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Armistead · 12-26-10, 02:55 PM

The only large section of land was left was left to my Grandfather. He had 4 wives, my father being with the first and not much of a relationship there. His kids with his last wife inherited the remaining land which was the family graveyard, later to become a large public graveyard.

Most of it is now Fort Mill SC. My Grandfather owed a funeral business and the graveyard there which has long been sold since his death, but still carries our name...Interesting graveyard, has family in it from 1831 to this day, my grandmother being the last family member that died and buried there. There is a lot of indian history there and my grandfather did work with them and you'll find many Catawba indians buried in the old Wolfe graveyard. My grandfather was married to a woman half catawba blood, so probably why he buried many at little cost. They have found indain artifacts there dating back to 600 AD.

Also, last I checked at least two of the past generations of slaves that worked the plantation still live on nearby land. They went into some business deal with GGGpappy after the war and ended up with a lot of the land. Several of them fought for the south.

I grew up on Unity Street and a we use to play in an another old graveyard across from our home. Course I grew up loving history. Later found this to be the old Unity Graveyard that has graves from the revolution. On wiki it states some of the graves are damaged, ect....hope that's not the ones we threw the stones at as kids in the 60s, as it was surrounded by a large stone wall. Course back then the graveyard was not kept up then at all. It also has a monument dedicated to slaves that fought for the south.

Why Calvary came that far, facts vary, but my gggpappy was big in slaves, brother a former Senator and his wife another big political family. Sad thing, it was right near the wars end and only one of the few homes burnt to the ground. They also burned a railroad bridge, probably found his house along the way.

Edit, funny I just checked and my cousin that got everything is Chairman of the Board for the town....

12-26-10, 02:55 PM	#10
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	The only large section of land was left was left to my Grandfather. He had 4 wives, my father being with the first and not much of a relationship there. His kids with his last wife inherited the remaining land which was the family graveyard, later to become a large public graveyard. Most of it is now Fort Mill SC. My Grandfather owed a funeral business and the graveyard there which has long been sold since his death, but still carries our name...Interesting graveyard, has family in it from 1831 to this day, my grandmother being the last family member that died and buried there. There is a lot of indian history there and my grandfather did work with them and you'll find many Catawba indians buried in the old Wolfe graveyard. My grandfather was married to a woman half catawba blood, so probably why he buried many at little cost. They have found indain artifacts there dating back to 600 AD. Also, last I checked at least two of the past generations of slaves that worked the plantation still live on nearby land. They went into some business deal with GGGpappy after the war and ended up with a lot of the land. Several of them fought for the south. I grew up on Unity Street and a we use to play in an another old graveyard across from our home. Course I grew up loving history. Later found this to be the old Unity Graveyard that has graves from the revolution. On wiki it states some of the graves are damaged, ect....hope that's not the ones we threw the stones at as kids in the 60s, as it was surrounded by a large stone wall. Course back then the graveyard was not kept up then at all. It also has a monument dedicated to slaves that fought for the south. Why Calvary came that far, facts vary, but my gggpappy was big in slaves, brother a former Senator and his wife another big political family. Sad thing, it was right near the wars end and only one of the few homes burnt to the ground. They also burned a railroad bridge, probably found his house along the way. Edit, funny I just checked and my cousin that got everything is Chairman of the Board for the town.... Last edited by Armistead; 12-26-10 at 03:58 PM.