NEW GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 5-Oct-2006 Text File: A380.TXT Image Folder: A380 ******************************************************************************** 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 Aug-2006 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in -2006 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in -2006 RECORDING ...... : ____________ at ____________ in _______ ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > GPS = Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ New Grove Baptist Church, organized in the early part of the 1900's, was located five miles from Liberty on what is now Slabtown Road just inside the Anderson County line where it bounds Pickens County. The membership of New Grove was never large in the black community. Most of the members who gathered each first Sunday in the month for services were from the immediate neighborhood. A cemetery for the membership was located adjacent to the church. New Grove came to an end in 1943. With young males going off to World War II and families moving away from rural areas, the community lost many of its citizens and the church lost its members. The last families of the church remembered were the Bowens and Phinazees. W.M. Brown of Anderson was the last pastor. For a number of years, New Grove's cemetery was preserved by those who purchased the property after the church's demise. Contributed by: Anne Sheriff o----------o It's reported that this cemetery is located on private property (M.S. Crawford, 120 Slab Bridge Rd, Liberty, SC 29657-9627, (864) 843-5700). It's also been reported that bones were allegedly uncovered when the house's foundation and swimming pool was being dug. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife >