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  • EL Bethel UMC

    This church and cemetery dates to before the Civil War. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information. The Chester County Cemetery...
    EL Bethel UMC

  • Catholic Presbyterian

    Founded 1759, oldest standing church in the county. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information. The Chester County Cemetery surv...
    Catholic Presbyterian

  • Gethsemane Baptist

    Founded 1852, cemetery, first African-American congregation in the county....
    Gethsemane Baptist

  • Mt. Prospect Methodist

    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. The Chester County Cemeter...
    Mt. Prospect Methodist

  • Chester First Baptist

    First church founded in the city of Chester in 1836. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information. The Chester County Cemetery su...
    Chester First Baptist

  • Bethlehem Baptist

    Predates the Civil War, cemetery. Call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information....
    Bethlehem Baptist

  • Black Rock Baptist

    Founded in 1853 by the Rev. Leroy Featherstone. Call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information. The Chester County Cemetery survey needs yo...
    Black Rock Baptist

  • Bethel UMC

    Founded in 1837 and built in 1898. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information. The Chester County Cemetery survey needs your hel...
    Bethel UMC

  • Chestnut Grove Ame Zion

    Only African-American Spanish-American War Veteran's grave in the country. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information....
    Chestnut Grove Ame Zion

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    The News & Reporter

  • Chester County Hospital

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    Chester County Hospital

  • Fishdam Ford

    Fishdam 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 Fi...
    Fishdam Ford

  • Fishing Creek

    Learning of the disaster at Camden, Patriot Gen. Thomas Sumter pulled his troops northward and camped at Fishing Creek near Great Falls. Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton's mounted troops riding double caugh...
    Fishing Creek

  • Brainerd Institute

    This institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedman. It became Brainerd Institute in 1868 when the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church in New York appointed Rev. Samuel Loomis to help esta...
    Brainerd Institute

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Chester County Hospital

Chester, SC Other Attractions

Zion Pilgrim Baptist Cemetery

This site is considered one of the largest African-American cemeteries in Chester County. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed directions and more information.

Chester, SC Cemeteries

Fishdam Ford

Fishdam 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 Attractions

Cotton Hills Farm And Market

Offers living classroom and family farm tours which includes wagon rides and picnics, a petting zoo, a turn-of-the-century tractor engine-operated grist mill, a corn maze, cotton, watermelons and lots of pumpkins in season (generally late September to early November). Groups welcome!

Chester, SC Farms

Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church

Begun in 1866 as a brush arbor church, built of poles, tree branches and bushes by freed slaves. The first wooden structure was built by the church's congregation in 1874. It was replaced by the current brick Romanesque Revival building in 1913.

Chester, SC Churches

Things to do near Chester, SC

White Oak Conference Center

Conference and meeting facilities are available on a year-round basis to groups at the conference center. White Oak Conferenc...

Cheraw State Park

Natural beauty and great golf come together at Cheraw State Park. An 18-hole championship course winds i...

Cheraw Lyceum

The Lyceum (c. 1820) began as a chancery court, became the Lyceum Meeting Room and private library, served as Cheraw's first...

Mt. Nebo Ame Zion Cemetery

Markers in this cemetery date to 1870. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for detailed direc...

Relax Inn

Located near Interior Alternatives Outlet and Front Porch Country Cooking Restaurant. Discounts available. Pets allowed. Truc...