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Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, organized by 1785, first met in a nearby school. It built a sanctuary here in 1791; that year Cashaway Baptist Church merged with it. In 1818 the congregation moved about 2 mi. S to Mechanicsville, built a new sanctuary there, and was renamed Mechanicsville Baptist Church.

Lowther's Hill Cemetery

This cemetery was established ca. 1789, after Mount Pleasant Baptist Church relocated here; burials continued until 1956. Prominent area leaders buried here include Maj. Robert Lide (1734-1802), an officer under Gen. Francis Marion; Capt. Thomas E. Hart (1796-1842), for whom Hartsville was named, and planter and state representative John Westfield Lide (1794-1858).

16-61Darlington County

Where it stands. Near intersection of Cashua Ferry Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 34) & Georgetown Rd., Mechanicsville vicinity, Mechanicsville vicinity

Nearby

  1. 16-05Lamuel Benton0.1 miles
  2. 16-01Major Robert Lide0.2 miles
  3. 16-04Evan Pugh2.5 miles
  4. 16-88Pleasant Grove Church4.9 miles
  5. 16-57Mont Clare Community Center5.3 miles
  6. 21-18Roseville Plantation Slave and Freedman's Cemetery5.4 miles