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

Revolutionary Soldiers of Catholic Presbyterian Church

Founded 1759

Photographed by Mark Parker, April 7, 2024

1. Revolutionary Soldiers of Catholic Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription. Rev William Martin 1716-1806 • Col. John Nixon 1780 Capt. John Steel 1750-1810 • Capt. Hugh Knox 1755-1821 Capt. Benj. Land 1780 • Robert Archer 1748-1818 John Corder • William Anderson 1744-1780 John Lee 1760 • John Bailey David McCalla 1754-1826 • James Bankhead 1821 Thomas McCalla 1756-1811 • John Bankhead 1806 John McClurken • James Barber 1780 Matthew McClurken • Joseph Barber 1781 Thomas McClurken • Hugh Boyd Hugh McDonald 1813 • John Brown, Sr. William McDonald 1801 • John Caskey. William McGarity 1839 • George Cherry 1802 Alexander McKown • Alexander Crawford 1829 James McKown 1829 • Alexander Chestnut John McKown 1827 • Samuel Chestnut Moses McKown • Thomas Garret 1795 John Mcwaters • David Graham 1800 William Nesbit • James Harbison 1762-1835 James Peden 1734-1811 • Patrick Harbison David Robinson 1738-1812 • William Harbison Thomas Stanford • Robert Harper 1801 Thomas Steel • Andrew Hemphill 1804 William Stinson 1752-1809 • William Hicklin 1734-1819 Andrew Stevenson • Arthur Hicklin William Stroud • John Johnston 1758-1806 William Stroud, Jr 1781 • John King 1824 Thomas Stroud 1815 • James Knox M.D. 1794 Hampton Stroud • William Knox John Stroud • John Land 1780 Thomas Thorn 1815

(Reverse side)
From original gate post of graveyard.

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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 34° 35.944′ N, 81° 2.125′ W. Memorial is in Blackstock, South Carolina, in Chester County. It can be reached from Old Catholic Church Road (County Route 355) 0.9 miles south of Great Falls Highway (South Carolina Route 97), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at the cemetery entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Blackstock SC 29014, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Midlands

and in the Olde English District. 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: Catholic Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Graveyard Of The Richmond Covenanter Church Reformed Presbyterian (approx. 3.8 miles away); Burrel Hemphill (approx. 6 miles away); Alexander's Old Fields (approx. 6.6 miles away); Battle Of Beckhamville (approx. 6.6 miles away); Battle of Fishing Creek (approx. 7.8 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Fishing Creek (approx. 7.9 miles away); Home Site of Justice John Gaston (approx. 8.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blackstock.

Reverse side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, April 7, 2024

2. Reverse side of marker

View of church property from parking lot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, April 7, 2024

3. View of church property from parking lot

Marker is in center of the photograph

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 886 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.