The Frederician Church on Cattle’s Creek
[Orange County and Parish. Federician Church on Cattle’s Creek]
[Presbyterian]
“It is evident that this congregation was on Cattle Creek and possibly near the area of Cattle Creek Church (Methodist) to the west of Four Hole Swamp, near present-day Bowman, SC. In the 1778/79 Jury lists, many of those found signing as members of this church (or related to members) are identified as Jurors “Below Orangeburg”..David CRUM, Andrias FREDERICK, Henry FELDER, Alexander SYFRID (sic), Nich. ZORN, Barnd. HARZOG, Tobias HARZOP (sic), Fredk. KNOBLE.”
Signers in 1788:
Frederick DASER, A.M. V.D.M.
Heinrick HIMLER 
[Heinrich (?)*, Himler (?)*]
George HINCKEL (By X)
Fridrick KNOBEL (By X) [Freidrich (X) KOBEL*]
Andrewas FRIDRICK [Andreas FRIDRICH*]
Tobias HARTZOG
Henry HUTTO
Christoph METZ
Wm. ROAD (By X)
Peter FREDERICK
George MILLER
Paul PATRICK
Jacob ZORN
Philip CARN (By X)
David CRUM
William ROAD Ju.
James BERRY
Michl DREHR (By X)
Jo SOMMER (By X)[Jo (X) SUMMER*]
H. FELDER
Christian CRAMER (By X)
Joseph TUCKER
Alexander SYFRITT (By X)
Jacob OTT
Nicholas ZORN
Allard MAYARS
Fred FELDER
Philip LAMBRIGHT
John WAYMER
The German Calvinistic Church of St. John on the Fourhole
[The Calvinistic Church of St. John on the Fourhole]
[Presbyterian]
“Bernheim’s history makes reference to a Reformed Church of which Henry KUHN, Samuel BOCKMAN and Henry SCHULL are elders.”
Those who signed in 1788:
Daniel KELLER
John Henry DANTZLER
Henry KUHN
Christian INABNIT
Henry REESE
John KELLER
Wilm WITEMAN
Michal VORT
Jno Henry DANTZLER Sen.
Jno STRAET
Phillip KELLER
Jno CARE
Jacob SIGLER
Lewis CARN
George SCHMITT
Martin RIESS
The German Lutheran Church of St. Matthew, in Amelia Township
[The Congregation of St. Matthews German Protestant Church in Amelia]
[Lutheran]
Those who signed in 1788:
Jacob BECK
Melchoir FFLURGEL
Jacob HORR
Paul HEUER
Stephan STOUDEMEYER
Vetter BECK
Johanes KOLLER
Simon SCHICKLER
Fridrick KONIG
John HOFFMAN
Gottlieb EBINNGER
Georg Adam REST
Sebastian ZIMMERMAN
Daniel KEMMBLIN
Gasper BROWN
Melcher HOLMAN
Joseph HOLMAN
John HOLMAN
Melior SCHNELL
John PARLER
Arthur de BARDELEBEN
William MARCUS
Jacob ZIEGLER
Christoph WALD
Lenhard RAST
The German Lutheran Church of Salem, on Sandy Run
[The German Protestant Society of Salem Church in Berckley County Orangebourgh District]
[Lutheran]
Site of the third meeting of the Union in 1788.
“By 1751, there was a Meeting House located in the vicinity of Sandy Run on the west side of the Congaree River and possibly very near the Catawba Indian Path. The church was well within the confines of the earlier Saxe Gotha Township. Calhoun County was created in 1908 from Lexington and Orangeburg Counties. Some of those of the list of petitioners of 1788 appear to have been residing in what is present-day Calhoun County; however, others appear to have been in the area around Granby.”
Those who signed in 1788:
Andreas KOGLER
Christof SCHLEGEL
Lorenz CRIMM (By X)
Conrad TSCHUMBER (By X)
Mickel KAGLER
Zacharias CRIMM (By X)
John WEBSTER (By X)
Peter TSHUMBER (By X)
John LOWERMAN
John TSHUMBER (By X)
Henry GILDER
Jacob SAYLER
Thomas SLOMAN
John KAGHLER
Christian THIELE (By X)
The German Lutheran Church of Mount Zion, on Twelve-Mile Creek
[Church Zion Lexonton County, Orangeburgh District]
[Lutheran]
Site of the first meeting of the Union in 1787. Site of the second meeting in 1788 at which the Articles of the Union were drawn up by Friedrich Daser, A.M., Christian Theus, J. G. Bamberg, Friedrich August Wallberg, Carl Frederich Froelich. Site of the fourth meeting in 1789.
