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Lewie Chapel (Old Gilbert Methodist Church)

Lewie Chapel (Old Gilbert Methodist Church) is a South Carolina historical marker in Gilbert, Lexington County, dedicated 2000.

Lexington County · dedicated 2000 · Lewie St., Gilbert, Gilbert

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Front: Lewie Chapel, a Methodist church founded on this site in the 1870s by Solomon R. Lewie (1835-1878) and others, was later known as Lewiedale Methodist Church and after 1910 as Gilbert Methodist Church. The original sanctuary, replaced in 1960 by a new sanctuary about 1 mi. W, burned in the early 1970s. Reverse: The town of Gilbert, also known as Gilbert Hollow, was called Lewiedale from 1886 to 1899 after the family of Samuel (1802-1865) and Nancy Hendrix Lewie (1807-1865). Four of six Lewie sons saw Confederate service in the 15th S.C. Infantry, with Frederick S. (1831-1873) as its lieutenant colonel and James H. (1838-1889) as a captain. Several family members are buried here.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by 15th Reg. S.C. Vols., Sons of Confederate Veterans

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