Ministers Subseries, 1786-1996 and undated, bulk 1786-1889

Scope and content:

Contains handwritten biographical information supplied by individual ministers about their careers and activities in N.C., solicited by H. T. Hudson in 1879. Also includes sermon texts, correspondence, funeral service/memorial texts, and elder, deacon, and preacher's licenses. There are several documents--land deeds for churches and correspondence--written by or pertaining to Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke. William Wallace Bennett is also among the ministers represented in this subseries. Finally, there is also a handwritten statement (1864) by William Gwynn Cole regarding the response of the Methodist churches in the eastern shore of Va. to the splintering of the Methodist Episcopal church over slavery. For related material, see also the Non-N.C. Conference Series, Va. Conference Subseries, Conference-level records, Responses of eastern shore of Va. to church split, 1864-1866.

Processing information:

Processing Note: The dates listed for each minister are the dates 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 minister's name.

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