Calhoun County · Marker 09-04
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Parent Lutheran Church of this Area
S.C. Hwy. 6, about 7 mi. S of St. Matthews
Front inscription
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 this site in 1826 was replaced by the present church in 1900.