A history of the Black Swamp Methodist Church and Cemetery is being compiled. If you have any information or pictures you would like to share, please send them to Bill Riley.

History of the Black Swamp Methodist and Cemetery
Date	Event	Remarks & Links
1790	Black Swamp Methodist Church built.	As documented by plaque on gate.
February 3, 1793	Francis Asbury preached at Black Swamp Methodist Church.	As documented in Martin historical paper.
March 16, 1806	Oldest gravestone.	John Morgandollar, age 53 (see rootsweb).
Late January-Early February 1865	Sherman's troops used Black Swamp Methodist Church for shelter.	Church was not burned like most public buildings, churches and plantations (see Ref 2).
1897	Report on early Methodism in the Carolinas	Excerpt about the Black Swamp Circuit from Early Methodism in the Carolinas by Rev. A.M. Chreitzberg
April 23, 1936	Marriage of Stiles Mikell Harper and Virginia Barnard Lawton	Last couple to be married in the Black Swamp Methodist Church.
April 29, 1942	Dedication and Homecoming.	New iron fence dedicated. See invitation and Martin historical paper. See also newspaper clipping about Historic Black Swamp Church.
August 27, 1968	Church destroyed by fire.	Arson suspected - see Hampton County Guardian (circa September 1968).