Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and are a significant pursuit for many genealogists. Sometimes, the information on a headstone is the only information available for certain ancestors.
What can you find in these records? How about birth, marriage, and death information and clues to military service, religion, and organization memberships? Location of the burial plot, tombstone inscriptions, cemetery maps, sexton registers, and headstone photos are also generally available.
Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching cemetery records:
- FamilySearch – United States Cemeteries
- A Gravesite Can Reveal Remarkable Details About Your Ancestor IF You Can Find It: Here’s How
- Rootsweb – Cemetery Records
I have not performed separate searches from Find a Grave, Billion Graves, or Interment.net by county or individual cemetery as that would be time prohibitive. Those sites are very useful, and you might find references to them from sub-collection links.
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Below are links to cemetery, burial, and interment records as well as indexes and tombstone inscriptions that are available for free online.
(Updated February 2023)
South Carolina Cemetery Records
General U.S.
- African American Cemeteries.com
- Billion Graves Index
- Find A Grave Index
- Names in Stone Cemetery Maps
- United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969
- US GenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
- Veteran’s Nationwide Gravesite Locator
South Carolina
- Abbeville County Cemeteries
- Abbeville County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Abbeville County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Abbeville County Cemeteries and Records
- Abbeville County Cemetery Records
- Abbeville County, Tombstone Inscriptions of Old Little River Church
- Abbeville County, Buzzard Roost Cemetery Records
- Abbeville County, Ebenezer Cemetery Records
- Abbeville County, Gilgal Methodist Church Cemetery Records
- Abbeville County, Lindsey Cemetery Records
- Abbeville County, Power Family Cemetery Records
- Abbeville County, Wilson and Beauford Family Cemetery Records
- Abbeville, Abbeville County, Eaken Family Cemetery Records
- Aiken County Cemeteries
- Aiken County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Aiken County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Aiken County Cemeteries and Records
- Aiken County Cemetery Records
- Aiken County, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Allendale County Cemeteries
- Allendale County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Allendale County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Allendale County Cemeteries and Records
- Allendale County Cemetery Records
- Allendale, Swallow Savanna Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Anderson County Cemeteries
- Anderson County Cemeteries
- Anderson County Cemeteries
- Anderson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Anderson County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Anderson County Cemeteries and Records
- Anderson County Cemetery Records
- Anderson County, Book of the Dead
- Anderson County, Book of the Dead
- Bamberg County Cemeteries
- Bamberg County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Bamberg County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Bamberg County Cemetery Records
- Barnwell County Cemeteries
- Barnwell County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Barnwell County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Barnwell County Cemeteries and Records
- Barnwell County Cemetery Records
- Barnwell County Records, Cemetery Records
- Barnwell County, Cemetery Inscriptions
- Beaufort County Cemeteries
- Beaufort County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Beaufort County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Beaufort County Cemeteries and Records
- Beaufort County Cemetery Records
- Beaufort, Beaufort National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Beaufort, Citizens Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bellinger Hill Delta Plantation, Jasper County, Hardee Family Cemetery Records
- Berkeley County Cemeteries
- Berkeley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Berkeley County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Berkeley County Cemeteries and Records
- Berkeley County Cemetery Inscriptions
- Berkeley County Cemetery Records
- Boiling Springs, Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bullock Creek Church, Roster of Cemetery
- Calhoun County Cemeteries
- Calhoun County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Calhoun County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Calhoun County Cemeteries and Records
- Calhoun County Cemetery Records
- Calhoun County, Cemeteries
- Camden, De Mortuis, Old burial grounds
- Campobello, New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Charleston County Cemeteries
- Charleston County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Charleston County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Charleston County Cemeteries and Records
- Charleston County Cemetery Records
- Charleston, Old Jewish Cemeteries, Transcript of the inscriptions on their tombstones, 1762-1903
- Charleston, The Old Jewish Cemeteries, Tombstone Inscriptions, 1762-1903
- Charleston, Charleston County, Riverview Memorial Cemetery Records
- Charleston, Magnolia Cemetery (Magnolia Umbra Plantation)
- Charleston, Magnolia Cemetery Records
- Charleston, Record of inscriptions in the Unitarian Cemetery
- Cherokee County and surrounding areas, Tombstones and Cemeteries
- Cherokee County Cemeteries
- Cherokee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cherokee County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cherokee County Cemeteries and Records
- Cherokee County Cemetery Records
- Cherokee County, Old Isler Cemetery
- Chester County Cemeteries
- Chester County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Chester County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Chester County Cemeteries and Records
- Chester County Cemetery Records
- Chester County, Hopewell A. R. P. Church
- Chester County, Old Catholic Presbyterian Church, Cemetery inscriptions
- Chesterfield County Cemeteries
- Chesterfield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Chesterfield County Cemeteries and Records
- Chesterfield County Cemetery Records
- Clarendon County Cemeteries
- Clarendon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Clarendon County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Clarendon County Cemeteries and Records
- Clarendon County Cemetery Records
- Clarendon County, Epitaphs
- Clover, Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Colleton County Cemeteries
