St. Michael's Churchyard

For the church and cemetery in Surrey, England, see St. Michael's Churchyard, Mickleham.

St. Michael's Churchyard, adjacent to historic St. Michael's Episcopal Church on the corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, is the final resting place of some famous historical figures, including two signers of the Constitution of the United States. The church was established in 1751 as the second Anglican parish in Charleston, South Carolina.

Interred in St. Michael's Churchyard are:

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825) Colonel in the Continental Army, member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Minister to France, Federalist candidate for Vice President, and later candidate for President of the United States in 1804 and 1808
John Rutledge (1739–1800) Governor of South Carolina, 1779, member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution, Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court^[1]^[2]^[3]
Robert Young Hayne (1791–1839) Senator, Governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston
Arthur Peronneau Hayne (c.1789-1867) U.S. Senator from South Carolina
William Dickinson Martin (1789–1833) U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
Mordecai Gist (1742–1792) American Revolutionary War general
Thomas M. Wagner, Civil War Lieutenant Colonel and namesake for Battery Wagner).

Across the street is St. Michael's Church Cemetery. Interred here is Francis Kinloch (1755–1826) a delegate to Second Continental Congress from South Carolina.

Notes

^ John Rutledge memorial at Find a Grave.
^ Christensen, George A. (1983) Here Lies the Supreme Court: Gravesites of the Justices, Yearbook Supreme Court Historical Society at Internet Archive which erroneously lists the gravesite as being in Colorado.
^ See also, Christensen, George A., Here Lies the Supreme Court: Revisited, Journal of Supreme Court History, Volume 33 Issue 1, Pages 17 - 41 (19 Feb 2008), University of Alabama.