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cache type Gillisonville Baptist Church cache size

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(Finds: 1  Score: 2)    (Hidden: 180  Score: 535)

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Coordinates (WGS-84 datum)
N 32° 36.448'   W 080° 59.920'
Early Branch,   South Carolina   29916
United States    Near By Caches

Hidden On: 30 Dec 2006
Waypoint (Landmark): N0243D
Open Cache:  Unrestricted
Cache type:  Virtual
Cache size:   Virtual

Difficulty: gps half gps (easy)
Terrain: gps half gps (easy)

Misc: No drinking water! No restrooms (water closets) available No pets are allowed. Parking is available No fees!

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This is part of the South Carolina Historical Marker series.

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Marker Text:

The Euhaw congregation constituted this ecclesiastical group 24 March 1832, naming it Coosawhatchie Baptist Church. The South Carolina Baptist Convention met at the church in December 1845 and unanimously voted to join the recently formed Southern Baptist Convention. In February 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman's troops visited the church and etched "War of 18621 &62 & 63 & 64 Feb.

Back Side:

7th 1865 this is done by a Yankee Soldier," on the communion silver. The congregation became Gillisonville Baptist Church 19 November 1885. The 1845 church building, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, is a local interpretation of Greek Revival style of architecture: notable features include the slave gallery and box pews.

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