Join us Saturday, October 11, 2025 at historic Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Huntersville for our Fall Meeting! Hopewell’s origins date to circa 1750 when Presbyterian missionary John Thompson first preached south of the Yadkin River. The church we’ll visit was built in 1831 during the prosperity brought by cotton cultivation and still serves as the core of the church property today.

Presbyterians Bring the American Revolution to Charlotte

The meeting will feature two Revolutionary War reenactors who will bring history to life:

• Retired Col. Thomas Phlegar will discuss Charlotte’s experience in the Revolution and why the British general Lord Cornwallis called the area a “hornets’ nest”

• Sarah Sue Hardinger will explore the controversial Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (May 20, 1775) - did Charlotte’s Scots-Irish Presbyterians really declare independence over a year before Philadelphia?

The Seven Sisters Churches

We’ll learn about fiery preacher Alexander Craighead, whose hatred of the British Crown was legendary. Craighead founded or aided the formation of seven pre-Revolution Presbyterian churches in the Charlotte area: Rocky River, Sugaw Creek, Hopewell, Centre, Poplar Tent, Steele Creek, and Providence - known as the “Seven Sisters.”

Historic Cemetery

The church’s magnificent cemetery, surrounded by a stone wall, contains the graves of many of Mecklenburg’s most notable pioneers, including General William Lee Davidson, killed at the Battle of Cowan’s Ford in the Revolution.

Download the Fall 2025 Newsletter (PDF)

Registration form on page 4. We hope you can join us!