| South Carolina (Calhoun County), Cameron — 9-3 — Jericho Methodist Church — Mile And A Half East |
| | Bishop Francis Asbury stopped in this
region in 1801 and 1803. About 1811, a
congregation was organized and by
1815 Jericho Meeting House was
standing on land given by Jacob Felkel.
The present building there was apparently
erected before 1850. A low partition
separating the men and women and a
slave gallery were removed in 1890 and
a porch was added. Two annexes were
built later. — Map (db m26875) |
| South Carolina (Calhoun County), Cameron — 9-8 — Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| | This is the original site of Mt. Lebanon Lutheran Church, organized January 13, 1844, as an extension of the St. Matthew's Church, Creston. Later, Mt. Lebanon Church moved to Cameron about 2 miles NW, dedicated its new building in 1917, and was renamed the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. The congregation maintains the old cemetery here. — Map (db m27239) |
| South Carolina (Calhoun County), Cameron — 9-6 — Shady Grove Church |
| | Shady Grove Methodist Church was an outgrowth of Tabernacle Church, the parent Methodist body of this area. It was built in the early 1800s on land of Adam Holman, has a framework of hewn logs held together with wooden pegs, and has been remodeled three times. Ministers of Orangeburg Circuit, St. Matthews Circuit, and Cameron Charge have served Shady Grove. — Map (db m26201) |
| South Carolina (Calhoun County), Creston — 9-4 — St. Matthew's Lutheran Church — Parent Lutheran Church of This Area |
| | In 1737-38, the elder Rev. John U. Giessendanner
from Orangeburg began Lutheran work in this
area; this was continued by his nephew until 1749.
By the 1760s, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church near
here was in use. A later building erected at this site
in 1826 was replaced by the present church in 1900. — Map (db m26240) |
| South Carolina (Calhoun County), St. Matthews — 9-5 — Calhoun County |
| | First settled in 1704, this region by 1733 included Amelia and lower Saxe Gotha townships. In 1765 much of it was made part of the new St. Matthew's Parish and was so named until 1865. Efforts in 1890 and 1896 led to an act signed on Feb. 14, 1908 forming a new county from parts of Orangeburg and Lexington, named for John C. Calhoun. — Map (db m26057) |
| South Carolina (Calhoun County), St. Matthews — 9-1 — First Land Granted in Calhoun County Area |
| | George Sterling was granted 570 acres of land
here on March 14, 1704. During the lifetime of
his daughter, Mary Sterling Heatly Russell, the
plantation was a stopping place for Indians and
travelers on the Cherokee Path. The Rev. John
Giessendanner held early religious services in
the house (1750-1754). — Map (db m27218) |
| South Carolina (Calhoun County), St. Matthews — Honoring a Pioneer Woman |
| | South Carolina
[Colonial Dames Medallion]
C A. 1699 D. 1754
Mary Sterling Heatly
Russell Chapter
Honoring a Pioneer Woman
Mother of First White Child
Born in
Calhoun - Orangeburgh Area — Map (db m27215) |
| South Carolina (Calhoun County), Wiles Crossroads — 9-9 — Mount Pleasant Baptist Church |
| | (Front text) The first church built by African Americans at Fort Motte grew out of services held by slaves at nearby Bellville, Goshen, Lang Syne, and Oakland plantations. It was formally organized in 1867 by Caleb Bartley, Israel Cheeseborough, Cudjo
Cunningham, Anderson Keitt, William McCrae, John Spann, and Harry Stuart.
(Reverse text) Rev. S.A. Evans, the first minister, was succeeded by Rev. Henry Duncan, who served until his death in 1905. The sanctuary, built in 1869 . . . — Map (db m26789) |
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