Carvers Creek in Council in Bladen County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Site of Carvers Creek Quaker Meeting House and Graveyard

1743-1797

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, January 26, 2025

1. Site of Carvers Creek Quaker Meeting House and Graveyard Marker

Inscription. Quakers settled and worshiped here prior to the Revolutionary War. Their religious convictions against war and slavery resulted in hostility toward their faith which influenced them to move into other Quaker communities. An unknown number are buried here in unmarked graves.

Erected 2001 by North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1743.

Location. 34° 27.31′ N, 78° 24.439′ W. Marker is in Council, North Carolina, in Bladen County. It is in Carvers Creek. It is on North Carolina Route 87 0.3 miles north of Grimsley Road, on the left when traveling north. Marker is in the cemetery at Carvers Creek Methodist Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16860 NC-87, Council NC 28434, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the

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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 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carvers Creek Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Oakland (approx. half a mile away); The Bartrams (approx. 2.1 miles away); Elwell Ferry (approx. 3.7 miles away); Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (approx. 4.9 miles away); Memorial for Four World War II Aviators (approx. 12.7 miles away); Cornwallis (approx. 13½ miles away); Future Farmers of America (approx. 13.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Council.

Regarding Site of Carvers Creek Quaker Meeting House and Graveyard. A Quaker Meeting House stood from 1746-1810 where the current church now sits. The property was sold to the Methodists in the 1790s, presumably 1797. The Methodists built their own church on the Quaker Meeting House site in 1810 but

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it burned down in 1858. The current church was erected in its place the following year, and has been standing since 1859.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 328 times since then and 84 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 13, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.