Williamsburg County · Marker 45-07

Black Mingo Presbyterian Church

Intersection of County Line Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 41/51) & Brown’s Ferry Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 45-24), Rhems

Front inscription

One of the earliest Dissenter congregations in South Carolina north of the Santee River was located about two miles south of here. Its church building had been completed by 1727 when the Rev. Thomas Morritt, Episcopal minister of Charleston, visited the area.

Reverse inscription

) In 1742, this Dissenter congregation of the "Presbyterian Persuasion . . . of Scotland" received 100 pounds currency from Wm. Swinton for a new building. Also in 1742, William Thompson, Jr., willed the Dissenters 100 pounds and 4 acres, and their brick meeting house was soon built. By 1824, the church had dissolved.

County
Williamsburg
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Rhems
Year approved
1982
Erected by
Three Rivers Historical Society
Coordinates
33.602283, -79.44045

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