41 9 - SPANN METHODIST CHURCH
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gpsblake
N 33° 51.433 W 081° 43.683
17S E 432653 N 3746563
located at Spann Methodist Church in Ward, SC. The graveyard nearby has a statue of the founder of Ward, Clinton Ward. There is also a metal statue of a buck. Very historic.
Waymark Code: WMWW0
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2006
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41 9
SPANN METHODIST CHURCH
This church was founded ca. 1805 at the plantation of John Spann, Jr., about 1 mil. N. Bishop Francis Asbury preached there in 1807 and 1811. The first church on this site was built and the cemetery was established ca. 1840. The present Greek Revival sanctuary, built in 1873, is almost unchanged. The church and cemetery were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
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Erected by The Ridge Heritage Association, 2005
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CAPTAIN CLINTON WARD
Clinton Ward (1828-1905), a member of this church, was a prominent landowner and a state representative 1880-83. The Charlotte, Columbia, & Augusta RR ran its tracks through Ward's property about 1870. He laid out and planned the town first named Ward's Depot, then Clintonward, then Wards, and finally Ward. Clinton Ward, his wife Martha, and their Josephine are buired here.
Erected by the Ridge Heritage Assocation, 2005
Marker Name: 41 9 -SPANN METHODIST CHURCH
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 41 9
County: Saluda
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