Saturday, April 24, 2010

234/365 Sheldon Church, South Carolina

The Church of Prince William Parish, known as Sheldon, was built between 1745-1755. It was burned by the British Army in 1779 and rebuilt in 1826.
Then it was burned again by the Federal Army in 1865. The yard surrounding the church has many tombstones of the Bull family who settled in this area in late 1600's and commishssioned the building of this church.

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