Historic Churchyard

Christ Church Historic Churchyard

Historical Tours of the church, chapel, and churchyard are given several times a year. For more information on upcoming tours, please contact Marie Taylor, Director of Welcoming Ministries.

A walk through the churchyard will lead you past former clergy, church members, and former mayors. Also interred are Vardry McBee, the post Civil War provisional Governor Benjamin Franklin Perry, his son, US Congressman William H. Perry, and US Senator Joseph H. Earle.

Our current focus is to re-establish and develop the grounds of the Church so the campus will complement and enhance the beautiful, historic church buildings in the heart of Greenville. These beautification efforts will take several years to complete and are ably led by a volunteer Grounds Committee.

Learn more about our historic grounds restoration projects.

To enable us to explore and search the dynamic ownership records of the cemetery, a churchyard website was completed in the Fall of 2010 and given to the church by Crawford B. Lewis, a dedicated parishioner, as his Eagle Scout Project. To locate a historical grave in the churchyard, visit the Christ Church Cemetery Website (maintained by third party). If you have any questions or to find the resting place of a family member, please email Crawford Lewis.

Click here for a map of the churchyard. A larger map of the churchyard is located in the Business Office and is available for viewing and locating cemetery sites.
  
If you have information that you would like to share on an ancestor buried in the churchyard, please fill out the historical form.

To learn more about the availability of cemetery lots, please contact Debra Youngblood.