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Waxhaw Presbyterian Church

Lancaster County · dedicated 1948 · U.S. Hwy. 521 & S.C. Sec. Rd. 29-775, N of Lancaster Marker # 2: S.C. Hwy. 9 at the S.C. Hwy. 9 Bypass, W of Lancaster, Lancaster

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About 3 miles W. is Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, organized 1755, first church in upper South Carolina. President Andrew Jackson, born nearby, was baptized there. His father lies in the churchyard with other early settlers of the Waxhaws and many veterans of various wars, including: Gen. Wm. R. Davie, Maj. Robt. Crawford, Major John Barkley, Col. J. H. Witherspoon, Isaac Donnom.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History

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