Grave of Joseph Reese
Joseph Reese, pioneer Baptist minister and Revolutionary patriot who died in 1795, is buried 2 mi. SW of here. Born in Pennsylvania, he came to the Congarees in 1745, became a Baptist as a result of Philip Mulkey's preaching and was ordained by Oliver Hart and Evan Pugh. Reese won Richard Furman to the Baptists and was the first pastor of Congaree Baptist Church.
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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by S.C. Baptist Historical Society
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