St. Paul Camp Ground

St. Paul Camp Ground (HMWSX)

Location: Harleyville, SC 29448 Dorchester County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 12.285', W 80° 28.938'

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(Front text)
This Methodist camp ground, one of four in Dorchester County, was established in 1880. African-American freedmen in this area held services in a brush arbor at the "Old Prayer Ground" nearby as early as 1869. By 1873 they acquired two acres nearby and founded St. Paul A.M.E. Church, building their first permanant sanctuary just southwest.
(Reverse text)
In 1880 four community leaders purchased 113 acres here and deeded it to trustees for a new St. Paul Camp ground. "Tents," or rough-hewn cabins, form a circle around the "tabernacle," the open-sided shelter where services are held. This camp ground, in session the week ending the third Sunday in October, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
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HM NumberHMWSX
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Marker Number18-16
Year Placed2011
Placed ByThe Upper Dorchester County Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 1:14am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 548249 N 3674105
Decimal Degrees33.20475000, -80.48230000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 12.285', W 80° 28.938'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 12' 17.10" N, 80° 28' 56.28" W
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Area Code(s)843
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 186-190 Co Rd S-18-734, Harleyville SC 29448, US
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