John Orr Beasley (J.O.B.) Dargan, was born August 9, 1813, in Darlington, S.C. to Timothy and Lydia Keith Dargan. J.O.B. Dargan was educated at the Furman Theological Institute and served as a Baptist pastor for Black Creek Baptist Church in Darlington for forty years. He also served at Cheraw, Darlington First, Camden, Society Hill, Mineral Springs and Clio. Dargan served on the Board of Trustees at Furman University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as Vice President of South Carolina Baptist Convention and was the General Agent on the first Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention between 1866 and 1868.  

J.O.B. Dargan married Margaret Jane Francis Lide (1815-1886), and they had six children: James Furman Dargan (1838), Timothy George Dargan (1840), Elizabeth Pugh Dargan (1842), Margaret Lydia Dargan (1844), John Hugh Dargan (1846), Robert S. Dargan (1850) and Edwin Charles (1852).  J.O.B. Dargan died on April 12, 1882. 

John Hugh Dargan was born October 20, 1846 in Springville, Darlington County, S.C.  He entered the C.S.A. with Citadel Cadets under Hardee in 1865. He attended Furman University 1867-1868, and taught at a college in Spring Creek, Tennessee, as well as serving as a tutor at Columbia College until 1869.  He attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, S.C. 1869-1872.  He was ordained at the Black Creek Church, Darlington, S.C. in June 1872 and served several churches in Marlboro, S.C. from 1872-1874 and in Phoenix, Abbeville County, 1874-1877.  Dargan died December 6, 1877 in Darlington County, S.C.