Record #:

14226

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Nonnulla, by Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire, is a rare book containing anecdotes about North Carolina and features a segment about how the state song was created during the early to mid-19th century.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 11, Aug 1948, p5, 18

Subject(s):

State songs--North Carolina; Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1814-1899

Record #:

21111

Author(s):

Foster, Gaines M.

Abstract:

This article examines the manifestation of the late 19th and early 20th century resurgence of racism and polarization of society as seen within the Protestant Episcopal Church via Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire Jr.'s active participation in the debate on the role of African Americans within Episcopal hierarchy.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1977, p49-65, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1814-1899; Episcopal Church--Race

Record #:

38291

Author(s):

Graff, Michael

Abstract:

Profiled are Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard, Tarboro; Old Burying Ground, Beaufort; St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Bath; Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington. Accompanying photos of cemeteries and tombstones was information such as brief church histories and cemeteries’ unique qualities. As for their tombstones, they are utilitarian and decorative, indicating aspects such as religious affiliation; economic status; relationship to other families in the cemetery; evidence or absence of kinship to the Coastal Plain region’s earliest settlers.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 10, Mar 2011, p56-75 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Calvary Episcopal Church (Tarboro); Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard (Tarboro) ; Old Burying Ground (Beaufort); St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Bath); Oakdale Cemetery (Wilmington); Calvary Episcopal Church (Tarboro)--All Saints' Chapel; Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1814-1899; Cemeteries--North Carolina, Eastern; Cemeteries--North Carolina, Coastal Plain; Tombstones; Gravestones; Taylor, Nathaniel; Taylor Creek (Beaufort); Water table--North Carolina; Family cemeteries--Bath ; Rural cemetery movement--Oakdale Cemetery--Wilmington; Wootten, Bradley Jewett, 1876-1901; Langdon, Richard F., 1828-1895; Murchinson, David Reid, 1837-1882; Rural cemeteries--North Carolina--Oakdale Cemetery; Civil War veterans--Wilmington--Oakdale Cemetery

Record #:

38894

Author(s):

Abstract:

Joseph Blount Cheshire, received his law license in 1836, but gave it up to become a minister. He was ordained a deacon in Christ Church, Raleigh, NC in 1840 and ordained as priest at St. James Church, Wilmington, NC in 1841. He established Trinity Church in Scotland Neck, NC; remaining rector for thirty-five years. In 1842, he also became rector of Calvary Church, Tarboro, NC, serving both churches. In 1861, Cheshire was involved in the printing of the only edition ever issued of the Prayer Book of the Confederate States.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 24 Issue No. 2, April 2015, p47-48 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1814-1899