Near Fork Shoals in Greenville County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lebanon Church

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

1. Lebanon Church Marker

Inscription. This United Methodist Church was originally located about 1¼ miles east and named the Grove. It was visited by Bishop Francis Asbury in 1790 and 1800. Relocated about ½ mile SW of here after the land was obtained 1832. Present house of worship was erected in 1850's and named changed to Lebanon. Sunday School annex completed 1951 and steeple and portico in 1955.

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.

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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

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

2. Lebanon Church Marker

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.

Lebanon Church Marker and Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

3. Lebanon Church Marker and Cemetery

Lebanon United Methodist Church Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

4. Lebanon United Methodist Church Sign

Lebanon United Methodist Church (1850s) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 12, 2009

5. Lebanon United Methodist Church (1850s)

Lebanon Church & Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

6. Lebanon Church & Cemetery

Lebanon United Methodist Church -<br>Sunday School Annex (1951) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

7. Lebanon United Methodist Church -
Sunday School Annex (1951)

Lebanon Church Steeple (1955) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

8. Lebanon Church Steeple (1955)

Lebanon United Methodist Church -<br>Portico (1955) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

9. Lebanon United Methodist Church -
Portico (1955)

Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 12, 2009

10. Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery

Trio of Revolutionary War Veterans image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 12, 2009

11. Trio of Revolutionary War Veterans

From left to right: Charles Sullivan, Gen. Marion's Partisan Rangers, Rev. War November 3, 1808; Hewlett Sullivan, Gen. Marion's Partisan Rangers, Rev. War July 11, 1830; John Ridgeway, Pvt. Col. Hay's SC Regt., Rev. War 1750-1837.

Tombstone for Dr. John C. Sullivan image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 12, 2009

12. Tombstone for Dr. John C. Sullivan

Who was born November 8th 1793
and died February 14th 1864.
He united himself with the
in 1845, of which he remained
a consistent member.
Amiable in all the relations
of life, his memory is revered
by his beloved Widow,
Children and Friends.
"Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord."

Lebanon Church Cemetery Marker image. Click for more information.

Photographed By Ronald Miller, August 8, 2008

13. Lebanon Church Cemetery Marker

Located in the cemetery of Lebanon Church is a marker erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution that makes note of Lebanon Church and, the corner location of the Indian boundary. Maybe not a historic marker in its own right, but it does contain notable information about the surrounding area.
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Traynham Bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 7, 2008

14. Traynham Bell

Given by
Benjamin Perry - Dora Isabell
and Children
Zelia Nettie Ludie
Ollie Lola Elvis
Walter Ryland Howard

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