Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1785 in the frontier wilderness, it was the first in a chain of North Georgia Presbyterian churches. It later relocated and became Lexington Presbyterian under Thomas Goulding, who founded Georgia's first seminary beside it.

Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church is a historical marker in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, erected in 1958. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Oglethorpe County, among 71 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8701, -83.1088 near Lexington. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Birthplace of Columbia Theological Seminary (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lexington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Meson Academy, and Oglethorpe County.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.