Relocation of a Portion of Hampstead Cemetery, 46 Reid Street, Charleston, South Carolina

Brockington and Associates, Inc., completed the excavation and relocation of 437 graves from a portion of the former Hampstead Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina. The excavations were limited to the vacant lot known as 46 Reid Street (TMS 459-09-02-013) (38CH2026) in Charleston’s East Side. The work was completed for the Charleston Housing Authority, the owners of the lot. The project allowed for the collection of rare archaeological and osteological data for nineteenth-century first-generation immigrant Germans in Charleston. Demographic analysis provided valuable insights into the population’s mortuary patterns; however, future research may offer more insight into these patterns and other relationships associated with Hampstead Cemetery.