Green Sea in Horry County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Green Sea Baptist Church
![Green Sea Baptist Church Marker [front] image. Click for full size.](Photos/93/Photo93722.jpg?11252005 "Green Sea Baptist Church Marker [front]. Click for full size.")
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010
1. Green Sea Baptist Church Marker [front]
This church, known as Honey Camp Baptist Church until 1924, was founded in 1807. It is the mother church to several Baptist churches in eastern S.C., including Spring Branch (1830), Pleasant View (1875), Mt. Zion (1887), Mt. Olive (1890), Dogwood (1896), Carolina (1902), and Grassy Bay (1905). It was first located a few miles southwest, near Honey Camp Swamp.
[Marker Reverse]
Admitted to the Cape Fear (N.C.) Association in 1822, then to the Waccamaw Association in 1876, this congregation worshipped near Honey Camp Swamp until 1869, when J.H. Derham donated this site. The first sanctuary here, a frame building, was replaced by a larger one in 1886. It burned in 1931 and was replaced by the present brick sanctuary, completed in 1932.
Erected 2003 by the Congregation. (Marker Number 26-10.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1924.
Location. 34° 7.737′ N, 78° 58.525′ W. Marker is in Green Sea, South Carolina, in Horry County. It is at the intersection of Green Sea Road (State Highway 410) and Fair Bluff Highway (State Highway S-26-33), on the left when traveling north on Green Sea Road. Touch for map.
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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 7 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mt. Tabor (approx. 6.1 miles away in North Carolina); Loris Training School (approx. 6.6 miles away); The Tabor City Tribune (approx. 6.7 miles away in North Carolina); Chicken Bog (approx. 7.2 miles away); Military Air Crash Site (approx. 10 miles away); Drowning Creek (approx. 11.7 miles away); Camp Victor Blue (approx. 11.7 miles away).
![Green Sea Baptist Church Marker [reverse] image. Click for full size.](Photos/93/Photo93723.jpg?11252005 "Green Sea Baptist Church Marker [reverse]. Click for full size.")
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010
2. Green Sea Baptist Church Marker [reverse]
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010
3. Green Sea Baptist Church
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010
4. Green Sea Baptist Church
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,603 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 22, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
