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Rowan County Church Records

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A historical sketch of Third Creek Church in Rowan County, N.C., read at the centennial, May 13th, 1892 FamilySearch Library

An historical address delivered at the dedication of Back Creek Church, March 21st, 1857 FamilySearch Library

Christ Church, Rowan County : an historical sketch FamilySearch Library

Church records from 1800 (Becks Lutheran Church (Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Church records of Rowan, Davie, Iredell and Stanly Counties, North Carolina, 1790-1916 FamilySearch Library

Church records; circuit register, 1836-1848; quarterly conference minutes, 1846-1888 for Davie County and Rowan County, North Carolina (Methodist Church. Mocksville Charge (North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Churches of the Colonial period in Rowan County [North Carolina] FamilySearch Library

Colonial churches of North Carolina within the bounds of Rowan County as set off in 1753 FamilySearch Library

Dedication of memorial : John Bost, soldier of the American Revolution; October 17, 1976, 3 p.m. (Organ Lutheran Church (Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Dutchman's Creek Church of Jesus Christ records, 1772-1787, Rowan County, N.C. Archive Grid

History of Back Creek Presbyterian Church, Rowan County, N.C. for 100 years, September 1805 to March 1857 FamilySearch Library

History of Organ Church, Rowan County, N.C., with an account of the centennial celebration of the the first edifice, May 6, 1894 FamilySearch Library

Jersey Baptist Meeting House record book, 1784-1852 Digital Public Library of America online

Membership lists and church records, 1772-1913 (Organ Lutheran Church (Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Official records, 1774 (Organ Lutheran Church (Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Park Avenue Charge, quarterly conference minutes, register, records, 1900-1958 (Methodist Church. (Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records and minutes, 1774-1955 (Organ Lutheran Church (Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1840-1880 (St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1855-1874 (St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Rockwell, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Rocky Mount, Wesley's Chapel, Vandenburg, Iredell Co., Knox Chapel, Rowan Co., circuit register, 1926-1937 (Methodist Church. Sheperds Charge (Iredell County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

United Methodist Church records 1784-1984, bulk 1800-1940 Archive Grid

China Grove Church Records

Cleveland Church Records

East Spencer Church Records

Faith Church Records

Gold Hill Church Records

Rockwell Church Records

Salisbury Church Records

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An historical address delivered at the centennial celebration of Thyatira Church, Rowan County, N.C., October 19, 1855 FamilySearch Library

Enon Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records (microform) 1900-1990 Archive Grid

Enon Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records, 1900-1990 Digital Public Library of America online

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1828-1924 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Grandmother dear : or, one who held a lighted torch, a history of the Catholic Church in Salisbury, N. Carolina FamilySearch Library

History and 200th anniversary of Union Evangelical Lutheran Church of Salisbury, North Carolina, 1774-1974 LDS Genealogy online

History and 200th anniversary of Union Evangelical Lutheran Church of Salisbury, North Carolina, 1774-1974 Internet Archive online

History of Thyatira Church 1753 to 1925 : including address delivered by S.C. Alexander at the centennial celebration held October 17, 1885 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and death notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842 : an indexed abstract WorldCat

Minutes, 1854-1962; records, 1858-1962 (Thyatira Presbyterian Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

North Main Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records (microform) 1909-1991 Archive Grid

North Main Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records, 1909-1991 Digital Public Library of America online

Records, 1857-1962 (St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1880-1962 (St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Sherrills Ford Road, Rowan County, Salisbury, North Carolina WorldCat

Session minutes, 1828-1928 (First Presbyterian Church (Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Session records, 1828-1905 (First Presbyterian Church (Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1753-1953 FamilySearch Library

The history of St. Luke's Parish and the beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Rowan County : address, delivered in St. Luke's Church, Salisbury, N.C., on October 19, 1924, in commemoration of the centennial of the union of St. Luke's Parish LDS Genealogy online

The history of St. Luke's Parish and the beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Rowan County : address, delivered in St. Luke's Church, Salisbury, N.C., on October 19, 1924, in commemoration of the centennial of the union of St. Luke's Parish Internet Archive online

Spencer Church Records

Woodleaf Church Records

Churches in Rowan County in 1926

In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 160 churches listed here reported from Rowan County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.