- Colleton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Colleton County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Colleton County Cemeteries and Records
- Colleton County Cemetery Records
- Columbia, Bush River Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Columbia, Elmwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Columbia, Fort Jackson National Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Columbia, Greenlawn Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Columbia, Olympia Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Columbia, Randolph Cemetery Survey
- Columbia, Randolph Cemetery, Burial Database
- Conway, Hillcrest Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Darlington County Cemeteries
- Darlington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Darlington County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Darlington County Cemeteries and Records
- Darlington County Cemetery Records
- Darlington County, Cemetery Records
- Darlington, Grove Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Dillon and Horry County Miscellaneous Cemetery Records
- Dillon County Cemeteries
- Dillon County Cemeteries
- Dillon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dillon County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Dillon County Cemeteries and Records
- Dillon County Cemetery Records
- Donalds, Old Greenville Church Cemetery Inscriptions
- Donalds, Old Greenville Church Cemetery
- Dorchester County Cemeteries
- Dorchester County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dorchester County Cemeteries and Records
- Dorchester County Cemetery Records
- Duncan, Wood Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Easley, West View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Edgefield County Cemeteries
- Edgefield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Edgefield County Cemeteries and Records
- Edgefield County Cemetery Records
- Edgefield County, Epitaphs
- Edgefield Village Baptist Cemetery, Inscriptions, including Trinity Episcopal Church Section and Willowbrook Cemetery
- Evergreen (Grimball) Cemetery, James Island, Burial Records
- Fairfield County Cemeteries
- Fairfield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fairfield County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Fairfield County Cemeteries and Records
- Fairfield County Cemeteries, Epitaphs
- Fairfield County Cemetery Records
- Florence County Cemeteries
- Florence County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Florence County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Florence County Cemeteries and Records
- Florence County Cemetery Records
- Fort Mill, Unity Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Fountain Inn, Cannon Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Georgetown County Cemeteries
- Georgetown County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Georgetown County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Georgetown County Cemeteries and Records
- Georgetown County Cemetery Records
- Gillisonville, Jasper County, Cemetery Records
- Goose Creek, Berkeley County, Saint James Parish Church Cemetery Records
- Grays, Jasper County, Red Hill Cemetery Records
- Greenville County Cemeteries
- Greenville County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Greenville County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Greenville County Cemeteries and Records
- Greenville County Cemetery Records
- Greenville, Mountain Creek Baptist Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Greenville, Richland Cemetery Viewer
- Greenville, Springwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Greenville, Springwood Cemetery Viewer
- Greenville, Woodlawn Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Greenwood County Cemeteries
- Greenwood County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Greenwood County Cemeteries and Records
- Greenwood County Cemetery Records
- Greer, Mountain View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Greer, Zoar Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Hampton County Cemeteries
- Hampton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hampton County Cemeteries and Records
- Hampton County Cemetery Records
- Hilton Head Island, Saint Francis by the Sea Catholic Church Columbarium – Billion Graves
- Horry County Cemeteries
- Horry County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Horry County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Horry County Cemeteries and Records
- Horry County Cemetery Records
- Horry County Cemetery Records
- Horry County, Epitaphs
- Inman, Roselawn Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Jasper County Cemeteries
- Jasper County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jasper County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Jasper County Cemeteries and Records
- Jasper County Cemetery Records
- Jasper County, Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery Records
- Jasper County, Ellis Family Cemetery Records
- Jasper County, Hayward Family Cemetery Records
- Jasper County, May River Baptist Church Cemetery Records
- Jasper County, Pinelevel Church Cemetery Records
- Jasper County, Tuten Family Cemetery Records
- Kershaw County Cemeteries
- Kershaw County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Kershaw County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Kershaw County Cemeteries and Records
- Kershaw County Cemetery Records
- Lancaster County Cemeteries
- Lancaster County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lancaster County Cemeteries and Records
- Lancaster County Cemetery Records
- Lauren and Newberry County Cemetery Records
- Laurens County Cemeteries
- Laurens County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Laurens County Cemeteries and Records
- Laurens County Cemetery Records
- Laurens County, Epitaphs
- Lee County Cemeteries
- Lee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lee County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lee County Cemeteries and Records
- Lee County Cemeteries survey
- Lee County Cemetery Records
- Lee County, Bethany Baptist Cemetery
- Lexington County Cemeteries
- Lexington County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lexington County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lexington County Cemeteries and Records
- Lexington County Cemetery Records
- Little River, North Myrtle Beach Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Marion County Cemeteries
- Marion County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Marion County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Marion County Cemeteries and Records
- Marion County Cemetery Records
- Marlboro County Cemeteries
