Commemorative Markers

This monument was dedicated on March 21, 2009 to recognize and honor the service of 29 Patriots who served in the Revolutionary War and who are buried in Bethel Church Cemetery.  This dedication ceremony was sponsored by the South Carolina Daughters of the American  Revolution and the Bethel Cemetery Association. These 29 Patriots had been  approved and certified by the National Society DAR.

On the back side of this monument the names of 23 more Patriots who are buried in Bethel Church Cemetery were added and a dedication ceremony was held on May 31, 2014. This ceremony was sponsored by the Bethel Cemetery Association in  conjunction with the 250th Anniversary of Bethel Presbyterian Church.

 

 

 

AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAQUE

The African American members of the Armstrong and Currence families erected and dedicated this plaque on August 6, 2011, to honor the memory of their enslaved ancestors who were baptized and received as member of Bethel church.  They worshipped ever Sunday with their masters.

 

 

 

MOORE/NEELY MARKER

This memorial was erected in 1938 by Mr. Thomas P. Moore of Washington City to express his love, his devotion and his gratitude to the members of the Moore and Neely Families.  Samuel Neely was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and is buried in Bethel Church Cemetery.

 

MARKER AT SPRING

This stone marker was erected by Mr. George M. Riddle on May 12, 1946, to commemorate the origin of Bethel Presbyterian Church when Mr. Andrew Floyd, Mr. Adam Baird, and Col. Samuel Watson met at the spring in 1764 to select a site for the church.

 

 

 

 

STATE HIGHWAY MARKER

 

 

 

 

SLAVE CEMETERY MARKER