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Old First Baptist Church

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Location	:	Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate	:	32.5729900, -80.2836400
Description	:	See also: New First Missionary Baptist Church - name was changed from Old First Baptist Church A short distance down Highway 174 (just past Oak Island Road) is the pride of Edisto's African American community: Old First Baptist Church (circa 1818). The oldest church building on Edisto, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This church was founded by a woman, Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend. Baptists had worshipped on Edisto since 1686, but there was no church. In 1811, Mrs. Townsend obtained the original church site and through her efforts the building was erected. In the late 1860s the trustees... Read More	See also: New First Missionary Baptist Church - name was changed from Old First Baptist Church A short distance down Highway 174 (just past Oak Island Road) is the pride of Edisto's African American community: Old First Baptist Church (circa 1818). The oldest church building on Edisto, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This church was founded by a woman, Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend. Baptists had worshipped on Edisto since 1686, but there was no church. In 1811, Mrs. Townsend obtained the original church site and through her efforts the building was erected. In the late 1860s the trustees turned the church over to the predominately black congregation, which has operated it continuously to date.

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Latitude: 32.5729900
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3. Zion Reformed Episcopal Church
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5729000, -80.2837000

4. New First Baptist Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5722008, -80.2840118

5. Trinity Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5700800, -80.2837000

6. Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5694000, -80.2838000

9. Bethlehem RMUE Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5590000, -80.2772000

10. Lawton-Seabrook Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5892400, -80.2965700

11. Allen AME Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5519000, -80.2769000

13. Whaley-Seabrook Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.6016670, -80.2813890

14. Greater Bethel AME Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5420000, -80.2894000

15. Murray's Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5515890, -80.2344800

16. Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5814670, -80.3420730

17. Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5842000, -80.3465000

18. Calvary AME Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5884000, -80.3536000

19. Meggett Point Plantation
Edisto Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.5555000, -80.3768333

21. Bailey Cemetery
Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.6322117, -80.2031038

23. Ferri Family Cemetery
Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.6467200, -80.1850940

24. Mount Horr AME Church Cemetery
Yonges Island, Charleston County, USA
Coordinate: 32.6739400, -80.3461600