Abstract of <title>Carolina landmark, 1762-1962 : bi-centennial, Southwest Church, Lenoir County, North Carolina Dees, Pamela Walker York, Maurice C. Worley, Jesse Images scanned by Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Text encoded by Gretchen Gueguen Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina 2010

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Abstract of Carolina landmark, 1762-1962 : bi-centennial, Southwest Church, Lenoir County, North Carolina Carolina landmark, 1762-1962 : bi-centennial, Southwest Church, Lenoir County, North Carolina Ware, Charles Crossfield, 1886- BX7331.S68 W37x 1962 1962

This historical pamphlet was produced for the bicentennial of the Southwest Church of Lenoir County, North Carolina. Originally a Baptist church, it affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the 1870s. The church remained active, and in 1962 had 226 members. Appended to the narrative is a list of ministers who served the church from 1763 to 1962

Author Biography

Charles Crossfield Ware (1 January 1886-1974) was born in Rowland, Kentucky, the son of Henry Nathan and Julia Ann Crossfield Ware. He was educated at Kentucky University College of the Bible. Ware was a minister in the United Disciples of Christ Church and served in a various pastorates around the United States. He edited the North Carolina Christian, and served as curator of the Carolina Discipliana Collection at Barton College. He wrote numerous monographs on the history of the Disciples of Christ.

Sources:

MacLean, William Jerry. Barton College: Our Century. Wilson, N.C.: Barton College, 2002. Powell, William S., ed. North Carolina Lives: The Tarheel Who's Who. Hopkinsville, Ky.: Historical Record Association, 1962.