On the old stage coach road connecting Charleston to Savannah, the Anglican Pon Pon Chapel of Ease served the Jacksonborough community for many years. The parish of St. Bartholomew's was established in 1706, but its first minister, the Reverend Nathaniel Osborne, did not arrive until 1713. An act of the General Assembly provided for a Chapel of Ease in 1725, and the Vestry ordered a brick building to replace the wooden chapel. During a visit in April 1737, John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, preached twice at the chapel and wrote in his diary that he was impressed so many had come from so far to hear his gospel. The church was burned during the American Revolution. According to some records, it was rebuilt between 1819 and 1822 and used until 1832, when it was again destroyed by fire. The site is often referred to today as the Burnt Church, and no effort was made to rebuild the chapel. Family members continued to use the cemetery, where O'Brien Smith and Aedanus Burke are buried. Smith, owner of Duharra Plantation, entertained George Washington in 1791, and both Smith and Burke served in the legislature. The chapel and four acres were deeded to the Colleton Historical Society in 1970 to celebrate the Tricentennial of South Carolina, and in 1975 the Society received a grant from S.C. Archives and History to repair the chapel wall, which had been severely damaged by Hurricane Gracie in 1959.