Good Hope Presbyterian Church

Organized 1789

This marker designated the third site of this

church. Since 1909, the new church, built at

Iva, S.C., has continued to carry on the

faithful witness of our Lord.

Pastors

Rev. John Simpson 1790-1807

Rev. David Humphreys 1821-1869

Rev. John S. Young 4 years

Rev. R. ...

Good Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery

[Front]:

This cemetery, dating from the early 19th century, is at the third site of Good Hope Presbyterian Church, founded in 1789. A frame sanctuary was built here in 1856 during the tenure of Rev. David Humphreys (d. 1869), who preached ...

Good Hope Baptist Church

[Marker Front]:

This church, founded about 1870, has its origins in Walnut Grove Baptist Church, founded in 1820. Walnut Grove included both white and black members before the Civil War, but after the war black members asked for letters of dismissal ...

Good Hope Church

Oldest Presbyterian Church

in continuous existence

in Anderson County.

Organized in 1789.

First pastor, Rev. John Simpson.

Congregation worshipped at three

sites nears Generostee Creek,

three miles west of Iva.

Old cemetery at third site.

Sanctuary built in Iva in 1909,

200 yards west of marker.

Marker is on Lowndesville Highway ...