Founded 1852, cemetery, first African-American congregation in the county.
Founded 1852, cemetery, first African-American congregation in the county.
Learning of the disaster at Camden, Patriot Gen. Thomas Sumter pulled his troops northward and camped at Fishing Creek near Great Falls. Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton's mounted troops riding double caught up with Sumter's men on August 18, 1780
Chester, SC Other AttractionsBuilt c. 1851, this church still has an intact slave gallery. Call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions or for more information.
Chester, SC Other AttractionsHouses notable collections of Native American artifacts, firearms from the Revolutionary era to the present, period costumes and relics from the Civil War in a 1914
Chester, SC MuseumsRepresenting Chester County....
Offers living classroom and family farm tours which includes wagon rides and picnics, a petting zoo, a turn-of-the-century tr...
Built c. 1851, this church still has an intact slave gallery. Call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) fo...
This institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedman. It became Brainerd Institute in 1868 when the Board of Missions of th...
The church, like many in the South, was started after the Civil War as a brush arbor church. The annual religious and fellows...