CONCORD PRESBYTERIAN (A.R.P.) CHURCH CEMETERY (OLD), Anderson County, SC A.K.A. Version 2.3, 19-Oct-2006, A043.TXT, A043 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization, or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn Seneca, SC, USA Oconee County SC GenWeb Coordinator Oconee County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Oconee County SC GenWeb Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/cemeteries.html http://www.usgwtombstones.org/southcarolina/oconee.html **************************************************************** DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 Debbie Kellogg in Oct-2006 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Dec-2003 G.P.S. MAPPING . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Feb-2003 HISTORY WRITE-UP : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Feb-2003 TRANSCRIPTION .. : Wendy Campbell at wcampbell4@hotmail.com CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > Latitude N34 32.732 x Longitude W82 39.113 CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY Main street. It was completed and opened for services with appropriate dedicatory exercises in 1902; Reverend Hugh Murchison, its first pastor. The first Associate Reform Presbyterian Church in the county was Generostee, on Little Generostee Creek. The date of its organization is uncertain, but Reverend Robert Irwin, its first pastor, was installed in 1800, and in the beautiful custom of that early day, He remained with that congregation until his death in 1823. He was fifty-eight years old when he entered the ministry. Mr. Irwin had no children, and his farm of 250 acres, located near the church, by his will became the property of the congregation at the death of his wife; to be used as a home for the pastors of the church, the first parsonage in the county. Mrs. Irwin lived thirty years after her husband's death, but her hospitable doors were opened so wide to the ministers, that her home almost fulfilled its destiny during her life time. Mr. Irwin was succeeded by the Reverend Mr. Pressley, who had grown up under his preaching. Mr. Pressiey also entered the min- istry late, being forty years old when he began. Both of these men married late in life, and both lived to be very old. Neither left any children. One of them lived on one side of Generostee Creek, the other on the opposite. They were both pastors of but one church, and held long pastorates. Shiloh was an early church of this faith, but little is known about it. Concord, another A. R. P. Church, has a history dating back as far as 1796, and possibly earlier. Reverend Peter McMullin was its first pastor. The original building was of logs, and it served its people long and well. But the hand of time finally fell so heavily upon the ancient structure, that its congregation found it necessary for a time to hold services in the Midway Presbyterian church. In 1845 a new building was erected, the members of the congregation contributing the different parts, one sills, another flooring, another weather boarding until everything needful had been supplied. In 1900 the present building was erected. In July, 1904, Dr. Pressley, Messrs. Robert Moorhead and Robert Stevenson were appointed by the superintendent of missions of the Second Presbytery to organize from Concord congregation a church in the city of Anderson. The old Concord church was sold to a Baptist congregation, but Mr. Robert Moorhead gave them the ground on which it stood. In its surrounding grave yard, and also one across the road, sleep some of the pioneers of the A. R. P. faith. In early times the A. R. Ps. were close communicants, and each church member was given a pewter coin which he had to show before he was allowed to take communion. In 1810 the Presbyterian church in council assembled determined that a woman who had married her deceased sister's husband, should be debarred from communion. However, a man who had married a woman who had been unchaste, not knowing her character, and she after marriage having again fallen into the same sin, left her; but not having obtained a divorce, after a time married again, his first wife being still alive, asked to be received into that same church. After some discussion he was admitted, though "great care is recommended in such cases." Baptist Churches. Almost coeval with the Presbyterians in the county were the Baptists. Their first house of worship whose date is definitely known was Big Creek, about three miles from Williamston, erected in 1789. The Baptists of the Piedmont section have lovingly called that "the Mother of Churches," as many subsequent congregations sprang from it. Its first pastor was a grand old pioneer preacher from Virginia, Moses Holland. The minutes of this church, which fortunately have been pre- served, a thing rare among the early congregations, throws a most interesting light on the ideas and customs of those days. The people believed in, and practiced the scriptural injunction to settle all their affairs in council of the brethren. Negroes were received as members along with their masters' families, and in the church their right to be heard was equal to that of any other member. A Negro woman belonging to Big Creek brought accusations of cruelty against her owners and the church spent two years trying to adjust the difficulty. The mistress was told that if she continued her mistreatment of her slave, she would be excluded from the fellowship of the congregation. Even the beloved pastor, Mr. Holland, was not exempt from the strict dealings of the church. He had some business