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229 E. Liberty St.

This is one of the few non-public-owned or supported city burial grounds and is operated by a self-perpetuating board of directors who depend on donations from descendants of those buried in the cemetery. The Confederate monument in the park at the front of the cemetery contains a beautiful tribute to “Our Confederate Dead” by Judge I.D. Witherspoon. The monument and cemetery are built on the site of the Independent Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1810.

The Cemetery began in 1829 and is the resting place of many prominent South Carolina statesmen. Also, at least eight Union soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry and 18th infantry, which was quartered in York as the Army of Occupation during Reconstruction, are buried in the southeast corner of the cemetery. The 7th Cavalry later fought Native Americans with George A. Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn and fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee.

North side East Liberty Street