Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
“Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church on a 2-acre tract on Belfast Keller Road in Keller, Georgia. The historic district includes a manse and a cemetery.”
Wikipedia article Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Bryan County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,064 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 68 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keller, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | $50,000 | The Bryan county Emergency Manager reported 50 to 80 trees down in Lincoln Hill Estates at the intersection of Kilkenny Road and Lincoln Trail, 4 miles southeast of Keller, Georgia. One tree branch punctured the roof of a home, several trees were blown down onto roads in the subdivision, and a few power lines were knocked down as well. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | $1,000 | The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Fort McAllister Road near the intersection with Whitehall Lane. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Highway 144 and Rathlin Road. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Keller | - | Penny sized hail and gusty winds were reported along Sweet Hill Road. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Keller | - | A picture received via social media showed nickel to quarter sized hail near Keller. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Keller | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed a tornado, which initially developed in Long County with an EF-1 rating, tracking east-northeast across the Medway River near Sunbury and entering southern Bryan County. The tornado continued an east-northeast path in Bryan County, crossing Highway 144 and eventually ending near Belle Island Road. Along the path, sporadic snapping and uprooting of trees were consistent with an EF-0 tornado rating. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | - | The public reported a pier severely damaged and boat house destroyed off Davis Road. A boat in the boat house was carried 20 feet and some pier pilings were also sucked up out of the mud. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | - | Local media relayed a report of a large tree down on Belfast Pines Drive. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | - | A tree was reported down on Belfast Keller Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | - | The Bryan County 911 Call Center reported a power line down at the intersection of Belle Island Road and Kilkenny Road. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Keller | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Keller. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Keller | - | The public reported dime to nickel size hail along Cricket Court in Richmond Hill. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Keller | - | The public reported nickel size hail lasting 10 minutes. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keller | - | Law enforcement reported trees down on McGregor Circle near Highway 144. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Keller | - | A trained weather spotter reported dime to nickel size hail in Keller, Georgia. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Keller | - | A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail in Keller, Georgia. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Keller | - | A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail near Keller, Georgia. |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Keller | - | Water flowed across Highway 144 outside of Fort McAllister. Also, there was significant standing water in Keller. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Keller | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Strathy Hall | 4.3 miles | 1979 |
 | Kilkenny | 4.9 miles | 1979 |
 | Fort McAllister | 5.2 miles | 1970 |
 | Richmond Hill Plantation | 5.8 miles | 1978 |
| Community House | 7.4 miles | 2024 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000193 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Bryan County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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