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Address: 3087 Fishing Creek Church
Chester,SC 29706
Phone: (803) 789-3076
Come visit us in Chester, South Carolina
Chester State Park has been a haven for hiking, picnicking, boating and fishing for the surrounding communities in the South Carolina Piedmont ever since it was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
Built c. 1851, this church still has an intact slave gallery. Call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions or for more information.
Chester, SC Other AttractionsFishdam Ford was the site of the battle on November 9, 1780, in which Gen. Thomas Sumter's men repelled a night assault by Maj. James Wemyss and the British 63rd Regiment. Gen. Sumter had camped at Fishdam Ford in order to draw off troops from Lord Charles Cornwallis'
Chester, SC Other AttractionsFounded in 1774, cemetery....
"Rebuilt" in 1915, this was the childhood church of famed jazz artist Dizzy Gillespie....
The congregation of Ebenezer hand-molded the bricks to make their church in 1788. During the Civil War, "The Old Brick Churc...
Burrel Hemphill, a slave in the household of Robert Hemphill during the Civil War, was reportedly tortured to death by Union ...
Begun in 1866 as a brush arbor church, built of poles, tree branches and bushes by freed slaves. The first wooden structure ...