LEXINGTON, SC (WIS) - The Lexington County Council voted Tuesday night to move a group of graves dating back to the Confederate era. We first told you about the story in October 2009.
The graves are currently at the county industrial park. Eleven of them are buried just off Highway 1 near Batesburg-Leesville, and the council on Tuesday approved a $70,000 plan to move them.
The plan is to move a $32 million business in, which could create nearly 200 jobs. The problem is that the graveyard sits right in the middle.
Lexington County spent more than two years trying to track down the family who owned the graves. Banning said a member of the family in Chapin called the county to claim the graves right after our original story aired.
Part of the $70,000 will also go to tearing down a building at the industrial park that contains asbestos.
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