St. David's Episcopal Church and Cemetery
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Location | Church St., Cheraw, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°41′44″N 79°52′46″W / 34.69556°N 79.87944°WCoordinates: 34°41′44″N 79°52′46″W / 34.69556°N 79.87944°W |
Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
Built | 1770 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000761[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 22, 1971 |
St. David's Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery on Church Street in Cheraw, South Carolina.[2][3]
It was built in 1770 and added to the National Register in 1971.[1]
Notable Burials[]
- Alexander Gregg (1819–1893), a native of this area and the first bishop of Texas and author of History of the Old Cheraws.
- James McCutchen McJames (1873–1901), early professional baseball player.
- William P. Pollock (1870–1922), member of the S. C. General Assembly and U. S. Senator from South Carolina
- Capt. Moses Rogers (d. Nov. 11, 1821) commanded the SS Savannah on its 1819 voyage when it became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
- William Francis Stevenson (1861–1942) U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ McCorkle, Norman (October 30, 1970). "Saint David's Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "Saint David's Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Chesterfield County (Church St., Cheraw)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
External links[]
- Saint David's Church and Cemetery, Chesterfield County (Church St., Cheraw) Photographs from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History website
- Payne's Adventures, August 4, 2012——Blog with photographs of St. David's and other Cheraw sights
- Old St. David's Historical Marker Database
- St. David's Church, Cheraw, Searching the South——one-half (½) of Laurence Prince (1920–2004) is at St. David's and the other is in Virginia
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Churches completed in 1770
- Anglican churches in South Carolina
- Anglican cemeteries in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Chesterfield County, South Carolina
- 18th-century Episcopal church buildings
- Colonial South Carolina
- English-American culture in South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Chesterfield County, South Carolina
- 1770 establishments in South Carolina
- Pee Dee South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- South Carolina building and structure stubs