St Phillip AME Church Cemetery - Eastover, SC
N 33° 50.990 W 080° 39.025
17S E 532340 N 3745560
A large churchyard cemetery surrounds the building.
Waymark Code: WM93AK
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2010
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According to (
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This church, organized by 1835, met first in a brush arbor 1 ½ mi. N., then constructed a sanctuary on this site shortly thereafter. Its first pastor was Rev. Anderson Burns, and its original trustees were Joseph and Robert Collins, Barnes Flowers, Saylor Pope, Harkness Smith, and Red Stroy. A later sanctuary, built in 1952; burned in 1981; the present sanctuary was dedicated that year.
1999 by the St. Phillip A.M.E. Church Anniversary Committeee. (Marker Number 40-121.)