Community works to protect Cainhoy burial grounds
VIDEO: Community works to protect Cainhoy burial grounds By Paola Tristan Arruda | April 28, 2021 at 9:43 PM EDT - Updated April 28 at 11:15 PM
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - A community in the Cainhoy area is hoping to protect burial grounds they say is being threatened by a development.
People working to preserve graves in and around the McDowell cemetery said it dates back to the late 1690â²s. It was an all-White cemetery until the late 1800â²s. African Americans have been buried right outside of its fences in a separate burial ground.
MaeRe Chandler Skinner is the Chair of the Cainhoy Methodist Church & Cemetery which owns the parcel that the cemetery is on. She has been working with Fred Lincoln to identify African American graves and combine both areas into one.
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Celebrating the Cainhoy peninsula’s Gullah-Geechee ties
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Elizabeth Bush Author Herb Frazier can still picture the scene in his mind. It took place about 15 years ago, when he was conducting research for his book, “Behind God’s Back: Gullah Memories Cainhoy, Wando, Huger, Daniel Island, St. Thomas Island, South Carolina.” Frazier was visiting the home of Cainhoy peninsula native Harold Lincoln Sr., who was then nearing his 93rd birthday. Lincoln had spent his whole life in the tight-knit Jack Primus community, located off Clements Ferry Road, and Frazier was eager to hear his stories of days gone by.
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The $64 million project will be funded with $20 million of federal money, while the remaining $44.6 million comes from county sales tax dollars, approved by voters in 2014.
While residents may not see construction until the middle of 2021, preliminary work will begin next week. This includes clearing and removing growth, drainage improvements and utility relocations. Construction is scheduled to be completed by November 2024, said Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb.
Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb speaks at the groundbreaking for Phase 2 of the widening of Clements Ferry Road on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. The project will add two lanes to Clements Ferry Road, for approximately 4.5 miles, from Jack Primus Road to S.C. Highway 41 near the Wando River. The improvements also include a multiuse path and a raised planted median. Brad Nettles/Staff