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Countywide Bostic Caroleen Chimney Rock Ellenboro Forest City Henrietta Lake Lure Rutherfordton Spindale Union Mills

Rutherford County Church Records

Adaville Baptist Church (Rutherford County, N.C.) Records, 1946-1984 Digital Public Library of America online

Adaville Baptist Church (Rutherford County, N.C.) records (microform) 1979-1981 Archive Grid

Bill's Creek Baptist Church : two hundred year history, 1782-1982 FamilySearch Library

Church register, 1911-1954 (St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church (Rutherford County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

First Broad Baptist Church (Rutherford County, N.C.) records (microform) 1858-1964 Archive Grid

Letter, 1831 (Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rutherford County, N.C.) Digital Public Library of America online

Minutes of the 3rd to the 124 annual session, 1843-1964 FamilySearch Library

Bostic Church Records

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Concord Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) records (microform) 1804-1968 Archive Grid

Concord Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) records, 1804-1968 Digital Public Library of America online

First Broad Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) records, 1858-1964 Digital Public Library of America online

Mount Harmony Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) Records, 1944-1971 Digital Public Library of America online

Mount Harmony Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) records (microform) 1944-1971 Archive Grid

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) Records, 1944-1971 Digital Public Library of America online

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) records (microform) 1854-1971 Archive Grid

Walls Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) records (microform) 1844-1971 Archive Grid

Walls Baptist Church (Bostic, N.C.) records, 1844-1971 Digital Public Library of America online

Caroleen Church Records

Chimney Rock Church Records

Ellenboro Church Records

Forest City Church Records

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First Baptist Church, Forest City, N. C. : our heritage, 1848-1991 FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1895-1950 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1944-1949 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1953-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1899-1942 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Florence Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records (microform) 1922-1993 Archive Grid

Florence Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records, 1922-1993 Digital Public Library of America online

Forest City First Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records 1888-1991 Archive Grid

Forest City First Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records, 1888-1991 Digital Public Library of America online

Minutes and enrollments, 1888-1947 (First Baptist Church (Forest City, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records (microform) 1853-1966 Archive Grid

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records, 1853-1966 Digital Public Library of America online

Henrietta Church Records

Lake Lure Church Records

Rutherfordton Church Records

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Church register, 1900-1925 (St. Francis Episcopal Church (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Grays Creek Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) Records, 1934-1971 Digital Public Library of America online

Grays Creek Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records (microform) 1934-1971 Archive Grid

Green Hill Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) Records, 1913-1988 Digital Public Library of America online

Green Hill Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records (microform) 1913-1988 Archive Grid

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records (microform) 1912-1988 Archive Grid

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records, 1912-1988 Digital Public Library of America online

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records, 1934-1977 Digital Public Library of America online

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records (microform) 1880-1973 Archive Grid

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records, 1880-1973 Digital Public Library of America online

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Rutherfordton, North Carolina : 140 years, 1852-1992 FamilySearch Library

Shiloh Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records (microform) 1871-1971 Archive Grid

Shiloh Baptist Church (Rutherfordton, N.C.) records, 1871-1971 Digital Public Library of America online

Spindale Church Records

Union Mills Church Records

Churches in Rutherford County in 1926

In 1926 the federal government took a Census of Religious Bodies. The 123 churches listed here reported from Rutherford County. For more information, see our article on Using the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies.

Avondale

Avondale – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference, Marion District. Pastor: M. W. Heckard

Bostic

Bostic Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: M. C. Carson

Bostic Chg – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N.C. Conference - Marion Dist. Pastor: J. E. Hipp

Mt. Lebanon Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Ass'n. Pastor: B. M. Hamrick

Sandy Level – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: J. A. Jones

The Bostic Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kings Mountain, Synod of North Carolina, N.C. Pastor: Ora C. Huston

Caroleen

Caroleen – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference. Pastor: J. P. Hornbuckle

Caroleen – Methodist Protestant Church, N. C. Conference. Pastor: L. S. Helms

Caroleen Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: R. N. Childress

Cliffside

Cliffside – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference, Marion District. Pastor: M. W. Heckard

