Richland County · Marker 40-58
Grave of Joseph Reese
Garner’s Ferry Rd. (U.S. Hwy. 378/76) at Trotter Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 40-222), Horrell Hill vicinity
Front inscription
Joseph Reese, pioneer Baptist minister and Revolutionary patriot who died in 1795, is buried 2 mi. SW of here. Born in Pennsylvania, he came to the Congarees in 1745, became a Baptist as a result of Philip Mulkey's preaching and was ordained by Oliver Hart and Evan Pugh. Reese won Richard Furman to the Baptists and was the first pastor of Congaree Baptist Church.