Bethel United Methodist Church

(Front)

Established in 1856 by French Huguenot families with the consolidation of Lodebar, Rembert, Clark, and Sardis Methodist Churches, all dating from the early settlement of Sumter District. The first minister was Rev. Bond English; trustees were James W. Rembert, ...

John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church

The National Register

of Historic Places:

John Wesley

Methodist Episcopal

Church

Marker is on East Court Street near Falls Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church

During the spring of 1779, Methodist pioneer Freeborn Garrettson visited this area to bring the message of his faith to the people. Garrettson’s efforts were favorably received, and a number of local Methodist “societies” were organized. Among these was the ...

Demopolis Methodist Church

on Marengo Circuit, 1826-1839

church founded 1840, great revival 1843

first building erected 1840-43 (remodeled 1848)

on lot donated by the Rev. A. J. Crawford

two early pastors became bishops:

John C. Keener (1843-44) and Holland N. McTyeire (1846)

present building erected 1895-96

B. D. Price of ...

First Methodist Church of Diboll

This congregation was founded about 1897, soon after Diboll was established as a sawmill town. Early worship services were held in a local schoolhouse and in a two-story structure shared with the local Baptist congregation and fraternal organizations. Church leaders ...

Socastee Methodist Church

This church, originating with services held in a brush arbor, was formally organized by 1818. Its first sanctuary, a log building, was built here soon afterwards on land donated by Philip Elkes. The cemetery, dating from the 19th century, includes ...

Bennettsville Methodist Church

The first Methodist house of worship in Marlboro County was at Beauty Spot, two miles north of here, where, in 1788, Bishop Asbury attended a meeting. By 1834, the first church in town had been built here on 1 ½ ...

St. John African Methodist Church

This congregation was organized circa 1848. Early meetings were held in a log cabin at this location on land that was conveyed to trustees of the "Protestant Methodist Church" in 1850. In 1866 the members of the First Colored Methodist ...

Pisgah Methodist Church

Side A

This church, founded in 1806 in what was Darlington District until Florence County was founded in 1888, grew out of an early Methodist “Society.” Rev. Thomas Humphries (d. 1820), who served this and other area circuits, conducted the ...

Spann Methodist Church / Captain Clinton Ward

Spann Methodist Church

This church was founded ca. 1805 at the plantation of John Spann, Jr., about 1 mi. N. Bishop Francis Asbury preached there in 1807 and 1811. The first church on this site was built and the cemetery was ...