Low country beauty and fate

AHA! This is great Ralph.
I would love to be the first poster here.

One of our yearly vacations this year was spent in the Low Country of South Carolina. We certainly are blessed to be able to travel and see the wonderful history our Country and other what Country's have to offer historically.

This may be my personal favorite. As soon as you enter the historical Church you get a very odd feeling as if your back in time. I cannot explain the feeling you get but, it's amazing! You MUST see this place.
The owner of the plantation had advised me to spread around that there are game cameras set up due to irresponsible detectorists in the past...sad
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This church is located between the towns of Yemassee and Beaufort on the Old Sheldon Church Road.

Prince Williams Parish Church (Sheldon) was built between 1745 and 1755 on land donated by Edmund Bellinger. The name Sheldon was used to honor the Bull Family who had a plantation nearby and thier ancestral home in Warwickshire, England were called Sheldon Hall.

Arms and ammunition were hidden in the Bull family vault during the American Revolution, and Continental troops drilled on the church grounds. Sheldon Church was burned by Genereal Augustine Prevost's British troops in May 1779.

The church was rebuilt in 1826 and was given the name of Sheldon Church of Prince William's Parish. Shermans 15th corps under General John Logan burned Sheldon Church on Jan. 14, 1865. This was considered part of Sherman's "march from the sea" as he crossed South Carolina from Savannah..

The church was never rebuilt after Sherman burned it, but the columns of the church still remain erect today to remind us of what our treasured historical places had to endure during this crossing of the state by Union troops at the close of the war. The graveyard is reached from the front gate by going to the right and around the back of the church. Some graves remain covered in vines and moss. The Bull Family had vaults above the ground, which due to the nature of the area where this church is located, vandals did their best to open the vaults. The bodies of this family were removed and buried elsewhere, but the vaults remain today as a reminder also of the people who helped create such a beautiful church. The church is surrounded by iron gates, but open to the public at all times of the day and week.

Many people have their weddings at this church site. It is not unusual to ride past and see a wedding taking place. The church is located down a road that is arched over with very old trees, surrounding both sides of the road which gives it the look of an arch of leaves along in front of the church as if planned that way.

A service is held once a year at the church.