CASWELL COUNTY, NC - CHURCHES - Upper Hyco/Griers Presbyterian Church
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UPPER HYCO/GRIERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 
National Register of Historic Buildings

  UPPER HYCO Church, the first organized church still in existence in
Caswell County was organized in 1753, Located near the headwaters of North
Hyco Creek, Samuel BELL, and his brothers removed from Pennsylvania and 
settled on the forks of Hyco Creek. They were staunch Presbyterians. The 
first church services were held under bush arbors and homes of the 
members.
  During the ministry of Rev. William MOORE (1789), the members built a
church on lands of James RICHMOND and Jim GRIER. Jim GRIER may have died
before the deed was registered. This may be the reason that the change was
made from Upper Hyco to GRIERS.
  A rusted out and falling down iron fence surrounds a cemetery containing
about 75 graves. The earliest date being 1820, the newest grave 1903. The
newer cemetery (present) oldest marker has the date of 1890.
Some of the earlier ministers were:
Henry PATTILLO  1760
Hugh McADEN  1768
William MOORE  1789
James H. BOWMAN 1810
Ezekial B. CURRY 1811
William B. MARONEY 1814
Samuel PAISLEY 1829
Thomas LYNCH 1836
John S. GRASTY 1856
Jacob DOLL 1857-1862
James L. CURRIE 1877-1883
W.R. COPPEDGE 1889
William CAMPNELL 1891