Spratt Cemetery is a historic family
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a bu ...
located near
Fort Mill
Fort Mill, also known as Fort Mill Township, is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. As of 2020 census, 24,521 people live inside the town's corporate limits. Some businesses and resid ...
,
York County, South Carolina
York County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,090, making it the seventh most populous county in the state. Its county seat is the city of York, and its largest city is Rock Hill. The ...
. It contains graves of three generations of the Spratt family, and other early settlers of the Fort Mill area. The cemetery consists of 14 marked graves and approximately 9 graves with broken stones or partial markers. It includes the grave of Thomas "Kanawha" Spratt (ca. 1731–1807), one of the first settlers of the area, and located adjacent to the site his homestead along
Nation Ford Road
Nation Ford Road is a historic roadbed located near Fort Mill, South Carolina, Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It dates to pre-historic times and is one of the oldest documented travel routes in the southeast. It provided one of the few re ...
. The land was provided for the Spratt homestead by the
General New River, leader of the
Catawba tribe.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 2007.
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{{National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
York County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in York County, South Carolina