Allendale
Antioch Christian Church
Allendale, SC
Organized in 1833 by Dr. and Mrs. W.R. Erwin and Mrs. U.M. Robert, this was the second Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) founded in...
Barker’s Mill/Skirmish At Barker’s Mill
BARKER’S MILL (Front) Barker’s Mill, which stood here on Jackson Branch, was a grist mill owned by William Ransome Barker (1816-1869), a...
Bethel Baptist Church
Fairfax, SC
(Front) This church was organized in 1851 by Revs.
Bethlehem Church
Fairfax, SC
This Baptist Church, organized by 1854, built its first house of worship near here on land purchased in 1859 from A. R. Stokes.
Chain Gangs/Allendale Co. Jail
Allendale, SC
CHAIN GANGS (Front) In 1894 the S.C. legislature passed an act requiring all male prisoners sentenced to less than two years to serve...
Fairfax
Fairfax, SC
(Front) Fairfax, chartered in 1893 and incorporated in 1896, grew out of an early community centered around Owens’ Crossroads, where a...
Happy Home Baptist Church
Allendale, SC
(Front) This church, founded soon after the Civil War, held its first services in a brush arbor in the Woods community of what was then...
Harmony Baptist Church
Sycamore, SC
This church had its origins in a brush arbor as early as 1830 but was formally organized in 1878 with Rev. H.C. Smart as its first pastor...
Old Allendale
Original site of Allendale, named for its first postmaster, Paul Allen, in 1849.
Old St. Nicholas Cemetery
The original cemetery associated with St. Nicholas Lutheran Church is 1/3 mi. S off S.C. Hwy. 641.
Speedwell Methodist Church
Millett, SC
(Front) This church, founded in 1885, was named Speedwell for a stagecoach stop and the first post office in the vicinity, now Millett.
Town of Allendale
Allendale, SC
(Front) In 1810, pursuant to an Act of the South Carolina General Assembly, the state conveyed a 1000-acre landgrant signed by Governor...