NEW MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH #1 CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC a.k.a. Historical Location Version: 3.0 Effective: 30-Mar-2006 Text File: P374.TXT Image Folder: P374 ******************************************************************************** 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 recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Mar-2006 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Mar-2006 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Mar-2006 RECORDING ...... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in Mar-2006 ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ 0.3 miles SW of Saylor's Crossing Latitude N34 23.809 x Longitude W82 30.683 CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Current landowner in 2006 is Charlie Murdock Charles R. Murdock, 3040 Trail, Belton, SC 29672, 864-296-1871 Charlie's grandfather owned a sawmill near this location and he built the church around 1920, or before, for his colored friends to worship in. A A372 new New Hope Baptist Church was built 2 miles south of Sayor's Crossing. Based on their first burial date, church construction should have been before Dec-1977. As of 2006, the church is not being used and in need of repair. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife BLACK, Walter L. BOYD, John W. DUKES, Charlotte, b. 10-aug-1889, d. 9-jun-1969 NORMAN, E.J. (Bow), b. 1-jun-1907, d. 22-dec-1952 PAYTON, Jessie Walter, b. 15-dec-1911, d. 7-sep-1972 TOMMIE, Jamie