Near Fork Shoals in Greenville County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Lebanon Church
Erected 1975 by Lebanon United Methodist Church Congregation. (Marker Number 23-16.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1790.
Location. 34° 33.724′ N, 82° 15.913′ W. Marker is near Fork Shoals, South Carolina, in Greenville County. Marker is on Dunklin Bridge Road (State Highway S-23-68) west of Lebanon Church Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1450 Dunklin Bridge Rd, Honea Path SC 29654, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Erected by Sullivan - Dunklin Chapter D.A.R. (within shouting distance of this marker); Sullivan (Grove) Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Tullyton (approx. 3.7 miles away); History - Cedar Falls Park (approx. 3.9 miles away); History – Cedar Falls Park (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named History - Cedar Falls Park (approx. 4 miles away); Environment – Cedar Falls Park (approx. 4 miles away); Fork Shoals School (approx. 4.8 miles away); Fork Shoals Baptist Church (approx. 4.9 miles away); Fairview Church / Fairview Cemetery (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fork Shoals.
Regarding Lebanon Church. Lebanon Church plays host to the Sullivan-Sillivant Family Reunion the second Sunday of each June. A history of the church was published in 1984 by Sara M. Nash entitled Bicentennial History of Lebanon United Methodist Church 1784-1984.
Also see . . .
1. The United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline and mildly evangelical. (Submitted on October 18, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
2. Francis Asbury. Bishop Francis Asbury (August 20, 1745 – March 31, 1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, now The United Methodist Church in the United States. (Submitted on October 18, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
Additional commentary.
1. About Lebanon Church
Following the end of the Revolutionary War, settlers, primarily of Scotch, Scotch-Irish and English descent, migrated from Pennsylvania south along the Great Wagon Road. Establishing their new homes in Upcountry South Carolina, they made their livelihood by farming and trading. In three successive years, not long after their arrival, the citizenry founded the Lebanon Methodist Church (1785), the Fairview Presbyterian Church (1786) and the Reedy River Baptist Church (1787). Thus began a long period of dominance by these three religious groups in the lifestyle of the Upcountry. (Source:Romantic Weekends: Georgia and the Carolinas by Kathy Renouf (2000) pg 383.)
— Submitted September 26, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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