Edmund Botsford Grave

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 grace

First visited him, he was for 48 years,

a burning and a shining light

In talents, respectable.

In grace and virtue, eminent.

In usefulness, distinguished.

Trying were his afflictions, but his end was peace.

Hail happy saint, Thy conflicts now are o’er,

Thou hast the ocean passed and gained the heavenly shore.

Faithful to death, the Crown of Life is thine,

And clothed in robes of light with dazzling glories shine.

Now take thy golden harp, raise thy immortal voice,

Resound the Saviour’s praise and in his love rejoice.

Marker Placed by the Baptist History Preservation Society – May 11, 2004