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SPRING BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH & CEMETERY, 
Bamberg County,  S C
Spring Branch Road and  Deacon Road


Small fenced Cemetery adjacent to the church.  The church.buildings appear to be c1930 or newer.  The oldest graves (Sandifer family) are 1880s to early 1900s, with the oldest being those of the Sandifer family.  Some other older graves are Bessinger, Smoak, Padgett.
 

 

 
 

 THIS
STONE IS
ERECTED IN
MEMORY
OF
JOSEPH F. SANDIFER
HE WAS
BORN MAY 11, 1819
DIED JUNE 12, 1884 (I hope I read this correctly)
HE WAS FOR FORTY YEARS A CON-
STANT MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH
FAREWELL DEAR HUSBAND
WE MISS YOU HERE BUT WE HOPE
SOON TO MEET YOU IN HEAVEN

At the bottom right corner, it has inscribed C. W. PRESCOTT - WR (?)
Maybe the person who carved the stone?

***ADDITIONAL TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTIONS***
OF SPRING BRANCH CEMETERY
added 4-07-07

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