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Near Ashepoo in Colleton County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Edmundsbury

 
 
Edmundsbury Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 2008
1. Edmundsbury Marker
Inscription.
A brick Chapel of Ease for St. Bartholomew's Parish was built here in 1758 in a town laid out in 1740 and named for Landgrave Edmund Bellinger. The Vestry reported the Chapel unfit for use in 1786, and in 1810 it fell in ruins. A new Chapel built in 1819, burnt 1852, rebuilt 1854, was wrecked by Union troops in 1865.
 
Erected 1961 by Colleton County Historical Society. (Marker Number 15-3.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & ReligionColonial EraSettlements & SettlersWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina, Colleton County Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1758.
 
Location. 32° 44.549′ N, 80° 33.509′ W. Marker is near Ashepoo, South Carolina, in Colleton County. Marker is at the intersection of Ace Basin Parkway (U.S. 17) and Clover Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on Ace Basin Parkway. About 100 yards south of Ashepoo River bridge on US 17. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Green Pond SC 29446, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Temple of Sport (approx. 3.8 miles away); Battle Of Parker's Ferry (approx. 5.2 miles
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away); The Burial Site of Captain John Herbert Dent (approx. 5.3 miles away); Bethel Presbyterian Church (approx. 5.3 miles away); Pon Pon Chapel (approx. 5˝ miles away); a different marker also named Pon Pon Chapel (approx. 6.1 miles away); Ruins of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease (approx. 6.1 miles away); Colonel Issac Hayne (approx. 6.4 miles away).
 
Regarding Edmundsbury. The date of the chapel's erection is incorrect on the marker. The Chapel was original authorized in 1745, and it was ready for use by 1760.
 
Also see . . .
1. Radnor, Edmundsbury and Jackson Borough. Internet Archive website entry:
Henry A. M. Smith. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1910), pp. 39-49 (11 pages) (Submitted on April 9, 2023.) 

2. Edmundsbury and Landgrave Edmund Bellinger. Google Books:
The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine (page 42). (Submitted on May 26, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.) 

3. Cassiques. Wikipedia entry:
Cassiques (junior) and Landgraves (senior) were intended to be a fresh new system of titles of specifically American lesser nobility, created for hereditary representatives in a proposed upper house of a bicameral Carolina assembly. (Submitted on January 3, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
Edmundsbury Marker near Clover Hill Rd. image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
2. Edmundsbury Marker near Clover Hill Rd.
 

4. Chapel of Ease. Wikipedia entry:
A chapel of ease (sometimes 'chapel-of-ease') is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. (Submitted on January 3, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.) 
 
Edmundsbury Marker as northbound traffic passes on US 17 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2008
3. Edmundsbury Marker as northbound traffic passes on US 17
Edmundsbury Marker as seen driving past on US 17, Ashepoo, SC image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 2008
4. Edmundsbury Marker as seen driving past on US 17, Ashepoo, SC
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,798 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on April 8, 2023. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 26, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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