Hopewell Presbyterian Church

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1. 1760

   Mecklenburg County's Presbyterian congregations of the colonial era are collectively remembered as the 'Seven Sisters': Sugar Creek (est. c.1756), Hopewell (1762), Poplar Tent (1764), Centre (1765), Providence (1767), Steele Creek (organized before 1760), and Philadelphia (1770) -- reflecting the dense Scots-Irish Presbyterian settlement pattern that shaped local governance and later revolutionary sentiment in the county.

   Philadelphia Presbyterian ChurchSugaw Creek Presbyterian ChurchSteele Creek Presbyterian ChurchProvidence Presbyterian ChurchPoplar Tent Presbyterian ChurchCentre Presbyterian Church

   Source · checked 2026-08-13

2. 1762

   Hopewell Presbyterian Church in northern Mecklenburg County was organized in 1762 by Rev. Alexander McWhorter under the Synod of Philadelphia, though informal preaching there traces to the late 1740s/early 1750s when missionary John Thomson preached at the home of Richard Barry; a log meeting house was built in 1765, and Hopewell's present 1831 sanctuary is the oldest standing, continuously used worship facility in Mecklenburg County.

   Mecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestPhiladelphia Presbyterian ChurchGeorge AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. AlexanderAlexander McWhorterJohn ThomsonRichard Barry

   Source · checked 2026-08-13