GREAT PEE DEE PRESYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY, Marlboro County, South Carolina Located between Bennettsville and Blenheim. Survey completed: April 20, 1998 by Susan Turpin - smturpin@earthlink.net The Great Pee Dee Presbyterian Church was built in 1834. It continued as a Presbyterian Church until the 1880s when it was sold to a black Baptist congregation, as it continues today, and was named the Pee Dee Baptist Church. The Presbyterians built new churches in the towns of Blenheim and Bennettsville. The cemetery contains both black and white graves. The white graves of the early Presbyterians are in a fenced-in area. The following cemetery inscription is from the white graves. There are large areas with depressions in this fenced-in area of what we believe to be unmarked graves. The Pee Dee Baptist Church is the oldest existing church structure still standing in Marlboro County. LOCATION: From Highway #15-401 By-pass in Bennettsville, go south on Highway #38 for 4.8 miles. The church and cemetery are on the left. This is 2.1 miles north of Blenheim. Great Pee Dee Presbyterian Church Cemetery Emily R. Gause, Born March 25, 1792, Died October 19, 1881 Sacred to the Memory Of Frederick Brouard Gause Who Departed This Life The 2nd Septr 1847, in the 26th Year of His Age, In Full Prospect of a Blessed Immortality. (On base of the monument: "W.T. White") Wm Boyd, Son of E.L. and I.L. Hamilton, Born May 28, 1889, Died Aug. 1, 1889. It was an angel that visited the green earth and took our babe away In Memory of Caralee, Daughter of W.N. & Amelia Hamilton. Born June 12, 1858, Died Feb. 7, 1885. Not gone from memory not gone from love, But gone to our Fathers house above Burriss Ferguson, Born Mar. 16, 1901, Died Mar. 27, 1902 William Fraser, Born June 26, 1898, Died June 1, 1899. Children of Lucian D. and Sarah F. Odom Our darling baby boys. In Memory of Robert H. Odom and wives Lucy Thomas Odom Loretta Cottingham Odom In Memory of Frances, Daut. of T. & C. Odum Born Dec. 15, 1844, Departed this life Nov. 10, 1857, Aged 12 y's 10 m's 25 d's In Memory of Theophilus Odom Born Sept. 15, 1800, & departed this life Dec. 19, 1856, Aged 56 y'rs, 3 m's, 4 d's. In Memory of Catherine, Wife of Theophilus Odum. Born May 15, 1804, & departed this life Dec. 9, 1857, Aged 53 y'rs, 6 m's, 24 d's. Hattie, Daughter of Thos. Q. & M. C. Odom, Born July 1, 1862 Died Nov. 1, 1865. Our loved one. Eliza Jane, Daughter of Thos. Q. & M. C. Odom, Born July 21, 1861 Died Sept 7, 1861 Only sleeping. Sacred to the memory of Mary J, Wife of J. E. Odom. and daut. of J. C. & M. C. McFarland Born Feb. 19, 1822, Died May 31, 1860, Asleep in Jesus. Sacred to the memory of James E. Odom, Born Aug 5, 1820, Died Jan 26, 1862. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. Margaret C., Wife of Thomas Q. Odom. and Daughter of Jas. E. & M.C. Odom. Born Nov. 29, 1839, Died July. 16, 1887. Lord, she was thine, and not my own, Thou hast not done me wrong. Lou Ella, Dau. of D. A. & Margaret McCaskill Born Apr. 11, 1881, Died Dec. 15, 1884, Gone to be an angel. Mary Virginia, Dau. of D. A. & Margaret McCaskill Born July. 6, 1891, Died June 20, 1895 Darling we miss thee. Charlie H., Son of Mr. & Mrs. Thad Odom, Born Nov. 11, 1904 Died Feb. 17, 1905. Age 3 mos. 5 ds. Thaddeus S. Odom 1869 - 1922 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Turpin < smturpin@earthlink.net > ====================================================================