Near Hemingway in Georgetown County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 21, 2009

1. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. In 1875 Bible study in home of John Owens was the beginning of the church with 15 charter members. Richard Cribb was the first pastor in 1877 when the church joined the Waccamaw Association. The first building was approximately 20 x 35 feet constructed of fitted logs and was located one mile south on land of Riley Baxley. In 1890 the log building was dismantled and reassembled here on this one acre site given by A. A. Williams. In 1912 a sanctuary approximately 23 x 50 feet replaced the log building. A pool was dug on the east side near the church for same-day baptizing. In 1940 Sunday School classes were moved inside with the building of 8 classrooms and a porch on to the sanctuary. On Sunday morning, February 3, 1952, at 10 A.M., the church building was destroyed by fire. In 1952 the membership was 385. Available records indicates 21 pastors served this church from 1877–1952.

Erected 2002 by Young at Heart Senior Adult Organization and dedicated to our forefathers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is February 3, 1985.

Location. 33° 40.812′ N, 79° 21.966′ W. Marker is near Hemingway, South Carolina, in Georgetown County. It is at the intersection of Pleasant

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Hill Drive (State Highway 261) and Saddle Club Road, on the left when traveling west on Pleasant Hill Drive. It is just inside the cemetery gate across from the present Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11904 Pleasant Hill Dr, Hemingway SC 29554, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee.

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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pleasant Hill School (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow / China Grove Plantation (approx. 4.8 miles away); Skirmish At Black Mingo Creek (approx. 5.6 miles away); Black Mingo Creek: (approx. 5.6 miles away); Black Mingo – Willtown / Black Mingo Baptist Church (approx. 5.9 miles away); Benjamin Britton Chandler (1854–1925) (approx. 6.7 miles away); Black Mingo Presbyterian Meeting House (approx. 6.9 miles away); Ebenezer United Methodist Church (approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hemingway.

Marker at Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 21, 2009

2. Marker at Cemetery

Closeup of Photograph Embedded in Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 21, 2009

3. Closeup of Photograph Embedded in Marker

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 21, 2009

4. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,129 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 23, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.