The Semi-centennial of Mecklenburg Presbytery, 1869-1919, Part 1

Author: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Synod of North Carolina. Mecklenburg Presbytery
Publication date: 1919
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The Semi-centennial of Mecklenburg Presbytery,


The SEMI-CENTENNIAL of MECKLENBURG PRESBYTERY


1869-1919


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HELD IN STEELE CREEK CHURCH MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N. C. SEPTEMBER 17, 1919


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The Semi-Centennial OF Mecklenburg Presbytery


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HELD IN STEELE CREEK CHURCH MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N. C. SEPTEMBER 17th, 1919


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FOREWORD


The Presbytery of Mecklenburg is to be congratulated on its historian. Dr. McIlwain's connection with the Presby- tery began in 1873, forty-six years ago, just four years after its organization, so that he has observed its development during nearly the whole of its half century of growth and is doubtless more familiar with it than any living man. Not only so, but he has himself been one of the most potent fac- tors in the promotion of that development and indeed in all the forward work of our Synod, especially its phenomenal progress in Home Missions during the last forty years.


In 1881 the Synod met in Salisbury and that meeting marks an era in the history of the Presbyterian Church of North Carolina, for it was then and there that a paper was presented, signed by Wm. E. McIlwain and four other min- isters proposing the prosecution of Home Mission work throughout the state by "Synodical effort" as distinguished from the purely Presbyterial method which had been exclu- sively employed up to that time. After earnest debate, con- tinued at intervals for two or three days, this paper was adopted, and thus the great work of Synodical Home Mis- sions was born-the work to which we are indebted for the brightest chapters in all our history as an Evangelistic church. The plan not being satisfactorily worked out at first, Dr. McIlwain, who was chairman of the Committee of Home Missions in Mecklenburg Presbytery, secured the co-operation of the corresponding officers in the other Pres- byteries and called a convention at Goldsboro on the day before Synod met there in 1888 to consider the interest of Home Missions. The convention adopted a memorial to be presented to Synod next day, in answer to which the Synod inaugurated the fully organized work of Synodical Home


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Missions-the action which for the first time gave our church her true place as an Evangelistic agency in this state and which has resulted in a great ingathering of souls and a great expansion of the church's activities on every line.


The thing that deserves emphasis is that Dr. McIlwain, Mecklenburg's chairman of Home Missions at that time, was one of the prime movers in this epoch-making action, as indeed he was in almost every other forward movement of the church. At that same meeting of Synod, for instance, he introduced a resolution in answer to a memorial from the Presbyterian Lady Managers of the "Home and Hospital" in Charlotte, appointing a commission to establish the Or- phans' Home now at Barium Springs, one of the most im- portant steps taken by the Synod.


In every way he has been a leader and a creative worker of wide vision, of bold initiative, of sound judgment, of un- flagging zeal, and it was one of the chief felicities of the semi-centennial celebration that he was selected to tell the stirring story of those first fifty years. Happy the Presby- tery with such an historian! Happy the historian of such a Presbytery !


WALTER W. MOORE.


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Order Taken for the Celebration of the Semi-Centennial of the Presbytery at Mallard Creek Church, September 18, 1918


"Whereas, on October 16, 1919, the Presbytery of Meck- lenburg will have reached the fiftieth year of its history ;


"And whereas, such an occasion ought not to pass without due notice and proper celebration, therefore resolved,


"First, that a committee be appointed at this meeting of Presbytery to prepare a program and select speakers for the occasion, and submit a history of the Presbytery covering these fifty years.


"Second, that the Presbyteries of Asheville and Kings Mountain be invited to be well represented and take an active part with us in this celebration.


"Third, that this committee be instructed to so select and arrange its historical data that their reports could be easily printed in pamphlet form for general distribution in all our churches."


The following committee was appointed to arrange for the semi-centennial to be held at the Fall meeting of 1919: Rev. A. A. McGeachey, D.D., Chairman; Rev. Wm. E. McIl- wain, D.D., Rev. J. W. Orr, Rev. H. E. Gurney, D.D., with Elders F. S. Neal, Geo. E. Wilson and W. H. Belk.


At a called meeting held in the First Church, Charlotte, July 21st, 1919, the Committee on the Semi-Centennial made the following recommendations, which were adopted :


First. That the semi-centennial be held at Steele Creek Church, September 17, at eleven A. M., and that Rev. A. A. McGeachey, D. D., Chairman of the Committee, preside.


