NEW GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 5-Oct-2006 Text File: A380.TXT Image Folder: A380 ******************************************************************************** It's believed that the usage of any original work submittals contained within these webpages such as articles, compiling, photographs or graphics, conform to Fair Use Doctrine & Copyright Guidelines. COPYRIGHT NOTE: (1.) Works published before 1923, are considered to be public- domain. (2.) Works published 1923-1977 without a copyright notice, are considered to be public-domain. (3.) Unpublished non-copyrighted works will have Author permission for public-domain. Facts, names, dates, events, places & data can not be copyrighted. Narration, compilations and creative works can be copyrighted. Copyright law in the U.S. does not protect facts or data, just the presentation of this data. REPRODUCING NOTICE: These electronic pages may only be reproduced for personal or 501(c) Not-For-Profit Society use. Use the following names, if, you would like to give any author compiling credit. AUTHORS: Paul M. Kankula-NN8NN & Gary L. Flynn-KE8FD *********************************************************************** 05-01-15 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > GPS = Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ New Grove Baptist Church, organized in the early part of the 1900's, was located five miles from Liberty on what is now Slabtown Road just inside the Anderson County line where it bounds Pickens County. The membership of New Grove was never large in the black community. Most of the members who gathered each first Sunday in the month for services were from the immediate neighborhood. A cemetery for the membership was located adjacent to the church. New Grove came to an end in 1943. With young males going off to World War II and families moving away from rural areas, the community lost many of its citizens and the church lost its members. The last families of the church remembered were the Bowens and Phinazees. W.M. Brown of Anderson was the last pastor. For a number of years, New Grove's cemetery was preserved by those who purchased the property after the church's demise. Contributed by: Anne Sheriff o----------o It's reported that this cemetery is located on private property (M.S. Crawford, 120 Slab Bridge Rd, Liberty, SC 29657-9627, (864) 843-5700). It's also been reported that bones were allegedly uncovered when the house's foundation and swimming pool was being dug. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife >