Pioneer Graveyard

Pioneer Graveyard is a South Carolina historical marker in Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, dedicated 1970.

Orangeburg County · dedicated 1970 · Bull St. between N. Broughton (U.S. Hwy. 178) and Middleton Sts., Orangeburg, Orangeburg

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From the time of the first settlement of Orangeburg Township in 1735 until the founding of various denominational cemeteries, this plot of ground was the final resting place for the early inhabitants. The first church in the Orangeburg area was erected here about 1750 by the Swiss and German settlers of the Reverend John Giessendanner's congregation.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by City of Orangeburg

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