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Saint Michael African-American Cemetery

Memorials : 26
Location : Columbia, Lexington County, USA
Coordinate : 34.0657230, -81.2383160
Description : This cemetery is very close to Saint Michael Lutheran Church on River Road in Columbia, SC. It has long been known that there were African-American members of the congregation starting in 1814. John Dreher, Founding Elder of the congregation petitioned the North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church (the ecclesiastical jurisdiction holder at the time) for permission to include the enslaved community in the worshiping congregation in 1816. One of the eight legible grave-markers belongs to July Spence, a Founding Trustee of Pleasant Spring AME Church nearby, which was assisted in its founding by members of Saint Michael in 1873.... Read More

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  • Where is Saint Michael African-American Cemetery?

    Saint Michael African-American Cemetery is located at Windward Point Road at Arwen Lane Columbia, Lexington County ,South Carolina , 29212USA.

  • Saint Michael African-American Cemetery cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    25 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Saint Michael African-American Cemetery?

    Latitude: 34.0657230
    Longitude: -81.2383160

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