City Directories and History: Nathan Moore was a well known artisan in the Bethesda community during his lifetime of service. Not only did he own and perhaps build this dwelling but he was the chief contractor of Bethesda Presbyterian Church. The census has him living next to Dr. John S. Bratton (Historic Brattonsville) and later another…
4858 McConnells Highway
One of the oldest churches in the South Carolina Upcountry, Bethesda Presbyterian Church is also one of the four original Presbyterian churches in the state’s old York District. A mission (church) is believed to have existed as early as 1760 and Bethesda was formally organized about 1769 or 1770. From 1800 to 1863, the congregation…