Eagle Lake in Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

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Steele Creek Church

Photographed by Anthony Botti, November 9, 2017

1. Steele Creek Church - Intersection of Steele Creek Road and Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription. The Presbyterian congregation was organized before 1760 by Scots-Irish settlers. Robert Henry, the first permanent pastor, arrived in 1766. Rev. James McRee served from 1778 to 1797. Sugar Creek was the first Presbyterian church in the region, organized in 1756. The rest of the churches, known collectively as the "Seven Sisters," were Hopewell (1762), Poplar Tent (1764), Centre (1765), Providence (1767), and Philadelphia (1770).

Erected 2008 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number L-107.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1760.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 11.021′ N, 80° 57.441′ W. Marker was in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. It was in Eagle Lake. It was at the intersection of Steele Creek Road (State Highway 160) and Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, on the right when traveling north on

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Steele Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 7407 Steele Creek Rd, Charlotte NC 28217, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Humphrey Hunter (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Steele Creek Presbyterian Church (about 300 feet away); Robert Irwin (about 400 feet away); Spratt Family Cemetery Reinterment (about 400 feet away); Historic Memorial Grave Stones (about 500 feet away); Morris Field (approx. 2.2 miles away); Graham Family Homeplace (approx. 2.8 miles away); Boeing / Vertol CH-46A / E Sea Knight

Steele Creek Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 11, 2021

2. Steele Creek Church Marker

(approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charlotte.

Missing Steele Creek Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, November 29, 2024

3. Missing Steele Creek Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2017, by Anthony Botti of Charlotte, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,135 times since then and 60 times this year. Last updated on November 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos: 1. submitted on November 9, 2017, by Anthony Botti of Charlotte, North Carolina. 2. submitted on May 16, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on November 29, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.