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Bethany Reformed Church (Winston-Salem, NC)

 Collection
Identifier: Church RG 132

Scope and Contents

The Bethany Reformed Church collection consists of one box containing: - Annual Reports, 1967-1988 (includes Directories) - Bulletins - Cemetery Records, compiled by Henry Reeves, 1960 - Church Records (copy & transcription): Baptisms, 1919-1942; Membership, 1853-1878; 1909-1942; Officers; Pastoral Register, 1909-1942 - Congregational Meetings: Minutes, 1902, 1934-1939 - Financial Records, 1911-1912 - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1951; News Clippings - Legal Records, 1904-1909 - Photographs

Dates

  • Creation: 1853 - 1988

Biographical / Historical

Pastors who have served this church include: 1789-1792 Jacob Schneider 1803-1812 Andrew Loretz; George Boger 1813-1847 VACANT 1848-1851 Thornton Butler 1853-1857 William Sorber 1858-1862 P. Allison Long 1862-1887 Thomas Long 1885-1886 G. Dickie Gurley (Assistant Pastor) 1887-1888 Julius H. Shufford 1889-1897 Jacob C. Leonard 1897-1903 H. A. M. Holshouser 1903-1907 William H. Causey 1907-1910 VACANT 1910-1911 William H. McNairy 1912-1918 Jacob A. Palmer 1918-1924 James D. Andrew 1925-1927 A. Odell Leonard (supply) 1927-1929 Hoy L. Fesperman 1929-1934 A. Odell Leonard (supply) Huitt R. Carpenter; Carl H. Clapp; Joshua L. Levens (summer student supplies) 1934-1937 Joshua L. Levens 1938-1947 C. Columbus Wagoner 1949-1953 John W. Settlemyre 1954-1955 Harvey H. Koonts, Jr. 1956-1956 Jacob A. Palmer (supply) 1956-1963 Carl C. Kreps 1963-1964 Robert Godfrey (supply) 1964-1967 Carl R. Martin 1967-1968 A. Odell Leonard (supply) 1968-1978 Albert J. Brinker 1978-1994 Banks D. Shepherd 1995-1997 Michael Wilburn 1997-1999 Charles Yarborough (interim) 1999-2001 Robert Thurston 2002-2003 Daniel Terry (interim) 2003-???? James Whitley

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For: Additional copy of Cemetery Records transcribed by Henry Reeves, 1959 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #177 For: Cemetery Records found in "Cemetery Inscriptions Davidson (Old Rowan) County, North Carolina", by Reeves & Koch SEE ALSO: BX 9581.46 .D3 R43 1970

Title
Bethany Reformed Church (Winston-Salem, NC)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository

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