Those who signed in 1788:
J. G. BAMBERG, V.D.M.
Gottfrid DREHR }
Leonard BOUCH (By X) } ELDERS
Mathias SENN (By D) }
Godfrey DREHR Juner.
John DREHR
George BAUKNECHT
John KLECKLY (By X)
Simon JUNINGER
Bernhart MUNTZ
John GLEGLY Junr. (By X)
Martin SHIELE
Georg Fridrick BUCH (By X)
Sabotian ROFF
John FRIDAY
Matthias WINGERT
George Michael WINGERT
George WINGERT
Saml. FRIDAY
John RUFF
Thomas KENNEY
Saml. RALL
“Some of the records of Mt. Zion are found in St. Michael’s Lutheran Church Records: Book of Proceedings of the Elders of the Protestant Dutch Church, 1797, JOHN COMPTY, Chairman”. Page 308, South Carolina: A Guide to Churches by Theresa M. Hicks
John DREHER, Sec.
Leonard BUCK
Martin HEYDEL
Martin HOOK
Andrew TARRER
John GLECKLY
God. GLECKLY
George SIKES, Sr.
Philip FRY
Peter MEGELER
John GEIGER
Michael DRAFTS
Gaberel FRIDAY
The German Lutheran Church of St. Peter, on Eighteen-Mile Creek
[Lexington County Orangeburgh District. The Protestant Society of St. Peter’s Church]
[Lutheran]
Those who signed in 1788:
Frederick August WALLBERG, Minister of the Gospel
Philip HOUCK Esq.}
Jacob HARMAN (By X) }
Michael OSWALD (By X)}
Danl. GARTMAN
Michael HOOBS
Christian SCHULTZ
Christoph OSWALT (By X)
Vallentin GOBELL
Heinrick OSWALD
Gottfried EHRHARDT
George GISSLER (By X)
Heinrick OSWALD (By X)
Nicols FEDEROLE
Christoph OSWALD (By X)
John KERNLEIN (By X)
Matthaus OSWALD (By X)
Sebastian KINSH (By X)
Friedreick MINST (By X)
Christian KERNLEIN (By X)
John LIPS
Michael HEICHD
George Barnard SHRUM
Philip G. KEISER
Christian KYSER (By X)
John OSWALT
The German Lutheran Church of Bethel, on High Hill Creek
[The Protestant Society of Bethel Church in Lexington County Orangebourgh District Signed 4 January 1788]
[Lutheran]
“……. the Reverend John Gasser in 1754 mentioned that he was to preach at two churches in the fork --- one low in the fork and one higher up. It has been pretty well established that the one “higher up” was St. John’s, Pomaria. We think that the one “low in the fork” may have been Bethel. We had considered that it could have been (Mount) Zion on Twelve Mile Creek; however, that church is south of the Saluda River. Bethel is the only church which we can place in the “Fork” early enough.”
Those who signed in 1788:
Fried. August WALLBERG, Minister of the Gospel
Johan P. GARTMAN
Georg KOLLE
Michael LOOCH [It is suggested that this was really Michael LORICK.]
Jacob ROLL
Ulrick SCHMIDT
Johannes STINGEL
Martin SCHWEIGERT
Christian SCHWEIGART
Thomas RAUCH (By X) [The German word, RAUCH, is anglicized as SMOAK/SMOKE.]
Leonhardt LEYTZ
Johannes SCHWEIGART
Jost MUTZ
George WEIS
Georg Johannes DREHR (By X)
Jacob BUCKLE
Johann Melchior HULLER
Johann Melchior THUNGT
Matthaus WEISSINGER (By X)
Johannes LEBOLT
Batholome GARTMAN (By X)
John METZ (By X)
Johannes LUMBERLAND (By X) [It is suggested that this was really John KOMMERLANDER.]
Thomas ERSTLING Sen. (By X)
Thomas BUCKLE
The German Lutheran Church of St. Martin
[State of South Carolina Orangeburgh District Lexonton County Church of St. Martin]
[Lutheran]
“As the Synod suggests, this church was probably located in the middle of the lower Fork, between High Hill and Bethlehem.”
