The Hanna African American Cemetery preserves the memory of formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants in Lake City. Established on land once owned by planter Hugh Hanna, Sr., the property—including both the Hanna and Cameron Cemeteries—was sold in 1896 by E.S. Brown and M.R. Brown to Samuel M. Cameron, an African American landowner. The cemetery documents the transition from slavery to African American landownership and community building, and today remains an important cultural and genealogical landmark.
Saint Teresa Community Outreach and Empowerment is pleased to announce that our Preservation of Hanna African American Cemetery project is funded in part by a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Saint Teresa Community Outreach and Empowerment received a Growth Grant from South Carolina Humanities. Funding for the Growth Grants has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.