Willow Creek Baptist Church

Front: The congregation of Willow Creek Baptist Church can trace its origins to the early 19th century when it was first associated with Lynch’s Creek Church. The first meeting house was built in the neighborhood c. 1815. Samuel Timmons, pastor at Lynch’s Creek, provided itinerant service in the early years. In 1829 Willow Creek was officially organized and joined the Charleston Baptist Association. Reverse: In 1832 Willow Creek was a founding member of the Welsh Neck Baptist Association and in 1890 was again a charter member, this time of the Florence Association. In 1841 church member Edward Burch deeded three and a quarter acres of land, including the meeting house, to the Willow Creek Congregation. The first burials in the adjacent cemetery date to the early 19th century.