Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — Size of a Graveyard. [ARTICLE]

Size of a Graveyard.

The attorney general of South Carolina has just made a ruling relative to what the size of a graveyard may be. He says the size is not limited by law, and may be a mile square or more. The land must not be used for any other purpose than as a burial place, and the graveyard must not be held with a view to profit or speculation. The case came up in the matter of the seizure of the old Maverick plantation graveyard, in Pickens County, for back taxes.