Mount Pleasant Baptist Church / Lowther's Hill Cemetery
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N 34° 21.185 W 079° 44.464
17S E 615780 N 3802023
This marker is located on Hwy 34 near Mechanicsville, it was erected on Aug. 6, 2010 by the Darlington County Historical Commission
Waymark Code: WM9DMZ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2010
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MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, organized by 1785, first met in a nearby school. It built a sanctuary here in 1791; that year Cashaway Baptist Church merged with it. In 1818 the congregation moved about 2 mi. S to Mechanicsville, built a new sanctuary there and was renamed Mechanicsville Baptist Church
LOWTHER'S HILL CEMETERY This Cemetery was established ca. 1789, after Mount Pleasant Baptist Church relocated here; burials continued until 1956. Prominent area leaders buried here include Maj. Robert Lide (1734~1802) an officer under Gen. Francis Marion; Capt. Thomas E. Hart (1796~1842), for whom Hartsville was named, and planter and state representative John Westfield Lide (1794~185).
Marker Name: Mount Pleasant Baptist Church / Lowthers Hill Cemetery
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 16 - 61
County: Darlington
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