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A visit to the Saint Matthews Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the St. Matthews Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Matthews Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Matthews Cemetery

Lat:   34.2804°   (34° 16' 49")

Lon:   -80.7020°   (-80° 42' 7")

The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Kershaw County<2>.

The county seat for Kershaw County is located in Camden. Camden lies just to the east southeast of the St. Matthews Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the St. Matthews Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
  • Chestnut Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chestnut Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Chestnut Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
  • Hardshell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardshell Cemetery
    • The Hardshell Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
    • The Hardshell Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Jackson Cemetery
  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
  • Jewish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jewish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jewish Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
  • Quaker Burying Ground
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Burying Ground
    • The Quaker Burying Ground is located in Kershaw County
    • The Quaker Burying Ground has also been known as:
    • Quaker Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71114 <5>
  • White Oak Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The White Oak Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
  • Hermitage Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Smyrles Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smyrles Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Lawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Forest Lawn Memorial Park is located in Kershaw County
  • Dekalb Baptist Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Antioch Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
    • Longtown Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Longtown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Longtown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Longtown Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Sawneys Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sawneys Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sawneys Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sawneys Creek Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Good Aim Baptist Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Porter Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Porter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Porter Cemetery is located in Kershaw County
    • Boykin Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boykin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boykin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Boykin Cemetery is located in Kershaw County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. Matthews Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Matthews Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Lugoff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Spring Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
    • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
  • Camden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Log Town ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
    • Log Town is located in Kershaw County
  • Lafayette Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lafayette Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
    • Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
  • Elgin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <6>
  • Shepard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shepard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
    • Shepard is located in Kershaw County
  • Westville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgeway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Smallwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
    • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
  • Rembert
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Blythewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cassatt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Horatio
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kershaw
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Dentsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield
      • Woodfield is located in Richland County

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the St. Matthews Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kershaw County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Matthews Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bethune
    • Bethune lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Matthews Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bethune.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethune
  • Camden
    • Camden lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the St. Matthews Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Camden.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Kershaw
    • Kershaw lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Matthews Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kershaw.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
  • Ridgeway
  • Winnsboro

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the St. Matthews Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the St. Matthews Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1235198  (Saint Matthews Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1235198 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Rabon Crossroads
    • County: Kershaw         Elev: 105
    • Location given for GNIS #1235198 (Saint Matthews Cemetery)

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Kershaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Matthews Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2804, Longitude: -80.7020       In this case, the coordinates for the St. Matthews Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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