Near Smithwick Creek Church Road (North Carolina Route 1106) at Fire Dept Road ( Route 1516), on the right when traveling west.
In 1882 Asa T. Peal and Abram Tice gave out of "natural love and respect a half-acre of land at the Dipping Hole to the Smithwick Creek Primitive Baptist Church for the privilege of a baptizing place."
The Baptismal House was built in 1892. It . . . — — Map (db m257088) HM
On Smithwick Creek Church Road (North Carolina Route 1106) at Fire Dept Road ( Route 1516), on the right when traveling west on Smithwick Creek Church Road.
The present church building is actually the third to be built on or near this identical spot. The Smithwick Creek Primitive Baptist Church congregation was organized in 1803 following three successful years of missionary visits by Elder Joseph . . . — — Map (db m257090) HM
On Smithwick Creek Church Road (North Carolina Route 1106) at Fire Dept Road ( Route 1516), on the right when traveling west on Smithwick Creek Church Road.
The congregation was organized in 1803 by Elder Joseph Biggs. The present church was built in 1896 after the previous church was destroyed by fire. Three large wooded posts divide the interior space into two halves, one side for women and children . . . — — Map (db m257091) HM