Oolenoy Baptist Church Cemetery
National Register Listing
Street Address:
201 Miracle Hill Road, Pickens, SC (Pickens County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817739017
Description and Narrative:
The Oolenoy Baptist Church Cemetery was established ca. 1798 in the Pumpkintown community of Pendleton (later Pickens) District. Its significance is derived from its age, its association with the early settlement and growth of the South Carolina upcountry, and as a cemetery containing the graves of persons of transcendent local importance. It is also significant for its association with Oolenoy Baptist Church, of which it is adjacent to, founded in 1795 and the first church established in the Pumpkintown community. The cemetery is an excellent example of a typical early nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century church cemetery illustrating vernacular burial customs and gravestone art of the period. The cemetery contains 839 marked graves, with headstones, footstones, and a few plot enclosures of granite, marble, fieldstone, or soapstone. Most gravestones are marble or granite tablets, though ledgers, box-tombs, tomb-tables, obelisks, and pedestal-tombs are also present. The earliest marked grave dates from 1798, and occasional burials still occur. Listed in the National Register October 14, 2003.
Period of Significance:
1798 – circa 1900
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
October 14 2003
