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Circular Congregational Church Graveyard

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Charleston, SC

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HAUNTING / GHOSTCongregation 1681; graves from 1690sActive church / historic graveyardPUBLICDOCUMENTEDLEGEND

OVERVIEW

The graveyard of the Circular Congregational Church, whose congregation dates to 1681, is likely the oldest English burial ground surviving in Charleston. More than five hundred markers remain, the earliest inscribed stone dated 1729 and the oldest grave believed to be from 1695.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

Ghost-tour guides and visitors report figures resembling Revolutionary-era soldiers, shapes that follow tour groups, and photographs and audio said to capture unexplained figures and period voices.

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The church is active; the graveyard is open to visitors.

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