Picking Up the Threads of History

This marker was erected in 1982, but it commemorates the life of John Harper, a man ordained by John Wesley, who was an itinerant preacher in Newberry County. That's where Mike lived for ten years and still goes to hunt. The first time Mike saw this, he was hunting and just happened across the small graveyard where it is located. The next time he took a camera and took pictures. I think it is a fascinating reminder of the history that goes before us wherever we may go, and also of the preaching of the gospel that took place in previous generations.