first=Martin L. |date=2023-08-25 |title=12 of Camden 14 laid to rest at Quaker Cemetery in ‘private ceremony’ |url=https://www.pmg-sc.com/camden/article_ef2ee3e7-3946-5a47-8c7b-0019fa4b9b7d.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=The Lancaster News |language=en}}</ref> three Civil War Confederate Army generals, two Medal of Honor recipients, and one South Carolina Governor. The site contains a historical marker, installed in 2023 by the Wateree Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quaker Cemetery Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=220448 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> It is also known as the '''Quaker Burying Ground'''.
==Notable gravesites== * Joseph Brevard (1766–1821) – Revolutionary War figure, US Representative, and Supreme Court jurist * Richmond Hobson Hilton (1898–1933) – World War I Medal of Honor recipient * John Doby Kennedy (1840–1896) – Confederate Army general, and later Lieutenant Governor * Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822–1894) – Confederate Army general, president of the State Senate, and for whose forebearers Kershaw County was named * Richard Rowland Kirkland (1843–1863{{KIA}}) – Civil War Confederate soldier and hero at the Battle of Fredericksburg * John Peter Richardson III (1829–1899) – Governor * Donald Leroy Truesdell (1906–1993) – Medal of Honor for action in the Occupation of Nicaragua (cenotaph) * John Bordenave Villepigue (1830–1862) – Confederate Civil War general, and ancestor to John Canty Villepigue * John Canty Villepigue (1896–1943) – World War I Medal of Honor recipient
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==External links== * {{Find a Grave cemetery}} * {{GNIS|type=retired|1235382|Quaker Cemetery}}
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Category:Quaker cemeteries Category:1730 establishments in South Carolina Category:Cemeteries in South Carolina
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