Near Midway in Lancaster County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Flat Creek Baptist Church

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009

1. Flat Creek Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. This church, organized July 4, 1776 by Rev. George Pope, a native of Virginia, held its first meetings in a brush arbor on this site and was known as the Upper Fork of Lynches Creek until it was renamed Flat Creek Baptist Church in 1881. The first permanent sanctuary, a log building, was replaced by a frame sanctuary which burned in 1912; the present sanctuary was built in 1913.

Erected 1997 by Lancaster County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 29-20.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1851.

Location. 34° 37.734′ N, 80° 27.984′ W. Marker is near Midway, South Carolina, in Lancaster County. It is at the intersection of Old Jefferson Highway and Victory Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Jefferson Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kershaw SC 29067, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Midlands

and in the Olde English District. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 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 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Haile Gold Mine (approx. 4.8 miles away); Thomas L. Clyburn House (approx. 5.3 miles away); Kershaw (approx. 8.6 miles away); Welsh's Station / Kershaw Depot

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(approx. 8.7 miles away); Kershaw's First Library (approx. 8.7 miles away); The Hanging Rock Mineral Spring (approx. 11.9 miles away); The Battle of the Hanging Rock (approx. 12 miles away); Honoring The Fallen (approx. 12 miles away).

Photographed by Anna Inbody, January 18, 2012

2. Flat Creek Baptist Church Marker

Flat Creek Baptist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anna Inbody, January 18, 2012

3. Flat Creek Baptist Church and Marker

Flat Creek Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009

4. Flat Creek Baptist Church

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009

5. Flat Creek Baptist Church

Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009

6. Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Flat Creek Baptist Church sign in front the church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anna Inbody, January 18, 2012

7. Flat Creek Baptist Church sign in front the church

Flat Creek Baptist Church
1776
Organized as
Upper Fork of Lynches Creek
July 4, 1776
Changed to Flat Creek
1881

Flat Creek Baptist Church Cornerstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anna Inbody, January 18, 2012

8. Flat Creek Baptist Church Cornerstone

Flat Creek Baptist Church Organized July 4, 1776 Rebuilt 1943 Pastor L.W. Edwards

Photographed by Anna Inbody, January 18, 2012

9. Flat Creek Baptist Church Cornerstone

Deacons: D.F. Gardner - Chm., L.M Gardner, I.B. Gardner, R.O. Gardner, Robt. Hinson - Trea., L.L. Hilton, S.F. Hilton, Carl Kennington, Van Pressley, Ira Stroud, B.F. Self, O.B. Morgan - Chm. Bldg. Comm.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,783 times since then and 405 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 31, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 2, 3. submitted on January 18, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 31, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 7, 8, 9. submitted on January 18, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.