Childs Cemetery
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
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Columbia, South Carolina, USACoordinates: 33.95865, -80.98570 - Cemetery ID:
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The cemetery was originally a slave cemetery on the grounds of a plantation owned by Confederate General Wade Hampton. After the Civil War, the property was purchased by the Childs Family and the cemetery was used by a pair of churches and several local black communities.
After the land was purchased for commercial use, the cemetery was not maintained. In 2009, Sonya Hodges began a project to reclaim Childs Cemetery, where her grandfather, a World War I veteran is buried. She documented that 12 WWI veterans are buried in the cemetery and requested that the Veterans Administration provide headstones for them. The VA has since provided six of the headstones, including one for her grandfather Sanco Thompson, Sr.
The cemetery was originally a slave cemetery on the grounds of a plantation owned by Confederate General Wade Hampton. After the Civil War, the property was purchased by the Childs Family and the cemetery was used by a pair of churches and several local black communities.
After the land was purchased for commercial use, the cemetery was not maintained. In 2009, Sonya Hodges began a project to reclaim Childs Cemetery, where her grandfather, a World War I veteran is buried. She documented that 12 WWI veterans are buried in the cemetery and requested that the Veterans Administration provide headstones for them. The VA has since provided six of the headstones, including one for her grandfather Sanco Thompson, Sr.
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- Percent photographed24%
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Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
- Total memorials20k+
- Percent photographed72%
- Percent with GPS17%
- Added: 6 Jan 2011
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2383501
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