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Second. That Concord Presbytery be invited to take part in this celebration.


Third. That the Historical Address be delivered by the Rev. Wm. E. Mellwain, D.D.


Fourth. That addresses be delivered by representatives of Asheville, Kings Mountain and Concord Presbyteries.


Fifth. That a free conference be held by members of Presbytery and visitors from other Presbyteries.


The Presbytery met in Steele Creek Church September 16, 1919, in its one hundredth session, and was opened with a sermon by Rev. W. R. Coppedge, the retiring Moderator.


Rev. Wm. Black, D.D., was elected Moderator. It was evident from the first that this was to be a great meeting of Presbytery. Visitors began to arrive from both the Caro- linas and from more distant states. The following minis- ters were invited to sit as corresponding members and were introduced to the Presbytery: Rev. J. H. Morrison, D.D., Pine Bluff Presbytery; Rev. Geo. Summey, D.D., New Or- leans Presbytery ; Rev. W. P. McCorkle, D.D., Roanoke Pres- bytery ; Rev. W. W. Moore, D.D, West Hanover Presbytery ; Rev. John McEachern, Orange Presbytery ; Rev. A. W. Craw- ford, Fayetteville Presbytery ; Rev. S. L. Morris, D.D., Macon Presbytery ; Rev. R. S. Arrowood, Fayetteville Presbytery ; Rev. J. M. Grier, D.D., Rev. S. E. Cathey, Rev. L. L. Moore, Rev. E. D. Brown, Rev. W. T. Walker, Concord Presbytery ; Rev. R. F. Campbell, D.D., and Rev. R. P. Smith, D.D., Ashe- ville Presbytery ; Rev. J. B. Swann, Bethel Presbytery ; Rev. J. T. Dendy, Rev. G. A. Sparrow, Rev. J. C. Grier, Kings Mountain Presbytery ; Rev. Eugene Alexander, Fayetteville Presbytery; Rev. A. G. Buckner, D.D., Pee Dee Presbytery ; Rev. Wm. E. McIlwain, D.D., Florida Presbytery.


The hour having arrived for the semi-centennial exercises, the former order of Presbytery was carried out. The Rev. A. A. McGeachey presided, and introduced Rev. W. E. McIl- wain, who delivered the following address :


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The Semi-Centennial of the Presbytery of Mecklenburg, 1869-1919


My Brethren of the Presbytery of Mecklenburg :


In compliance with your request to deliver the historical address on this interesting occasion, I have selected for my theme "The History of the Presbytery of Mecklenburg from its Organization October 16th, 1869, to October 16th, 1919."


The organization of the Presbytery of Mecklenburg was effected October 16th, 1869, after favorable answer by the Synod of North Carolina to the following overture from the Presbytery of Concord: "The Presbytery of Concord, per- suaded that the work of the Lord would be more efficiently performed and at the same time much labor, time and ex- pense saved by a division of its territory, churches, minis- ters, and candidates, most respectfully overtures the vener- able Synod of North Carolina to set off from the territory of the Presbytery of Concord in order to form a new Presby- tery to be called the Presbytery of Mecklenburg, the follow- ing counties, viz: Anson, Union and such part of Mecklen- burg as lies South and West of a line beginning at Beattie's Ford on the Catawba river and running thence with the road to Concord town until said road meets the Cabarrus County line, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford, Buncome, Henderson, Transylvania, Madison, Haywood, Jackson, Clay, Macon, and Cherokee, with the following ministers: R. H. Morrison, D.D., Robert Burwell, J. E. Morrison, J. D. Hall, John Douglas, Nathan Shotwell, Walter W. Pharr, J. F. W. Freeman, Thos. E. Davis, R. N. Davis, J. C. Williams, Jacob Hood, A. W. Miller, D.D., G. D. Parks, J. S. Barr, R. Z. John- ston, R. B. Anderson, Wm. A. McDonald, H. H. Banks, J. J. Kennedy, W. N. Morrison. And churches as follows: Unity, Castanea Grove, Providence, Lebanon, Goshen, Steele Creek,


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lin, Davidson River, Mills River, Hendersonville, Rutherford- ton, Mallard Creek, Flat Creek, (Red Oak), Olney, Union, Lincolnton, Long Creek, Hopewell, Ebenezer (Morrison), Charlotte, Sugar Creek, Caldwell (Paw Creek), Sharon, Machpelah, Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Asheville, Swannanoa, Pleasant Hill, Little Brittain, Shelby, Sandy Plains, Frank- New Hope, Dallas, Wadesboro, Bethel, Hiawassee, Beulah. Also the following candidates for the ministry: C. N. Hutchinson, P. P. Maxwell, Chas. M. Douglas, George Sum- ney and James H. Morrison. The Presbytery of Mecklen- burg will then embrace 17 counties, 38 churches, 23 minis- ters and 5 candidates."


