300 Broad Street
Georgetown, South Carolina
Just the name Prince George Winyah has a colonial feel to it: a mix of honoring royalty and an Indian name, Winyah, the original name of Georgetown. This parish is one of the oldest in South Carolina having been founded in 1721. The church itself dates to around 1750 and I presume the churchyard dates to the same period, though I can currently find nothing to support that. The churchyard is lovely and verdant. If you visit in the mid-summer, be sure to bring some type of insect repellent as the mosquitoes are positively vicious. I wanted to stay longer, but the mosquitoes wanted to feast on me.
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| View of the cemetery. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Late 19th century plot. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Victorian marker for Joanna Ward Pyatt, d. 2 June 1882. Can anyone identify the flowers on the stone? Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Neoclassical stone for Joseph Benjamin Pyatt, d. 28 July 1910. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Front of the Neoclassical marker for M. Lee Ward, d. 9 October 1885. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Back of the marker for M. Lee Ward, d. 9 October 1885. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| An unusual Neoclassical stone for Florence, daughter of Richard Henry and Eliza Lee, d. 7 February 1883. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell, IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Back of the stone for Florence Lee. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Unusually shaped stone for Charles Garnett Stone, d. 10 June 1869. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
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| Signature of J.A. Purdell on Charles Garnett Stone's marker. Photo 2011, by Lewis Powell IV, all rights reserved. |
McCorkle, Norman. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
for Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church. 14 February 1971.
Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
Accessed 9 August 2011.
Great pictures!!! The Ode Fellow cemetery in Macon, MS has a lot of old graves. I like to take pictures myself and have some of this cemetery. redman1945@comcast.net
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