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York County, South Carolina sits just to the southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina. The destination of many Scots-Irish immigrants in the late 18th century, York County is the “most presbyterian” county in South Carolina.
York County holds a prominate place in the history of Scottish presbyterianism in the United States and many Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches remain there today.
York County is significant in my own family’s presbyterian history as it was the homeplace of my great-grandmother Annis Barron Hopper.
From the 1903 Centenial History of the ARP: Sharon church is situated in the western part of York Co., S. C., and was organized by Rev. James Rogers in the summer of 1796. Its origin is due to the …
Read MoreFrom the 1903 Centenial History of the ARP: About the year 1832, William McGill, Esq., removed from Crowder’s Creek, York Co., to King’s Creek, York Co. About the same time three brothers, by the name …
Read MoreFrom the 1903 Centenial History of the ARP: Some time previous to 1800, there was a preaching station at Joseph Miller’s, several miles west of where Tirzah church now stands, and there was also an A. …
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