The report of the Synod's Committee on Bills and Over- tures touching the above overture from Concord Presbytery is as follows :


"The Committee unanimously recommend :


"1st. That the Synod of North Carolina do erect a new Presbytery out of a portion of the territory to be styled the Presbytery of Mecklenburg with the boundary, churches, ministers and candidates, in accordance with said overture.


"2nd. That the Presbytery of Mecklenburg be directed to meet for the first time in the parlor of Mrs. Robert Pearson in the town of Morgantown, N. C., this morning, October 16, 1869, at 11:30 A. M., and that Rev. R. H. Chapman, D.D., preside as Moderator."


This report was adopted and in accordance with the action of Synod, the ministers and ruling elders included in the ter- ritory set off from the Presbytery of Concord, with a view of being formed and constituted the Presbytery of Mecklen- burg, met in the parlor of Mrs. Robert Pearson in the town of Morgantown, Saturday, October 16th, 1869, at 11:30 A. M.


Rev. R. H. Chapman called the meeting to order and opened the session with prayer. The Moderator appointed Elder A. T. Summey, temporary Clerk. The roll was called and the following ministers and elders answered to their names: Ministers-W. W. Pharr, Robert Burwell, A. W.


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Miller, D.D., R. Z. Johnston, Wm. A. McDonald, J. F. W. Freeman, R. N. Davis, J. S. Barr, J. J. Kennedy, Nathan Shotwell, R. H. Chapman, D.D., W. N. Morrison, H. H. Banks, Wm. Graves, Jacob Hood, John Douglas. Ruling Elders-J. M. Earnhardt, Mallard Creek Church; A. G. Neel, Steele Creek; John R. Davidson, Hopewell; R. S. White, Philadelphia ; S. W. Craig, New Hope; A. T. Summey, Ashe- ville; Dr. E. Nye Hutchinson, Charlotte. The Presbytery being thus constituted, Dr. Chapman was elected Moderator, A. T. Summey, temporary Clerk, and Rev. R. Z. Johnston, stated Clerk, and Rev. R. N. Davis, Treasurer. A commit- tee consisting of Dr. A. W. Miller, Rev. H. H. Banks and Elder A. G. Neel was appointed to nominate the standing committees of the Presbytery. The new Presbytery then adjourned, to meet in its first regular session at Steele Creek Church April 21st, 1870, at 11:00 A. M. A strong Commit- tee of Home Missions was appointed, consisting of Rev. G. D. Parks, Rev. J. C. Williams, with Elder John Walker, of Sharon Church, J. M. Hutchinson, Sugar Creek Church, and J. L. Brown, Deacon in the Charlotte Church.


The first standing rule adopted by the new Presbytery was that the Presbytery would hold its Fall meetings in the mountain portion of its territory. The wisdom of such a rule will appear as this history unfolds. That you may form some idea how intent the new Presbytery was upon reaching its vast destitutions, the fact is recorded that at its very first regular meeting it appointed a committee consisting of Dr. Miller, Rev. John Douglas, and Rev. H. H. Banks to secure an evangelist for the Presbytery and to report promptly to the Presbytery. Christian education was not neglected by the Presbytery at this, its first meeting. The following Trustees of Davidson College were appointed: Dr. R. H. Morrison, Dr. A. W. Miller, Dr. E. Nye Hutchinson, J. M. Hutchinson, Gen. Rufus Barringer, Gen. D. H. Hill, Hon. Wm. M. Cocke, Rev. John Douglas, Rev. G. D. Parks, Rev. J. C. Williams, Dr. W. B. McLean and R. I. McDowell. The Presbytery having closed its sessions at Steele Creek Church, adjourned to meet in regular Fall session at Franklin


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Church, Macon county, in the heart of its mountain terri- tory.


