Organized in 1757 with John James and Robert Wilson as founding elders. Burned by the British in 1780 as “a sedition shop.” Rebuilt after the Revolution. Present building begun in 1830, remodelled in 1919. Major John James, Revolutionary hero, is buried in the churchyard.

Marker is at the intersection of Hemingway Highway (State Highway 261) and Old Georgetown Road (County Road 45-39), on the left when traveling east on Hemingway Highway.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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