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| | Bethel Church History |
 | | In this way, what is now known as York County, South Carolina but which was then a part of Tryon county, North Carolina was settled. |
 | | Of these, …,the Waxhaw Church in Lancaster County, South Carolina is the oldest, having been organized in 1755; Catholic, in Chester County, organized in 1759, is the second oldest, and Bethel, organized in 1764, is third…" |
 | | Thus, "as the spot was pleasant to look upon, and water was near, they fixed upon this as the site of the building." The congregation, in the beginning, covered an area of about 20 square miles. |
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