St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery
SC - Charleston, South Carolina, USA
St. Philip's Church, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
CHURCH, GRAVE
VISITOR INFORMATION
Free churchyard; visit respectfully during daylight hours. Church access follows services and scheduled parish activities.
St. Philip's is an active parish and its churchyard is still a burial ground, so keep your voices down and stay outside the roped areas and away from any service. There are no restrooms in the churchyard.
SITE FEATURES
Surviving Structures
Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific monthly attendance pattern was established.
March-April or October-November for St Philip’s churchyard in Charleston. Confirm the parish’s own visiting hours and the intended grave or memorial before entering.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
Nearby Historic Sites
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About St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery
Burial place of Charles Pinckney and Edward Rutledge.
St. Philip’s maintains its historic churchyard and associated cemetery, including marked graves of Charles Pinckney and Edward Rutledge. Monuments, walls, paths, ironwork, and landscaping remain within Charleston’s historic district, with ongoing conservation and controlled visitor access.
History happened here at St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery
St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery contains or adjoins the burial place of Charles Pinckney and Edward Rutledge. Charles Pinckney was a South Carolina statesman, governor, and signer of the United States Constitution. Edward Rutledge was a South Carolina statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Churchyard plaque identifies both burials.
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
Christopher Gadsden
Rawlins Lowndes
Rebecca Brewton Motte
Edward Rutledge
Sarah Middleton Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
Henrietta Middleton Rutledge
Thomas Pinckney
EXTERNAL LINKS
Historical Marker Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=27541
National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/places/st-philips-episcopal-church.htm
stpchurch.org: https://stpchurch.org/
HMDB identifies churchyard commemorations for Charles Pinckney and Edward Rutledge. NPS distinguishes the present church from earlier parish buildings, and the active parish supplies current contact information. The row's death dates concern individual burials, not the churchyard's establishment or all surviving monuments. St. Philip's and nearby St. Michael's contain different Pinckney and Rutledge family graves.
Accessed 2026-09-30