Blythewood in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Sandfield Baptist Church
⎯⎯⎯
Sandfield Cemetery
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2011
1. Sandfield Baptist Church Marker
Sandfield Baptist Church. Twenty-Five Mile Creek Church, a Primitive Baptist congregation, was organized in this area before 1772. It was renamed Sandfield Church by ca. 1830 and the mother church for Cedar Creek, Harmony, Jackson Creek, and Sawneys Creek. After some members left in 1840 to organize a new church this congregation became Sandy Level Baptist Church in 1843.
Sandfield Cemetery. In 1856 Sandy Level Baptist Church built a new church 3 mi. W on Blythewood Rd. The congregation gave this site and the old church to the community provided any organization using it would be Baptist. A second Sandfield Baptist Church, organized here ca. 1870, was disbanded ca. 1938. The cemetery here dates to the second church and is now maintained by Sandy Level Baptist Church.
Erected 2007 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History, sponsored by Sandy Level Baptist Church. (Marker Number 40-137.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina Historical Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1772.
Location. 34° 13.261′ N, 80° 56.339′ W. Marker
this page online
Regionally, this marker is in the Midlands and in the Greater Columbia Area. 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: Blythewood School (approx. 1.9 miles away); George P. Hoffman House (approx. 1.9 miles away); Bethel Baptist Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Bethel School / Bethel Hanberry School (approx. 2.3 miles away); Sandy Level Baptist Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Killian School (approx. 5.7 miles away); In Memory of the John H. Rose Family (approx. 5.9 miles away); Killian Road Baptist Church Cemetery Confederate Soldiers Monument (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blythewood.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Skirmish at Killian's Mill (was approx. 5.9 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. study marker shown., Sandy Level Baptist Church
Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 3, 2011
2. Sandfield Cemetery Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 3, 2011
3. Sandfield Baptist Church / Sandfield Cemetery Marker, looking east along N. Melton Road
Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 3, 2011
4. Sandfield Baptist Church / Sandfield Cemetery Marker
Russ Brown Road near the intersection of N. Melton Road / Sandfield Rd
Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 3, 2011
5. Sandfield Cemetery, seen today
Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,182 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 5, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
