30 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com Perhaps you’ve noticed the vacant lot as you’ve turned off Highway 17 onto Mathis Ferry Road, just past the first traffic circle. More likely than not, however, you haven’t paid it much attention. But that’s about to change. The empty lot on the corner of 5th Avenue will soon become the site of a new park — but not just any park. This one will serve as a heritage memorial site, honoring the founders of the Scanlonville community. The area, often referred to as Remley’s Point, has been home to generations of African Americans. Its first residents settled there after the Civil War when freedman John Scanlon purchased 614 acres of the Remley Plantation. He divided most of it into residential lots and sold them to other formerly enslaved people. Today, less than 10% of Scanlonville belongs to descendants of the original residents. That Worship Meets Fellowship Scanlonville Praise House Park BY MARY COY our town
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