Before entering fully upon the history of the Presbytery, let me briefly call attention to the very difficult task com- mitted to the new Presbytery. Its territory from East to West, from Anson county to the Georgia and Tennessee lines, embraced 19 counties of the state, and was more than 250 miles in length. Presbyterian destitution in much of this territory was discouraging. In six of these counties, Cleveland, Madison, Jackson, Cherokee, Graham and Swain, there was not a Presbyterian Church. In Union county one small country church, Bethlehem, with 44 members; in An- son county, one small country church, Lebanon, with 59 members; in Polk county one church, Sandy Plains, with 8 members; in Haywood county one church, Bethel, with 31 members; in Transylvania county one church, Davidson River, 41 members; in Clay county one church, Hiwassee, with 30 members. In these six counties, Anson, Union, Polk, Haywood, Transylvania and Clay, we had only 213 members of our church. In six other counties we had no churches at all. Therefore, in twelve entire counties of the state we had only six small country churches with an aggre- gate membership of 213. In other words, we have more members today in the Huntersville Church than we then had in twelve counties of our Presbytery, and three times as many members today in Steele Creek Church as we then had in twelve of our mission counties in 1869. Now let us turn from the consideration of this very difficult task con- fronting the Presbytery and inquire as to the resources at the command of the new Presbytery. There was only one church in Charlotte of 263 members, only one church in Asheville with 83 members, 60 pupils in the Sabbath School and paying less than $700.00 per year for pastor's salary and congregation expenses. There was no church in Wadesboro, Monroe, Matthews, Pineville, Huntersville, Shelby, Gastonia, Kings Mountain, Belmont, Lowell, Brevard or Waynesville.


The First Church, Charlotte, and Sugar Creek and Hope- well were the only churches in the Presbytery which sup-


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ported their ministers for the whole of his time. For the first year $2,753.00 was given for all departments of Home Missions and the First Church, Charlotte, gave over $2,- 000.00 of this amount. You will not forget that the organ- ization of the Presbytery was within four years of the close of the great Civil War and the horrors of the so-called "re- construction" were not yet passed. The poverty of many of our best people was not imaginary but profoundly real. Under war conditions the Synod of North Carolina, we are told, had practically made no progress in four years. Instead of progressing numerically she had actually lost 2,000 com- municants, and it goes without saying that this part of the state had borne its full share of suffering and loss. Were not the fathers who established this Presbytery real heroes of faith when, under the shadows of war, with twelve out of nineteen counties practically vacant, they bravely set themselves to evangelize their entire territory? Then as to means at their command, either the First or Second Church of Charlotte is giving today far more for all purposes than all the churches of that day.


To what extent has the Presbytery, in the face of great difficulties and poverty of resources, succeeded in evangeliz- ing its large territory ? Let me answer this question by saying :


Ist. There is not one of its original nineteen counties to- day without its Presbyterian Church.


2nd. The Presbytery of Concord transferred to the new Presbytery thirty-nine churches, five of these with ten mem- bers or less. Today, on the same territory, with Stanley county added from Concord Presbytery with one or two churches in 1879, and Richmond and Montgomery counties added from Fayetteville Presbytery in 1917 with fourteen churches, we have 146 churches against 39 in 1869.


3rd. The list of new churches organized since 1869 is a long list, and such their numerical strength and annual gifts


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that these alone would make a strong Presbytery. They were organized in the following order:


Paper Mill


Monroe Wadesboro


March 16th, 1873 September 26th, 1873 October 12th, 1873


Second Church, Charlotte Waynesville


November 18th, 1873 November 27th, 1873 December 20th, 1875


Pineville


Matthews


February 10th, 1877


Huntersville Bryson City


September 25th, 1881


Amity


June 17th, 1882


Gastonia


July 16th, 1882


Polkton


June 15th, 1883


Kings Mountain


April 5th, 1884


Williams Memorial


April 25th, 1885


Robinson


November 26th, 1887


Waxhaw


October 3rd, 1888


Mulberry


1888 June 8th, 1889


Tenth Avenue, Charlotte


March 2nd, 1890


Newell


November 15th, 1890


Belmont


November 15th, 1890


Waco


February 21st, 1891


Dillsboro


April, 1891


Ironton


March 29th, 1891


Weaverton


April 12th, 1891


Banks


May 27th, 1891


Brevard


October 9th, 1891


Stanley Creek


November 27th, 1891


Cooks Memorial


December 18th, 1892


Beulah


May 1st, 1892


Nantahala (Center)


