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

Nazareth Church

Photographed by Brian Scott, August 2, 2008

1. Nazareth Church Marker

Inscription.
This Presbyterian Church, located about .4 miles SE, was organized soon after 1766 by Scotch-Irish who settled the area. From Revolutionary War days the congregation has been influential in religious, educational, and civic affairs of Spartanburg County. A number of new congregations have been formed from Nazareth whose present building was erected in 1832.

Erected 1980 by Nazareth Presbyterian Church Congregation. (Marker Number 42-14.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1766.

Location. 34° 54.014′ N, 82° 2.159′ W. Marker is in Moore, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County. It is at the intersection of Reidville Road (State Highway 296) and Nazareth Church Road (State Highway 661), on the right when traveling north on Reidville Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Moore SC 29369, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate

and in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 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 10 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Nazareth Church Stone Marker (approx. 0.3 miles away); Nazareth Frame House (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Erosion Control Work in the Southeast (approx. 2½ miles away); Camp Wadsworth (approx. 2.6 miles away); John B. White Sr., Blvd.

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(approx. 3.2 miles away); 15th N.Y. Infantry / Harlem Hell Fighters (approx. 3.6 miles away); Colonel Warren H. Abernathy Highway (approx. 3.6 miles away); Tucapau Mill (approx. 4.2 miles away); Kevin Earl Carper (approx. 4.3 miles away); Harold Hatcher (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moore.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Fort Prince (was approx. 4.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Nazareth Presbyterian Church. Official website of Nazareth Presbyterian Church. (Submitted on August 4, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)

Additional commentary.
1. Nazareth Church
Nazareth Church is situated in the district of Spartanburg, on the waters of Tyger river, towards its source. Its first formation proceeded from a few families, eight or ten in number, who obtained supplies in 1766, and were soon afterwards organized into a society.—(MS. Hist. of Second Presbytery of South Carolina.) The Rev. Robert H. Reid dates the first settlements on

Nazareth Presbyterian Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, August 2, 2008

2. Nazareth Presbyterian Church

Tyger river about the year 1761. They certainly existed before the year 1765, for in that year the road that passes by the church between the North and Middle rivers was opened. The first settlers were Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania. When they left the north of Ireland and came into Pennsylvania we have at present no means of ascertaining. Some of the families were in Pennsylvania as early as 1732, for in that year Captain Barry was born in that State. The names of the first settlers were Barry, Moore, Anderson, Collins, Thompson, Vernon, Pearson, Jamison, Dodd, Ray, Penrey, McMahon, and Nichol. About the year 1767 or 1768 their numbers were increased by a colony which came directly from the north of Ireland. They were each entitled to one hundred acres of land by a grant from his majesty George II., and the old titles bear date in 176S. The families of Caldwell, Coan, Snoddy, Pedan, Alexander, Gaston, Morton, and perhaps some others, came at that time. These first settlers on Tyger river, like all of the same descent, were full of reverence for God's word and for the institutions of religion; and no sooner had they established their homes in the forest of the New World than they made the best arrangements in their power for the public worship of the God of their fathers. (Source: History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina, Vol. I by George Howe (1870) pgs 340-341.)

Nazareth Presbyterian Church -<br>Northwest Sanctuary Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, August 2, 2008

3. Nazareth Presbyterian Church -
Northwest Sanctuary Entrance

— Submitted February 14, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.

Nazareth Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, August 2, 2008

4. Nazareth Church Cemetery

Nazareth Church under Restoration image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, April 3, 2011

5. Nazareth Church under Restoration

Samuel Miller image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, April 3, 2011

6. Samuel Miller

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, February 11, 2011

7. Samuel Miller

Col Roebuck's Rect
Continental line
Revolutionary War
May 4 1846

Alexander Evins image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, February 11, 2011

8. Alexander Evins

Alexander Evins Continental Line Revolutional War 1761/May,31 1815

Andrew Charles Moore image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, April 3, 2011

9. Andrew Charles Moore

In Memory
of
Andrew Charles Moore
Born March 11th 1838
Killed on the plains of Manassas,Virginia
August 30th 1862.
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"The best of motives is our Country's good"

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, April 3, 2011

10. Andrew Charles Moore

Thomas J. Mooer image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, April 3, 2011

11. Thomas J. Mooer

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, April 3, 2011

12. Nazareth Church Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,233 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 4, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on April 3, 2011, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.