Spartanburg in Spartanburg County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Edward Bomar

Photographed by Brian Scott, February 17, 2011

1. Edward Bomar Marker

Inscription.

Born Essex Co. Va, Feb 11, 1767. Emigrated to So. Ca. 1796, and settled on the waters of North Tyger River, six miles west of Spartanburg Court House. His first wife was Mary Wood, who died in 1833; his second, Mary Treadway who died in 1857. He died Apr. 30, 1855, after a long and useful life. He was a charter member and for many years deacon of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. A man of prayer, modest and reserved but firm in his convictions.

Erected by Edward Bomar's Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1780.

Location. 34° 58.65′ N, 82° 3.42′ W. Memorial is in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County. It is on Mount Zion Road 0.1 miles south of South Carolina Highway 134, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 842 Mount Zion Road, Spartanburg SC 29303, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate.

It is also in the

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American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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: Joshua Hawkins (within shouting distance of this marker); Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Kevin Earl Carper (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Honor of the Students of (approx. 2.9 miles away); Berlin Wall (approx. 3½ miles away); Tucapau Mill (approx. 3½ miles away); Shiloh Methodist Church (approx. 3.7 miles away); Camp Wadsworth (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spartanburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Fort Prince (was approx. one mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Regarding Edward Bomar. Edward

Edward Bomar Marker -<br>Mount Zion Baptist Church in Background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, February 17, 2011

2. Edward Bomar Marker -
Mount Zion Baptist Church in Background

Bomar was one of the committee members that selected Rev. John E. Landrum as the church's long-time pastor. He was a tobacco farmer.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,210 times since then and 65 times this year. Last updated on November 25, 2025, by Donna Y Bomar of Lufkin, Texas. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 1, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.