Allendale in Allendale County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Happy Home Baptist Church
Photographed by Mike Stroud, November 13, 2011
1. Happy Home Baptist Church Marker
This church, founded soon after the Civil War, held its first services in a brush arbor in the Woods community of what was then Barnwell County. It built its first permanent church, a frame building, in the Zion Branch community near Old Allendale, and adopted the name Zion Branch Baptist Church. The church bought this site in 1875, built a new frame sanctuary here, and was renamed Happy Home Baptist Church.
Rev. Jacob S. Daniels served the church for almost thirty years, and the congregation grew from 66 members in 1877 to 258 members in 1890. By 1902, his son, Rev. George C. Daniels, succeeded him as pastor, and the church had 379 members. In 1911, during the pastorate of Rev. S.J. Rice, the church received a state charter and built its present church, a brick Gothic Revival building.
Erected 2011 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History; sponsored by The Congregation. (Marker Number 3-14.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.
Location. 33° 0.579′ N, 81° 18.578′ W. Marker is in Allendale, South Carolina, in Allendale County. It is on Railroad Avenue W (State Highway 3-10) near Memorial
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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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Swallow Savannah Methodist Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Allendale Co. Jail / Chain Gangs (approx. 0.4 miles away); Town of Allendale (approx. half a mile away); Old Allendale (approx. 2.8 miles away); Bethlehem Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); Allendale County War Memorial (approx. 5.3 miles away); Fairfax (approx. 5½ miles away); Barker's Mill / Skirmish at Barker's Mill (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Allendale.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, November 13, 2011
2. Happy Home Baptist Church Marker, reverse side
Photographed by Mike Stroud, November 13, 2011
3. Happy Home Baptist Church and Marker, seen along Memorial Avenue, at right
Photographed by Mike Stroud, November 13, 2011
4. Happy Home Baptist Church and Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, November 13, 2011
5. Happy Home Baptist Church
Happy Home Baptist Church
Founded 1875, Rebuilt 1911.
"And upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." (variation Matthew 16:18)
Founded 1875, Rebuilt 1911.
"And upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." (variation Matthew 16:18)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, November 13, 2011
6. Happy Home Baptist Church at Railroad Avenue W and Memorial Avenue seen from SC Route125
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,233 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 20, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
