The Cemetery at Hanover
Street.
This private Jewish cemetery,
whose origin antedates the nineteenth century, was practically
unknown in Charleston till I called attention to it. How I
came to find it I have told elsewhere. (See my Pamphlet
Reprints "Old Jewish Cemeteries.") It is strange that this
cemetery is not mentioned in the Constitution of Beth Elohim
of 1820.
This ground was conveyed in 1798
by Betzje Henrickson to Henry Moses, Solomon Moses, Meyer
Derkheim, Samuel Hyatns, Benjamin Tores and Solomon Harby in
trust "as a burying ground and place of interment for the said
? and their descendants, and also such other person and
persons professing Judaism, as the Trustees for the time being
or a majority of them shall for that purpose approve of." A
further clause is added "that the Trustees above named and the
survivors of them and their successors shall for ever be
incapable of selling, disposing of, alienating, transferring,
exchanging, dividing or giving up the premises aforesaid from
the Issue, descendants and families of the original trustees
aforesaid, so as to exclude them from Interment therein, to
any person or persons, sectary or sectaries, society or
societies, congregation or congregations of whatever
description or denomination."
This deed is recorded in the
office of Mesne Conveyance Vol W6, p. 397 sq. The following
are the inscriptions on the tombstones:
In Memory of SAMUEL
LEVY,
Of Camden, who departed this life June 20th,
1799, aged 18 years
In Memory of Abraham S.
Abraham, son of Samuel Abraham, who departed this
life on Edisto Island, September the 26th, 1809, aged 20
years, 1 month and 15 days
To the Memory of MR.
HENRY MOSES,
Who departed this life on Monday the
11th February, 1814, in the 68th year of his age.
Sacred to the Memory of
MRS. ELIZABETH MOSES
Who departed this
life on the 19th day of January, 1819, in the 75th year of her
age.
Sacred to the Memory of
MRS MIRIAM HYAMS,
Wife of Samuel Hyams,
and daughter of Eleazer and Judith Levy. Born in
Charleston, So. Ca., in the year 1780 and a resident there
until her death on the 19th of January, 1821 ---
In Memory of ELIZA
HENRIETTA LEVY,
The infant daughter of
Chapman and Flora Levy,who departed this life the 7th day of
March, 1822, aged 1 year and 17 days.
ROSALIE
LAMBERT.
Third daughter of William and Rachel
Lambert. Died August 30th, 1835 (child.)
MARION J.
TOBIAS.
Died July 19th, 1836 (child.)
Sacred to the Memory of
HENRY J. HARBY SEN.
Born 12th October,
1799. Died 14th September, 1841. (?)
CHARLES FERDINAND
SMITH,
Son of Thomas and Everleen Smith (infant)
Died July 1849.
HENRY J. HARBY
Junr.
Born 1843. Died 1852.
Sacred to the Memory of My
Mother, REBECCA HARBY,
Born 2nd October,
1768, died 31st December, 1854, aged 87 years, 2 months, 29
days.
Sacred to the Memory of
CATHERINE FRANCES,
Wife of C. F. Whippey.
Died 5th November, 1858.
ISAAC
TOBIAS,
Born February 10th, 1796. Died January
28th, 1860
TOBIAS
HARBY.
Born September 22nd, 1836. Died April 17th,
1860.
SOPHIE
TOBIAS,
Died February 13, 1866 (Child.)
Sacred to the Memory of
MISS CAROLINE D'L HARBY,
Born
May 4th, 1801. Died January 6th, 1876.
NOTE - Here and
there in the foregoing pages, the order of the inscriptions
has had to be changed to meet the exigencies of the printer.
It should also be noted that there are about half a dozen
tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions in the Coming Street
cemetery which have been omitted owing to the fact that they
cannot be
identified