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Richland County Church Records

Church minutes and membership rolls, 1849-1963 (Congaree Baptist Church (Richland County, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Church records (Good Hope Baptist Church (Richland District, S.C.)) FamilySearch Library

Church records (microform) 1849-1963, Congaree Baptist Church (Richland County, S.C.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1817-1908, Sandy Level Baptist Church (Richland County, S.C.). Archive Grid

Records (microform), 1849-1953, Congree Baptist Church (Richland County, S.C.). Archive Grid

Records, 1817-1908, Sandy Level Baptist Church (Richland County, S.C.). Archive Grid

Columbia Church Records

A history of Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Columbia, S.C. FamilySearch Library

Annual genealogical report, form E, 1947-1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Columbia Ward (South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Church records 1809-1930, First Baptist Church (Columbia, S.C.). Archive Grid

Church records, 1809-1840 (First Baptist Church (Columbia, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1809-1840, First Baptist Church (Columbia, S.C.). Archive Grid

Church records, 1831-1886 (Washington Street Methodist Church (Columbia, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1860-1929 (St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church records, Columbia, S.C. 1794-1994 Archive Grid

History of First Presbyterian Church and its churchyard Richland Library online

In pursuit of the Tree of Life : a history of the early Jews of Columbia, South Carolina and the Tree of Life Congregation FamilySearch Library

Marriage and death notices from the Southern Presbyterian, Volume I, 1847-1865 WorldCat

Minutes of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina, 1847- 1874 FamilySearch Library

Minutes of meetings and lists of members, 1890-1923 (Second Baptist Church (Columbia, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Parish register, 1958-2005. Ebenezer Lutheran Church WorldCat

Record of members, [1935]-1943 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Columbia Branch (South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1890-1915, Second Baptist Church (Columbia, S.C.). Archive Grid

Records 1895-1978, Centennial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.). Archive Grid

Records of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Columbia, S.C. Archive Grid

Records, 1809-1887, First Baptist Church (Columbia, S.C.). Archive Grid

Records, 1835-1928. (Ebenezer Lutheran Church) WorldCat

Records, 1884-1882. (Church of the Good Shepherd) WorldCat

Records, 1892-1981. (St. Timothy's Episcopal Church) WorldCat

Records, 1914-1996 (St. John's Episcopal Church) WorldCat

Records, 1957-1997 (Saint Michael and All Angels' Episcopal Church) WorldCat

Second Nazareth Baptist Church records, 1959, Columbia, S.C. Archive Grid

Southern Christian Advocate Marriage Notices, 1867-78 Ancestry online

St. Andrew's Lutheran Church records, 1860-1938, Columbia, S.C. Archive Grid

Trinity Cathedral records, Columbia, S.C., 1813-1982 Archive Grid

Trinity Cathedral records, Columbia, S.C., 1864-1992 Archive Grid

Washington Street United Methodist Church records, Columbia, S.C. Archive Grid

Eastover Church Records

Records, 1835-1928. (Zion Episcopal Church) WorldCat

Records, 1859-1927. (Zion Episcopal Church) [Records, 1859-1927, consisting of minutes, accounts, records of baptisms, burials, marriages, confirmations] WorldCat

St. Thomas Episcopal Church records, Eastover, S.C. Archive Grid

Zion Episcopal Church records, Eastover, S.C. 1835-1992 Archive Grid

White Rock Church Records

Register, 1864-1929 (Bethel Lutheran Church, Mount Vernon Lutheran Church) WorldCat

Churches in Richland County in 1926

In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 200 churches listed here reported from Richland County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.

Ballentine

Bethel – United Lutheran Church in America, The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of S. C. Pastor: J. B. Haigler

Salem – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina Conference. Pastor: Jno. G. Frazier

Blythewood

Mt. Zion #1 – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: A. Chandler

Oak Grove – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: R. M. Tucker

Pine Grove – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: E. P. Pompey

Sandy Level – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: A. J. Foster

St. Mark's Lutheran – United Lutheran Church in America, South Carolina Synod

Trinity – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: R. A. Hughes

Zion – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: A. Chandler

Bookman

Taylor Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: J. A. H. Mitchell

Weeping Mary – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: J. A. Reeder

Center

Macedonia – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association. Pastor: W. J. Caine

