Ark Cemetery

Ark Cemetery (HM2GKH)

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N 33° 36.302', W 78° 58.76'

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This marker stands adjacent to the burial ground of the former Ark Plantation, which dates back to the 1700s. Although the names of most of those buried here are now unknown, records indicate that it was primarily a cemetery for African Americans who lived at the Ark. In 1860, 63 slaves were recorded as living at the Ark. Descendants of those buried here continued to utilize this cemetery until 1952.
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Sabe Rutledge, who was born in the 1860s at the Ark, requested to be buried here
and was so in 1952. Although town maps reserved two blocks as Ark Cemetery, in 1980 a circuit court judge ruled against those who claimed that the property was a cemetery and decreed the property free and clear of any claims by the defendants. Development of the property soon followed that court ruling. Documented evidence
of the site now exists.
Details
HM NumberHM2GKH
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Year Placed2019
Placed ByTown of Surfside Beach
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, May 4th, 2019 at 11:02pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 687478 N 3720194
Decimal Degrees33.60503333, -78.97933333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 36.302', W 78° 58.76'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 36' 18.12" N, 78° 58' 45.6" W
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