Cliffside Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: Roscoe C. Smith

Cliffside Pres. Ch. – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kings Mountain. Pastor: R. W. Montgomery

Colfax

Concord – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: M. L. Buchanan

Mt. Olivet – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: D. J. Hunt

Ellenboro

Bethel – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: J. D. Harrill

Ellenboro Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kings Mountain, North Carolina Synod. Pastor: Ora Charles Huston

Philadelphia – Primitive Baptists, Bear Creek. Pastor: W. L. Edwards

Race Path Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: G. F. Abernathy

Robbins Grove Wesleyan Methodist – Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America, North Carolina. Pastor: H. P. Rich

Webbs Chapel – Negro Baptists, Gold Hill Baptist Association. Pastor: E. B. King

Forest City

Adaville – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: J. D. Bridges

Alexander – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Baptist Association. Pastor: C. C. Matheny

Alexander Mills – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Marion Dist. Pastor: T. C. Jordan

Doggetts Grove – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western North Carolina - Lincolnton District. Pastor: J. D. Jackson

First Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: W. A. Ayers

First Wesleyan Methodist – Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America, North Carolina. Pastor: H. P. Rich

Florence – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: C. C. Matheny

Forest City Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kings Mountain

Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, W.N.C. Conf. - Marion District. Pastor: M. F. Moore

Mt. Pleasant – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: M. L. Buchanan

New Bethel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: B. A. Crawford

Pleasant Grove – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference, Marion District. Pastor: J. B. Tabor Jr.

Wells Springs – Methodist Episcopal Church, North Carolina, Western Dist. Pastor: J. B. Meekins

Gilkey

Gilkey – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N.C. Conference - Marion District. Pastor: J. B. Tabor

Mt. Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association. Pastor: M. L. Buchanan

Oak Springs – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association. Pastor: E. P. White

Golden Valley

First Broad – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: W. M. Gold

Golden – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), North and South Carolina Conference. Pastor: J. K. West

Golden Valley – Methodist Episcopal Church, Blue Ridge District - Winston-Salem. Pastor: R. N. Snipes

Henrietta

Henrietta – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western North Carolina - Lincolnton District. Pastor: E. L. Goode

Henrietta – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference. Pastor: J. P. Hornbuckle

Young's Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western N. Carolina - Lincolnton District. Pastor: J. R. Lankford

High Shoals

Floyd's Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: W. B. Jenkins

Goodes Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: J. M. Hester

Providence – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference, Marion District, Broad River Chg. Pastor: R. P. Fikes

High Shoals twp

Hickory Grove – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: H. C. Culfreth

Hollis

Big Springs – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: D. G. Washburn

Duncans Creek – Presbyterian Church in the United States, N.C. Synod - Kings Mountain Pres. Pastor: R. T. Baker

Lawn

Fairview – Free Will Baptists, Bear Creek. Pastor: E. E. Beachboard

Logan Store

Sunshine – Methodist Episcopal Church, Blue Ridge District, Winston-Salem Dist. Pastor: R. N. Snipes

Logans Store

Cane Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: M. L. Wright

Mt. Harmony – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: B. M. Hamrick

Moores Borough

Mundy's Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, North Carolina, Western Dist. Pastor: J. B. Meekins

Mooresboro

High Shoals Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Baptist Association. Pastor: D. G. Washburn

Ruth

Southern Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Asso. Pastor: W. B. Jenkins

Rutherford

Thermal City / Union Mills – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Marion District - W.N.C. Conference. Pastor: J. B. Tabor

Rutherfordton

Brittain – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kings Mountain. Pastor: R. T. Baker

Chapel Hill – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: D. H. Vaughn

Gold Hill – Negro Baptists, Gold Hill association. Pastor: A. B. Roberts

Green Hill – Negro Baptists, Goodhill

Mountain View Baptist Church – Negro Baptists. Pastor: G. M. Fuller

New Salem & New Zion, 2 Churches – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Winston Salem District, N.C. Conference. Pastor: J. A. Norris

Piedmont – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association. Pastor: J. M. Hester

Rutherfordton First – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kings Mountain. Pastor: W. L. Latham

St. Francis – Protestant Episcopal Church, Western North Carolina. Pastor: Ralph E. Gentle

St. Gabriel's – Protestant Episcopal Church, Western North Carolina. Pastor: Ralph E. Gentle

St. John's Church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: W. A. Cooper

St. Paul – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: Carson, M. C.