Oak Grove – Free Will Baptists, South Carolina Conference

Center Township

Colonels Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: H. F. Crosland

Chapin

Mt. Olivet – United Lutheran Church in America, Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina. Pastor: Edgar Z. Pence

Columbia

Unnamed congregation – American Theosophical Society

Antioch – Negro Baptists, Mt. Hebron. Pastor: J. Crumpton

Arsenal Hill – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Congaree Presbytery, Synod of S.C. Pastor: Sam K. Phillips

Bethel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Conference. Pastor: J. E. Beard

Bethel – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina, Columbia District. Pastor: Adlai C. Holler

Bethel Mission – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: H. W. Walker

Bethlehem Bethlehem Baptist – Baptist. Pastor: Sary Smith

Broadway Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield association. Pastor: Andrew Hartley

Brown Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Conference. Pastor: H. W. Walker

Centennial Church of Columbia – Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Catawba Presbytery. Pastor: J. L. Oates

Chappelle Station – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: R. I. Lennox

Church of God, Columbia, S.C. – Church of God. Pastor: Ed Johnson

Church of the Good Shepherd – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Lewis N. Taylor

Cleaver Chapel – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, South Car. Pastor: L. R. Massey

Columbia Corps #1 – Salvation Army, So. Carolina and Georgia. Pastor: R. E. Borgren

Columbia First Christian Church – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: S. T. Willis

Columbia Mission – Methodist Episcopal Church, South Carolina. Pastor: J. H. Johnson

Columbia Station – Pentecostal Holiness Church, Lower South Carolina Conference. Pastor: J. Chambers

Dutch Fork – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: R. J. Lemon

Eau Claire Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association. Pastor: Walter Lee Roker

Eau Claire Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Congaree Presbytery. Pastor: J. O. Van Meter

Ebenezer – Negro Baptists, Mt. Hebron. Pastor: J. G. Green

Ebenezer Lutheran Church – United Lutheran Church in America, South Carolina Synod. Pastor: P. D. Brown, D.D.

Edgewood – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Adlai C. Holler

Emanuel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Conference. Pastor: Julius Holman

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension – United Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Synod of South Carolina. Pastor: W. H. Greever, D.D.

First Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association, South Carolina Baptist Convention. Pastor: John H. Webb

First Calvary – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: H. W. Long

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Columbia, S.C. – Church of Christ, Scientist, Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Mass.

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Conference of the Carolinas

First Nazareth – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: E. Moss

First Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Congaree. Pastor: R. A. Lapsley, Jr.

Good Samaritan – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: J. W. Williams

Green St. – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper So. Car. Conference. Pastor: J. G. Huggins

Heywood – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central S.C. Pastor: M. C. Pollock

Incarnation – United Lutheran Church in America, Central Conference, South Carolina Synod. Pastor: Thos. J. Suber

Jackson Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: C. W. Jones

Jones Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Palmetto Conference. Pastor: A. E. Lomax

Ladson – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Fairfield. Pastor: D. T. Murray

Lutheran Church of the Reformation – United Lutheran Church in America, Evangelical Lutheran Synod of S.C. Pastor: Wynne C. Boliek

Macedonia – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: R. M. Myers

Macedonia St. Peter – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: H. Bailey

Main Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: W. B. Garrett

Mt. Calvery – Negro Baptists, Mt. Hebron. Pastor: J. M. Myers

Mt. Moriah – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Central S.C. Pastor: M. C. Pollock

Mt. Olive – Negro Baptists, Mt. Hebron. Pastor: D. G. Robinson

Mt. Pilgrim – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: A. Bailey

Palmetto – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper S.C. Conference. Pastor: R. C. Griffith

Park Street Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association. Pastor: J. Dean Crain

Pilgrim – Congregational Churches

Pleasant Grove – Negro Baptists, Mt. Hebron. Pastor: T. M. Scott

Reader Point – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: H. W. Walker

Ridgewood Chapel & St. Paul Combined – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Conference. Pastor: T. E. Robinson

Riverside Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association. Pastor: B. L. McFarland

Rose Hill – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Congaree

Saint Union Church of God – Church of God (Headquarters, Anderson, Ind.). Pastor: Hazel Orr

Saltors Memorial Mission – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia, Winnsboro Dist. Pastor: C. A. Dunlap

Second Calvary – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: C. H. Brown

