SALEM METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Greenville County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 05-Oct-08 Text File: A999.TXT Image Folder: A999 ******************************************************************************** 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 Unpublished non-copyrighted works will have Author permission for public-domain.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 RECORDING ...... : Lowry Wilson at sclowry@hotmail.com in Jun-1999 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ LATITUDE: N 34 degrees 47.10 minutes LONGITUDE: W 082 degrees 26.90 minutes LOCATION: Lakeside Drive and I-85 North bound Frontage Road Greenville County, SC. CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Salem United Methodist Church Our church is a direct outgrowth of the work of Bishop Francis Asbury. In 1813, while a guest in the home of Mary and Harriet Payne, Bishop Asbury conducted Salem's first prayer service which continued until 1836, the year that Salem Church was organized. The original site of the church was near the Saluda River and Highway 291 where it passes to the rear of White Horse Mills on the Aaron Payne place near Stanton Bridge. Salem was one of ten churches making up the Greenville circuit in 1836. After a number of years the location of the church was moved to a new site near White Horse Road. In 1850, it was moved to its third and present location at 2700 Whitehorse Road. In 1951, our present church sanctuary was constructed and the old building was used for the Sunday School. Since its beginning Salem had been on a charge, but in 1964 Salem became a station church. In 1967, the old Sunday School Building (constructed in 1850) was dismantled and construction on the present Education Building began. In 1986, the James R. Gregg's Family Life Center was consecrated. Salem continues to be a church with deep roots, but also looking forward to even better days to come. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife I went by the old cemetery on Sunday, 20 JUN 1999. I first saw it 4 years ago. Not much had change except the 3 big tombstones had been pushed over. They may have been like that 4 years ago, but I was thinking they were still standing. There is evidence that many more old graves are there, but are marked with field stones. The 3 tombstones pushed over were all about 4 feet high and readable. 1. An 8 inch square tombstone: Sarah Jane SPOON, died 21 DEC 1903, Age 65 years 2. About 6 inches thick X 18 inches wide tombstone: Mary E. PAYNE, born 1 DEC 1842, died 3 MAR 1920 3. About 6 inches thick and 36 inches wide: (husband & wife) Issac W. PAYNE, born 10 OCT 1814, died 15 MAR 1866, Jane C.(or G.) Payne born 10 JAN 1818 died 25 JAN 1904 4. Formed cement rounded tombstone bordered with field rocks: John W. SATTERFIELD, born 8 MAY 1838, died 15 OCT 1839, 1 year, 5 m and 5 days There is another thin, large, broken tombstone laying on the ground with a death date, but no name. Another portion reads Nancy Ann Payne. It reads, "13 Mar ... yrs. 5 months, 14 days". There are probably other tombstones under the leaves.