Near Wallace in Marlboro County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Beaver Dam Baptist Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

1. Beaver Dam Baptist Church Marker, Side One

Inscription. By the 1890s, residents of this section of Marlboro County organized Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Also known as Cross Roads Church, they first met west of here at a place off Old River Road, near the Pee Dee River. Members held burials at a cemetery near that site until the 1990s. The church’s first pastor was Rev. Benjamin Franklin Humphrey. Its name is taken from nearby Beaver Dam Creek.

For many years, the church supported a public school for African Americans known as Beaver Dam or Irby Colored School. By 1917, the church had moved to a nearby 1½-acre lot off Brickyard Road. The original building at this site was likely replaced by the current church, a wood frame building later veneered with concrete block. The church was damaged by a major tornado in 1984 but survived.

Erected 2022 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by Kollocktonian. (Marker Number 35-45.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.

Location. 34° 40.997′ N, 79° 48.453′ W.

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Marker is near Wallace, South Carolina, in Marlboro County. It is at the intersection of Brickyard Road (Community Road) and Phillips Circle, on the right when traveling west on Brickyard Road (Community Road). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2665 Phillips Cir, Wallace SC 29596, 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,

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: John Lyde Wilson (approx. 3 miles away); John Lowndes McLaurin (approx. 3½ miles away); Pee Dee Union Baptist Church (approx. 4.1 miles away); Cheraw Confederate Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Old St. David's (approx. 4.2 miles away); The 71st Regiment of Foot

Beaver Dam Baptist Church Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

2. Beaver Dam Baptist Church Marker, Side Two

(approx. 4.2 miles away); Captain Mose Rogers (approx. 4.2 miles away); Francis Asbury's First Visit to S.C. (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wallace.

Other markers no longer nearby. Greene's Encampment / Sherman's March (was approx. 4 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Albert M. Shipp (was approx. 4.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Grave of British Soldier (was approx. 4.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Beaver Dam Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

3. Beaver Dam Baptist Church Marker

This view is to the east.

Beaver Dam Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

4. Beaver Dam Baptist Church

This view is from the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 23, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.