Griers Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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Griers Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Hightowers, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA

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    Hightowers, North Carolina, USA
    Coordinates: 36.34735, -79.21911
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Griers Presbyterian Church is the oldest organized church still active in Caswell County NC and the oldest established congregation in the Orange Presbytery. Originally known as Upper Hyco (Hico) Meeting House, Griers (Greers) Presbyterian Church was organized in 1753 near the site of Love's Grist Mill on Panther Creek, a branch of North Hyco Creek. The first church was erected on the site of Griers Cemetery. The church congregation changed its name to Griers Presbyterian Church around 1810. In 1856, Eldridge G. Mitchell and other trustees purchased the present site and built the "Greek Revival temple-form" church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The cemetery, located behind the church is well maintained and still in use today. The first known burial in the church cemetery is 1890.

Notable ministers since 1797 include:

* Rev Hugh McAden 1720-1781
* Rev William Britton Meroney 1760-1816
* Rev Samuel Paisley 1773-1863
* Rev Thomas Lynch 1794-1869
* Rev Jacob Doll 1812-1878
* Rev John Sharshall Grasty 1825-1883
* Rev Rev. Joseph Evans 1835-1910
* Rev James Laughlin Currie 1849-1894
* Rev Walter R. Coppedge 1851-1927











Griers Presbyterian Church is the oldest organized church still active in Caswell County NC and the oldest established congregation in the Orange Presbytery. Originally known as Upper Hyco (Hico) Meeting House, Griers (Greers) Presbyterian Church was organized in 1753 near the site of Love's Grist Mill on Panther Creek, a branch of North Hyco Creek. The first church was erected on the site of Griers Cemetery. The church congregation changed its name to Griers Presbyterian Church around 1810. In 1856, Eldridge G. Mitchell and other trustees purchased the present site and built the "Greek Revival temple-form" church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The cemetery, located behind the church is well maintained and still in use today. The first known burial in the church cemetery is 1890.

Notable ministers since 1797 include:

* Rev Hugh McAden 1720-1781
* Rev William Britton Meroney 1760-1816
* Rev Samuel Paisley 1773-1863
* Rev Thomas Lynch 1794-1869
* Rev Jacob Doll 1812-1878
* Rev John Sharshall Grasty 1825-1883
* Rev Rev. Joseph Evans 1835-1910
* Rev James Laughlin Currie 1849-1894
* Rev Walter R. Coppedge 1851-1927











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