- Marlboro County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Marlboro County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Marlboro County Cemeteries and Records
- Marlboro County Cemetery Records
- McCormick County Cemeteries
- McCormick County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- McCormick County Cemeteries and Records
- McCormick County Cemetery Records
- McCormick County, Guthrie Family Cemetery Records
- McCormick County, Martin Family Cemetery Records
- McCormick County, Saint Stephens Cemetery Records
- McCormick, McCormick City Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Moncks Corner, Berkeley Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Moncks Corner, Plantation Gardens Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Moore, Nazareth Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mt Pleasant, Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Myrtle Beach, Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Neely’s Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Newberry County Cemeteries
- Newberry County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Newberry County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Newberry County Cemeteries and Records
- Newberry County Cemetery Records
- Newberry County, Cemetery Records
- Newberry County, King’s Creek A. R. Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Association
- North Charleston, Carolina Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- North Myrtle Beach, Southern Palms Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Oconee County Cemeteries
- Oconee County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Oconee County Cemeteries and Records
- Oconee County Cemetery Records
- Oconee County, The Old Stone Church
- Oconee County, The Old Stone Church
- Orangeburg County Cemeteries
- Orangeburg County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Orangeburg County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Orangeburg County Cemeteries and Records
- Orangeburg County Cemetery Records
- Orangeburg, Crestlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Pauline, Spartanburg County, Hebron Methodist Cemetery
- Pickens County Cemeteries
- Pickens County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pickens County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Pickens County Cemeteries and Records
- Pickens County Cemetery Records
- Pickens County, Cemetery Survey
- Piedmont, Greenville Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Port Royal Sound, Beaufort County, Little Old White Church Cemetery Records
- Red, Beaufort County, Red Dam Cemetery Records
- Richland & Kershaw Counties Cemetery Records
- Richland County Cemeteries
- Richland County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Richland County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Richland County Cemeteries and Records
- Richland County Cemetery Records
- Richland County Epitaphs
- Richland County, Killian Baptist Church Cemetery, Tombstone Records
- Richland Library Cemetery Records
- Rock Hill, Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Rock Hill, Grandview Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Rock Hill, Laurelwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Saluda County Cemeteries
- Saluda County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Saluda County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Saluda County Cemeteries and Records
- Saluda County Cemetery Records
- Saluda County, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1837-1987
- Seneca, Mount View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Seneca, Oconee Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- South Carolina Cemetery Mapping Project and Records
- South Carolina Cemetery Records
- South Carolina Genealogical Records including Cemeteries, 1700-1970
- South Carolina Jewish Cemeteries
- South Carolina State Hospital Cemetery Survey Index
- South Carolina, Jewish Cemeteries, Index to the inscriptions on their tombstones
- South Carolina, Miscellaneous Cemetery and Church Records
- Spartanburg County Cemeteries
- Spartanburg County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Spartanburg County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Spartanburg County Cemeteries and Records
- Spartanburg County Cemetery Records
- Spartanburg, Census of Grave Inscriptions, Church of the Advent
- Spartanburg, Floyd Greenlawn Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Spartanburg, Lincoln Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Spartanburg, Oakwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Spartanburg, Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Spartanburg, Sunset Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery, Inscriptions
- Summerville, Dorchester Memory Gardens – Billion Graves
- Sumter County Cemeteries
- Sumter County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sumter County Cemeteries and Records
- Sumter County Cemetery Records
- Tillman, Jasper County, Floyd Family Cemetery Records
- Travelers Rest, Grandview Memorial Gardens AKA Mountain View Memorial Park – Billion Graves
- Union County Cemeteries
- Union County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Union County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Union County Cemeteries and Records
- Union County Cemetery Records
- Union, Forest Lawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- West Columbia, Celestial Memorial Gardens – Billion Graves
- Williamsburg County Cemeteries
- Williamsburg County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Williamsburg County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Williamsburg County Cemeteries and Records
- Williamsburg County Cemetery Records
- Willington, McCormick County, Cemetery Records
- York County Cemeteries
- York County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- York County Cemeteries – Interment.net
- York County Cemeteries and Records
- York County Cemetery Records
- York County Bethel Churchyard
- York County, Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- York County, Directory of Beersheba Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- York County, Pre-1914 Cemetery Inscription Survey
- York, Rose Hill Cemetery – Billion Graves
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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For all Free South Carolina Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Yearbooks
Births
Marriages
Deaths
BMD Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Coroner Records
Criminal Records
Digital Archives
Directories
Divorce Records
Immigration Records
Institutional Records
Military Records
Mortuary Records
Naturalizations
Obituaries
Photos
Probate and Wills
Research Toolkit
School Records
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