Society Hill in Darlington County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Society Hill Presbyterian Church

Photographed By Cindy Bullard, November 10, 2010

1. Society Hill Presbyterian Church Marker (front)

Inscription.
Was organized August 12, 1891 with 17 charter members, by a commission of the Pee Dee Presbytery under Revs. J. G. Law, J. G. Richards, and W. B. Corbett. Elders H. A. Womack and J. S. McCall and deacon L .M. Crosswell were appointed church officers. Services were held in the school until the sanctuary was built 1892-93; a manse was built 1922. Rev. J. P. Marion, the first full-time minister, served 1892-1902.

For several years in the early twentieth century the church also sponsored seminary students preaching at as many as six mission stations in the Pee Dee region without financial aid from the Presbytery. Society Hill Presbyterian Church is in the Welsh Neck-Long Bluff-Society Hill Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Erected 1996 by the Congregation. (Marker Number 16-36.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.

Location. 34° 30.543′ N, 79° 51.302′ W. Marker is in Society Hill, South Carolina, in Darlington County. Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 401) and Pressley Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Society Hill SC 29593, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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are within walking distance of this marker. Society Hill Library Society (a few steps from this marker); Caleb Coker House (within shouting distance of this marker); Trinity Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Henry C. Burn House (approx. ¼ mile away); Zachariah W. Wines (approx. ¼ mile away); St. David's Academy (approx. ¼ mile away); Lawrence Faulkner / Simon Brown (approx. ¼ mile away); Japonica Hall / Maj. J.J. Lucas (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Society Hill.

Society Hill Presbyterian Church Marker (reverse) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cindy Bullard, November 10, 2010

2. Society Hill Presbyterian Church Marker (reverse)

Wide view of the Society Hill Presbyterian Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Paul Crumlish, May 8, 2010

3. Wide view of the Society Hill Presbyterian Church Marker

Society Hill Presbyterian Church Marker (Left, foreground) with the Society Hill Library Society Marker (Right, background in front of the restored Society Hill Library.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 760 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 18, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. 3. submitted on November 21, 2010, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.