Long Creek Presbyterian Church

In the absence of early records, 1780 is the accepted date of Long Creek Presbyterian Church. This being the date on the oldest marked grave belonging to Joseph Blackwood. Oct. 22 1780. He is believed to have been wounded in the Battle of Kings Mtn. on Oct. 17, 1780
Long Creek is mentioned in the minutes of the first meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States which met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1789