The congregation of this church was founded in 1681 and has been located here ever since, making the cemetery the oldest in the city. The street it’s located on, Meeting Street, actually got its name from the congregation’s first meeting house.
I had been by this cemetery a few times on trips to Charleston starting in 2015; I had never been inside the churchyard though until 2025 with the intent to photograph the cemetery for a book. Sadly, the book hasn’t come to fruition, but that leaves me plenty of photos and stories to share here! These headstones are some of the most intricately carved that I have ever come across.
