Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Beaty Family Plot, June 2010
Location800 Third Ave., Conway, South Carolina
Coordinates33°50′10″N 79°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
MPSConway 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.

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

  • Clara and Mary Beaty Table Tomb

References

  1. ^ a b "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 July 21, 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. June 19, 2010.


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