Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in South Carolina
Wikidata records 30 writers as buried in 14 of the cemeteries we list in South Carolina. Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston holds the most, with 10. South Carolina has the 31st highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
30
writers
14
cemeteries
8%
of notable burials in South Carolina
1950s
the decade with the most deaths (5)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in South Carolina
- Robert James Turnbull1775-1833American lawyer, planter, writer and politicianSt. Philip's Graveyard, Charleston, SC
- Maria Henrietta Pinckney1776-1836St. Michael's Churchyard, Charleston, SC
- John C. Calhoun1782-1850Vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832St. Philip's Graveyard, Charleston, SC
- Charles Fraser1782-1860American painterSt. Michael's Churchyard, Charleston, SC
- William Gilmore Simms1806-1870American writerMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Sarah Pogson Smith1774-1870American authorSt. Philip's Graveyard, Charleston, SC
- Penina Moïse1797-1880Jewish-American poetComing Street Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Catharine Gendron Poyas1813-1882American poet 1813-1882Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery, Hanahan, SC
- Gabriel E. Manigault1833-1899American physician and zoologistSt. Philip's Graveyard, Charleston, SC
- Elizabeth W. Allston Pringle1845-1921American writer and plantation ownerMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Sallie Rhett Roman1844-1921Southern writerElmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC
- Ruth Hall1858-1934American authorPrince George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, SC
- DuBose Heyward1885-1940American novelist, playwright, poetSt. Philip's Graveyard, Charleston, SC
- Harriette Kershaw Leiding1874-1948American writerMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Clements Ripley1892-1954American fiction writer and screenwriterMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Katharine Ball Ripley1898-1955American authorMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- John Bennett1865-1956American children's writer and illustratorMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Beatrice Witte Ravenel1870-1956American poet (b. 1956)Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Josephine Pinckney1895-1957American writerMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Dorothy Heyward1890-1961American playwright, lyricistSt. Philip's Graveyard, Charleston, SC
- Katherine Drayton Simons1890-1969American historical novelist, poet, historical sketch writer (1890/92 -1969)Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- John Dickson Carr1906-1977American writerSpringwood Cemetery, Greenville, SC
- Jonathan W. Daniels1902-1981American writer, editor and White House Press SecretarySix Oaks Cemetery, Hilton Head Island, SC
- Louis Booker Wright1899-1984American writer and librarianOakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, SC
- Peggy Parish1927-1988American children's writerManning Cemetery, Manning, SC
- Margaret Lathrop Law1890-1988American writerOakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, SC
- William Stanley Hoole1903-1990American librarian, historianGrove Hill Cemetery, Darlington, SC
- Frank Blair1915-1995American broadcast journalistBeaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, SC
- Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr.1911-2001American journalistMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Robert Jordan1948-2007American fantasy writerSaint James Goose Creek Cemetery, Goose Creek, SC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1830s2
- 1850s1
- 1860s1
- 1870s2
- 1880s2
- 1890s1
- 1920s2
- 1930s1
- 1940s2
- 1950s5
- 1960s2
- 1970s1
- 1980s4
- 1990s2
- 2000s2
By recorded year of death, for the 30 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Magnolia Cemetery · Charleston, SC10
- St. Philip's Graveyard · Charleston, SC6
- St. Michael's Churchyard · Charleston, SC2
- Oakwood Cemetery · Spartanburg, SC2
- Coming Street Cemetery · Charleston, SC1
- Saint James Goose Creek Cemetery · Goose Creek, SC1
- Beaufort National Cemetery · Beaufort, SC1
- Springwood Cemetery · Greenville, SC1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Columbia, SC1
- Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery · Hanahan, SC1
- Six Oaks Cemetery · Hilton Head Island, SC1
- Manning Cemetery · Manning, SC1
- Prince George Winyah Cemetery · Georgetown, SC1
- Grove Hill Cemetery · Darlington, SC1
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Other notable burials in South Carolina
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.