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Oak Grove – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Salisbury District. Pastor: W. E. Rufty

Old Bethpage – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Salisbury District. Pastor: W. E. Rufty

St. Enoch – United Lutheran Church in America, United Lutheran Church of America, N. Car. Synod. Pastor: L. P. Boland

Unity – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Salisbury District. Pastor: W. E. Rufty

Barber

Lebanon – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod. Pastor: E. F. Troutman

Pleasant Hill – Primitive Baptists, Bear Creek

Salem – United Lutheran Church in America, Ev. Lutheran Synod of North Carolina. Pastor: J. M. Senter

Barber Junction

Cedar Grove – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference - N. Charlotte Dist. Pastor: T. L. Standefer

Bear Poplars

Oakland – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Yadkin - Catawba Synod. Pastor: J. A. Ramseur

Bostian Cross Roads

Mt. Zion – Negro Mission of the Synodical Conference, Negro Mission. Pastor: J. E. Shufelt

China Grove

Ascension – Protestant Episcopal Church, North Carolina. Pastor: Harris B. Thomas

China Grove – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference. Pastor: William Edwin Hauss

First Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: G. W. Burch

Lutheran Chapel – United Lutheran Church in America, United Lutheran Synod of North Car. Pastor: E. J. K. Roof

Mount Zion – Reformed Church in the United States, N. C. Classis, Potomac Synod. Pastor: John H. Keller

Mt. Moriah – United Lutheran Church in America, United Evangelical Synod of North Carolina. Pastor: J. S. Wessinger

Oak Grove – Negro Baptists, Rowan Bapt. Ass. Pastor: C. H. Hawkins

St. Mark's – United Lutheran Church in America, Western Conference, North C. Synod. Pastor: C. R. Patterson

Cleveland

Allen's Temple – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Yadkin - Catawba Synod. Pastor: J. H. Clemens

Christ Church – Protestant Episcopal Church, North Carolina. Pastor: Wm. H. Hardin

Cleveland – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord

Cleveland's Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: F. L. Standifer

First Cleveland Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin. Pastor: J. Ben Eller

Moore's Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: C. H. Ramsauer

Pittsburg – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Yadkin - Catawba Synod. Pastor: W. A. Hawkins

Third Creek – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord. Pastor: J. E. Robinson

Cooleemee

Millers Temple – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, North Carolina - Winston-Salem District. Pastor: J. S. Miller

E. Salisbury

New Hope – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N. Carolina - Winston Salem Dist. Pastor: L. H. Lilly

East China Grove

Ebenezer – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina, Southern Conference. Pastor: B. S. Brown

East Spencer

Christ – United Lutheran Church in America, The United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina. Pastor: Floyd B. Lingle

East Spencer Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: R. S. Lennon

Southern City Tabernacle – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: J. J. Nicholson

Enochville

St. Paul's – Reformed Church in the United States, Potomac Synod, North Carolina Classis. Pastor: L. A. Peeler

Faith

Faith E.L. Church – United Lutheran Church in America, N.C. Pastor: G. O. Ritchie

Shiloh – Reformed Church in the United States, North Carolina Classis, Potomac Synod. Pastor: James D. Andrew

Franklin

Bethel – United Lutheran Church in America, United Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Pastor: Chas. E. Ridenhour

Calvary – Southern Baptist Convention, Sout yadkin. Pastor: R. N. Huneycutt

Enon – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Baptist Association. Pastor: J. N. Binkley

St. Luke – Negro Baptists. Pastor: William Watson

Gold Hill

Gold Hill – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, West Central N. Carolina - Concord District. Pastor: L. B. Coleman

Gold Hill – Pilgrim Holiness Church, Southern. Pastor: Paul H. Greeson

Gold Hill Circuit – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference, Salisbury District. Pastor: F. G. Stough

Grace – Reformed Church in the United States, N. C. Classis, Potomac Synod. Pastor: James D. Andrew

Immanuel – United Lutheran Church in America, United Lutheran of N.C. Pastor: C. P. Fisher

Luther's – United Lutheran Church in America, N. Carolina

Mt. Olive – United Lutheran Church in America, N. Carolina. Pastor: W. H. Dutton

St. John Bapt. – Negro Baptists, Rowan Baptist Association. Pastor: J. D. Bean

St. Stephen's – United Lutheran Church in America, N. Carolina. Pastor: W. H. Dutton

Zion – Negro Mission of the Synodical Conference, Negro Mission. Pastor: J. E. Shufelt

Granite Quarry

Antioch – Negro Baptists. Pastor: J. W. Hawkins

Christiana – United Lutheran Church in America, United E. Lutheran Church, N.C.Syn. Pastor: H. H. Seyler

Kannapolis

St. John's – Reformed Church in the United States, Classis and Synod, North Carolina Classis, Potomac Synod. Pastor: L. A. Peeler

