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Graveyard of the Richmond Covenanter Church Reformed Presbyterian

Graveyard of the Richmond Covenanter Church Reformed Presbyterian is a South Carolina historical marker in Mitford, Fairfield County, dedicated 1959.

Fairfield County · dedicated 1959 · S.C. Hwy. 901 at its intersection with S.C. Hwy. 52, .5 mi. S of Fairfield County-Chester County line and W of Mitford, Mitford

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(A quarter mile east)/Here lie buried many of the Scotch Irish pioneers who in 1772, under the leadership of the Rev. William Martin, founded one of the first Covenanter churches in upper South Carolina.

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Graveyard of the Richmond Covenanter Church Reformed Presbyterian

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