A total of 74 gravesites with no known grave markers that were discovered at a King Street construction site earlier this summer will soon be relocated to the historic Bethany Cemetery, officials said.
Charleston City Council on Oct. 28 adopted a resolution required by state law that authorized a move of the remains from a climate-controlled facility where they are currently stored to a final resting place at Bethany.
Workers discovered the remains in May during the second phase of construction at Courier Square at 635 King St., previously owned by Evening Post Industries, the former parent company of The Post and Courier. The discovery, which appeared to have been kept quiet in local media, is said to have followed a warning by local historical advocacy groups that the site was once home to the St. James Methodist Church, founded in the late 1700s, and a likely cemetery…