A LISTING OF EARLY BAPTIST CHURCHES IN THE
AREA AND THE DATES THEY WERE ESTABLISHED
(includes
Union Co., Anson Co., and Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina)
FROM A HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA BAPTISTS
1727-1932, by M. A. Huggins
“Ext.”
means that a church ceased to exist, or was merged with another church.
Name
of Church Current
location Founders or
Leaders
And
Founding Date of Church
Beaver Dam Anson Co. Wm. Cook
1790
Chas.
Cook
Brown Creek Anson Co. Ralf Freeman
1828 T.
Allen
Charlotte, First Mecklenburg Co. James C. Furman
1832, 1856 (Reorganized) Col. Thomas Boyd
(Called at first Beulah) J.P. Pritchard
John Culpepper
Clear Creek Mecklenburg Co. ---
1858
Deep Creek Anson Co. ---
(Formerly Gulledge Meeting
House)
1778, 1832 (Reorganized)
Faulks Union Co. B. F. Benton
1851 Soloman
Snyder
Gum Springs Anson Co. ---
1834
Lilesville Anson Co. ---
(Called at first Cedar
Creek)
1777
Mill Creek Union Co. R.C. Williams
1856 R.W.
Rollins
Mineral Springs Anson Co. ---
1845
Monroe Union Co. D.A. Covington
1852 Soloman Snyder
Mt. Moriah Union Co. ---
1828
Mt. Olive Union Co. ---
1833
Olive Branch Union Co. E. L. Davis
1858 S.
P Morton
J. A. Austin
Philadelphia Union Co. ---
1775
Pleasant Grove Anson Co. ---
1838
Polkton Anson Co. ---
(Formerly Piney Grove)
1853
Rocky River Anson Co. Edmand Lilly
(Called at first Culpepper
Meeting House) Will Kindall
1770 or 1758
Rocky River Mecklenburg Co. Adam Torrence
Ext. by 1800 John Caskin
Shiloh Union Co.
E. C. Williams
1847 P.
T. Hammond
Wadesboro Anson Co. Berry Sykes
1848 W.
M. H. Jordan
B. G. Covington
Waxhaw Union Co. W. C. Owen
1830 J.
T. Copeland
N.
M. Strickland
Wingate Union Co. John Bennett
(Called Meadow Branch until
1931) Joseph
Williams
1810