First Presbyterian Church (40-22)
N 34° 00.248 W 081° 01.860
17S E 497137 N 3762614
One of many historic churches in the state capitol area.
Waymark Code: WM936F
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2010
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First congregation organized in Columbia (1795). The churchyard, allotted as a public burying ground in 1798, was granted to this church 1813. Here are buried: D. E. Dunlap, first pastor; Chancellor H. W. DeSaussure; Jonathan Maxcy, first President of S. C. College; Ann Pamela Cuningham, founder of Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association; U. S. Senators F. H. Elmore and Wm. F. DeSaussure, and the parents of Woodrow Wilson.
1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-22.)
Marker Name: First Presbyterian Church
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker number: 40-22
County: Richland
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