Hello this is Neil & Keri Carrick from SC again. So nobody gets to confused
we are not related to these families (as we know). But our interest is out
of concern for this church and burial ground that was established by the
Chapman family. The church and to some degree the burial ground has not been
taken care of very well. We are trying to protect the property and the
historical information before it is gone to dust. Neil is a minister and has
a connection to the church. We very much want to start a project to protect
it and hopefully give it a future.
Anybody who can help put the families together with software or like would
be helpful. This is not our area of expertise. I have more leads than I have
time.
We are meeting with the descendants and people interested in helping the
Church and Burial Ground on February 14th. It is my understanding many of
the family members are planning on attending.
We took a list of those we know of in the Chapman burial ground at the
Bethel Church outside of Saluda and put it together for those interested. I
have received a lot of emails about those located in this area. There is a
huge amount of information and I have noticed that we have a lot of things
we can verify dates with. However it appears that SC records were less than
ok for this area of the state. But we have cross referenced things like
military service, ministers who later serve other churches, or circuit
riders in other states and the like.
Here are the majority of the Chapman names from the Bethel Burial Ground at
Bethel Church. It is not all the names from The Chapman section however.
There also appear the surnames: Abney, Cromely, and Blease and like Family
members. In the little bit of research we have done it appears these
families are related as well as the Summers, Linch (Lynch), and Coleman
families.
The other section of the burial ground is devoted to Rushton family.
Chapman family members are also buried in at least 3 other cemeteries in the
area. Those cemeteries are a little more documented.
John Paul Chapman (s/o Giles & Sallie Chapman) 23 Sep 1893 / 13 Oct 1893
Sallie C. Long Chapman ( w/o Giles Chapman) 21 Apr 1856 / 23 Sept 1893
Andrew Chapman (12 Oct 1876 / 22 Dec 1950
Giles Chapman 29 Nov 1846 / 30 May 1919
Andrew Chapman ( s/o Andrew M. Chapman ) 13 Nov 1848 / 29 Jul 1882
Emeline Vibes Chapman ( w/o A.M. Chapman ) 11 Aug 1892/ ?? ??? ????
Andrew M. Chapman 01 Jan 1825 / 22 Feb 1914
Giles Chapman (Son of John & Sophia Chapman) 29 Dec 1818/ 23 Feb 1847
Thomas E. Chapman (wounded at Atlanta Georgia 28 Jul 1864) 05 Sept 1829 /
Aug 1864
William Chapman 27 Mar 1830/ 12 Jul 1853
John Chapman 07 Jan 1788 / 21 Jun 1854
Sophia Abney Chapman (w/o John Chapman) 24 Jun 1801/ 08 Jun 1877
Nora Quattlebaum Chapman (w/o Rev. Thomas Chapman 28 Mar 1866/ 21 Nov 1904
Rev. Thomas Chapman 09 Dec 1862/ 23 Feb 1944