St. Michael's Churchyard

St. Michael's Churchyard, adjacent to historic St. Michael's Episcopal Church on the corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, in Charleston, South Carolina 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:

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.

J. A. W. Iusti, Frederick Julius Ortmann, and Christopher Werner were three German born forgers of wrought iron in Charleston.[4] Iusti's creation of the St. Michael's Cemetery Gate "Sword Gate" is one of the two most notable iron gates in Charleston, the other being the "Sword Gate" by Werner.[5]

Notes

  1. "John Rutledge memorial at Find a Grave". Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  2. Christensen, George A. (1983). "Here Lies the Supreme Court: Gravesites of the Justices, Yearbook". Supreme Court Historical Society which erroneously lists the gravesite as being in Colorado. Archived from the original on 2005-09-03. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  3. Christensen, George A. (19 Feb 2008). "Here Lies the Supreme Court: Revisited". Journal of Supreme Court History. University of Alabama. 33 (1): 17–41. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5818.2008.00177.x.
  4. Ciociola, Kelly Ann (May 2010). "'Werner Fecit', Christopher Werner and nineteenth-century Charleston ironwork: A Thesis" (pdf). Graduate Schools of Clemson University and College of Charleston: 4. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  5. Vlaich, Joseph Michael (1992). Charleston Blacksmith: The Work of Phillip Simmon. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 82–84. ISBN 0-87249-835-2.

Coordinates: 32°46′34″N 79°55′50″W / 32.77611°N 79.93056°W / 32.77611; -79.93056

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