Dillon County · Marker 17-01
The Meeting House
Bear Swamp Baptist Church, 541 Bear Swamp Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 17-56)
Front inscription
On December 22, 1801, one acre on the north side of Bear Swamp was deeded for the use of the Baptist Society. Local tradition says that the meeting house that stood on this tract was built in the 1780s and was used as a camp site by travelers between Fayetteville and Georgetown. In 1831, the Baptist Society was constituted as Bear Swamp church.