Ruins of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease
St. Bartholomew’s Parish
1706 Parish Established
Rev. Nathaniel Osborn, Missionary of the S.P.G. arrived
1715 Parish devastated by Yemassee, Indians
1725 Act of General Assembly provided for a Chapel of Ease here to be used as a Parish Church until one should be built
1737 John Wesley Preached here April 24th
1753 Vestry ordered a brick building to replace wooden Chapel
Building was burnt between 1796 and 1806
Has since been known as “The Burnt Church.”
Marker is on Parkers Ferry Road 0.1 miles north of Jacksonboro Road (County Route 40), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
