Lebanon Church Enslaved Persons Burial Site in South Carolina

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Get directions 698 Mount Carmel Road
Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA

Coordinates: 34.11515, -82.41928
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Lebanon Presbyterian Church Enslaved Persons Burial Site is the resting place for an estimated 150-200 individuals who are believed to have been enslaved on properties along Vienna Road (Now SC-823 / Mount Carmel Rd.). The site is in woods in back of the Church's main cemetery.

The site was owned by Patrick Mullin, who donated the land for the church and cemetery to the church when it was organized in 1821. Burials are believed to have begun around that time, and most likely ceased in the mid-1870s, when predominately African American congregations were begun in the area. No record of burials in the Enslaved Persons Burial Site exist, to the church's knowledge.

The Site was dedicated as a cemetery by the church on June 10, 2021, in conjunction with the church's bicentennial celebration.

The site is characterized by numerous depressions, and approximately 1/4 of the graves have field stone markers. Some graves have both head and foot stones. Only one stone has writing on it that may indicate the name of the person buried was named "Joy."

The site covers an area approximately 75 X 100 yards in total.

The Lebanon Presbyterian Church Enslaved Persons Burial site is protected by law and is registered with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. Access is by permission only from the Church office, and visitors must be accompanied by a guide from the Church.