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Address: 3087 Fishing Creek Church
Chester,SC 29706
Phone: (803) 789-3076
Come visit us in Chester, South Carolina
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 AttractionsPredates the Civil War, cemetery. Call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145)
Chester, SC Other AttractionsBegun in 1866 as a brush arbor church, built of poles, tree branches and bushes by freed slaves. The first wooden structure ...
Burrel Hemphill, a slave in the household of Robert Hemphill during the Civil War, was reportedly tortured to death by Union ...
Built 1859, original furniture and plates in use. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for de...
Organized in 1868 by Rev. Samuel Loomis during the Chester Mission, Carmel was a worship center for the students and faculty ...
"Rebuilt" in 1915, this was the childhood church of famed jazz artist Dizzy Gillespie....