Excerpt from 200 Years for Christ, 1773-1973: Philadelphia Baptist Church, Route 1, Marshville, North Carolina The Pioneer Baptists of this section of the country came from two points, Old Welsh Neck section in South Carolina and the old Sandy Creek section in Chatham County, N. C. The Baptist of this section come from the efforts of the early Christian workers of Wales and England. Sandy Creek Baptist was first to be organized November 22, 1755 under the care of Elder Shubael Stearnes and his wife, Peter Stearnes and wife, Ebenezer Stearnes and wife, Shubael Stearnes, J r. And wife. Daniel Marshall and wife, Joseph Breed and wife, Enos Stimpson and wife, and Jonathan Polk and wife being the charter members of Sandy Creek Baptist Church. These came from Connecticut where they had been baptized into a fellowship where Elder Wait Palmer was pastor. Elder Stearnes was a missionary himself, and was aided by his brother-in-law Daniel Marshal. They went all through North and South Carolina and parts of Georgia. Little River Church in Mont gomery County was an arm of this church at Sandy Creek. Old Rocky River Church in Anson County was an arm of Little River and Brown Creek also was an outgrowth of the church first built in Chatham County. Originally all these churches were missionary. In speaking of the first church built or organized in Connecticut which old records show in the accounts of churches that had originated from New England, missionary activities and revival results prove mission ary spirit prevailed. This same spirit of missions and revivals came with the new church to North Carolina, and the work in Stanley, Anson and part of Union County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.