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Fourth Creek Congregation | |
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 Highway Marker 46 for the site of the Fourth Creek Meeting House | |
 Fourth Creek Congregation Families in 1773 | |
| Province | Province of North Carolina |
| County | Rowan County, North Carolina; Iredell County in 1788 |
| City | Statesville, North Carolina after 1800 |
| Founded in | 1753 |
| Founded by | Rev. John Thompson, Rev. James Hall |
The community of the Fourth Creek Congregation was a group of Scots-Irish Presbyterians who first arrived in the Province of North Carolina in the mid to late 1730s and established a congregation by 1750 under pastor John Thompson in Anson County which became Rowan County in 1753 and finally Iredell County in 1788. The site of the Fourth Creek Congregation was chosen as the location of the county seat of Iredell County in 1789 and was named Statesville in 1789. The Fourth Creek Presbyterian Church officially became the First Presbyterian Church of Statesville in 1875.[1]
- ^ "North Carolina Highway marker 46, Fourth Creek Congregation". Retrieved February 6, 2019.