Churches and Cities Subseries, 1887-1997 and undated

Scope and content:

Primarily handwritten answers by ministers to questions about their churches, solicited by an unknown person in 1895. Also includes other resource material compiled by local historians, church history committees, ministers, or other parishioners in the twentieth century, especially copies and/or transcriptions of land indentures, other legal documents, correspondence, photographs; lists of tombstones in church cemeteries; unpublished church histories; and newspaper clippings. Churches with the most information include Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne Co. (1980); Duke Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Durham, Durham Co. (1932, 1986); and Hopewell United Methodist Church, Burnsville, Anson Co. (1874, 1991). There is also some information about churches with mixed-race congregations, particularly Front Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South and Grace Church, both in Wilmington, N.C., and what happened to those congregations at the close of the Civil War.

Processing information:

Processing Note: The dates for each church or city entry are the date of the historical sketch, not necessarily the dates of the information contained in the sketch. The geographical and Methodist Church information are current to the date of the sketch. Arranged alphabetically by church or city name. List entries include this information in this order: church or city name, city name (if known, for churches), county (if known), circuit/charge (if known), district (if known), and date of sketch.

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