Independence Hill Baptist Church was founded on October 21, 1872. Our name was chosen in honor of the nearby historical site where the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was conceived and preserved, a full year before ratification of the national Declaration of Independence.

For more information on the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, visit these sites:
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The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

The Scottish Covenanting Struggle, Alexander Craighead, and the Mecklenburg Declaration

The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (Defined)

"The Classic Controversy of A Century" by Archibald Henderson, Ph. D. published in the Journal of American History, 1912.

"Mecklenburg's patriotic gutsy move" History of Mec Dec Day
by Jim Williams, May 20, 2001.

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Story - A website on the area's history.

Independence Hill Baptist Church
10220 Eastfield Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
(704) 596-2124 - Fax (704) 596-8626