Presbyterian Church History - GeneralPresbyterian Church
History
Compiled Information from the Collection of the
Martin-Wall History Room of the Davie County
Public Library
Mocksville, North Carolina
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V v'^^-BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS . .. j i ;. ;
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' OF THE PRESBYTERIAN AND REFORMED CHUI^HBS ^ ^MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA iibfUry
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n vi 'The Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churbhes
is located in the mountain valley of Montreal in Western North Carolina,
tW minutes from the nearest exit of Interstate 40, and easily acces
sible by road, rail, and air. The nearest scheduled air carrier service
is at Asheville Municipal Airport. Researchers and visitors in priyate
and company Aircraft will find Asheville Municipal Airport an all-weath|:
field With instrument approaches and full ground facilities, located . ^ z_
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about forty minutes by car from the Historical Foundation. / .
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6 "Holdings are housed in Spence Hall, a modem fireproof building 8|
pi great beauty, designed by the noted architect Alfred Morton Githens.|
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Originating in the last century as a project of a great Texas col
lector, the Historical Foundation became the official agency of the
Pi-esbyterian Church in the United States in 1927. Its charter is ,some
what more extensive than that of similar institutions both in the
United States and abroad: it is required to collect, preserve, and to
promote the use of materials from the study of thehistory of the Pros- .
byterian and Reformed Churches of the whole world. This embraces all
of the continents and the islands of the sea, and stretches in time
Xrom John Hus a century before Luther to astronaut Aldrin, a Presbyterian
elder who was second mah on the moon and who took the elements of sacra- :
iments to the moon with him and partook of them thefe.
The holdings are found in the Library, the Archives, and the.Museum,
each a major collection in its own right.
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y^yery-^full reference• library |of materials, 'standard..and otherwise|^ partic-' ' .•■;$;yyyyyy. •' •• ryy' ' •■■■. '"yyi .< ..vy''''/'.'-■. ;.C'y .yulariyyuseful to researchers ib tbis fieldr ;v . , ' y ^ y i -v
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% .the Archives the. visitor finds .the original records of Congregations,
y;."Sessions,. Presbyteries, .Synods,: and Assemblies, .tbe correspondence, of
'individuals and agencies of tbe Presbyterian and Reformed Cburcbes;
. ye^^ of photographs, pictures, and slides.'^:The 4,000- '
V volume manuscript History of Cburcbes and Women's Work of the Presbyterian ''
i;Church in the United States is unique;- and^ sc^rc^ of gr^ss^/; jy.
'.•Jropts bis tory;. in-'any. churchy y " yv' ''X'-y- y:
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t-'^associated with the history of Presbyterians> ^
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. . ; In addition to tbe usual sets of card indexes to book and periodical'
i ly -'y; •' • ■ . ■ '• ' ■ '. . . " ' .Q-'vhbl'dings, there is an exceptionally useful set of card indexes to bio- g
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yical Foundation often find that their best entry into their.subject;is. yy 'y12, .MV-'y' '■''W. •• -V- •, 'yH"'!-o !'through the names of men and women they know or ascertain to be coIl-^|, . v . '
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.' : the holdings include extensive microfilm material,':and the Founda-y ;i
tioii';has a supply of-equipment for making original microfilm and for
white copying, as well as for printing out, in white copy, material
that: is already on microfilm. ' ■ v
, ; Spence Hall is open from 8:30 in the morning to 4:30 in the/afternoon,
Monday through Friday, and from 8:30 to 1:00^ on Saturdays. During ,the
summer, the hours are 8:30 to 5:30, Monday through Saturday. Researchers ..
are encouraged to write or telephone in advance, as the staff are often . .
able to be of help before the researcher actually appears on the grounds.
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Because of the large volume of genealogical inquiry, our staff is,-^>j-, t • ■ ■ ' ' If.'!'urih^ie; at the present time to carry on genealogical investigations'for | :j -;
ethers.' However, as the official repository of the records of the' - §
Presbyterian Church in the United States and of the Associate Reformed.
Presbyterian Church, the Foundation is able to supply copies of baptisms^
records and similar material for those who need them in connection with j"'[ ■ ' ' . •' jj'.v -.I-'-:.'■ 5-,matters such as Social Security. : ^ T
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- DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1971
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ALLEGHANY
0.134
125 SURRY
51,415
707
ASHE
19,571
395
STOKES
23,782
385
WATAUGA
23,404
501
WILKES
49,524
580
YAOKIN
24,599
43
70RSYTH
214.348
4,830
CALDWEU
56.699
791
DAVIE
18.055
421
ALEXANDER
19,466
219 I IREDELL
72,197
3,733
DAVIDSON
95,627
1,135BURKE
60,364
1,392 CATAWBA
90,873
1,715
ROWAN
90,035
MCDOWELL
30,648
672
32,682
631
RUTHERFORD
47,337
POLK
11,735
300
CLEVELAND
72,556
1,211
GASTON
148,415
6,170
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NEW PRESBYTERY ONE — This Is the alignment which now forms Presbytery One, a merger of the formerConcord, Kings Mountain and Wlnston>Salem presbyteries of the Synod of North Carolina, Presbyterian Church, U.S. The realignment shows the 23 counties Involved In the new presbytery, tbe populatlop of fach and the Presbyterianmembership. In Mch. i ' ""
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Presbyteries To Merge
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Tlie commission on
realignment of presbyteries of
the Synod of North Carolina,
Presbyterian Church, U. S., has
reached a decision that theformer presby^ies of Ck>noord,
Kings Mountain and Vl^nston-
Salem be merged into one
presbytery.
The dttdsion for a. single
presbytery was announced
recenUy and will involve 23
counties in Piedmont and
Western North ^olina.synod in 'June approved
the action of a similar com
mission dividing the ninepresbyteries in the state into
six, with Kings Mountain,
Win8ton<-Salem and Concord.Presbyteries becomipg < one
unit.
Ihe recent decision followed a
second commission study in
whidh the commission was to
-review the region, with power todivide the presbytery into not
more than two bodies.The former, alignment in
cluded:Ouicprd Presbytery - hredell,
Rowan. Cabarrus, Alexander,
atawba, Rurke, Caldwell.
McDowell and Watauga
counties.
Kings Mountain Presbytery -
Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland,
Rutherford, and Polk Counties.
Wmston-Salem Presbytery -
Stokes, Forsyth Davidson,
Davie, Yadkin, Surry,
All^eny, Wilkes and Ashe
counties.Concord Presbytery . bad.headquarters in States^e to
serve its nine-county area.
Official location oi^eadquarters
to serve Presbytery One bas notbeen made,' \^th the decision
expected when the commission
meets in January of 1972. A date
and location on that meeting
has not been made.
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