Those who signed in 1788:
J. G. BAMBERG, V.D.M.
Johannes SCHWEIGART
Georg BAUKNECHT
Michael LERCH
Simon ADEY (By X)
Simon JUNGINGER
Jacob ROLL
J. Martin SCHWIGARD (By X)
John WEED (By X)
John COMBERLANDER (By X)
Thos. KENNEY
Veter HENNING
Adam METZ
Michael WESSINGER (By X)
Tho. SMALL (By X)
Martin SHICK
John BOUKNECHT (By X)
John METZ (By X)
John KUGLAR (By X)
Christian SCHWEIGART
Georg BREISS (By X)
John DREHR
Georg LEICHS (By X)
William FLEMING
Mattias KUNKLER (By X)
The German Lutheran Church of Bethlehem, on Forest’s (Faust’s) Ford.
[State of South Carolina Orangeburgh District Lexonton County Church Bethlehem] [Changed name to The German Reformed Church at Faust’s Ford at the third meeting] [Faust also as Foust in some records.]
[Presbyterian]
“Bethlehem known as Ellisor’s and later as Bookman’s Church.”
Those who signed in 1788:
J. G. BAMBERG, V.D.M.
Jacob BUCHTER
John YONGINGER (By X)
Christof SCHERB
John BOOKMAN
John STROUP
Jacob BUCHMAN
T. Michael HICKE
Peter MICKLER
Jacob BRENTT (By X)
Robt. BOCKMAN
Semeon ELEAZER
Jacob BOOKTER
Wm. CONYUS
Jacob ELLESAR (By X)
Challies RAULBER
Gabriel MILLER (By X)
Tobias GIGER (By X)
Vallentin GUSMAN
Stephan LOCKE (By X)
Henrick ZIMERMAN (By X)
Alexander BAKAR
Sebastian HOFFMAN (By X)
Henrick SCHNEIDER
Godfrey CROMER
Henrick SESTRUNCK (By X)
Jacob JUNGINGER (By X)
The German Prostestant Church of Bethany, on Green Creek
[German Protestant Church, called Bethany, on Green Creek, Richland County, Camden District, State of SC]
[Presbyterian]
“Most authorities now agree that Bethany was on Crane/Crain Creek and not Green Creek as stated in the incorporation.”
Those who signed in 1788:
Charles BINNICKER, A.M.
Caspar COON
Jacob FAUST
John FAUST
Georig Fridick HOCK
Justice KELLER
Peter KELLER
Harry DANSAR
Godfrig CROMER
Gaspar BUSH
Benjamin ARENDALL
Ulrick BEARD
Lucas PRICE
John DANCER
Daniel FAUST
Peter DANCER
Casper FAUST, Jun.
The German Protestant Church of Appii Forum, Cedar Creek
[German Protestant Church, called Appii Forum, on Cedar Creek, Richland County, Camden District, State of SC]
[Presbyterian]
“The church on Cedar Creek has been claimed by the Episcopalians, the Presbyterians, the Lutherans, the Baptists, and finally the Methodists. Most traditions have it that after the Weber Heresy, some of the families moved over Broad River and settled on Cedar Creek where a church was begun under the pastorate of the Reverend John Nicholas Martin. This was the church incorporated in1788 as Appii Forum. The Rubsamans appear in the census records of 1790 as Turnipseeds. For some years, Cedar Creek Church was known as DuBard’s Presbyterian. When Dr. Howe wrote his history, no trace of this church remained. It was located near the Fairfield County line. Lutheran records and Presbyterian records do not agree on the sequence of ministers. One source states that after the death of Reverend William Dubard, the church was served by the Reverends Penegar (Binnicker), Houch (Haucke), and Loutz. One source shows Peter Schmidt as the first pastor followed by John Nicholas Martin (1761-1767), Lewis Hocheimer (1765-1767), John Nicholas Martin (1767-1775), John G. Friederichs (1775-1777), Christian Haucke (1777), William Dubard (1777-1791), then the Methodists. This source does not show Binnicker, and Dubard was supposed to have died of smallpox during the Revolution. Binnicker is referred to as Dinninger in Hallman’s history. According to tradition in the area, the first recorded grant in the Cedar Creek community was to Christopher Meetz. Dubard’s Presbyterian Chapel was built in 1743 near where Cedar Creek flows into Broad River. After Dubard’s death, the church was served by German Protestant ministers. It is believed that the church was washed away in the flood on 1791. Cedar Creek Methodists built a church on the site of the present church. Bett’s history of Methodism states that a local church was formed in the Dutch Fork 20 miles above Columbia in the house of Needham Busby (d. 24 July 1840, over 90 years old).”
Those who signed in 1788:
Charles BINNICKER, A.M.
John GEIGER
John SHOLL
George REHM
William JABERTH
Frederick ENSMINGER
George SECHNER [Lechner?]
