Colleton County · Marker 15-15

Salkehatchie Presbyterian Church

Hendersonville Hwy. (U.S. Hwy. 17-A) near its intersection with U.S. Hwy. 21

Front inscription

This was formerly the site of a Presbyterian church organized in 1766 by the Reverend Archibald Simpson, minister from Scotland. The church was incorporated on December 17, 1808. Serving the church were the Reverends Simpson, Edward Palmer, and J. B. Van Dyck. In the cemetery are the graves of early Scotch-Irish settlers.

County
Colleton
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Salkehatchie vicinity
Year approved
1973
Erected by
Colleton County Historical Society
Coordinates
32.723183, -80.79805

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