Family and Church Records - Accession 49 - M22 (32-33)

The Family and Church Records consist of photocopies of records compiled by Mrs. W.H. Hamilton, Mrs. Fred C. Laurence and Mrs. L.F. Abernethy for the Catawba Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The collection includes mostly genealogical information including a history of the Crawford family, Reid family bible records, Roach family bible records, Joseph Palmer Moore obituary, Moore family chart, Andrew Jackson, Sr. and Elizabeth Jackson monument, Commission from Gen. Francis Marion to Captain James Witherspoon, Witherspoon family records, Alexander Love biographical information, and a cemetery list of Bethel Presbyterian Church.

Episcopal Church Home For Children Records - Accession 31

The Episcopal Church Home For Children Records are a valuable source on the Church’s historical effort to extend its services for the social improvement of South Carolina (in this case the Episcopal Diocese’s program for destitute children.) The Episcopal Church Home was established in 1850 in Charleston, S.C. for orphan girls and was chartered by the S.C. General Assembly in 1852. The collection consists of a history, minutes, reports of the annual meetings, general correspondence, superintendent’s records, health records, attendance registers, financial records, newsletters (both bound and unbound), and photographs.

Bethel Baptist Church of Sumter, SC, History - Accession 209 - M93 (119)

The Bethel Baptist Church of Sumter, SC History consists of a short history of Bethel Baptist Church in Sumter, SC from its beginning in 1780 to 1974.

Church Women United in Columbia Records - Accession 191

The Church Women United In Columbia was founded in 1915 as the Women’s Interdenominational Missionary Union whose purpose was to work for the betterment of social and economic conditions in the city of Columbia, South Carolina. The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, lists, and other records relating to the history and civic activities of the organization.