Did You Know?

What is presently known as Old Six Mile Cemetery has a history going back to the first settlers in the Indian Land area. It was conveniently situated on what was the Old Wagon Road and presently known as Henry Harris Rd. OSMC and the Six Mile Creek meeting house probably originated in the late 1600s or early 1700s. OSMC started as the Six Mile Community Cemetery, then Morrow Cemetery, Six Mile Creek Cemetery, and finally Old Six Mile Cemetery. Col. Hagins founded the Six Mile Creek Presbyterian Church in 1765 which was situated on the east side of the wagon road. It burned, approximately 1804.

The church was moved and rebuilt at the present site of Faith Presbyterian Church, across from the intersection of Hwy 521 and Van Wyck Rd, Indian Land, SC. Allen Morrow (son of Susannah and John Morrow, who are both buried in OSMC) donated the land for the original church building on the site of Faith Presbyterian Church. He also provided the lumber from his sawmill which is further down Six Mile Creek Rd. Allen is buried in the cemetery behind Faith.

The church at the relocated site became Six Mile Presbyterian Church (dropping Creek) and continued until approximately 1964.

The OSMC continued to have burials until the mid-1800s. Following the construction of the new church, burials commenced at the new site, until approximately 1835. To distinguish the two sites, the original cemetery became known as Old Six Mile Cemetery,  and the cemetery and church at the relocated site became known as Six Mile Church and Cemetery. This started the confusion between the two.

Faith Presbyterian Church owns Old Six Mile Cemetery site and oversees the maintenance and preservation of the Revolution War State Historical site.