Edgefield County · Marker 19-06
Horns Creek Baptist Church
Old Stage Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 19-76), near its intersection with Yarborough Rd., 6 mi. S of Edgefield
Front inscription
This church was constituted in 1768 by the Reverend Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist faith in this part of South Carolina. Other early ministers of Horns Creek included Hezekiah Walker, Samuel Marsh, and John Landrum. The church was incorporated on January 20, 1790.
Revolutionary Skirmish at Horns Creek
Not far from this historic church a skirmish took place in 1781. Captain Thomas Key of Colonel LeRoy Hammond's regiment attacked a party of Tories under the command of Captain Clark. The Tories were defeated, their captain killed, and the entire company captured and paroled.