Near Moncks Corner in Berkeley County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease
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Bethlehem Baptist Church
Photographed by Cathi Lee, October 31, 2009
1. St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease Marker
Marker Reverse:
Erected 2007 by Berkeley County. (Marker Number 8-48.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1719.
Location. 33° 4.161′ N, 80° 1.391′ W. Marker is near Moncks Corner, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is at the intersection of Old Highway 52 (State Highway S-8-791) and Avanti Lane, on the right
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Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry and in Santee Cooper Country. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spring Grove Plantation (approx. one mile away); Thorogood Plantation / Mount Holly Plantation (approx. 2.2 miles away); Medway Plantation (approx. 2.3 miles away); Mount Holly Station Mount Holly (approx. 2.9 miles away); Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men (approx. 3 miles away); Springfield Plantation (approx. 3.1 miles away); Casey (Caice) (approx. 3.6 miles away); Varner Town Indian Community (approx. 3.7 miles away).
More about this marker. This is a marker that replaced an older marker. The older marker was accidentally knocked over by a local company which subsequently paid for its replacement. I do not know the original date of the previous marker. The original marker read:
Here stood the Chapel of Ease
of the Parish of St. James, Goose
Creek, erected some time prior
to 1725.
Regarding St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease / Bethlehem Baptist Church. There is currently an archaelogical dig trying to discover more about the architecture
Photographed by Charla Wilson Springer, April 4, 2008
2. Bethlehem Baptist Church Marker
Also see . . . St. James Goose Creek Parish, South Carolina. Family Search website entry (Submitted on November 5, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 7, 2010, by Cathi Lee of Moncks Corner, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,865 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 7, 2010, by Cathi Lee of Moncks Corner, South Carolina. 2. submitted on February 2, 2010, by Charla Wilson Springer of Moncks Corner, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
