I choose at this point not to list my actual name here, but rather a nick-name. However, I am real and do exist. I am a historian and photographer among other things. However, and a disclaimer here, I no longer take requests as it is too competitive here. Besides, one particular person in the area here claims all the photo requests for themselves and leave none for any others to claim and fulfill. For,the most part I will just use this website for research.

Unlike some people, being in a cemetery does not bother me. I like to explore old cemeteries as they can be full of history and have interesting epitaphs on the grave markers, esp. some of the ones from the late 1700's to mid 1800's. The varying styles of the earlier era American tombstones amazes me. It is somewhat sad that most tombstones these days are of the modern "cookie cutter" varieties.

Often after looking at a grave marker and/or taking a photo of it I wonder whom that person was. What did they look like? What did they do? How and where did they live? How or why did they die? I've looked at tombstones of soldiers that died during the War Between the States (the so-called "Civil War") and wondered did that person die of sickness, pneumonia, lack of good food, snake bite or defending for or fighting against southern Confederate States sovereignty and independence. Likewise, regarding WW-II soldiers, sailors and airmen. What did that person do? What did they experience? If killed in combat, how and in what battle and so on. What of Native American graves. What was life like for them and who we they and what did they experience?

I once had a history professor tell me cemeteries are historical sites. And he was correct. Sadly, as some of us know there are many cemeteries that are no longer there or can be located due to overgrowth, farming, development or flooding or etc. Other cemeteries no longer have grave markers as some markers have long since rotted away, fallen apart, been moved aside vandalized or stolen. And, if there is no proper documentation for such cemeteries or no one is around that knows where the grave(s) are then typically it is lost to memory and neglect. One may actually walk across such sites and not even know it. So, what Find A Grave is all about is, I think, a good and worthy thing.

I can take photo requests for Lexington and Richland counties, South Carolina and perhaps surrounding areas. I will fulfill the requests as quickly as I can within the allotted time, depending on my time or schedule. After all taking and fulfilling requests is a volunteer task.

I also have photos from other South Carolina cemeteries as well, and also photos from certain cemeteries in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Hawaii, of which I plan to eventually upload to this site at some point. I am also interested in leads or directions to undocumented or obscure cemeteries that are not listed on Find A Grave in this South Carolina or southeastern Alabama areas.

I choose at this point not to list my actual name here, but rather a nick-name. However, I am real and do exist. I am a historian and photographer among other things. However, and a disclaimer here, I no longer take requests as it is too competitive here. Besides, one particular person in the area here claims all the photo requests for themselves and leave none for any others to claim and fulfill. For,the most part I will just use this website for research.

Unlike some people, being in a cemetery does not bother me. I like to explore old cemeteries as they can be full of history and have interesting epitaphs on the grave markers, esp. some of the ones from the late 1700's to mid 1800's. The varying styles of the earlier era American tombstones amazes me. It is somewhat sad that most tombstones these days are of the modern "cookie cutter" varieties.

Often after looking at a grave marker and/or taking a photo of it I wonder whom that person was. What did they look like? What did they do? How and where did they live? How or why did they die? I've looked at tombstones of soldiers that died during the War Between the States (the so-called "Civil War") and wondered did that person die of sickness, pneumonia, lack of good food, snake bite or defending for or fighting against southern Confederate States sovereignty and independence. Likewise, regarding WW-II soldiers, sailors and airmen. What did that person do? What did they experience? If killed in combat, how and in what battle and so on. What of Native American graves. What was life like for them and who we they and what did they experience?

I once had a history professor tell me cemeteries are historical sites. And he was correct. Sadly, as some of us know there are many cemeteries that are no longer there or can be located due to overgrowth, farming, development or flooding or etc. Other cemeteries no longer have grave markers as some markers have long since rotted away, fallen apart, been moved aside vandalized or stolen. And, if there is no proper documentation for such cemeteries or no one is around that knows where the grave(s) are then typically it is lost to memory and neglect. One may actually walk across such sites and not even know it. So, what Find A Grave is all about is, I think, a good and worthy thing.

I can take photo requests for Lexington and Richland counties, South Carolina and perhaps surrounding areas. I will fulfill the requests as quickly as I can within the allotted time, depending on my time or schedule. After all taking and fulfilling requests is a volunteer task.

I also have photos from other South Carolina cemeteries as well, and also photos from certain cemeteries in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Hawaii, of which I plan to eventually upload to this site at some point. I am also interested in leads or directions to undocumented or obscure cemeteries that are not listed on Find A Grave in this South Carolina or southeastern Alabama areas.