Beaufort County · Marker 07-04
Prince William's Parish Church/ Sheldon Church
Old Sheldon Church Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 7-21), just N. of Bailey Rd.
Front inscription
These ruins are of Prince William’s Parish Church, built ca. 1751-57 and partially burned during the American Revolution, with its interior and roof rebuilt 1825-26. This Anglican church was primarily paid for by Lt. Gov. William Bull I (1683-1755), who is buried here. It is often called Sheldon, after Bull’s plantation.
Reverse inscription
Local Loyalists burned the church in 1779 during a raid by Gen. Augustine Prevost. It was assumed by many area residents in 1865 and has been widely believed since that Federal troops burned Sheldon Church during the last months of the Civil War. It was actually dismantled by local freedmen ca. 1865-67.