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Photographer: Wes Cox
Taken: July 11, 2009
Caption:
Bethesda Presbyterian Cemetery Marker | Additional Description: The original site of Bethesda Church was located about one mile east of this spot. Around the original meetinghouse were deposited the dead. In 1979 only 3 grave markers could be found at the old site and these were removed and placed here. Known to have been buried there also was Henry Neely, husband of Elizabeth. He was born in the last quarter of the 17th century and died after 1778. He was the first ruling elder of Bethesda. His son, Samuel was the first elder of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, 1770.
Submitted: June 6, 2010, by Wes Cox of Union, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p112039
File Size: 5.514 Megabytes
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