Landis

Concordia – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod. Pastor: Carl O. Lippard

First Reformed, Landis, N.C. – Reformed Church in the United States, N. C. Classis, Potomac Synod. Pastor: John H. Keller

Landis – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Salisbury District. Pastor: W. E. Rufty

Landis – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina of the U.L.C.A. Pastor: C. O. Lippard

Landis Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: J. F. Hodge

Sandy Ridge – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: S. J. W. Spurgeon

Litaker

Mt. Hope – Reformed Church in the United States, N. C. Classis, Potomac Synod. Pastor: J. D. Andrew

St. Paul's – United Lutheran Church in America, United Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Pastor: Chas. E. Ridenhour

Locke

St. Mark's – United Lutheran Church in America, United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of N.C. Pastor: J. S. Wessinger

Locke township

St. Matthew's Mission – Protestant Episcopal Church, North Carolina. Pastor: Wm. H. Hardin

Locke Township

Grace – United Lutheran Church in America, United Lutheran Synod of North Carolina. Pastor: C. A. Brown

Mill Bridge

Thyatira – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord. Pastor: E. D. Brown

Mooresville

Prospect – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord. Pastor: J. D. Beard

Morgan

Luthers – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod of U.L.C.A. Pastor: Ben M. Clark

St. Matthew's – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod of U.L.C.A. Pastor: Ben M. Clark

Morgan Township

Antioch – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: C. C. Honeycutt

Mount Ulla

Back Creek – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord. Pastor: E. D. Brown

Centenary – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina, District Statisville. Pastor: C. L. McCain

Mt. Tabor – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Yadkin - Catawba Synod. Pastor: J. L. Hollowell

Shady Grove – Negro Baptists, Mountain and Catawba association. Pastor: Alexander

Poole

Wyatt's Grove – Southern Baptist Convention, Stanly Association. Pastor: R. N. Huneycutt

Providence

Providence – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod. Pastor: E. F. Troutman

St Peter's – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod of U.L.C.A. Pastor: Ben M. Clark

Rockwell

Unnamed congregation – Negro Baptists, Rowan Baptist association

Concordia – Negro Mission of the Synodical Conference, Negro Mission. Pastor: J. E. Shufelt

Rockwell - Gold Hill Ct. – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Salisbury District. Pastor: F. G. Stough

St. James – United Lutheran Church in America, United Synod of N.C. Pastor: C. P. Fisher

Rockwell N.C

Ursinus – Reformed Church in the United States, Potomac Synod, North Carolina Classis. Pastor: H. A. M. Holshouser, Ph.D.

Rowan Village

Rowan Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Baptist Association. Pastor: R. L. DeWeese

Salisbury

#1. Corps – Salvation Army, No Carolina and Piedmont Division. Pastor: Geo. E. Story

Artis Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference - N. Charlotte Dist. Pastor: W. E. Carson

Church Street – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Yadkin Presbytery, Catawba Synod. Pastor: J. M. Morton

Coburn Memorial – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N. C. Pastor: R. G. Tuttle

Fairview – Negro Baptists, Rowan Association. Pastor: R. D. McCall

First – Reformed Church in the United States, District Synod , Sectional, North Carolina Classis. Pastor: Banks J. Peeler, B.D.

First Calvary Church – Negro Baptists, Rowan Association. Pastor: A. S. Croom

First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist

First Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, N. C. Conference of Congregational Churches in the Carolinas--White. Pastor: John M. Peyton

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord. Pastor: Edgar A. Woods

Franklin – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord

Granite Quarry – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: W. A. Wheeler

Haven Evangelical Lutheran Church – United Lutheran Church in America, U.L. Synod of N.C. Pastor: B. J. Messinger

Hayden Grove Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conf - Winston Salem Dist. Pastor: H. S. Johnson

Henderson Grove – Negro Baptists, Rowan Association. Pastor: J. W. Hairston

Liberty A.M.E. Zion – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference - N. Charlotte Dist. Pastor: D. G. Musgraves

Macedonia – Negro Baptists. Pastor: W. A. Sharp

Macedonia – Negro Baptists, Rowan Association. Pastor: W. M. Watson

Main Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, W. N. Carolina. Pastor: P. E. Parker

Miller's Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: F. S. Daly

Moores Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: J. C. Taylor

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, Rowan association. Pastor: Adolphus Smith

Mt. Zion – Negro Baptists, Rowan Association. Pastor: L. R. Moran

New Zion – Negro Baptists, Rowan association. Pastor: J. W. Hairston

North Main Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: R. N. Huneycutt

North Main St. Church of Christ – Churches of Christ. Pastor: C. C. McCampbell

Park Avenue – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N.C. Conf. Pastor: A. R. Surratt

Pineville – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference - N. Charlotte Dist. Pastor: W. E. Carson

Providence – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: W. C. Carson

Reformation – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod. Pastor: C. E. Ridenhour

Sacred Heart Church – Roman Catholic Church, Raleigh, North Carolina. Pastor: Lawrence McHale, O.S.B.

