Grand Masters 1800's

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Orlando Sheppard
Orlando Sheppard
Grand Master, 1899 - 1901

  • Member, Concordia 50 AFM
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid March 30, 1983
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Bartlett Jones Witherspoon
Bartlett Jones Witherspoon
Grand Master, 1898 - 1899

  • Born December 12, 1832 in Lancaster County
  • Raised in Jackson 53 AFM, 1856
  • Worshipful Master Jackson 53 AFM
  • Died August 11, 1905
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid September 30, 2000
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Jacob Thomas Barron
Jacob Thomas Barron
Grand Master, 1896 - 1898

  • Born Edgecombe County NC on May 20, 1854
  • Raised in Richland 39 AFM, November 29, 1887
  • Died September 16, 1910 in Kansas City, MO
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid in Elmwood Cemetery, Cola, SC on Jan 7, 1995
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Claude E Sawyer
Claude E Sawyer
Grand Master, 1894 - 1896

  • Born August 24, 1851
  • Raised in Hampton 134 AFM, 1873
  • Worshipful Master Aiken 156 AFM, 1887
  • Died October 18, 1934
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid in family cemetery near Jones Crossroad in Aiken County, on March 30, 1983
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Stiles Plumer Dendy
Stiles Plumer Dendy
Grand Master, 1892 - 1894

  • Born May 28, 1839 in Pickens District of SC
  • Raised in Blue Ridge 92 AFM, 1867
  • Worshipful Master Blue Ridge 92 AFM
  • Died November 11, 1907 in Walhalla, SC
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid March 23, 1991
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William Tully Branch
William Tully Branch
Grand Master, 1891 - 1892

  • Born April 23, 1845 in Abbeville, SC
  • Raised March 11, 1872 in Clinton 3 AFM
  • Worshipful Master Clinton 3 AFM
  • Died November 6, 1903 in Abbeville, SC
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid July 28, 2007
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Laurie T Izlar
Laurie T Izlar
Grand Master, 1890 - 1891 

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Richard Furman Divver
Richard Furman Divver
Grand Master, 1888 - 1890

  • Born October 21, 1840 in Charleston, SC
  • Raised in Recovery 31 AFM, 1863
  • Worshipful Master Hiram 68 AFM
  • Died September 14, 1930 in Anderson, SC
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid September 28, 1979
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Andrew Hutchinson White
Andrew Hutchinson White
Grand Master, 1887 - 1888

  • Born February 17, 1843 in Rock Hill, SC
  • Raised in Rock Hill 111 AFM
  • Died January 19, 1903 in Rock Hill, SC
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid March 17, 1979
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James Adger Smyth
James Adger Smyth
Grand Master, 1884 - 1887

  • Born June 8, 1838
  • Died April 26, 1920 in Charleston, SC
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William H Humphreys
William Wirt Humphreys
Grand Master, 1883 - 1884

  • Born October 30, 1837
  • Raised in Recovery 31 AFM
  • Worshipful Master Hiram 68 AFM
  • Died 1893 in Anderson, SC
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid September 28, 1979
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John D Kennedy
John D Kennedy
Grand Master, 1881 - 1883

  • Born January 5, 1840
  • Raised in Kershaw 29 AFM
  • Worshipful Master Kershaw 29 AFM
  • Died April 14, 1896 in Kirkwood, SC
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid April 8, 1981
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James F Izlar
James F Izlar
Grand Master, 1880 - 1881

  • Born 1832
  • Raised in Allen 38 (now Ornan 38), 1864
  • Worshipful Master Orangeburg 28 AFM (now Shibboleth 28), 1866
  • Died 1912
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Augustine T Smythe
Augustine T Smythe
Grand Master, 1878 - 1880

  • Born October 5, 1842 in Charleston, SC
  • Raised in Strict Observance 73 AFM, 1865
  • Worshipful Master Strict Observance 73 AFM, 1868
  • Died June 24, 1914 in Flat Rock, NC
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Beaufort W Ball
Beaufort W Ball
Grand Master, 1877 - 1878

  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid Nov 10, 2007
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Wilmot G DeSaussure
Wilmot G DeSaussure
Grand Master, 1875 - 1877

