Magnolia Cemetery and beyond

Magnolia Cemetery and beyond Magnolia cemetery The Cunnington family founded the property, in totally they had bought 1500 acres in 1850 and used it as a rice plantation.

It was originally called Magnolia Umbra Plantation. The family did build a 5 bedroom plantation home on the property. Not long after the family settling on the property did some business me from Charleston find their way to the plantation and ask to buy it off the families hands after they noticed that the family was becoming uninterested in rice farming. So Charleston started with 90 acres of 15

00 to start using it for a cemetery. They were slowing facing bankruptcy and seemed to take on more than they thought. so after civil war happened they needed to figure out what to do with the deceased military men. so where else better to bury them, than in Magnolias, in their own section. after that Magnolia seemed to blossom. it now seems that a whole assortment of people how found this cemetery as their final resting place. As the maker of this page, i will do my best to post as many pictures and their stories and many other stories to this page. I will in the very near future have a website and a podcast linking to this page to give more in-depth information

06/01/2026

Were going to stop here at 74 Anson Street the home of Michael Foucaut House and touch on how his home and 3 others were moved and rehomed to Anson Street to make way for the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. Come Join the page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wN...

06/01/2026

Today were going to stop at a strip of homes on Anson Street. Martin Dowd and William Thompson owned a few tenements, and turned the builds into small commercial rental properties, and William made his home out of brick with a Greek revival twist to it. Come Join the page at Whispers of Cha...

05/30/2026

Today were going to stop first and say Happy Memorial Day to all those who passed away while serving their country. Now were off to 46 Anson Street to talk about Thomas Wallace very interesting L shaped home. Come Join the page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy...

05/30/2026

Were off to the next home, and here at 66 Anson Street we talk about the Chazal Family and everything that Mrs. Chazal did with the home after her husband Jean Pierre Chazal a captain of the Saucy Jack passed away. This Greek revival and Tuscan revival style piazza brick siding and front will drawl....

05/30/2026

Red shouldered Hawk? Red tailed Hawk maybe? No! That’s the back of a magnificent fish-eating raptor commonly spotted hovering over Lowcountry waters and nesting atop local utility poles. The fantastic Osprey.

Google says, “Ospreys are incredibly successful anglers, securing catches on up to 70% of their dives. They will hover up to 200 feet in the air before plunging feet-first, often fully submerging themselves to grab a fish.”

“Unlike most hawks, they possess a reversible outer toe, allowing them to grasp prey with two toes in front and two in back. Barbed pads on their soles act like Velcro to grip slippery fish.”

“When flying away with their catch, Ospreys will pivot the fish so it faces headfirst, drastically reducing wind resistance.”

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05/30/2026

Today were stopping at 71 Anson Street to talk about Thomas Doughty house and his unusual T shaped floor plan allows and how he and his wife Mary Legare get to sit outside on their gabled pavilion to look at the beautiful gardens. Then after that well be off to 72 Anson to look at the Kohne-Leslie H...

08/25/2024
08/25/2024

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29405

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