About St. Michael's Churchyard
St. Michael's Churchyard is a christian cemetery near Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina. Wikidata records 26 notable people buried here, including John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Henrietta Johnston. The nearest other listed cemetery is First Scots Presbyterian Church Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fielding Home For Funerals in Charleston, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Charleston County, and 77 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Charleston County dates to 1723. 1 of the 91 listings in Charleston County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Charleston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at St. Michael's Churchyard
Among them: 2 artists, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 governors, 2 US senators, 2 writers, 1 architect, 1 business leader, 1 physician.
- John Rutledge1739-1800Chief justice of the United States in 1795
- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney1746-1825American politician
- Henrietta Johnston1674-1729American artist
- Robert Y. Hayne1791-1839American politician
- Arthur P. Hayne1788-1867United States Army officer and politician
- William D. Martin1789-1833American politician, South Carolina
- Charles Fraser1782-1860American painter
- Edward Brickell White1806-1882American architect
- Francis Kinloch1755-1826American politician
- James H. Ladson1795-1868American planter and businessman
- James Jervey1784-1845American lawyer, banker, slave trader
- Mordecai Gist1743-1792American general
Show all 26 notable burials
- Thomas M. Wagner1824-1862American military officer
- Albert Sidney Thomas1873-1967Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina
- James Parsons1724-1779American politician in South Carolina
- Ann Sarah Trezevant1774-1828
- Anna Rebecca Gourdin Young1805-1881
- George Abbott Hall1742-17911737 - 1 Aug 1791
- Harriott Pinckney Horry1749-1830
- Henry Deas1770-1846Lawyer, landowner and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate, 1770-1846
- James McBride1784-1826American physician
- Maria Henrietta Pinckney1776-1836
- Nicholas Cruger1778-1826
- Rebecca Brewton Alston Hayne1792-1853
- 1839-1901
- Thomas Savage IV1738-1786Continental Congressman 1738-1786
People whose Wikidata entry gives St. Michael's Churchyard as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
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What St. Michael's Churchyard offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- First Scots Presbyterian Church CemeteryCharleston, SCPresbyterian cemetery0.1 mi
- Quaker ChurchyardCharleston, SCQuaker cemetery0.1 mi
- Huguenot Church GraveyardCharleston, SCChristian cemetery0.2 mi
- Circular Congregational Church Burying GroundCharleston, SCChristian cemetery0.2 mi
- West CemeteryCharleston, SC · est. 1723Episcopal cemetery0.2 mi
- St. Philip's Graveyard142 Church Street, Charleston, SC · est. 1723Episcopal cemetery0.2 mi
- Cathedral of St. John the Baptist ChurchyardCharleston, SCCatholic cemetery0.2 mi
- Unitarian ChurchyardCharleston, SCChristian cemetery0.3 mi
- St. John's Lutheran ChurchyardCharleston, SCChristian cemetery0.3 mi
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church CemeteryCharleston, SCEpiscopal cemetery0.3 mi
Funeral homes near St. Michael's Churchyard
- Fielding Home For Funerals0.4 miFuneral home · Charleston · (843) 722-3348
- J. Henry Stuhr Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Charleston · (843) 723-2524
- W.M Smith-McNeal Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Charleston · (843) 722-3676
- Dorothy's Home for Funerals1.3 miFuneral home · Charleston · (843) 722-0268
- The Palmetto Mortuary2.6 miMortuary · Charleston · (843) 727-1230
- McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation James Island2.8 miCremation provider · Charleston · (843) 614-8494
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is St. Michael's Churchyard a Christian cemetery?
Our records list a Christian affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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