Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery

United States historic place in Lancaster County, South Carolina

United States historic place


Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Statue erected to the memory of Elisabeth Hutchinson Jackson, mother of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the united States
34°47′20″N 80°50′52″W / 34.78889°N 80.84778°W / 34.78889; -80.84778
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1757
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	75001701^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 11, 1975

Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, also known as Old Waxhaw Cemetery, is a historic Presbyterian church cemetery located near Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was founded in 1757 and is a visual reminder of the pioneer settlement of Waxhaw. It includes noteworthy examples of 18th and 19th century tombstones.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

Notable burials

William Richardson Davie, Governor of North Carolina, 1798
Andrew Jackson, Sr., father of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Pickens, Sr. and Ann Pickens, parents of Andrew Pickens, U.S. Congressman
James H. Witherspoon, Lt. Governor of South Carolina, 1826–1828
Casualties of "Buford's Massacre", May 28, 1780

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Crockett, Nancy (June 4, 1975). "Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
^ "Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster County (off U.S. Hwy. 521, Van Wyck vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.