St. Paul Baptist Church
(Surveyed by Tony Copeland in June 2007, transcribed & submitted by Deloris Williams)

St. Paul Baptist Church Cemetery
Fishing Creek Township
1141 Richardson Road
Essex, Warren County, NC 27589

Directions from Warrenton:  from South Main Street/US-401 go North toward Franklin Street for 0.1 miles;  turn Right onto East Macon Street/US-158 BR/NC-58, continuing for 4.7 miles on NC-58 East, also known as Country Club Road, towards Liberia; continue on straight onto NC-43 towards Arcola for 8.5 miles; turn Right onto Bethlehem Road for 2.2 miles; turn Right onto Richardson Road going 1.2 miles; turn slightly right at Tuscarora Road, where you will arrive at the Church.

This is a lovely little  white wood-framed church that was built in 1920 on 1 acre of land, with a small cemetery in the rear.  Most of the graves start from the 1960’s, but there are several earlier ones with a scattering of dates back to 1949.  Most of the names are RICHARDSON from the families that lived in the nearby Fishing Creek area.

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