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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRBN_rev-john-leighton-wilson-d-d_Mayesville-SC.html
His home stood on this site. With his wife, Jane Bayard Wilson, he served as a Presbyterian missionary on the western coast of Africa 1833-1852. He advocated ending the slave trade and by 1844 had freed all his own slaves. Foreign Mission Secretar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM7_the-mayesville-story_Mayesville-SC.html
(Left text)A Railroad TownAs with many rural South Carolina towns,Mayesville grew up around a railroad depot.The Wilmington and Manchester Railroadbuilt the depot in 1853 on land owned byMatthew Peterson Mayes, known to hisfriends and others as "S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ66_goodwill-presbyterian-church-u-s-a_Mayesville-SC.html
(Front text)Founded in 1867 by 100 black members ofSalem, Black River, Presbyterian Church (1759)desiring seperation. Dismissal granted, thusbecoming the first black church in Sumter County. The congregation began meeting in Goodwill School, estab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ09_ebenezer_Mayesville-SC.html
These bricks from the old sanctuary of theGoodwill Presbyterian Church, along withthe new sanctuary, commemorate the special grace of God that was visited uponthis community when Hurricane Hugoswept through the state on September 21, 1989. There w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIJA_salem-black-river-presbyterian-church_Mayesville-SC.html
(Front text) This house of worship, commonly called Brick Church, was founded by Scotch-Irish settlers in 1759 on land given by Capt. David Anderson. Original log meeting-house was replaced by frame building and named Salem Presbyterian Church (17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7M_birthplace-of-mary-mcleod-bethune_Mayesville-SC.html
Marker Front:This noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S.C., on July 10, 1875. She was one of the first pupils of the Mayesville Mission School, located fifty yards west of this marker, where she later served as…