THE
GREEN POND COMMUNITY
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The Green Pond community was formed with the Green Pond Baptist Church at its center. The church was an "arm" of Keowee Baptist Church in Pickens County. On July 9th 1804, the Green Pond Baptist Church was constituted by a Presbytery composed of the Reverends Augustine Clayton, Lewis Rector and Tyrie Glenn. Tyrie Glenn became the first pastor of Green Pond that year. The first location of the church was on the head spring of Ben's Creek. H.H. Arnold said "...at a point on the Buncombe Road, three miles west of Reidville, one mile south of Abner Creek Baptist Church, taking its name from the name of a large highland pond in the immediate vicinity." The writer notes this is the area known as Sugar Tit today, and that... Read More
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Plants & Animals
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History & Stories
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