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Google: 4.6/5Joseph Thomas Family Cemetery
2101 Gold Hill Rd, Fort Mill
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It is the Thomas Family Cemetery and includes the body of two Confederate soldiers (brothers) who where in the 53rd NC INF REG. Also there is the wife and child of one of the brothers. From the corner of the street you can see that there is ( falling apart ) wooden enter way and fence (collapsing) around the head stones . There is heavy plant growth that makes the cemetery invisible to cars and people who may go by. You could say that is on purpose to hide the Confederate head stones....but I don't think so. I would suspect that this little triangle piece of land is in private hands...as the head stones are in good shape and this is no over growth inside the fence. The...read full review
I spotted the marker on Google and decided to stop and pay this cemetery a visit. It is not even a quarter acre and sits in the shade of some tall trees near this intersection. Some of the headstones have been recently replaced, some of them have tumbled over and one is broken. One of the new stones marks the final resting place of Private Elijah Caton, Company B, North Carolina's 53rd Regiment, Confederate States of America, born 1836 and died 1865. Another is illegible and notes a date in 1904 with the line "Gone but not forgotten". [Review 13054 overall, 371 of 2020.]