September 24th, 1892


Beaver Dam (Marshville) Altan


April 13th, 1893 July 19th, 1893


Cherryville


September 10th, 1893


Forest City


November, 1893


Lattimore (Moresboro)


April 29th, 1894


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Lowell


November 2nd, 1878


Midway Columbus Salem Siler Mt. Holly Henrietta Carmel


Murphy Westminster, Charlotte Lebanon (Mecklenburg) Albemarle


Bessemer City New London Seversville (Charlotte) Littles (Camden) St. Paul's (Charlotte) Lilesville


Pegram Street (Charlotte)


Porters


Walkersville


Cornelius West Avenue (Charlotte) Groveton (Charlotte) Rehoboth


Bethany Indian Trail


Peachland


Knox (Charlotte)


North Charlotte Palestine Emmanuel


October 27th, 1913


McGee


Wilmore (Charlotte) Oakboro Unionville


Rocky River Stanfield


Aquadale


October 18th, 1894 April 9th, 1895 October 12th, 1895 October 2nd, 1895 September 1st, 1896 May 13th, 1896 May 13th, 1896 September 30th, 1896


November 28th, 1897 May 15th, 1898 March 18th, 1898 June 18th, 1899 November 19th, 1899 July 5th, 1903 November 12th, 1904


May 13th, 1906 October 9th, 1901 October 6th, 1907 November 2nd, 1908


November 10th, 1908 April 27th, 1909 August 16th, 1909


September 7th, 1909 September 24th, 1911


November 24th, 1912 February, 1913 July 21st, 1912 April 4th, 1912 June 2nd, 1912


August 1st, 1913 April 27th, 1913 January 10th, 1914 July 9th, 1914 August 23rd, 1915


September 21st, 1916


April 1st, 1917 May 6th, 1917


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Badin Midland Allen


March 18th, 1917 September 23rd, 1917 October 21st, 1917


Total, 77 new churches organized since 1869, not counting the new churches organized by Asheville and Kings Moun- tain Presbyteries. Some of the smallest of these churches have been disorganized. They are as follows: Paper Mill, Weaverton, Lebanon (in Mecklenburg), Groveton, Emman- uel, five churches with a combined membership of only about 125 members. Deducting these five dissolved churches we have 72 new churches remaining. These new churches alone, if brought together, would constitute a great Pres- bytery. That you may more fully appreciate this state- ment let me say they are served by 286 Elders, 310 Deacons, have 6,662 in Sabbath School and a communicant roll of 7,462. This Presbytery would be larger than many of our largest Presbyteries, larger than New Orleans with 4,792 communicants, or Louisville with 5,253 or Nashville with 5,- 850 or Memphis with 7,166 communicants. These new churches of Presbytery, not including the churches organ- ized by Asheville and Kings Mountain Presbyteries, gave last year for all purposes not less than $130,000.00.


The erection of suitable houses of worship for all these new churches demanded great labor and expense. The exact data as to the cost of each of these seventy-two new church buildings in city, town and country is not available, but when you include such buildings as Wadesboro, Monroe, Second Church, Charlotte, Tenth Avenue, Westminster, Knox Church, Charlotte; Belmont, First Church, Gastonia ; Waynesville, Brevard and others, the average cost would be at least $4,000.00 and the whole cost about $300,000.00. But whatever the cost, church homes must be provided regard- less of expense. Until this is done there is no guaranteed permanency. I call your attention to the fact that of these five new churches, finally dissolved, not one of them had a house of worship.


