History

Providence Presbyterian Church

church-body

Also known as Providence

Providence Presbyterian Church — church, appearing in the Charlotte record across 2 documented year(s).

In the record (2)

  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 ChurchHopewell Presbyterian ChurchPoplar Tent Presbyterian ChurchCentre Presbyterian Church

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  2. 1767

    Providence Presbyterian Church in southern Mecklenburg County was formally organized in 1767 by Scots-Irish (Ulster Irish) settlers with William Richardson as its first minister; a log sanctuary was built the same year. Providence Road, one of Charlotte's major thoroughfares, takes its name from the church.

    Mecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestWilliam Richardson

    Source · checked 2026-08-13