tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14291967.post115378586694384637..comments2023-05-21T09:14:06.649-04:00Comments on A Southern "Universalist Church" History: Saluda SC and Brewton AlSteven Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14302958901026684328noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14291967.post-12938027750658239842009-11-12T19:34:34.695-05:002009-11-12T19:34:34.695-05:00yes - (and i wrote this under the photo)
This is ...yes - (and i wrote this under the photo)<br />This is Bethel Universalist Church, in the old Mount Elon community. organized in 1887- building built circa 1888. Last used as a church in 1960.<br /> Door frames and plywood was put up in 2004 - disappointed to see vandals have removed the plywood.<br />Member families were Blease, Coleman, Pitts, Chapman.<br /> Rev Thomas Chapman (1866-1944) buried in the grave yard across the road, had been the Southern Missionary minister in the 1930s, and before that superintendent of the North Carolina churches. Near him is Rev John A. Chapman, Universalist minister turned Swedenborgian and SC history writer.Steven Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302958901026684328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14291967.post-4683193881430251792009-11-12T17:28:13.888-05:002009-11-12T17:28:13.888-05:00Hi. Do you know the location of the church in Salu...Hi. Do you know the location of the church in Saluda, SC? I know of a church that has often been referred to as Universalist but I know hardly anything about it. Here is a picture I took of the building. <br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/8385569@N08/3173233708/Jonathon Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999587860975288576noreply@blogger.com