Near Blackstock in Chester County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Catholic Presbyterian Church

One Mile South

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

1. Catholic Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription.
Divergent Presbyterian groups held services in this area as early as 1759. Rev. William Richardson, active in the area, is credited with unifying and naming them in 1770. The cemetery contains many graves of Revolutionary and Confederate soldiers. The present building was dedicated in 1842.

Erected 1964 by Chester County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 12-1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina, Chester County Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1759.

Location. 34° 36.606′ N, 81° 2.478′ W. Marker is near Blackstock, South Carolina, in Chester County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 97 and Old Catholic Church Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 97. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Blackstock SC 29014, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Midlands

and in the Olde English

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District. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in 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 10 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Revolutionary Soldiers of Catholic Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Graveyard Of The Richmond Covenanter Church Reformed Presbyterian (approx. 4.6 miles away); Burrel Hemphill (approx. 5.7 miles away); Alexander's Old Fields (approx. 7 miles away); Battle Of Beckhamville (approx. 7 miles away); Edgemoor & Manetta Railway (E & M Ry.) (approx. 7½ miles away); Home Site of Justice John Gaston (approx. 7.7 miles away); Battle of Fishing Creek (approx. 8 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Fishing Creek (approx. 8 miles away); Black Rock Baptist Church / Black Rock School (approx. 8.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Brian Scott, March 21, 2016

2. Catholic Presbyterian Church Marker

of all markers in Blackstock.

Also see . . . Catholic Presbyterian Church. "Historically and architecturally significant is this church which, after its organization in 1759, served the area’s first settlers (mostly Scotch-Irish Presbyterians) and later sent an impressive number of soldiers from its congregation to fight in the Revolution." (Submitted on March 26, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Photographed by Brian Scott, March 21, 2016

3. Catholic Presbyterian Church Marker

Catholic Presbyterian Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

4. Catholic Presbyterian Church

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

5. Catholic Presbyterian Church

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

6. Catholic Presbyterian Church

Catholic Presbyterian Church Graveyard image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

7. Catholic Presbyterian Church Graveyard

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

8. Catholic Presbyterian Church Graveyard

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

9. Catholic Presbyterian Church

Catholic Presbyterian Church Revolutionary Soldiers Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

10. Catholic Presbyterian Church Revolutionary Soldiers Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, November 20, 2008

11. Catholic Presbyterian Church Graveyard

Catholic Presbyterian Church sign and church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, April 7, 2024

12. Catholic Presbyterian Church sign and church

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2008, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,566 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 20, 2008, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 2, 3. submitted on June 6, 2016, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on November 20, 2008, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 12. submitted on April 27, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.