Maryfield Cemetery

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

near Rodeo Dr.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

176-472

Control Number:

U/13/176-472

Tax Number:

R800 000 000 0000 0000

Date Surveyed:

September 17 1997

Category:

Site

Historic Use:

Funerary

Current Use:

Funerary

Signficant Architectural Features:

Situated at the edge of the marshes of Ramshorn Creek, with headstones and depressions indicating burial sites extending along both sides of the access road. Boundaries of the cemetery have not been determined. Governors Point subdivision is being deve

Historical Information:

Name taken from Maryfield Plantation. The largest community cemetery on Daufuskie, it was in use before the Civil War, although most of the legible gravestones and markers are modern.

Source of Historical Information:

"Daufuskie Island Historic District" National Register nomination; interview Yvonne Williams, 9/17/97

Quadrangle Name:

Fort Pulaski

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