Gavel. At the first session of the Classis, May 21-24, 1931, the newly elected President, Rev. W. C. Lyerly, presented to the body, through the stated clerk, a gavel made of wood from the house owned and occupied by Elder Adam Roseman, Esq., at the time he was a delegate to the organization meeting one hundred years ago. Our president is a direct descendant, great grandson, of the Elder Roseman. Given to the Historical Society of the Southern Synod in November 1961 by Mrs. Lyerly.

North Carolina Classis of the The Potomac Synod: collection consists of four boxes containing: - Correspondence: General, 1831-1929; E&R Merger; Society for the Relief; Withdrawal of Classis from the Synod, 1854-1858 - Financial Records: Ledgers, 1911-1922; Treasurer's Reports - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1931-1981; News Clippings; Published; Unpublished - Minutes (original, photocopy & published), undated, 1831-1940 - Parochial Reports, undated, 1868-1939 (incomplete) - Pastors: Licensing, Dismissals, etc., 1840-1929 (includes: William B. Duttera; Lewis M. Kershner; George A. Leopold; Miller Case; Jonas Leidy Yearick; Albert H. Zechiel - Photographs - Programs & Activities: Church Workers' Convention Claremont Conference, 1911 Forward Movement Summer Missionary Conference: General; Minutes & Financial Records, 1918-1953 - Reports: Statistical, 1881-1924 (incomplete) - Committees: Executive & Special Meetings: Minutes, 1830-1937 Missionary & Benevolence - Auxiliary Organizations: Central District Ministerium: Minutes, 1919-1936 Eastern District Ministerium: Minutes, 1922-1931; Constitution Education Society

A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CLASSIS OF NORTH CAROLINA, by George William Welker with notes by Joseph L. Murphy, 1895.

EARLY GERMAN REFORMED SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, by George William Welker, no date.