Spooking Sightings in Charleston

Cathedral Churchyard - St. Patrick's Catholic

Hello fellow bloggers! 

Our first trip consisted of two different churchyards close to the College of Charleston campus. The first church we visited which was the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, consisted of many different kinds of grave-markers. 

This first grave-marker is called a Die on Base. This grave consisted of two people who I assume were related in some way. This grave was one of the newer ones, allowing for me to clearly ready was has been en-scripted into the stone.

Unfortunately, I was not as lucky with some other graves. Also found in the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul were these four rather small headstones. The size of these headstones lead me to believe that those who are buried were children when they died or may have not been very rich to afford a larger headstone.

This grave-marker was quite possibly my favorite one that we had seen on our trip. This type of grave-marker is an obelisk. Obelisks are very similar in shape to the Washington Monument. In my own personal opinion, an obelisk is more of a statement piece for a grave and will allow for more attention.

Another good find at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul was this Die in Socket. Similar to the others show, this grave is so old that it is near impossible to read what is written. Sadly, this leaves me from being able to figure out the history of this particular grave.

This worn down grave-marker is called a ledger. Ledgers were originally used in hopes of keeping the spirit of the buried, underground where they are wanted. This ledger in particular has seen a lot and that shows by how dirty and illegible it is.

This grave-marker is a very larger and holds a lot of character. This marker could fall into the category of a pedestal. However, I am unsure if that is the correct name or if it could fall into another category. All that I was able to read on this grave-marker is "H.M.H", which I assume is the initials of who was buried below.

Despite not being able to tell if the last grave-marker was a pedestal or not, I am fairly confident that this one is. This grave represents a husband and wife with the last name of "Reeves". The husband, Matthew died first in 1862, leaving his wife to live another 40 years without him. Ellen, the wife, did not die until 1902.

The next grave-marker from the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul is a box tomb. Many people would look at this and think that the body is within the stone box, however, the body is actually buried underground. 

This is called a footstone grave-marker. This marker is very small compared to others that were found throughout our trip. This grave is for a man named William N. Lucas who fought in World War I. This grave is just as old as other found within the churchyard, however I believe that is well kept because this man was a veteran. It looks as if he was born in 1896 and died in 1977. 

This is a very elaborate example of a box tomb. It is sitting on top of another slab of stone and has almost bath like features with the feet that were chosen. I really enjoyed this grave because despite it being very old, it still manages to be timeless. Truly a great way to keep your loved ones as "timeless".