History

Steele Creek Presbyterian Church

church-body

Also known as Steele Creek

Steele Creek Presbyterian Church — church, appearing in the Charlotte record across 1 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 ChurchHopewell Presbyterian ChurchProvidence Presbyterian ChurchPoplar Tent Presbyterian ChurchCentre Presbyterian Church

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  2. 1760

    Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, the second-oldest congregation in Mecklenburg County, was organized around 1760 by Scots-Irish settlers; its first permanent pastor, Robert Henry, arrived in 1766, and Rev. James McRee led the congregation from 1778 to 1797. The Mecklenburg Presbytery itself was organized at Steele Creek in 1780.

    Steele Creek Presbyterian ChurchMecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestRobert HenryJames McRee

    Source · checked 2026-08-13