Borthlow RUBSEMAN
Hermon KINCSLER
Andrew DOMINY
Adam HAMMITER
Jacob RUBSEMAN
Felix RUBSAMAN
Jacob RUBSAMAN, Jun.
Jacob GRADICK, Jun.
Nicholas WIRICK
Jacob NERTZ
George LEWE
The German Protestant Church, dedicated to Queen Charlotte, on Slippery Creek, Ninety Six District
[Presbyterian]
Those who signed in 1788:
Johanes QUATTELBAUM
Michael SCHOSTER
Henrick ZIMMERMAN (By X)
Adam BRENNER (By X)
Jacob ZIMMERMAN (By X)
Peter DORN (By X)
Peter UTZ (By X)
Dietrick UTZ
Johanes HUTTOW (By X)
Peter TIMMERMAN
The German Lutheran Church of St. George, on Hard Labor Creek
[Lutheran]
“This area had been much uprooted during the American Revolution. Many of the earlier settlers remained loyal to the King of England and had moved to other areas. Claims filed after the War indicate that some had made their homes in Nova Scotia. Methodists took over the St. George Lutheran Meeting House ca. 1805 and changed the name to Tranquil, but on the 1820 map, it is Swamp Meeting House. [Greenwood County Sketches, Watson]”
Those who signed in 1788:
Carl Friderick FROEHLICK, V.D.M.
Philip Zimmer HURD
Philipp KERRIS
Jenrick HOC
Baldaster MERCK
Philip Peter KNAB [The immigrant of this name was 24 years old in 1764/5.]
Peter KNAB [The immigrant of this name was 50 years old in 1764/5.]
Jacob BRYDAIR
Johan Chrisoph MENTZ
Georg ZWILLING [The immigrant of this name was 10 years old in 1764/5.]
Johannes LAACKS
Jon. Jacob STIEFEL
Frantz ULM
Peter ZIMERMAN
William WAAGNER
Fritz KNAB
Peter ROMBY
The German Lutheran Church of St. Jacob, on Wateree Creek
[Orangebourgh District Newberry County The Protestant Society at Wateree Creek: St. Jacob’s Church]
[Lutheran]
“Wateree Creek, a tributary of Broad River, flows through what is now Richland County on down into Lexington County. Mills’ map of 1825 indicates that it is completely within the bounds of Lexington County. Several of the members are enumerated in 1790 in Orangeburgh District (North Part). There have been several changes in the county lines in this area. A part of Newberry was cut off into Lexington County in 1788 which may have resulted in the confusion of the description of the location of this church at the time of the Union. Part of the area between the Broad and Saluda Rivers (the Dutch Fork) was in Orangeburgh District at the time of Mouzon’s map published in 1775.”
Those who signed in 1788:
Jacob BINDLER, Sen.
Conrad SHLEIS (By X)
Jacob BINDLER Ju.
Johan Vetter BONDSCHER
Johan J. JUNGLING
Johan Heinrick SEITZ
Jacob HAUBER
George FROSCHLER
Wilhelm ZIEGLER
Adam PALTZER (By X)
Michel ERGLE
Michael CARLE (By X)
Johannes ERGEL
Christian RUCKER (By X)
Banerman GETZUNGER (By X)
Tobias YTTLER (By X)
John SMITH
The German Protestant Church of St. George, Indianfield Swamp
[The Protestant Congregation of St. George’s Church on Indianfields]
[Presbyterian]
“Site of this church, located in Charleston District, Dorchester County, St. George’s Parish in 1788 is probably in what is present-day Dorchester County which was not created as a modern county until 1897 from Berkeley and Colleton Counties. Indian Field Creek and Cattles Creek are both tributaries of Edisto River, running from Colleton Co., through Orangeburgh Co., (in 1825). The main settlement appears to have been on the Colleton Co. side.”
Those who signed in 1788:
Lewis GROSMAN
James THOMAS
Jas. BARTON
John INABNIT
Johannes GOFF
Christian SCHMIDT
Burnet LEBINDER
Jacob LAMLY
Christian DREHR (Scratched out)
Abraham WEMBERLEY
Elijah CROMB
John ANTINY
Joseph CRAMER
John BRUNNER
Alexander KIGHT [Knight?]
Samuel MILLER
Chas. BUCKINGHAM
Sources:
Marked with [ *] are from, “A History of the Lutheran Church in South Carolina”, prepared and edited by the History of Synod Committee (1971) and published by The South Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church in America. [Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 73-185448]
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