Near Darlington in Darlington County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
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Lowther's Hill Cemetery
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 7, 2011
1. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church / Lowther's Hill Cemetery Marker
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, organized by 1785, first met in a nearby school. It built a sanctuary here in 1791; that year Cashaway Baptist Church merged with it. In 1818 the congregation moved about 2 mi. S to Mechanicsville, built a new sanctuary there, and was renamed Mechanicsville Baptist Church.
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Lowther's Hill Cemetery
This cemetery was established ca. 1789, after Mount Pleasant Baptist Church relocated here; burials continued until 1956. Prominent area leaders buried here include Maj. Robert Lide (1734-1802), an officer under Gen. Francis Marion; Capt. Thomas E. Hart (1796-1842), for whom Hartsville was named, and planter and state representative John Westfield Lide (1794-1858).
Erected 2010 by the Darlington County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 16-61.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1785.
Location. 34° 21.181′ N, 79° 44.469′ W. Marker is near Darlington, South Carolina, in Darlington County. It is
this page online
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 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lamuel Benton (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Evan Pugh (approx. 2½ miles away); Pleasant Grove Church (approx. 4.9 miles away); Mont Clare Community Center (approx. 5.3 miles away); Roseville Plantation Slave And Freedman's Cemetery / Clarke Cemetery (approx. 5.4 miles away); Ney School / Back Swamp School
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 10, 2010
2. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Marker
In storage at the Darlington County Historical Commission while awaiting repairs during the Fall of 2010.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Major Robert Lide (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
More about this marker. The marker damaged in the summer of 2010 and stored at Darlington County Historical Commission until it was repaired and returned to its location on Cashua Ferry Road
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 10, 2010
3. Lowther's Hill Cemetery Marker
In storage at the Darlington County Historical Commission while awaiting repairs during the Fall of 2010.
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 10, 2010
4. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church / Lowther's Hill Cemetery Marker Broken Pole
In storage at the Darlington County Historical Commission while awaiting repairs during the Fall of 2010.
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, May 7, 2011
5. Wide view of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church / Lowther's Hill Cemetery Marker
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 11, 2010
6. Old Mechanicsville Baptist Church
Located on Cashua Ferry Rd. (SC 34) in Mechanicsville.
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, September 8, 2011
7. Lowther's Hill Cemetery
The Cemetery is located at the end of a dirt road behind the marker.
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, September 8, 2011
8. Lowther's Hill Cemetery Graves
Almost all of the headstones have been vandalized.
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, September 8, 2011
9. Lowther's Hill Cemetery Stone Marker
Names and dates of people buried in Lowther's Hill Cemetery.
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 11, 2010
10. New Mechanicsville Baptist Church
Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,292 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 10, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. 5. submitted on May 10, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 6. submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. 7, 8, 9. submitted on October 3, 2011, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. 10. submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photos of the site of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, graves of Maj. Robert Lide, Capt. Thomas E. Hart, and John Westfield Lide • Can you help?
