Near Indiantown in Williamsburg County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Mt. Seal Methodist Church
Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025
1. Mt. Seal Methodist Church Marker, Side One
This Methodist congregation was originally known as Turkey Creek Church. Tradition holds that members first worshipped under a brush arbor. They formally organized by the 1870s. At that time the church was part of the Orangeburg District of the Methodist Episcopal (M. E.) denomination.
In 1887 nine church trustees acquired two acres at this site along the public road to Indiantown Church. They constructed a wood frame church likely using trees harvested from the purchased land. By the early 20th century, the congregation had changed its name to Mt. Seal Methodist Church.
Erected 2023 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History; sponsored by Mt. Seal United Methodist Church. (Marker Number 45-28.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1887.
Location. 33° 43.733′ N, 79° 34.312′ W. Marker is near Indiantown, South Carolina, in Williamsburg County. It is on Hemingway Highway (South Carolina Route 261) just south of Battery Park Rd (County Route 45-51). The marker stands on the grounds of the church. 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 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Indiantown Presbyterian Church: Disarm in the Most Rigid Manner (approx. 0.6 miles away); Indiantown Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cooper's Academy / Bethesda Methodist Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); Benjamin Britton Chandler (18541925) (approx. 6.3 miles away); Browntown (approx. 7.9 miles away); Ebenezer United Methodist Church (approx. 9.9 miles away); Witherspoons Ferry / Johnsonville (approx. 10.3 miles away); Francis Marion at Witherspoon's Ferry
Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025
2. Mt. Seal Methodist Church Marker, Side Two
Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025
3. Mt. Seal United Methodist Church and Marker
Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025
4. Mt. Seal United Methodist Church 2008 Cornerstone
Mt. Seal United Methodist Church Addition, August 15, 2008. Rev Geneva G. Stafford, Pastor Rev. James Friday, District Supervisor Rev. Mary V. Taylor, Bishop.
Building Committee: Julia McFadden, Chairperson Edd Cunningham, Project Manager Richard Bartelle, Administrative Chairman Add Cunningham, Finance Secretary
Trustees: Silas Montgomery, Trustee Chairman Dr. Flossie Bartelle, Finance Chairman Isaac Bartelle, Treasurer Johnnie Thompson, Church Secretary David Pressley Norma Bartelle Paul Montgomery, Jr. Carolyn Parker Wayne Cooper
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 195 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 8, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
