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The Screven Family Cemetery in Georgetown is one of the oldest and most historically significant burial grounds in the American South. Though modest in size and appearance, it preserves the memory of a family deeply connected to the early religious and civic development of the region, particularly in the rise of Baptist life in the southern colonies. The cemetery dates Read more...
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In the 700 block of Church Street, the remains of Edmund Botsford (1745-1819), early pastor of Antipedo Baptist (later First Baptist) Church, lie buried in the Old Baptist Cemtery. A marker was placed at Botsford’s grave in 2004. Copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Read more...
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Sacred to the memory of Edmund Botsford 11-1-1745 —- 12-25-1819 BAPTIST PREACHER – AUTHOR – CHURCH PLANTER First Pastor of the Baptist Church in this town A pious Christian and a faithful minister He exchanged worlds on the 25th of December 1819, in the 75th year of his age. England gave him birth, Carolina a sepulchre. In the American Church, where saving Read more...