Pilgrim (Leonard's) Reformed Church (Lexington, NC)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 127

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Pilgrim (Leonard's) Reformed Church collection consists of one box containing: - Bulletins - Cemetery Records, 1781-1959 (includes list of Revolutionary War Soldiers) For additional records: See also FF 015 - Church Records (transcriptions): Baptisms, 1757-1841, 1918-1926; Marriages, 1765-1788; Membership, 1843-1926 (Reformed), 1793 (Lutheran); Officers, 1927; Directories, 1957-1987 - Constitutions - Financial Records, 1961-1992 - History: General; Anniversary Celebrations, 1954-1972; News Clippings; Published - Legal Records: Deeds - Parochial Reports, 1895, 1921, 1929, 1953 - Photographs - Reports: Statistical, 1910-1956 - Committees: Building Committee, 1834, 1962-1970 - Auxiliary Organizations: Women's Guild; Youth Fellowship, 1956-1957 THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT ON ABBOTTS CREEK: A HISTORY OF PILGRIM REFORMED UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, ca. 1753 TO 1979", by Rev. J. Everette Neese, 1979. Signed by author. (Contains Cemetery Records to 1979) FIRST CHURCH - DAVIDSON COUNTY: A HISTORY OF PILGRIM EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST), LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 1757 TO 1957, edited by Frank W. Snider, 1957.

Dates

Creation: 1759 - 2007

Biographical / Historical

Pastors who have served this church include: 1759-1759 Christian Theus 1759-1764 James Martin 1764-1768 Richard Dupert 1768-1786 Samuel Suther 1787-1792 Jacob Schneider 1793-1798 Samuel Weyburg 1798-1803 Jacob Christman 1803-1812 George Boger; Andrew Loretz; William Weinel; H. B. Dieffenbach; Jacob Schell 1812-1827 J. S. Ebaugh; George Leidy; John Rudy 1828-1832 William Houck 1832-1838 W. C. Bennet 1838-1846 David Crooks 1846-1848 F. W. Blassman 1848-1851 Thornton Butler 1853-1856 William Sorber 1856-1857 Thornton Butler 1858-1864 P. A. Long 1864-1887 Thomas Long 1885-1886 G. Dickie Gurley (assistant) 1887-1888 J. H. Shuford 1889-1897 Jacob C. Leonard 1897-1903 H. A. M. Holshouser 1903-1907 William H. Causey 1907-1910 Will A. Long & John A. Ditzler (supplies) 1910-1911 William H. McNairy 1912-1918 Jacob A. Palmer 1918-1924 James D. Andrew 1925-1927 A. Odell Leonard (supply) 1925-1926 Charles E. Hiatt (student summer supply) 1927-1929 Hoy L. Fesperman 1929-1934 A. Odell Leonard (stated supply) 1919-1934 Huitt R. Carpenter; Carl H. Clapp; Joshua L. Levens (student summer supplies) 1934-1937 Joshua L. Levens 1938-1946 C. Columbus Wagoner 1947-1950 Carl T. Daye 1950-1951 Alfred Sandrock (supply) 1952-1956 Gerald R. Grubb 1956-1956 G. Melvin Palmer (supply) 1956-1961 Frank W. Snider 1961-1968 Robert F. Godfrey 1968-1968 Marlin T. Schaeffer (interim) 1968-1980 J. Everette Neese 1981-1995 Rosser L. Clapp 1996-2007 George A. Fidler

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Additional copy of Cemetery Records SEE ALSO: Microfilm #174 For: Cemetery Records found in "Cemetery Inscriptions Davidson (Old Rowan) County, North Carolina", by Reeves & Koch SEE ALSO: BX 9581.46 .D3 R43 1970 For: Legal Records (original & photocopies): Deeds, Landgrants SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #24 For: Photographs: Sketches (6) SEE ALSO: Locked Case #3 Item #24