Gettysburg, Upper and Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church

According to Alfred Nevin, Churches of the Valley (1852), the Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church was organized in 1732, and divided into Upper and Lower Marsh Creek congregations sometime after 1740. The Upper Marsh Creek Church (“Old Side”) shared a minister with the Great Conowago Church for many years, while the Lower Marsh Creek (“New Side”) shared ministers with Piney Creek or Thom’s Creek Presbyterian Churches.

According to a 1963 published history of the congregation, the Upper Marsh Creek Church moved into Gettysburg in 1813. In 1868, it officially changed its name to the Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg. The congregation continues, and has not deposited records with us. You may wish to contact the congregation directly to see which of their earlier records have survived, and how you might access them. Contact:

The Clerk of Session
Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg
208 Baltimore Street
Gettysburg, PA  17325
717-334-1235
www.gettysburgpresbyterian.org
email: info@gettysburgpresbyterian.org

The Lower Marsh Creek Church did not become a self-sustaining congregation until after 1790.

The church continues and has not deposited records with us. You will need to contact the church directly to discover which of the early records survive, where they are located, and how you might access the information in them. Contact:

The Clerk of Session
Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church
1865 Knoxlyn Road
Gettysburg, PA  17325
717-642-5332
www.lmcpc.org
email: lmcpc@pa.net