Dials Methodist Church

Dials Methodist Church (HMSWE)

Location: Gray Court, SC 29645 Laurens County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 35.65', W 82° 9.506'

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[Front]:
This is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in Laurens County. Its earliest records have been lost, but tradition holds that Martin Dial (1744-1843), a veteran of the Revolution, organized a "Methodist Society" about 1808. It met for years in his log cabin nearby. After a camp meeting in 1835 his family donated an acre here for the first permanent church, a log building.

[Reverse]:
The present frame sanctuary was built about 1860. Dials Male and Female Academy, later Dials School, opened nearby before the Civil War and closed in the 1930s. The church cemetery, dating from 1832, includes graves of veterans of American wars since the War of 1812. Dials Methodist Church is the mother of Gray Court Methodist Church (1890) and Owings Methodist Church (1920).
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HM NumberHMSWE
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Marker Number30-15
Year Placed2010
Placed ByCongregation of Dials Methodist Church
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, October 12th, 2014 at 1:19am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 393769 N 3828648
Decimal Degrees34.59416667, -82.15843333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 35.65', W 82° 9.506'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 35' 39.00" N, 82° 9' 30.36" W
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Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 136 Desiree Ln, Gray Court SC 29645, US
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