Badwell Cemetery, McCormick County, South Carolina, USA

General

 * Location: Go north from McCormick approximately 3 miles on Highway 28 to McCormick Country Club sign.  Turn left and follow "Badwell" signs to the cemetery.
 * Condition: severely vandalized

Graves Inside
Inside the cemetery walls, from left to right:

Line I
Grave 1 - William Guilford Allston, Febr. 10, 1903 - Nov. 12, 1905

Grave 2 - Mary C. Pettigru, 2nd daughter of William & Louise Pettigru, born on this farm Febr. 17, 1803, Died Febr. 13, 1872

Line II
Grave 1 - Jane Louise Allston, 1856 - 1925

Grave 2 - Joseph North Allston, April 28, 1866 - Sept. 20, 1919

Grave 3 - Augusta McIntosh, wife of Joseph North Allston, March 13, 1875 - Aug. 2, 1913

Grave 4 - Capt. Joseph Blyth Allston, Born in Georgetown, S.C., Febr. 8, 1833. A true poet and gallant soldier in the war for Southern Independence. Died Jan. 29, 1904. Honored by all who knew him.

Grave 5 - Caroline Frances, daughter of J.B. & M.N. Allston, Sept. 12, 1869 - Febr. 28, 1896

Grave 6 - [Sacred to the Memory of] Mrs. Jane Gibert North, widow of John Gough North, Esq. and daughter of Wm. and Louise Pettigrew, Born Aug. 17, AD 1800, Died Nov. 5, AD 1863

Line III
Graves 1 & 2 - [unmarked]

Grave 3 - Mrs. Mary Ann Petigru, widow of Capt. Thomas Petigru, Born Oct. 18, AD 1793, Died Jan. 4, AD 1869. She was marked by great afflictions which she bore with meekness, courage, and patience. She sought by the presence of friends to cheer the gloom of a hearth made desolate by the loss of her son, daughter, and husband and through weary years awaited with hope the summons of her Redeemer.

Grave 4 - Sacred to the [memory] of Thomas Petigru, U.S.N. Commander, Born 1st June 1793, Died 6th March 1857. Courage, feeling and truth marked his course. In the Naval Service he enforced the wholesome laws of discipline and in private life extended the open hand of charity. He loved justice and made the offender bow to its mandate, and was therefore persecuted, vindicated in the face of day. He was wounded in the dark and died at his post demanding reparation. Clouds obscure the evening of his day and he bore the hardest trials without descending from the elevation of a manly character. Friendship mourned by his dying bed nor will the sense of their loss depart but with li[f]e from the bosom of them with conjugal and fraternal affection dress this tomb to his memory. [symbol]

Line IV
Grave 1 - Beneath this marble repose the Mortal remains of Pierre Engevin, Born 1727 in Bordeaux in the kingdom of France. Bred a merchant. He served his clerkship in Rotterdam in the low countries. Having wandered over much of Europe and America by sea and land. His last days were spent in the bosom of retirement with the family to whom he was allied by his marriage with Mad. Jeanne Engivin Relict of the Rev. M. Gibert.....He died 28th Jan. 1805

Grave 2 - John Joseph Gibert, son of The Rev. Jean Louis Gibert and Jeanne Boutiton, his wife. He spared the means to lay the foundation for the education of his nephew James Louis Petigru. Died at Badwell 18th Nov. 1817, Aged 46 years

Grave 3 - [unmarked]

Grave 4 - William Pettigrew, Born in Lynchbury County, Va., 26th Febr. 1759, Died 23rd Jan. 1837

Grave 5 - Mrs. Louise Petigru, Born in Charleston 14. Sept. 1767, Died on this farm where she had spent more than 40 years of her life, 14 Sept. 1826

Grave 6 - Mary Allan, daughter of J.B. & M.N. Allston, Nov. 2, 1860 - June 9, 1862

Grave 7 - Louise Gibert Allston, third daughter of R.F.W. Allston & Adele, his wife, Born 18 June 1842, Died 14 July 1843

Grave 8 - James Louis Petigru Jun., Drowned in Little River, Nat. 11, Jan. 1832, Obt. 12, Sept. 1853

Grave 9 - Martha Petigru, only daughter and last remaining child of Thomas and Mary Ann Petigru, Aged 25 years, 1 month and 16 days. Born Sept. 16, 1830, Died Nov. 22, 1855

Line V
Grave 1 - Sacred to the memory or Revd. John Louis Gibert, Born near Alais in Langued oc, 22nd July 1722, Died in August 1773 [on one side of marker is written:] Jean Louis Gibert, The Devoted Hugonots not like other adventurers constrained by poverty to seek their fortunes on a distant shore but in the true spirit of humble and heroic martyrdom they plunged into the depths of an untrodden wilderness to secure that libery of conscience which they could not enjoy in their own beautiful land. Legare [on another side of marker is written:]  HSE Johannes Ludovicus Gibertus [the rest of this side is written in Latin; another side of marker is written in French]

The back of one tombstone (presumably one of the tombstones above) contains the following inscription: The Eternal God is thy Refuge and underneath are the everlasting Arms.

Graves Outside
Outside the cemetery walls:

Toward Lake
One marked grave among many unmarked looking to right toward lake from gate of cemetery:

Daddy Tom, A faithful servant and honest, departed this life the 9th day of Febr. 1857, Born on this place before 1776, A kindly tempered cheerful. Obedience and willingness to work, Concilliated to regard of those treated him in his life time as a friend and caused him when he died to be buried a Christian. [This marker has been broken off at the base. The marker is now lying against a wall inside the walls of the cemetery.]

Uphill
From the cemetery gate, looking to the left, uphill:

Grave 1 - Drury Morgan, Born Edgefield District So. Ca., April 25th AD 1797, Joined the Baptist Church 6th Sept. 1828, Died in the same State and District March 15th AD 1851

Grave 2, hand-carved on stone - A E, 1842

Grave 3, on Poteet Funeral Home Marker - A E Fendley, Born C-233 # 25, Died # 132 1842

Grave 4, hand-carved on stone - S C, 1867

Grave 5a, hand-carved on stone - Permely Fendley, Born December 16, 1810, Died Decmber [sic] 11, 1842 Grave 5b, on Poteet Funeral Homer Marker - Permely Fendley, Born C-233 # 23, Died # 134 12-1842

Grave 6a, hand-carved on stone - Oct. 7. 1842, C.E., 1781 Grave 6b, on Poteet Funeral Homer Marker - C E Fendley, Born C-233 # 24, Died # 133 10-7-1842

Grave 7 - Jennie Martin, Born July 27, 1875 [located about 30 yards uphill]

Grave 8 - Mollie Martin, Born Oct. 30, 1871 [located about 30 yards uphill]