Laurens County · Marker 30-04

Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church [Second Marker]

350 yds. N of S.C. Sec. Rd. 30-43, about 1.2 mi. W of Clinton

Front inscription

This cemetery marks the original site of Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buried here is William Blakely, Sr., survivor of Hayes Station Massacre, 1781, who with Samuel Blakely donated the land for the church and cemetery. The congregation moved to Clinton about 1902.

County
Laurens
Region
Upstate
City or vicinity
Clinton
Year approved
1977
Erected by
The Congregation
Coordinates
34.46535, -81.918183

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