Edgefield County · Marker 19-04

Old Simkins Cemetery

Center Springs Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 19-39), 3.5 mi. N of Edgefield

Front inscription

1/2 mile west, on "Cedar Fields" plantation, is buried the family of Captain Arthur Simkins, soldier in the American Revolution and a founder of Edgefield. Born in Virginia on Dec. 10, 1742, he died Sept. 29, 1826. He was a county court judge, a member of the S. C. General Assembly, and was on the commission to divide Ninety Six District into counties.

County
Edgefield
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Edgefield
Year approved
1969
Erected by
Edgefield County Historical Society and Old 96 District Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Coordinates
33.827783, -81.904717

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