Old Salem Baptist Cemetery in Anderson, South Carolina

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Get directions 5691 Pearman Dairy Rd.
Anderson, South Carolina 29625 United States

Coordinates: 34.55194, -82.72249
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Old Salem Baptist Cemetery was located five and a half miles northwest of Anderson at the time the church was in existence.

The location today is in the woods behind:
Ebenezer Baptist Church
5519 Old Pearman Dairy Road
Anderson, SC 29625

Salem Baptist Church moved to its present location in 1873 and at the new church is a marble marker inset in a brick post that reads "Burriss Cemetery 1840," though no marked Burriss graves there predated 1873.

Rev. James Hembree (Mar. 27, 1758-16 Aug 1849) was pastor at (Old) Salem from 1813-1849 and at the time he died, previously serving Bethesda Baptist Church. He was Revolutionay War soldier and reportedly buried here at Old Salem where his stone was transcribed in the 1960s as reading simply "Rev. J. Hembree, died 1849," although a new stone has been erected to him at the new Salem Baptist Cemetery.

Rev. Jacob Burriss (1799-1879) was pastor of (old) Salem from 1852-66 and a brother of Rev. Bryant Boroughs (1794-1870). Rev. Bryant Boroughs is buried at Old Salem, while Rev. Jacob Burriss is buried at the new Salem Church.