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Lawtonville Church [Second Marker]

Lawtonville Church [Second Marker] is a South Carolina historical marker in Lawtonville, Hampton County, dedicated 1991.

Hampton County · dedicated 1991 · Augusta Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 25-20), about 1 mi. N of its junction with S.C. Sec. Rd. 25-62, Lawtonville

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This Baptist congregation, originally known as Savannah River, Carolina Church, was constituted near here March 1, 1775, mainly by members of Coosawhatchie (Beech Branch) Church. Rev. Joshua Lewis was its first known minister. In 1786, the church changed its name to Pipe Creek and by 1836 had moved to Lawtonville. Renamed Lawtonville in 1884, the church moved to Estill, 1911.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Lawtonville Baptist Church, Estill, SC

Lawtonville Church [Second Marker]

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