Dalzell in Sumter County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Providence Southern Methodist Church

Photographed by Dave W, May 29, 2023

1. Providence Southern Methodist Church Marker

Inscription.
Providence Church organized by 1813 at a Methodist camp meeting ground located near this site. In 1821, it was one of seventeen members of the Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church’s Santee Circuit. The building that stands today is believed to be the congregation’s fourth church. It was built in 1964-65 to replace a c.1840 church that burned. The cemetery dates to at least 1840.

Erected 2022 by Sumter County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 43-55.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1813.

Location. 34° 1.804′ N, 80° 27.595′ W. Marker is in Dalzell, South Carolina, in Sumter County. It is on Red Lane Road 0.1 miles east of Camden Highway, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4420 Red Lane Rd, Dalzell SC 29040, 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 North America,

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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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Furman Academy and Theological Institution (approx. 1.1 miles away); Site of Furman Academy (approx. 1.1 miles away); General Sumter Memorial Academy (approx. 4.2 miles away); General Thomas Sumter (approx. 4.2 miles away); Skirmish at Dinkins' Mill (approx. 4.4 miles away); Thomas Sumter (approx. 4.4 miles away); General Thomas Sumter Grave (approx. 4½ miles away); Major General George L. Mabry, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dalzell.

Photographed by Dave W, May 29, 2023

2. Providence Southern Methodist Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 30, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.