Old Stone Church was built in 1797 for the Hopewell (Keowee) Presbyterian congregation by John Rusk on land given by John Miller. Andrew Pickens and Robert Anderson, known for their Revolutionary War service, were elders at its organization. The Reverend Thomas Reese, D.D., an eminent Presbyterian clergyman, was the first minister; he died in 1796 and was buried here. The graveyard contains the graves of John Miller, a London printer and publisher of the Pendleton Messenger, Andrew Pickens and Robert Anderson, as well as other veterans of the Revolutionary War, Creek War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, and World Wars I and II. General Anderson's remains were moved here in 1958 from his plantation.
