First Village

(Reconstruction)

The original frontier settlement of the 15 single brothers who arrived from Bethlehem, PA on November 17, 1753

They travelled on the nearby Great Philadelphia Wagon Road.

Marker can be reached from Bethabara Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Baptist Church / Village Cemetery

First Baptist Church

Founded in 1823 as Edgefield Baptist Church, with Basil Manly, Sr., Pastor, Matthew Mims, Clerk, and Arthur Simkins, Moderator, this church led in the establishment here in 1826 of Furman Academy and Theological Institution. William Bullein Johnson, pastor ...