The Baptist Church of Beaufort
Established as a mission of the Euhaw Baptist
Church in 1795, Henry Holcombe, pastor.
With Joseph B. Cook as pastor, the church
was chartered as a Baptist church by the
State of South Carolina on January 27,1804.
At the beginning of the Civil War the building
was taken over by the Union Army and used
as a hospital for "coloured soldiers".
The present building was erected in 1844
under the leadership of Richard Fuller, pastor.
The tabby foundations of a prior meeting house
remains in the church yard.
Among the notable converts were William B.
Johnson and Richard Fuller, first and third
presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Marker is on Charles Street near King Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
