Crescent Charge (Rowan Co., NC)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 733

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Crescent Charge collection consists of one box containing: CHARGE - Annual Reports, 1957 (includes Directory) - Financial Records, 1958-1976 - History - Pastors: Calls, 1966-1975; Reports, 1972-1975 - Committees: Joint Council Minutes, 1948-1976 LYERLY MEMORIAL (BETHANY REFORMED) CHURCH, ROCKWELL, NC - Annual Reports, 1958-1972 (incomplete) (includes Directories) - Bulletins - Congregational Meetings, 1956 - Constitutions - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1951-1991; News Clippings - Photographs - Committees: Building Committee ST. LUKE'S REFORMED CHURCH, SALISBURY, NC - Annual Reports, 1959-1972 (includes Directories) - Bulletins - Financial Records, 1957-1964 - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1971; News Clippings - Photographs - Reports: Statistical, 1960-1964 - Committees

Dates

Creation: 1871 - 2007

Biographical / Historical

The Crescent Charge consisted of Lyerly Memorial (Bethany Reformed) Church, Rockwell, NC and St. Luke's Reformed Church, Salisbury, NC. Both churches had been members of several other charges. This charge was formed in 1948 and dissolved in 1976. Pastors of Lyerly Memorial Church include: 1891-1908 J. M. Luther Lyerly (founder) 1908-1909 A. Samuel Peeler 1909-1912 Calvin B. Heller 1912-1918 John A. Koons 1919-1921 Samuel A. Troxell 1922-1929 Harvey A. M. Holshouser 1930-1939 Lee O Carbaugh 1939-1944 Aaron R. Tosh 1944-1945 Milton Whitener (supply) 1945-1948 Carl R. Flocken 1948-1975 SEE CHARGE PASTORS 1975-1977 David L. Jones 1977-1978 Marlin Schaeffer 1979-1979 Richard E. Kirk 1980-1987 Robert E. Myers 1987-1988 David W. Allred 1988-1991 Jeffrey J. Richards 1994-1995 Igor Tychkin 1995-2002 Conrad Cornelius 2002-2005 Tom Kruchkow 2005-???? Junior Gaither (interim)  Pastors of Crescent Charge include: 1948-1948 C. Columbus Wagoner (supply) 1949-1950 Milton Whitener (supply) 1950-1951 Huitt Carpenter (supply) 1950-1950 Robert Delp (student) 1951-1954 Carl T. Daye 1954-1954 Kenneth Hefley (student) 1954-1955 Lionel Whiston (supply) 1955-1956 Melvin T. Hamm 1957-1957 Carl Martin (supply) 1957-1967 Robert E. Myers 1967-1970 Edwin C. Nagel 1970-1971 Felix B. Peck (supply) 1971-1975 Jamie T. Fontville, Jr.  Pastors of St. Luke's Reformed Church include:  1871-1876 Peter M. Trexler 1876-1878 Jacob C. Clapp; John A. Foil (supply) 1878-1883 John Ingle 1883-1887 Robert F. Crooks 1887-1889 Calvin B. Heller (supply) 1889-1896 J. M. Luther Lyerly 1906-1908 Walter W. Rowe 1909-1912 J. Leidy Yearick 1912-1918 John A. Koons 1919-1921 Samuel A. Troxell 1922-1922 O. Bain Michael (student) 1922-1929 Harvey A. M. Holshouser 1930-1939 Lee O. Carbaugh 1939-1944 Aaron R. Tosh 1944-1948 Carl R. Flocken 1948-1975 SEE CHARGE PASTORS 1976-1988 Ingle D. Cook 1988-1990 Aubrey Hedrick (interim) 1990-1998 Carroll Bartholomew 1998-1999 Charles Sigler (interim) 1999-2000 Douglas McLemore 2000-2001 Charles Sigler (interim) 2001-???? Johnny Boggs

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Cemetery Records of St. Luke's Church found in "Cemetery Inscriptions Davidson (Old Rowan) County, North Carolina", by Reeves & Koch SEE ALSO: BX 9581.46 .D3 R43 1970 For: Information regarding Nazareth Children's Home SEE ALSO: Inst. RG 007