  • Born July 23, 1822 in Charleston, SC
  • Raised in Union Kilwinning 4 AFM
  • Worshipful Master Union Kilwinning 4 AFM , 1867
  • Died February 1, 1886 in Ocala, FL
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James Alfred Hoyt
James Alfred Hoyt
Grand Master, 1874 - 1875

  • Raised in Hiram 68 AFM, 1865
  • Worshipful Master Hiram 68 AFM, 1869
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid Nov 9, 1984
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Joseph Brevard Kershaw
Joseph Brevard Kershaw
Grand Master, 1873 - 1874

  • Born 1822
  • Raised in Kershaw 29 AFM
  • Died April 12, 1894 in Camden, SC
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid April 8, 1981
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Robert Stewart Bruns
Robert Stewart Bruns
Grand Master, 1871 - 1873

  • Born September 7, 1834
  • Raised in Orange 14 AFM
  • Died February 14, 1874
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William Kennedy Blake
William Kennedy Blake
Grand Master, 1870 - 1871

  • Born in Fayetteville, NC 1824
  • Raised in Spartan 70 AFM
  • Died January 8, 1898 in Spartanburg, SC
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James Conner
James Conner
Grand Master, 1868 - 1870

  • Born September 1, 1829
  • Raised in Landmark 76 AFM
  • Worshipful Master Landmark 76 AFM
  • Died June 26, 1883
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James L Orr
James L Orr
Grand Master, 1865 - 1868

  • Born May 12, 1822 in Anderson County, SC
  • Raised October 25, 1852
  • Died May 5, 1878 in St Petersburg Russia, buried in Anderson County
  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid September 28, 1979
  • **Served as Governor of South Carolina 1865-1868
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J. H. Boatwright, MD
J H Boatwright, MD
Grand Master, 1863 - 1865

  • Born in Columbia, SC on January 15, 1815
  • Died October 16, 1865 in Columbia, SC
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David Ramsay
David Ramsay
Grand Master, 1861 - 1863
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B Rush Campbell
B Rush Campbell
Grand Master, 1860 - 1861

  • Grand Master Grave Marker laid April 5, 2008
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Henry Buist
Henry Buist
Grand Master, 1857 - 1860

  • Died June 9, 1887 in Sumter, SC
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Alfred Price
Alfred Price
Grand Master, 1853 - 1857

  • Died July 5, 1884 in Charleston, SC
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W L Cleveland
W L Cleveland
Grand Master, 1852 - 1853
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E W Charles
E W Charles
Grand Master, 1851 - 1852
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A E Miller
A E Miller
Grand Master 1848 - 1851
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Charles M Furman
Charles M Furman
Grand Master, 1846 - 1848

 * Also served from 1837-1840
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James C Norris
James C Norris
Grand Master, 1845 - 1846
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John B Irving, MD
John B Irving, MD
Grand Master, 1844 - 1845
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George B Eckhard
George B Eckhard
Grand Master, 1843 - 1844
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Edward H Edwards
Edward H Edwards
Grand Master, 1840 - 1843
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Charles M Furman
Charles M Furman
Grand Master, 1837 - 1840

 *Also served from 1846-1848
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John J Alexander
John J Alexander
Grand Master, 1835 - 1837
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Henry A DeSaussure
Henry A DeSaussure
Grand Master, 1831 - 1835
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James Eyland
James Eyland
Grand Master, 1830 - 1831
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Richard W Cogdell
Richard W Cogdell
Grand Master, 1829 - 1830
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Benjamin F Hunt
Benjamin F Hunt
Grand Master, 1826 - 1829
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David Johnson
David Johnson
Grand Master, 1825 - 1826

  • Born October 3, 1782 in Louisa County VA
  • Died January 7, 1855 in Limestone Springs, SC, buried in Union, SC
  • ** Served as Governor of South Carolina 1846-1848
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John Geddes
John Geddes
Grand Master, 1824 - 1825
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John Lyde Wilson
John Lyde Wilson
Grand Master, 1823 - 1824

  • Born May 24, 1784 in Marlboro County, SC
  • Died 1849 buried in Charleston, SC
  • ** Served as Governor of South Carolina 1822-1824
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John S Cogdell
John S Cogdell
Grand Master, 1820 - 1823
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Thomas W Bacot
Thomas W Bacot
Grand Master, 1817 - 1820

  • First Grand Master of the newly formed Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina