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Location
NW corner of Road 647 and Road 17 NE of Bennettsville
City
Bennettsville
County
Marlboro
Date of Founding
1783
Date of Photograph
1-1-2014
Description
Here stood the first Methodist church of Marlboro County, a single log cabin built in 1783. Here Bishop Francis Asbury presided over and preached at an early Quarterly Conference, held on February 23, 1788. Camp meetings were held here from 1810 to 1842. In 1883, the church was moved to another site, also called Beauty Spot, 2 miles eastward. Source: SCDAH; Marlboro County Historic Preservation Commission - 1974
Source
SC Department of Archives and History
Rights
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