Shandon – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: F. E. Dibble

Shandon Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association. Pastor: F. Clyde Helms

Shandon Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Synod of South Carolina - Congaree Presbytery. Pastor: F. Ray Riddle

Sidney Park – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, South Carolina. Pastor: S. B. Wallace

So. Carolina Conf., Columbia Br. – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Southern States Mission. Pastor: J. C. Davis

South Side Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association. Pastor: Hasford B. Jones

St. Anna's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: J. B. Elliott

St. Francis De Sales – Roman Catholic Church, Charleston. Pastor: Martin C. Murphy

St. James A.M.E. Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Annual Conference. Pastor: J. P. Washington

St. John – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: L. C. Jenkins

St. John's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Glenford Williams

St. Luke's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Thos. D. Brown

St. Luke's – United Lutheran Church in America, South Carolina. Pastor: M. O. J. Kreps

St. Paul – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: J. M. Myers

St. Paul – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: T. W. Rice

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church – United Lutheran Church in America, South Carolina Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Pastor: H. A. McCullough, D.D.

St. Peter – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: C. H. Leapheardt

St. Peter's – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Charleston. Pastor: N. A. Murphy

St. Timothy's Church – Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Alfred James Derbyshire

Stover Station – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Conference. Pastor: I. O. Simmons

Sunny Side – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Assn

Tabernacle Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association. Pastor: A. B. Kennedy

The Saints Chappel – Church of God (Headquarters, Anderson, Ind.), The Southern Conference. Pastor: J. H. Green

Trinity – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, South Car. Pastor: L. R. Massey

Trinity – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: J. C. Collins

Trinity – Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Henry D. Phillips

Trinity – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Albert E. Evison

Union #2 – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: H. Harris

Union Baptist – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: T. M. Boykin

Washington Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Arthur L. Gunter

Waverly – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: O. A. Jeffcoat

Wesley M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Orangeburg District South Carolina Conference. Pastor: N. B. Smith

Whaley St. – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper S. C. Pastor: R. C. Griffith

Zion – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: J. C. White

Zion Chapel – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: N. Smith

Zion Pilgrim – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: J. C. White

Congaree

Bethlehem – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: B. J. Kelley

Congaree Ct: Congaree Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, S. Car. Columbia Conf. Pastor: F. C. Laws

Mt. Ararat – African Methodist Episcopal Church, S. Car. Columbia Conf. Pastor: F. C. Laws

St. John's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Glenford Williams

Dents

Rehoboth – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina, Columbia District. Pastor: Adlai C. Holler

Dentsville

Cally Chapple – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia, S.C. Pastor: S. L. Glass

Eastover

Antioch – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Palmetto Conference. Pastor: F. R. Gladden

Clarkson Mission – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Palmetto Conference. Pastor: English Strider

D. of Red Hill – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: R. W. Jenkins

D. of St. Matthews – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: H. A. Davis

Dabney Pond – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: H. J. Ryal

Daughter of Zion – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: H. J. Ryal

Gason Memorial – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: Preston Blake Jr.

Jerusalem – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: D. B. Neal

Mt. Zion – Negro Baptists, Getsemney. Pastor: A. P. Porter

Mt. Zion #2 – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: A. P. Porter

Phillips Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Palmetto Conference. Pastor: F. R. Gladden

Piney Grove – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: J. C. Collier

Richland Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Congaree. Pastor: W. M. Crofton

Shiloh – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cent. S.C. Conf. Pastor: G. H. Harris

St. Philips – African Methodist Episcopal Church, S. Car. Columbia Conf. Pastor: J. A. Gamble

St. Thomas – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: J. B. Elliott

Zion Church – Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: Lewis N. Taylor

Eau Claire

College Place – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper district South Carolina Conference. Pastor: J. E. Morris

Colonial Heights Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: B. J. Woodward

Emor

Enon Luth. Church – United Lutheran Church in America, South Carolina Synod. Pastor: W. F. Hiers

Folk Twshp

Bethel No. 2. – Pentecostal Holiness Church, Upper South Carolina Conference. Pastor: G. H. Montgomery

Gadsden

Jehovah – Negro Baptists, Wateree. Pastor: E. Jones

Gilcreek

Macedonia – Negro Baptists, Mt. Hebron. Pastor: C. B. Freeman

Hopkins

2nd Nazareth – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: J. B. Barber

