Sandy Run Church/Christian Theus
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SANDY RUN CHURCH (Front) This Lutheran church, one of the oldest in the state, is thought to have been organized ca. 1765. By 1774, the Rev. Lewis Hochheimer was minister here. The church was incorporated 1788 as "The German Lutheran Church of Salem, on Sandy Run" and located at the present site by 1806.
The S. C. Synod has met here several times. CHRISTIAN THEUS (Reverse) Buried in this cemetery is the Reverend Christian Theus, whose grave was moved here in 1932 from its original location near the Reformed Lutheran Church of the Congarees, once standing about 7 miles northwest in old Saxe-Gotha Township.
From 1739 to 1789, Theus was pastor of the Congarees church and also the local school teacher. Erected by the Congregation, 1983
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