transaction with one of his members, which was most unsatisfactory to the minister, who did not hesitate to express his displeasure. The church falling to adjust the matter, declared Mr. Holland out of fellowship. For two years they had no pastor, though they continued to hold regular meetings, which Mr. Holland regularly attended. The quarrel was with Mr. Elijah Burnett over a matter involving five dollars. When the lower Pelzer dam was built there were discovered faint signs of an old chimney near the western..... o----------o HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY Concord, another A. R. P. Church, has a history dating back as far as 1796, and possibly earlier. Reverend Peter McMullin was its first pastor. The original building was of logs, and it served its people long and well. But the hand of time finally fell so heavily upon the ancient structure, that its congregation found it necessary for a time to hold services in the Midway Presbyterian church. In 1845 a new building was erected, the members of the congregation contributing the different parts, one sills, another flooring, another weather boarding until everything needful had been supplied. In 1900 the present building was erected. In July, 1904, Dr Pressley, Messrs. Robert Moorhead and Robert Stevenson were appointed by the superintendent of missions of the Second Presbytery to organize from Concord congregation a church in the city of Anderson. The old Concord church was sold to a Baptist congregation, but Mr. Robert Moorhead gave them the ground of which it stood. In its surrounding grave yard, and also one across the road, sleep some of the pioneers of the A. R. P. faith. In early times the A. R. Ps. were close communicants, and each church member was given a pewter coin which he had to show before he was allowed to take communion. In 1810 the Presbyterian church in council assembled determined that a woman who had married her deceased sister's husband, should be debarred from communion. However, a man who had married a woman who had been unchaste, not knowing her character, and she after marriage having again fallen into the same sin, left her; but not having obtained a divorce, after a time married again, his first wife being still alive, asked to be received into that same church. After some discussion he was admitted, though "great care is recommended in such cases." "Gleaned From: Traditions & History of Anderson County by Louise Ayer Vandiver." TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife Casey, Annie Sims b. October 10, 1861 d. February 27, 1898 Casey, Martin A. b. November 15, 1853 d. June 7, 1912 Dickson, James b. April 19, 1803 d. April 8, 1872 Dickson, Tabitha w/o James Dickson b. 1810 d. (no death date) Dickson, Matthew b. 1731 in Ireland d. April 10, 1830 - Rev.War Dobbins, Nancy Stevenson w/o J.E. Dobbins b. July 29, 1822 d. April 6, 1900 Drennan, William J. b. ? d. June 20, 1889, age 64 Drennan, Mary Richey w/o W.J. Drennan b.? d. January 7, 1898, age 68 Elliott, Allen b. February 15, 1784 d. November 5, 1875 Elliott, Caroline b. December 14, 1854 d. November 8, 1925 Elliott, J.A. b. October 10, 1857 d. February 11, 1933 Elliott, Sarah b. February 2, 1820 d. September 24, 1891 Fitzgerald, Amanda b. 1861 d. 1950 Gentry, Elizabeth Moorhead w/o Amos Baker Gentry b. June 11, 1819 d. June 29, 1849 Gordon, Robert b. ? a native of Ireland d. January 19, 1815, age 65 yrs Gordon, Agnes b. March 15, 1787 d. March 13, 1870 Griffin, Serena d/o John Moorhead b. April 9, 1809 d. May 6, 1885 Jolly, Nancy b. April 1807 d. August 21, 1883 Jolly, James b. June 12, 1805 d. April 27, 1862 Maddox, J.T. b. October 15, 1831 d. December 29, 1862 McClellan, Nellie b. August 21, 1889 d. October 20, 1909 McClellan, James P., Jr. s/o J.P. & E.F. McClellan b. July 30, 1891 d. February 6, 1909 McClellan, Madge b. November 14, 1893 d. September 28, 1898 McClellan, Emma F. w/o Jas. P. McClellan b. September 22, 1855 d. July 17, 1902 McCully, Anna b. in the Parish of Claugh County, Entrim, Ireland d. Sept 1826 Pendleton District, SC Mitchel, John I. b. August 5, 1858 d. September 13, 1887 Mitchel, Cyprianna w/o John I. Mitchel b. July 14, 1851 d. April 3, 1913 Moorhead, Robert b. January 8, 1840 d. April 9, 1923 Moorhead, Rachel Sherrill w/o Alex Moorhead b. ? d. November 4, 1867, age 74 Moorhead, Alexander s/o John Moorhead, Sr. b. November 30, 1777 d. June 6, 1863 Moorhead, John s/o Alex Moorhead b. November 6, 1812 d. August 27, 1890 Moorhead, William b. ? d. October 31, 1874, age 49 yrs Moorhead, Nancy Griffin w/o William Moorhead b. ? d. November 11, 1871, age 41 Moorhead, John, Sr. b. 1730 in Ireland d. May 3, 1809 Moorhead, Elizabeth Dunn w/o John Moorhead, Sr. b. 1736 d. January 28, 1827 Moorhead, James Jolly b. June 12, 1805 d. April 25, 1863 Moorhead, S.J. b. November 7, 1879 d. October 14, 1887 Parker, Willie s/o W.F. & M.C. Parker b. & d. April 15, 1860 Parker, Mary d/o W.F. & M.C. Parker b. April 25, 1860 d. May 3, 1860 Parker, Miriam Earle d/o W.F. & M.C. Parker b. October 11, 1855 d. October 23, 1855 Propes, Frank b. July 31, 1901 d. September 2, 1970 Richey, Margaret w/o R. Richey b. ? d. August 10, 1816 Robinson, J.M. b. December 19, 1863 d. February 11, 1935 Robinson, Margaret B.R. w/o J.M. Robinson b. May 1, 1856 d. September 7, 1933 Smith, Esley B. b. October 27, 1910 d. December 25, 1910 Stevenson, Margaret b. 1820 d. 1828 Stevenson, Andrew b. August 3, 1783 d. July 16, 1857 Stevenson, Elizabeth w/o Andrew Stevenson b. January 29, 1797 d. September 14, 1870 Stevenson, W.M. 1808, age 20 yrs Summes, Mary J. Jolly b. ? d. 1887