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Agnes Of Glasgow

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Agnes Of Glasgow

Birth
Death
1780 (aged 19–20)
Burial
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.2334664, Longitude: -80.6078565
Plot
Former church cemetery near the gate of Old Quaker Cemetery.
Memorial ID
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American Folk Figure. According to tradition, she followed her lover in the British Army during the Revolutionary War. She searched through the wilderness to Camden, South Carolina, but died before finding him. She was then buried here under cover of darkness by King Haigler and his men. (King Haigler was an American Wateree Indian who befriended Europeans in South Carolina). According to local legend her ghost can be seen as she continues to walk the streets and roads in and near Camden, South Carolina, still looking for her lover.

King Hagler died when Agnes was 3 years old
American Folk Figure. According to tradition, she followed her lover in the British Army during the Revolutionary War. She searched through the wilderness to Camden, South Carolina, but died before finding him. She was then buried here under cover of darkness by King Haigler and his men. (King Haigler was an American Wateree Indian who befriended Europeans in South Carolina). According to local legend her ghost can be seen as she continues to walk the streets and roads in and near Camden, South Carolina, still looking for her lover.

King Hagler died when Agnes was 3 years old

Inscription

Here lies the body of Agnes of Glasgow


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  • Maintained by: Catoe4
  • Added: Aug 26, 2000
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11902/agnes_of-glasgow: accessed ), memorial page for Agnes Of Glasgow (1760–1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11902, citing Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Catoe4 (contributor 47413036).