Hopkins Family Cemetery

Front inscription

This cemetery was established about 1775 when John Hopkins (1739-1775) was buried here, in what was the garden of his Back Swamp Plantation. Hopkins, a native of Va., arrived in S.C. in 1762. He received a grant of 250 acres here in 1764, built his house on this site, and increased his holdings to 2,950 acres. He was a delegate to the First Provincial Congress in 1775 but died that fall.

Reverse inscription

Other prominent members of the family buried here include Hopkins’s son John (1765-1832), lt. governor of S.C. 1806-08, and grandson William (1805-1863), delegate to the Secession Convention. The cemetery is also notable for its ca. 1836-37 stile, or stone steps over a wall, a feature which is quite rare in S.C. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.