Near Landrum in Spartanburg County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Wolfe Creek Baptist Church
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 4, 2008
1. Wolfe Creek Baptist Church Marker
This is the original site of The Wolfe Creek Baptist Church organized in 1803 now the First Baptist Church of Landrum, South Carolina
Marker erected June 21, 1953
when Interstate 26 was constructed this marker was moved here one mile southeast of the original site October 1967.
Erected 1953.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Landmarks • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is June 21, 1943.
Location. 35° 11.061′ N, 82° 9.293′ W. Marker is near Landrum, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County. It is at the intersection of Landrum Road (State Highway 14) and Earles Fort Road on Landrum Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Landrum SC 29356, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s and pstate, in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area, in the Foothills. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Earle's Ford and Fort (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Battle of Earles Ford (approx. 0.8 miles away); James F. Byrnes Memorial Freeway (approx. 1.8 miles away); B. Frank Carruth (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Block House (approx. 4.3 miles away in North Carolina); The Tryon Horse (approx. 5 miles away in North Carolina); Tryon Toy House (approx. 5.2 miles
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Earle's Ford (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Additional commentary.
1. About William Hannon
William Hannon...a man of fair circumstances, of intelligence and influence, ans a minister of the Gospel. He was the first (and for a long number of years) pastor of Wolf Creek Baptist Church, near Landrum, S.C., organized in 1803.
A strange and merciful Providence seems to have spared him to do a good work in the Master's cause. His memory still lives in the affections of the older citizens of the community in which he lived. (Source: Colonial and Revolutionary History of Upper South Carolina by John Belton O'Neall Landrum (1897) pg 95.)
— Submitted March 1, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, 
South Carolina.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 4, 2008
2. Wolfe Creek Baptist Church Marker
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 4, 2008
3. Landrum First Baptist Church
Landrum First Baptist Church and how It looks today.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 4, 2008
4. Landrum First Baptist Church Bell
Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,168 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 5, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
