Johns Island in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

St. Mark’s Union Methodist Episcopal Church

Photographed by Diane Murphy, June 2, 2025

1. St. Mark's Union Methodist Episcopal Church Marker (side 1)

Inscription.
(side 1)
St. Mark's Church was originally part of the Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal (RMUE) Church. RMUE ministers worked in the Johns Island area soon after the denomination formed in Charleston in 1885. St. Mark's formally organized by 1890 to serve African American residents of Johns Island and Red Top. (Continued on other side) (side 2)
(Continued from other side) In 1913 St. Mark's became one of the founding members of the Union Methodist Episcopal (UME) Church. Rev. Joseph Ellison, then pastor at St. Mark's, led efforts to form the denomination as a breakaway of the RMUE Church. In 1969 a concrete block building replaced what may have been the original wood frame church.

Erected 2023 by St. Mark’s U.M.E. Church. (Marker Number 10 131.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1734.

Location. 32° 48.109′ N, 80° 6.768′ W. Marker is on Johns Island, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is on Old Charleston Road 0.2 miles west of Main Road, on the left when traveling west.

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Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3657 Old Charleston Rd, Johns Island SC 29455, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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 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: New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grave Of Colonel William A. Washington (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Stono Rebellion (1739) (approx. 2.3 miles away); Belvidere School Site (approx. 2.4 miles away); Ashley River Region (approx. 4.3 miles away); a different marker also named St. Andrew’s Parish Church (approx. 4.4 miles away); Skirmish at St. Andrew’s Parish Church (approx. 4.4 miles away); South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company