Congaree Baptist Church

Congaree Baptist Church is a South Carolina historical marker in Horrell Hill, Richland County, dedicated 1938.

Richland County · dedicated 1938 · Garner’s Ferry Rd. (U.S. Hwy. 378/76), Horrell Hill, Horrell Hill

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A few miles south was the site of original Congaree Baptist Church, organized 1766 with the Rev. Joseph Reese as pastor. Probably first church in bounds of present Richland County. Since 1800 located on Tom's Creek 22 miles south of Columbia.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936

Congaree Baptist Church

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