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Damascus Baptist Church's roots go back to May 11, 1839, when a meeting of Baptists was held at the Damascus Meeting House across the Snow Creek from the current location of the church. The first minister of the church, William Garner, was called to service in February 1842. In November 1842, the
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Damascus Baptist Church Arbor, church, and cemetery are located in rural northwest Iredell County, North Carolina. Snow Creek and the town of Love Valley, North Carolina are nearby. The church was built between 1907 and 1909 and is east of the arbor. The cemetery is located southwest of the arbor
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church appointed managers to construct the arbor. While the congregation has constructed several church buildings, the arbor has remained in continuous use.
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Transcript of the
Damascus Baptist Church Records in the Homer Keever files, James Iredell Room Iredell County Public Library, Statesville, North Carolina
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on an open hillside. The cemetery contains about 200 markers, mostly fieldstones but some inscribed markers dating from at least 1857.
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