Photos from Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Photos were taken April 29, 2000 by Julia Robertson Ashley (now Barnes)

Line of descent from Scottish emigrant:
Samuel & Mary (Beard) Dunlap
William & Nancy Carnes Dunlap
Samuel & Sarah (Stephenson) Dunlap
Thomas Franklin Dunlap (Confederate veteran)
Lillian Daisy Dunlap Alexander
Mamie Alexander Robertson
Marion Linden Robertson
Julia Linden Robertson Barnes
Mary Linden Ashley

Waxhaw Presbyterian church is located at 2814 Old Hickory Road, Lancaster, SC.  It was founded by Scotch-Irish settlers and was the first church in the Upstate of South Carolina.

Samuel Dunlap was one of the founding elders of this church.


Overview of Waxhaw Pres. Church Cemetery from Church
The Dunlaps, Carnes, & Stephensons are buried at the far end of the cemetery.


Rt - Samuel Dunlap  Middle- Mary Beard Dunlap
Samuel Dunlap (1715, Scotland; d. Apr. 25, 1791, Waxhaws; emig. to America ca. 1730)
Samuel Dunlap was the son of Alexander Dunlop of Scotland and Antonia Brown
Mary Beard Dunlap (1730-Dec. 5, 1796), dau. of Thomas Beard

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Closeups of graves of Samuel Dunlap (1715-1791) & Mary Beard Dunlap (1730-1796)
 


William (1766-Oct. 2, 1841)and Nancy Carnes Dunlap (1770-Nov. 22, 1845)
William -- son of Samuel & Mary (Beard) Dunlap
Nancy Ann Carnes -- daughter of Alexander and Rebecca Carnes


Alexander (left) Carnes & Rebecca Carnes (right), parents of Nancy Ann Carnes Dunlap
Stones are directly in front of William & Nancy Ann C. Dunlap


Alexander Carns (1708-1774),
father of Alexander Carnes, grandfather of Nancy Ann Carnes Dunlap


Moses Stephenson (d. May 17, 1802, age 42 years), Revolutionary Patriot
Supplied materials and food to Continental Army.
Husband of Elizabeth Dunlap Stephenson, who obtained pension for his service.
Father of Sarah D. Stephenson (Mar. 15, 1802-Oct. 10, 1861, who married Samuel Dunlap (1795-1860), son of William Dunlap & Nancy Ann Carnes Dunlap
Elizabeth Dunlap Stevenson and family moved to Maury Co., TN, and are buried at old Jackson College/Old Brick Church Cemetery outside Spring Hill.
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closeup of Jean (White) Stephenson.    Jean and John Stephenson (to left of Moses Stephenson
                                                                stone,  not shown in photo)
John Stephenson is also a Revolutionary patriot.  Too old to serve, he provided food & materials for Continental Army as well as feed for their horses.


Waxhaw Church, ca. 1750
(This is the 3rd church on the site.  The original was burned by the British because of the support of Waxhaw Church members of Revolutionary effort.).  The cemetery is located to the left of the church building.


Memorial to Rebecca Jackson (mother of Andrew Jackson.  She died in Charleston Harbor nursing Revolutionary patriots from Waxhaw church who were on a British prison ship.) & church members who were Revolutionary soldiers/nurses.  George Dunlap in front right of photo.
Brick structure on right upper corner of photo is built on site of the original church.


Highway marker at entrance from main highway.

Visiting Old Jackson College/Old Brick Church cemetery near Spring Hill, TN. to find the graves of William and Sarah S. Dunlap!  Directions from Maury Co. Hist. Society: Two miles south of Spring Hill on Hwy. 31, turn east on Denning Road.  Go one mile to road on right leading to University of Tennessee Experimental Farm Station, next to 3131 Brown Rd. (turn into drive to right of house, go thru 2 gates).  Turn into lane beside first house on left.  Follow road beside silo to cemetery in heavily wooded area on outside of fence.  One of the most historic of Maury cemeteries, containing the remains of many illustrious early leaders, is now  almost inaccessible and vandalized.  To see the information on Thomas Franklin Dunlap, Confederate soldier, follow the link to:
 The Dunlap Page - the emigrants to Maury Co., Tennessee



on left, gravestone of Elizabeth Stephenson, widow of Rev. War patriot Moses Stephenson. Elizabeth Stephenson emigrated to Maury Co., TN, from the Waxhaw area of South Carolina.
Grave marker for Samuel Dunlap, replaced
by descendants (including the grandmother of Julia Robertson Barnes, Mamie Alexander Robertson) in 1960
left to right - Sarah Stephenson Dunlap and Samuel Dunlap's grave markers in the old Jackson College - Brick Church cemetery in Maury Co., TN
photos taken at Brick Church-Jackson College cemetery 
by Julia Barnes, July 19, 2002
Sadly, since I last visited this cemetery in 2001, more headstones have been damaged. Two Confederate officers killed in action are also buried in this cemetery.  Their graves were marked with Confederate flags in July 18, 2002 by Mary Lin Ashley.