First Presbyterian Church in Pike County was organized largely by members of Beaver Creek Presbyterian Church near Camden, South Carolina. They petitioned the Presbytery of South Alabama on Oct. 18, 1839, and the church was officially established on April 3, 1840. The church was dissolved in April 1917. During its life from 1840 to 1917, its elders were R.R., S.R., J.W., and J.A. McLure; J.M. Thompson; E. Ruffin; S. Smyth; B.H. Boyd; J.A. Ramsay; G.C. Barnette; and J.D. and Dr. J.A. McEachern. Its deacons were John and Dr. J.A. McEachern, John W., Thomas C., Henry M., and Richard U. McLure; W.F. Ferrell; and W.A.E. Helms. Its ministers were D.S. McCormick; A.M. Mooney; M.A. Patterson; A. McMillan; J.M. Peu; G.W. Butler; F.M. McMurry; J. McKee; R.H. Hall; G.R. Foster; R. Kirkpatrick; W.H. White; and J.C. Sturgeon.