Early Branch in Jasper County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Pine Level Baptist Church
Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 2008
1. Pine Level Baptist Church Marker, Front side
This church, organized on January 6, 1872 with Rev. M.H. Shuman as its first minister, held services in members' homes until a sanctuary, built in 1906 was built on this site between 1876 and 1881. A second sanctuary, built in 1906, served the congregation until a new sanctuary was built .4 mi. N. in 1995. Revs. J.J. Nix 1900-1929) and Frank Fisher 1945-1966) were the longest-serving ministers here.
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Charter members of Pine Level Baptist Church were Mary Cleland, Rebecca Dewitt, Oscar Ellis, J.J. Gooding, Rosa C. Grimes, Rachel Mew, Mary Phillips, Alexander Smith, Cecelia R. Smith, Deliah W. Smith, George H. Smith, James R. Smith, Lucreita Smith, Mary Smith, Harriet Tindal, W.F. Wheeler, and Sarah J. Wheeler.
Erected 1998 by Members and Friends of Pine Level Baptist Church. (Marker Number 27-14.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Buildings • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1927.
Location. 32° 42.067′ N, 81° 1.733′ W. Marker is in Early Branch, South Carolina, in Jasper County. It is on Grays Highway (U.S. 278) 0.4 miles Pine Level Church Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker 27-14 Pine
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Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry. 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 New Spain, 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grays Consolidated High School (approx. 1.9 miles away); Oak Grove Baptist Church (approx. 3.3 miles away); Gillisonville (approx. 6.6 miles away); Gillisonville Baptist Church (approx. 6.7 miles away); Coosawhatchie (approx. 9.7 miles away); Battle of Coosawhatchie (approx. 9.8 miles away); Battle at the Tulifinny Crossroads (approx. 10 miles away); General Robert E. Lee / Fighting Near Coosawhatchie (approx. 10 miles away).
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
2. Pine Level Baptist Church Marker, Reverse side
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
3. Pine Level Baptist Church site, now a small Cemetery location
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
4. Current Church, 2009 Pine Level Church Road, off US 278
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,499 times since then and 52 times this year. Last updated on January 11, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