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I may surprise you by stating that so far as I know there was not a manse in the Presbytery in 1869. How do we ac- count for such a state of things? Previous to 1860 most of our ministers lived in the country, owning their own ser- vants and cultivating their own farms, and much prefrred to own their own homes. But with the new order of things after 1865 the manse became not only a great comfort to the pastor and his family, but a missionary necessity. There- fore, the fixed policy of the Presbytery has been to secure a manse for every church or group of churches. The result is that the following churches have manses: First Church, Charlotte, Second Church, Charlotte, Westminster, Knox, Pegram Street, Tenth Avenue, Sugar Creek, Mallard Creek, Steele Creek, Paw Creek, Central Steele Creek, Philadelphia, Matthews, Providence, Sharon, Pineville, Newell, Hunters- ville, Hopewell, Williams Memorial, Monroe, Waxhaw, Walk- ersville, Indian Trail, Unionville, Marshville, North Carolina, Hamlet, Norwood, Cornelius, Pageland, Mulberry, Bethel, Al- bemarle, Wadseboro, Mt. Gilead. In all there are thirty-six manses in the Presbytery, and if we add to these the number in Asheville and Kings Mountain, the greater part of these secured whilst they were part of Mecklenburg, we will have a total of fifty-seven manses against none in 1869. The ag- gregate value of these manses would be about $175,000.00.


The training of an adequate ministry-adequate in num- bers and efficiency-has ever been a great task of the Church of Christ. To this task our Lord gave a large part of His time and service on earth. The Presbytery of Meck- lenburg has not neglected this important duty. When first organized the following candidates were assigned her from Concord Presbytery : C. N. Hutchinson, P. P. Maxwell, Chas. M. Douglas, George Summey and J. H. Morrison. Messrs. Hutchinson and Maxwell, for sufficient reason, did not enter the ministry. Mr. C. M. Douglas died before completing his studies. Rev. Geo. Summey, D.D., and Rev. James H. Mor- rison, D.D., after long and valuable service in the church, remain with us to this day. The first candidate received was James Walter Query, of Steele Creek Church, December


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29th, 1870. The second candidate received was John Frank- lin Cannon, of Sharon Church, August 18th, 1871. The list of candidates, according to date of reception, is as follows :


1 W. B. Arrowood, Long Creek


October 11, 1872


A. G. Buckner, Red Oak Jacob Roberts, Red Oak


October 24, 1873


October 24, 1873


Geo. F. Robertson, Asheville Wm. E. McIlwain, Six Mile Creek E. P. Davis, Olney


April 24, 1873


April 17, 1874


Alfred J. Morrison, Castanea Grove Eliott Way, Savannah Presbytery


April 16, 1874


September 23, 1876


June 21, 1877


September 15, 1877


J. C. Oehler, Ramah May 2, 1879 Walter W. Moore, 1st Church, Charlotte May 2, 1879 Jesse W. Siler, Franklin


April 16, 1881


Chalmers Moore, Franklin


May 12, 1882


Wm. H. Neel, 2nd Church, Charlotte


May 4, 1883


M. A. Henderson, Castanea E. A. Sample. Hopewell Eugene L. Siler, Franklin


May 4, 1883


W. B. Justus, Hendersonville


November 9, 1883


R. L. Glenn, Gastonia


September 25, 1884 October 19, 1885


J. A. MeLaughlin, Wadesboro


August 28, 1885


S. W. Spencer, Morven


August 28, 1885


R. A. Torrance, Hopewell


September 30, 1886


H. M. Dixon, Mallard Creek


October, 1886


G. W. Belk, Monroe


September 22, 1886


J. B. Swann, Steele Creek


September 22, 1886


1880


April 12, 1888


July 25, 1888 August 9, 1888


J. S. Morrow, Rutherfordton W. J. Secrest, Waynesville I J. W. Moore, Hopewell Joseph H. Hall, Goshen R. W. Alexander, Pineville


September 22, 1886


R. L. McNair, Swannanoa


May 5, 1883


John H. Johnston, Paw Creek


May 4, 1883


J. H. Dixon, Mallard Creek J. L. Williams, Hopewell


October 24, 1873


2 R. S. Arrowood, Long Creek


April 18, 1874


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W. C. Underwood, New Hope J. H. Grey, Huntersville Luther H. Query, Mallard Creek John R. Wilson, 2nd, Charlotte Henry J. Rees, Waynesville E. Douglas Brown, Steele Creek W. M. Hunter, Huntersville R. Junius Hunter, Mallard Creek Joseph D. Taylor, (Col.) Asheville John H. Patterson, (Col.) Asheville John Yandle, Providence Luther A. Oates, 2nd, Charlotte M. C. Arrowood, Long Creek C. F. Hunter, Huntersville R. C. Morrison, Morven J. M. W. Elder, 1st, Charlotte W. O. Sample, Sharon D. F. Hunter, Sugar Creek




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