Anderson County
South Carolina

Anderson County information:

• Population: 165,740 (2000); 145,196 (1990)
• Land area 718 square miles.
• County seat: Anderson
• Anderson County official web site.
• Capital Impact: Anderson County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
• Fedstats/Mapstats: Anderson County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
• Anderson County SCGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
  (if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).

Neighboring areas:

• North: Pickens County
• Northeast: Greenville County
• East: Laurens County
• Southeast: Abbeville County
• Southwest: Elbert County, Ga.; Hart County, Ga.
• Northwest: Oconee County

The Political Graveyard:

• Politicians who were born in Anderson County
• Politicians who lived in Anderson County
• Politicians who died in Anderson County
• Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Anderson County

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Politicians who were born in Anderson County

• Anderson: George Ross Anderson, Jr. 1929 Mary Lou Parks 1939
• No city given: Jehu Amaziah Orr 1828 Robert F. Morgan 1922
• Pendleton District County (now Anderson County): Samuel A. Maverick 1803 Stephen Adams 1807
• Craytonville: James L. Orr 1822
• Near Honea Path: Olin D. Johnston 1896
• Honea Path: John Clarence Taylor 1890
• Near Pendleton: James Thomas Harrison 1811
• Pendleton, Pendleton District County (now Anderson County): Francis Burt 1807
• Pendleton District County (now Anderson County): Samuel A. Maverick 1803 Stephen Adams 1807
• Starr: Wilton Earle Hall 1901
• Williamston: Gabriel Heyward Mahon, Jr. 1889
• See also S.C. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Anderson County

• Anderson: J. A. Hoyt - E. F. Cochran - John R. Cochran - M. L. Bonham - J. B. Quarles - L. W. Harris - William C. Johnston - John Clarence Taylor - George Ross Anderson, Jr. - David Vandiver
• No city given: J. P. Reid
• Belton: Asbury C. Latimer
• Pendleton: Warren R. Davis
• Sandy Springs: J. B. Douthit, Jr.
• See also S.C. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Anderson County

• Anderson: Wilton Earle Hall 1980 John Clarence Taylor 1983
• No city given: John Baylis Earle 1863
• Centerville: Elias Earle 1823
• Pendleton: John Ewing Colhoun 1802
• Pendleton, Pendleton District County (now Anderson County): Thomas Bee 1812
• See also S.C. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Anderson County

• Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
• Private or family graveyards
• Anderson Forest Lawn Memorial Park
• Anderson Old Silverbrook Cemetery
• Anderson Presbyterian Cemetery
• Belton Belton Cemetery
• Honea Path Barkers Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
• Honea Path Garden of Memories
• Pendleton Old Stone Churchyard
• Pendleton St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard

Politicians buried here:

• Joshua Whitner Ashley — of South Carolina. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1892; member of South Carolina state senate, 1913. Interment at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:

• John Baylis Earle (1766-1863) — of South Carolina. Born in North Carolina, October 23, 1766. Cousin of Samuel Earle; nephew of Elias Earle. U.S. Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1803-05; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in Anderson County, S.C., February 3, 1863. Interment at at a private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.

Politicians buried here:

• Wilton Earle Hall (1901-1980) — of South Carolina. Born in Starr, Anderson County, S.C., March 11, 1901. Democrat. U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1944-45. Died in Anderson, Anderson County, S.C., February 25, 1980. Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.

Politicians buried here:

• Lewis Malone Ayer (1821-1895) — of South Carolina. Born near Barnwell, Barnwell District (now Barnwell County), S.C., November 12, 1821. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1848-56; delegate to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; Representative from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Baptist. Died March 8, 1895. Interment at Old Silverbrook Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:

• James Lawrence Orr (1822-1873) — also known as James L. Orr — of South Carolina. Born in Craytonville, Anderson County, S.C., May 12, 1822. Brother of Jehu Amaziah Orr. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1844-48; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1849-59 (2nd District 1849-53, 5th District 1853-59); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1857-59; delegate to South Carolina secession convention, 1860; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1862; Senator from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; Governor of South Carolina, 1865-68; state court judge in South Carolina, 1868-70; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1872-73, died in office 1873. Died of pneumonia in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 5, 1873. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.

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Politicians buried here:

• Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) — also known as Asbury C. Latimer — of Belton, Anderson County, S.C. Born near Lowndesville, Abbeville County, S.C., July 31, 1851. Democrat. U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908. Methodist. Died February 20, 1908. Interment at Belton Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.

Politicians buried here:

• Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (1896-1965) — also known as Olin D. Johnston — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C. Born near Honea Path, Anderson County, S.C., November 18, 1896. Son of Edward Andrews Johnston and Leila (Webb) Johnston; married, December 27, 1924, to Gladys E. Atkinson; father of Elizabeth Johnston Patterson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-24, 1927-30; Governor of South Carolina, 1935-39, 1943-45; member of Democratic National Committee from South Carolina, 1935-40, 1944-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1945-65; elected unopposed 1950; died in office 1965. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Junior Order; Knights of Pythias; Optimist Club; Redmen; Woodmen. Died April 18, 1965. Interment at Barkers Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.

Politicians buried here:

• John Clarence Taylor (1890-1983) — of Anderson, Anderson County, S.C. Born in Honea Path, Anderson County, S.C., March 2, 1890. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; livestock auction business; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938; member of South Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1951-54, 1959-62. Died in Anderson, Anderson County, S.C., March 25, 1983. Interment at Garden of Memories.
  • See also: congressional biography.

Politicians buried here:

• Andrew Pickens (1779-1838) — of South Carolina. Born November 13, 1779. Son of Andrew Pickens (1739-1817); father of Francis Wilkinson Pickens. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of South Carolina, 1816-18. Died July 1, 1838. Interment at Old Stone Churchyard.
• Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) — of South Carolina. Born in Pennsylvania, 1739. Father of Andrew Pickens (1779-1838); grandfather of Francis Wilkinson Pickens. Democrat. U.S. Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1793-95; member of South Carolina state legislature. Died in 1817. Interment at Old Stone Churchyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.

Politicians buried here:

• Barnard Elliott Bee (1787-1853) — also known as Barnard E. Bee — of Texas. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., 1787. Son of Thomas Bee; brother-in-law of James Hamilton, Jr.; father of Hamilton Prioleau Bee; grandfather of Carlos Bee. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1837-38; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1838-39; Texas Republic Minister to the United States, 1838-41. His son, also named Barnard Elliott Bee, was a Confederate brigadier general who gave Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson his nickname, with the rallying cry: "There stands Jackson like a stone wall!". Died in 1853. Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard. Bee County, Tex. is named for him.
• Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 1, 1807. Son-in-law of John Caldwell Calhoun. Mining engineer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1844-51. Among the founders of the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland. Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolina for the purpose of establishing an agricultural college, which was named for him, and became Clemson University. Died April 6, 1888. Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard.