I 77, exit 75, south on US 21 approximately 15
miles to intersection of SC 223, turn right onto SC 223 and go almost
to the end of the road, left on Mt Vernon Road, when power lines cross
the road, look for four wheel trail to right up hill
I 77, exit 75, south on US 21 approximately 15
miles to intersection of SC 223, turn left onto Landsford Canal State
Park entrance road, approximately 1 mile on left, across from white
fenced ranch. Very hard to see.
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South Carolina Cemetery Preservation Law -
Please let
us know about additional current or pending South Carolina cemetery
protection laws.
Title
6 Chapter 1 General Provisions
SECTION 6-1-35.
Preservation and protection of cemeteries.
Preservation and protection of cemeteries.
(A) Counties and municipalities are authorized to preserve and protect
any cemetery located within its jurisdiction which the county or
municipality determines has been abandoned or is not being maintained
and are further authorized to expend public funds and use county or
municipal inmate labor, in the manner authorized by law, in connection
with the cemetery.
(B) As used in this
section, the term "preserve and protect" means to keep safe from
destruction, peril, or other adversity and may include the placement of
signs, markers, fencing, or other appropriate features so as to
identify the site as a cemetery and so as to aid in the preservation
and protection of the abandoned cemetery.
SCIAA Policy on
Human Burial Remains
Read through the South Carolina Institute of Archeology and
Anthropology's policy on the steps taken after finding human burials
SC-CEMETERY
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