Salisbury – Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, First Presbytery. Pastor: M. R. Gibson, Supply

Salisbury – Primitive Baptists, Abbott's Creek

Salisbury First Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina. Pastor: H. C. Sprinkle

Salisbury Pilgrim Holiness Church – Pilgrim Holiness Church, Southern. Pastor: C. C. Pence

Salisbury Second – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord. Pastor: Eugene Alexander

Salisbury, First – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin. Pastor: A. O. Moore

Second Creek – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference - N. Charlotte Dist. Pastor: Carson, W. E.

Soldiers Memorial – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference. Pastor: J. J. Jackson

St. John's – Negro Mission of the Synodical Conference, Negro Mission. Pastor: Carrington R. March

St. John's – United Lutheran Church in America, United N.C. Synod of the United Lutheran church in America. Pastor: Edward Fulenwider, D.D.

St. Luke – Reformed Church in the United States, Potomac Synod, North Carolina Classis. Pastor: H. A. M. Holshouser, Ph.D.

St. Luke's and St. John's Chapel – Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of North Carolina. Pastor: Mark H. Milne

St. Paul's Episcopal – Protestant Episcopal Church, North Carolina. Pastor: John C. Seagle

St. Peter's Episcopal – Protestant Episcopal Church, North Carolina. Pastor: John C. Seagle

Stallings Memorial – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: C. A. Rhyne

Tabernacle #9 – Church of God and Saints of Christ

Trading Ford – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: R. N. Honeycutt

Union – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod. Pastor: J. C. Dietz

Salisbury, Rowan County

Organ – United Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod, Southern Conference. Pastor: Paul L. Miller

Scotch-Irish

Corinth – Churches of Christ. Pastor: M. A. Foster

Spencer

Calvary – United Lutheran Church in America, The United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Car. Pastor: Floyd B. Lingle

Central – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, W.N.C. Conference, Salisbury dist. Pastor: R. O. Eller

First Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: M. W. Gordon

Friendship – Christian Church (General Convention of the Christian Church), N.C. Conference

Jerusalem Bpt Church – Negro Baptists. Pastor: Ben Sanders

New Hope – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N.C. Conference - N. Charlotte Dist. Pastor: Wheeler, W. A.

Oak Dale – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin. Pastor: Earl Bradley

Spencer – Methodist Protestant Church, North Carolina Annual Conference. Pastor: T. Glenn Madison

Spencer Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord Presbytery. Pastor: John L. Parks

St. Joseph's Chapel – Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of North Carolina. Pastor: Mark H. Milne

Steel

Mt. Zion – Negro Baptists. Pastor: W. A. Sharp

Trading Ford

Yadkin Grove – Negro Baptists. Pastor: W. L. Sloan

Woodleaf

Mt. Vernon – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Yadkin

New Shepherd – Negro Baptists, Rowan Baptist Association. Pastor: W. H. Hairston

St. George's Mission – Protestant Episcopal Church, North Carolina. Pastor: Wm. H. Hardin

Unity – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Concord

Town not stated

Bethany – Reformed Church in the United States, Potomac Synod, North Carolina Classis. Pastor: H. A. M. Holshouser, Ph.D.

Corinth – Southern Baptist Convention, Stanly Association. Pastor: W. L. Hough

Corinth Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin. Pastor: C. H. Myers

Daniels – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin. Pastor: G. W. Burch

Dunn's Mountain – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: C. A. Rhyne

Faith – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin Association. Pastor: W. L. Hough

Gold Hill Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, South Nadkin Baptist Association. Pastor: C. B. Reid

Mt. Mitchell – Methodist Episcopal Church, Blue-Ridge Atlantic Conference. Pastor: E. H. Spencer

Rockwell – Southern Baptist Convention, South Yadkin. Pastor: J. N. Dills

Rowan Mill Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina, Salisbury Dist. Pastor: J. Max Brandon

St. Paul – Pilgrim Holiness Church, Southern. Pastor: Paul H. Greeson

Yadkin Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N.S. - Salisbury Dist. Pastor: J. Max Brandon

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