On Old State Road (U.S. 176) at Jericho Road (State Highway 9-26), on the right when traveling north on Old State Road.
Bishop Francis Asbury stopped in this region in 1801 and 1803. About 1811, a congregation was organized and by 1815 Jericho Meeting House was standing on land given by Jacob Felkel. The present building there was apparently erected before 1850. A . . . — — Map (db m26875) HM
On Mt. Lebanon Road, 0.5 miles west of Old State Road (U.S. 176), on the right when traveling west.
This is the original site of Mt. Lebanon Lutheran Church, organized January 13, 1844, as an extension of the St. Matthew's Church, Creston. Later, Mt. Lebanon Church moved to Cameron about 2 miles NW, dedicated its new building in 1917, and was . . . — — Map (db m27239) HM
On Cameron Road (State Highway 33) near Nate's Store Road (State Highway 9-27), on the right when traveling east.
Shady Grove Methodist Church was an outgrowth of Tabernacle Church, the parent Methodist body of this area. It was built in the early 1800s on land of Adam Holman, has a framework of hewn logs held together with wooden pegs, and has been . . . — — Map (db m26201) HM
On Old Number 6 Highway (State Highway 6) near Sherlock Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1737-38, the elder Rev. John U. Giessendanner
from Orangeburg began Lutheran work in this
area; this was continued by his nephew until 1749.
By the 1760s, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church near
here was in use. A later building erected at . . . — — Map (db m26240) HM
On Fort Motte Road at Red Clay Road, on the right when traveling north on Fort Motte Road.
St. Matthew's Parish was established by the S.C. Colonial Assembly between 1765 and 1768. The first of four church buildings was erected in Amelia Township c. 1765. The parish church was incorporated by the S.C. General Assembly in 1788 as the . . . — — Map (db m237357) HM
On Old State Road (U.S. 176) at Old Swamp Road (State Highway 9-353), on the right when traveling west on Old State Road.
Sandy Run Church
This Lutheran church, one of the oldest in the state, is thought to have been organized ca.1765. By 1774, the Rev. Lewis Hochheimer was minister here. The church was incorporated in 1788 as "The German Lutheran Church of Salem, . . . — — Map (db m28827) HM
On Old State Road (U.S. 176) near Old Swamp Road (State Highway 9-353), on the left when traveling east.
Lutheran and Reformed (Calvinistic)
Congregations were worshiping in
a church three miles north of this
site prior to the year 1751. The
church was incorporated in
1788 under the name German
Lutheran Church of Salem on
Sandy Run but later . . . — — Map (db m28386) HM
On McCord’s Ferry Road (State Highway 267) at Friendly Lane, on the right when traveling north on McCord’s Ferry Road.
The Good Hope Picnic, a celebration of the end of the planting season, is the oldest African-American event in the Lone Star community. Founded in August 1915 by farmers to market their produce and held on the second Friday in August, it has . . . — — Map (db m27879) HM
On McCords Ferry Road (South Carolina Route 267) at Dusty Lane, on the right when traveling south on McCords Ferry Road.
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In 1841, St. Matthews Lutheran Church (5 mi. W) directed Rev. J.P. Margart to begin holding services in the nearby Pine Grove community. On September 27, 1847, congregants
formally organized as Pine Grove Lutheran Church. They . . . — — Map (db m220281) HM
On Belleville Road (State Highway 9-45) at State Highway 601, on the right when traveling south on Belleville Road.
John Adam Treutlen Governor of Georgia, 1777 A stern revolutionary patriot Born at Berchtesgaden, Austria in 1726 Brutally murdered by Tories about 1782 near this spot — — Map (db m51711) HM
In Grateful Appreciation of the Services of the Patriots of Calhoun County 1775 ~ 1781 Gov. John Adams Treutlan; Col. Wm. Thompson; Maj. Lewis Colson; Maj. Jacob Geiger; Capt. Jacob Rumph; Com. Alexander Gillam; Capt. Wm. Heatley, Jr.; Lt. Wm. . . . — — Map (db m51702) HM
On Old State Road (U.S. 176) north of Shrike Road, on the right when traveling north.
Burial place of Lt. Col. Olin M. Dantzler, C.S.A. Appointed Brigadier General 1 June 1864 Defender of Charleston, SC and Petersburg, VA His recorded notes to General P.G.T. Beauregard led to the location of the submarine H.L. Hunley in 1995 Killed . . . — — Map (db m134424) HM
On South Railroad Avenue (State Highway 9-48) at Dantzier Street, on the right when traveling south on South Railroad Avenue.
First settled in 1704, this region by 1733 included Amelia and lower Saxe Gotha townships. In 1765 much of it was made part of the new St. Matthew's Parish and was so named until 1865. Efforts in 1890 and 1896 led to an act signed on Feb. 14, 1908 . . . — — Map (db m26057) HM
On Old Number 6 Highway (State Highway 6) near Bluebird Trail, on the right when traveling south.
George Sterling was granted 570 acres of land here on March 14, 1704. During the lifetime of his daughter, Mary Sterling Heatly Russell, the plantation was a stopping place for Indians and travelers on the Cherokee Path. The Rev. John . . . — — Map (db m27218) HM
On Fort Motte Road (State Highway 419), on the left when traveling south.
The first church built by African Americans at Fort Motte grew out of services held by slaves at nearby Bellville, Goshen, Lang Syne, and Oakland plantations. It was formally organized in 1867 by Caleb Bartley, Israel Cheeseborough, Cudjo . . . — — Map (db m26789) HM
