Near Swansea in Lexington County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Jeffcoats' Meeting House

c.1775

June 13, 2015

1. Jeffcoats' Meeting House Marker

Inscription. Erected as a log structure, Jeffcoats' Meeting House was a Wesleyan meeting house and school to Big Pond Branch, a small community along a branch of the north fork of the Edisto River in an area known as The Indian Head. This meeting house was founded by English immigrants and missionaries Samuel and William Jeffcoat outside of the established townships of Orangeburgh, Amelia, Saxe Gotha and New Windsor, in an area known to have been inhabited by Native Americans. The region and the meeting house were visited by Bishop Francis Asbury three times by 1816.

Erected 2015 by Big Pond Branch Historical Research Society, Ebenezer United Methodist Church Marker Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1775.

Location. 33° 39.562′ N, 81° 10.828′ W. Marker is near Swansea, South Carolina, in Lexington County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 178) and Whetstone Road (Highway 3), on the left when traveling east on Main Street. Marker is located south of Ebenezer United Methodist

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Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Swansea SC 29160, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Midlands

and in the Greater Columbia Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Town Of North (approx. 5.4 miles away); Old Indian Trail (approx. 6.4 miles away); Moorefield Memorial Highway (approx. 6.6 miles away); Mount Olive A.M.E. Church (approx. 6.9 miles away); Indian Head / The Middle Road (approx. 7.1 miles away); Commemorative Memorial (approx. 7.9 miles away); Neeses (approx. 9.4 miles away); The Salley Family (approx. 9½ miles away).

More about this marker. HMdb.org Editor’s note:

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Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2017. This page has been viewed 2,323 times since then and 160 times this year. Last updated on April 22, 2017. Photo 1. submitted on April 7, 2017. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.