Union County · Marker 44-04
Fairforest Meeting
Cross Keys Hwy. (S.C. Hwy. 49) between Lower Fairforest Church Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 44-77) and Boatman Springs Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 44-78), 8 mi. SW of Union
Front inscription
1.5 miles SW stood the original Fairforest Baptist Church. The members, led by the Reverend Philip Mulkey, came from North Carolina to Broad River about 1759. In 1762, the church moved to Fairforest where, as the first Baptist church in the up country, it established other churches. During the American Revolution, it was in a Tory controlled area.