Spratt Cemetery

Spratt Cemetery is a historic family cemetery located near Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It contains graves of three generations of the Spratt family, and other early settlers of the Fort Mill area. The cemetery consists of 14 marked graves and approximately 9 graves with broken stones or partial markers. It includes the grave of Thomas "Kanawha" Spratt (ca. 1731-1807), one of the first settlers of the area, and located adjacent to the site his homestead along Nation Ford Road. The land was provided for the Spratt homestead by the General New River, leader of the Catawba tribe.[2][3]

Spratt Cemetery
Roadside view
LocationBrickyard Rd., near Fort Mill, South Carolina
Coordinates34°59′58″N 80°57′10″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
MPSNation Ford Road Area MPS
NRHP reference No.00000597[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 1, 2007

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paul M. Gettys (January 1999). "Spratt Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  3. "Spratt Cemetery, York County (Brickyard Rd., Fort Mill vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
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