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William “Mill Creek Billy” Foster

Birth
Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Death
1839 (aged 70–71)
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Moore, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Son of John Foster, Sr. and Mary Wingo Foster.

From Life and Times of Rev. J.G. Landrum, The History of Bethlehem Baptist Church:

"William Foster, 'Mill Creek' he was called, his remains sleep in the cemetery at Bethlehem."

His is one of the MANY unmarked graves in this cemetery. There was probably a marker there at one time - wooden or perhaps native soft stone that crumbled.

From Life and Times of Rev. J.G. Landrum, The History of Bethlehem Baptist Church:
Copied from Vol.1, No.1, The Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly, January 1983:
Source: The Carolina Spartan, 15 Aug 1872.
"....... William Foster, "Mill Creek" as he was called, a venerable Deacon of the Church, was an excellent man, of sound sense, honest, truthful, industrious and in a word, possessing all the attributes of a good old Virginia citizen. He was strictly a godly man, honoring his profession and the sacred office which he filled for many years. He lived to old age, when he too was gathered to his fathers. His remains sleep in the cemetery at Bethlehem. A large posterity mostly pious, live to illustrate his example and purity of spirit . . ."
Son of John Foster, Sr. and Mary Wingo Foster.

From Life and Times of Rev. J.G. Landrum, The History of Bethlehem Baptist Church:

"William Foster, 'Mill Creek' he was called, his remains sleep in the cemetery at Bethlehem."

His is one of the MANY unmarked graves in this cemetery. There was probably a marker there at one time - wooden or perhaps native soft stone that crumbled.

From Life and Times of Rev. J.G. Landrum, The History of Bethlehem Baptist Church:
Copied from Vol.1, No.1, The Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly, January 1983:
Source: The Carolina Spartan, 15 Aug 1872.
"....... William Foster, "Mill Creek" as he was called, a venerable Deacon of the Church, was an excellent man, of sound sense, honest, truthful, industrious and in a word, possessing all the attributes of a good old Virginia citizen. He was strictly a godly man, honoring his profession and the sacred office which he filled for many years. He lived to old age, when he too was gathered to his fathers. His remains sleep in the cemetery at Bethlehem. A large posterity mostly pious, live to illustrate his example and purity of spirit . . ."


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  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79387601/william-foster: accessed ), memorial page for William “Mill Creek Billy” Foster (28 May 1768–1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79387601, citing Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Pamela Reid (contributor 47606896).