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Historical Markers in Pomaria, South Carolina

 
Clickable Map of Newberry County, South Carolina and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Newberry County, SC (40) Fairfield County, SC (35) Greenwood County, SC (108) Laurens County, SC (53) Lexington County, SC (67) Richland County, SC (361) Saluda County, SC (33) Union County, SC (43)  NewberryCounty(40) Newberry County (40)  FairfieldCounty(35) Fairfield County (35)  GreenwoodCounty(108) Greenwood County (108)  LaurensCounty(53) Laurens County (53)  LexingtonCounty(67) Lexington County (67)  RichlandCounty(361) Richland County (361)  SaludaCounty(33) Saluda County (33)  UnionCounty(43) Union County (43)
Newberry is the county seat for Newberry County
Pomaria is in Newberry County
      Newberry County (40)  
ADJACENT TO NEWBERRY COUNTY
      Fairfield County (35)  
      Greenwood County (108)  
      Laurens County (53)  
      Lexington County (67)  
      Richland County (361)  
      Saluda County (33)  
      Union County (43)  
 
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1 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36-18 — Bethlehem Lutheran Church
[Marker Front]: This church, with its origins in services held in the 1780's at nearby Wicker's Camp Ground, was formally organized in 1816 with Rev. Godfrey Dreher as its first pastor. A log meeting house was built on this site soon . . . Map (db m10039) HM
2 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36-17 — Folk-Holloway House
This house, built ca. 1820 for John Adam Folk (1799-1855) is an excellent example of a 19th-century two-story farmhouse. Folk, a farmer and merchant, was also postmaster at Tanner's Hill (now Pomaria) 1829-40. Later the home of Folk's daughter . . . Map (db m27659) HM
3 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36-20 — Hope Rosenwald School
This school, built in 1925-26 at a cost of $2,900, was one of more than 500 rural African-American schools in S.C. funded in part by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation between 1917 and 1932. The original two-acre lot for the school was donated by . . . Map (db m42139) HM
4 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36-1 — Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
Here in 1830, in the house of Colonel John Eigleberger, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent States opened a seminary which grew into the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary now located in Columbia, S.C.Map (db m13254) HM
5 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36-11 — Mount Bethel Academy — United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 419 —
[Front] Located about one mile northeast on land conveyed by Edward Finch, this school, the first Methodist educational venture in the state, was established by Bishop Francis Asbury and opened by him, 1795. A number of Mt. Bethel . . . Map (db m13210) HM
6 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36-10 — Pomaria
Originally named Countsville, this post office was established in 1823. In 1840, it was renamed Pomaria, probably for William Summer's nearby Pomaria Nursery. By 1851 the Columbia and Newberry Railroad had completed a line through here, and six . . . Map (db m13252) HM
7 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — Rev. Joachim Bulow.
In Memory of the Rev. Joachim Bulow. Organizer and first Pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran Church about 1761Map (db m19396) HM
8 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36-7 — St. John's Church
This Lutheran church stands on a royal grant of 100 acres made in 1763 to John Adam Epting and Peter Dickert, elders of the Dissenting congregation on Crim's Creek. The origins of St. John's date as early as 1754, when the Reverend John Gasser . . . Map (db m13258) HM
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9 South Carolina, Newberry County, Pomaria — 36 - 21 — St. Paul Lutheran Church
Front This church, founded ca. 1761 by the Rev. Joachim Bulow, is one of the earliest Lutheran congregations in what is now Newberry County. A log church built nearby before the Revolution was replaced by a frame church. A larger frame . . . Map (db m52785) HM
 
 
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Apr. 26, 2024