Welsh Neck Church

Welsh Neck Church is a South Carolina historical marker in Society Hill, Darlington County, dedicated 1976.

Darlington County · dedicated 1976 · 112 Church St. (U.S. Hwy. 15-401), Society Hill

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Front: This church, the pioneer center of Baptist influence in the area, was constituted January 1738 by Welsh from Pennsylvania and was originally located about two miles northeast of here. The first pastor was Philip James. It was incorporated March 17, 1785, as the "Baptist Church at the Welsh Neck on Pedee River." Reverse: Seat of worship of this Baptist church was relocated here about 1799, on land acquired from Capt. William Dewitt. The second meeting house on this spot, dedicated in 1843, was destroyed by lightning July 5, 1928 and was replaced by the present structure in 1938.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Welsh Neck Baptist Church and the Darlington County Historical Commission

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