The Jewish section in "Friendship Cemetery" is known as "Covenant Cemetery". The cemetery was purchased by Congregation B'nai Israel in 1850. Congregation B'nai Israel was organized in 1879 and is currently a member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Data provided courtesy of Lynn Franklin and Bob Sweeney's "Southern Jewish Databases and Cemetery Listings" Please see their site for headstone photos, additional cemetery information and other southern Jewish databases at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssjdb/ and choose the appropriate cemetery.
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