St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Pinewood, South Carolina)

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caption =
nearest_city= Pinewood, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 33
lat_minutes = 44
lat_seconds = 49.98
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 80
long_minutes = 30
long_seconds = 40.01
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1855
architect= Edward C. Jones; Francis D. Lee
architecture= Gothic Revival
added = January 20, 1978
governing_body = Private Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina
refnum=78002530cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

St. Mark's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located in the High Hills of Santee west of Pinewood, South Carolina in the United States. On January 20, 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mark's Church.

History

St. Mark's Parish was established in 1767 by act of the South Carolina Assembly. The present church built in 1855 is the fourth [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743018/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Mark's Churchl] ] or fifth [ [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/pictures/stmark/stmark.html History of St. Mark's Church] ] church erected by the parish but the first at this location, which was donated by the Richardson and Manning families. The church built in 1767 near Summerton was burned by the British during the American Revolution because of the patriotic activity of its then rector. At least six governors, three Richardsons and three Mannings, regularly attended services at St. Mark's either here or at previous locations. St. Mark's was the parish church for both the Manning family plantations, including Millford Plantation, and the Richardson family plantations, including Bloomhill Plantation. [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743018/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Mark's Churchl] ] [ [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/pictures/stmark/stmark.html History of St. Mark's Church] ] [ [http://south-carolina-plantations.com/sumter/bloomhill.html Bloomhill Plantation] ]

Cemetery

St. Mark's Cemetery is included in the historic place designation. Buried there are two governors of South Carolina: James B. Richardson and James P. Richardson. [ [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/pictures/stmark/stmark.html History of St. Mark's Church] ]

Current use

St. Mark's Episcopal Church is no longer an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. [ [http://www.dioceseofsc.org/mt/archives/cat_churches.html Diocese of South Carolina church directory] ]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina
* St. Mark's Episcopal Church

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/SC/Sumter/state.html National Register listings for Sumter County]
* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743018/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Mark's Churchl]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/cemeteries/stmarks/stmarks.html Photos of St. Mark's and it cemetery]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/pictures/stmark/stmark.html History of St. Mark's Church]