Benevolent – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: J. W. Neal

Beulah – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: J. B. Barber

Beulah – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: John Knox Hair

Congaree – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: J. K. Hair

Hopkins Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Congaree. Pastor: W. M. Crofton

New Light Beulah – Negro Baptists, Wateree Baptist association. Pastor: J. B. Barber

Pleasant Grove – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: L. A. Lowman

Siloam – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: D. B. Neal

St. John – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: J. W. Neal

St. Luke – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: W. H. Harris

St. Mark – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: J. B. Barber

Zion Pilgrim – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: H. S. Gallman

Irmo

Bethlehem – United Lutheran Church in America, South Carolina Synod. Pastor: W. A. Craun

Hope Well – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: H. T. Summers

Pine Grove – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: H. E. Emanuel

Pleasant Spring – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: S. J. Johnson

St. Paul – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: H. T. Summers

Young Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia. Pastor: H. E. Emanuel

Killian

Bethel – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: C. H. Leapheardt

Killian Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: Brooks E. Wall

Kingsville

Mt. Olive – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: L. A. Lowman

Lower

Mt. Olive – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: J. K. Hair

Lykesland

Mill Creek – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SC Conference. Pastor: E. H. Beckham

Mills Creek Circuit – African Methodist Episcopal Church, S. Car. Columbia Conf. Pastor: W. R. Bowman

Mt. Elon – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Assn

Rock Hill; Mill Creek Ct. – African Methodist Episcopal Church, S. Car. Columbia Conf. Pastor: W. R. Bowman

Veighle Chapel – Congregational Churches

Miley

Unnamed congregation – Church of God. Pastor: E. O. Downer

Pineside

Good Samaritan Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, The Mt. Hebron Baptist association. Pastor: Jas. Williams

Pontiac

Spears Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield. Pastor: H. F. Crosland

Richland

Round Top – Negro Baptists, Fairfield association. Pastor: J. D. McCollough

White Rock – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Conference. Pastor: H. T. Summers

State Park

Sion Canaan Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, Association Mt. Hebron Baptist asso. Pastor: Jas. Williams

Sykesland

Capernaum – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: W. T. Simmons

Friendship – Negro Baptists, Mt. Hebron. Pastor: J. G. Green

Zion Chapel – Negro Baptists, Gethsemane. Pastor: N. Smith

Upper

St. Andrews Lutheran Church – United Lutheran Church in America, South Carolina Synod

Vaughnville

Unnamed congregation – Church of God. Pastor: E. O. Downer

Wateree

Mt. Nebo – Negro Baptists, Wateree U.D. Pastor: H. A. Davis

St. James – African Methodist Episcopal Church, S. Car. Columbia Conf. Pastor: J. P. Brown

St. Louis – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbia Annual Conference. Pastor: Jas. P. Brown

St. Luke – African Methodist Episcopal Church, S. Car. Columbia Conf. Pastor: J. P. Brown

White Rock

Mt. Vernon – United Lutheran Church in America, The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of S. C. Pastor: J. B. Haigler

Williams S.C

Mt. Pilgrim – Negro Baptists, Progressive As. So. Pastor: L. Deas

Town not stated

Beulah – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: R. M. Tucker

Brown Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, S. Car. Pastor: E. H. Beckham

Cannon's Creek – Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Second

Cedar Creek – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper S C Conf. Pastor: D. D. Jones

Enon – Methodist Protestant Church, S. C. Annual Conf. Pastor: W. J. Frye

Good Hope Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield Association

Holly Hill – Pentecostal Holiness Church, Lower South Car. Conference. Pastor: J. E. Bouknight

Lebanon – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SC Conference. Pastor: E. H. Beckham

McLeod's Chappell – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SC Conference. Pastor: E. H. Beckham

Mt Pleasant – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: R. M. Tucker

Mt. Pisgah – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper SC. Pastor: R. M. Tucker

New Hope – Primitive Baptists, Prince Williams. Pastor: J. W. Anderson

Red Hill – Negro Baptists, Pee Dee Association. Pastor: R. W. Jenkins D.D.

Richland – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield

Shady Grove – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina Conference

Woodfin – Southern Baptist Convention, Fairfield association. Pastor: J. K. Hair

Zion – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Upper South Carolina. Pastor: R. A. Hughes

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