Zion Grove – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: B. A. Crawford

Spindale

New Zion – Negro Baptists, Gold Hill Association. Pastor: G. M. Fuller

Spindale – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: G. H. Vaughn

Spindale Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: G. W. Davis

Spindale M. E. Church, South – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Marion Dist. Pastor: T. C. Jordan

Sulphur Springs

Holly Springs – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: M. A. Adams

Kistler's Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference, Marion District, Broad River Chg. Pastor: R. P. Fikes

River Side – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: H. C. Culbreth

Sulphur Springs – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: J. H. Smith

Tanner's Grove – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference, Marion District, Broad River Chg. Pastor: R. P. Fikes

Wesley's Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Marion District, Western North Carolina Conference, Broad River Chg. Pastor: R. P. Fikes

Tate

Logan Chapel – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: G. W. James

Pleasant Hill – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: J. W. James

Township Golden Vallie

Fairview Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandie Run Association. Pastor: J. S. Pyatt

Union

Mount Point – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: W. L. Hanes

Shiloh – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: D. W. Davis

Union Mills

Camp Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: J. H. Smith

Mount Pleasant Church – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem District, N.C. Conference. Pastor: F. M. Newton

Mt. Pleasant and Pine Ridge – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem District, N.C. Pastor: F. M. Newton

Round Hill – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association. Pastor: M. L. Lennon

Union Mills – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Blue Ridge Conference. Pastor: James, G. W.

Union Mills Presbyterian – Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kings Mountain Presbytery, Synod of N.C. Pastor: R. T. Baker

Uree

Bill's Creek – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: J. M. Brown

Mt. Nebo – Negro Baptists. Pastor: W. L. Johnson

Pleasant Grove – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Baptist Association. Pastor: A. A. Walker

Rock Creek – Negro Baptists, Gold Hill Association. Pastor: J. S. Laws

Rock Springs – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: J. M. Brown

Town not stated

Unnamed congregation – Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, N.C. Conference

Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, W.-N.C.

Bethlehem Bethany – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: J. D. Harrill

Bostic – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: J. D. Harrill

Broad River – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: G. P. Horn

Cane Creek Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: H. G. Liner

Centennial – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N.C. Conference, Marion District. Pastor: J. B. Tabor

Chimney Rock Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association. Pastor: E. P. White

Gilboa – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N.C. Conference - Marion Dist. Pastor: J. O. Ervin

Gray's Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Marion Dist. Pastor: Elmer Simpson

Green Hill – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association. Pastor: J. M. Brown

Green Street Baptist Church – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: W. B. Jenkins

Haynes Memorial – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: A. T. Stoudenmire

Henrietta Baptist – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: R. N. Childress

Hope Well – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Western North Carolina - Lincolnton District. Pastor: Jackson D. J.

Jerusalem – Negro Baptists. Pastor: Thomas Greer

Montfords Cove – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: E. P. White

Mountain View – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run Association. Pastor: J. D. Harrill

Mt. Hebron – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western N.C. Conference, Marion District. Pastor: J. B. Tabor

Mt. Vernon – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association

Pleasant Hill – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: M. M. Huntley

Ring Knob – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River Association. Pastor: W. R. White

Rutherfordton – Southern Baptist Convention, Green River. Pastor: M. A. Adams

Smith Grove – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: W. B. Craig

Spencer – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: M. M. Huntley

Spindale Church of the Brethren – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), North and South Carolina. Pastor: J. K. West

Union – Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Western North Carolina Conference - Marion Dist. Pastor: Elmer Simpson

Walls – Southern Baptist Convention, Sandy Run. Pastor: M. J. Buchanan

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