Bethany Reformed Church (Winston-Salem, NC)
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
Subject
- Andrew, James David (1864-1949) (Person)
- Boger, George (1782-1865) (Person)
- Brinker, Albert Jan (1912-1990) (Person)
- Butler, Thornton (1820-1870) (Person)
- Carpenter, Huitt Rudisill (1907-1981) (Person)
- Causey, William Henry (1872-1943) (Person)
- Clapp, Carl Homer (1903-1981) (Person)
- Fesperman, Hoy Lee (1901-1960) (Person)
- Godfrey, Robert F. (1931-2009) (Person)
- Gurley, George Dickey (Dickie) (1847-1924) (Person)
- Koonts, Harvey Hill (1914-1993) (Person)
- Kreps, Carl Clayton (1932-2005) (Person)
- Leonard, Aldrich Odell (1899-1978) (Person)
- Leonard, Jacob Calvin (1867-1943) (Person)
- Levens, Joshua Leroy (1908-2003) (Person)
- Long, Philip Allison (1830-1891) (Person)
- Long, Thomas (1818-1898) (Person)
- Loretz, Andrew, Jr. (1761-1812) (Person)
- Marks, Earl Royer (1899-1957) (Person)
- McNairy, William Hopkins (1865-1941) (Person)
- Palmer, Jacob Alexander (1885-1970) (Person)
- Settlemyre, John William (1926-2013) (Person)
- Shepherd, Banks Deroy (1928-2015) (Person)
- Shuford, Julius H. (1849-1924) (Person)
- Sorber, William (1826-1878) (Person)
- Thurston, Robert Holt (1946-2024) (Person)
- Wagoner, Christopher Columbus (1884-1951) (Person)
- Whitley, James William (or. UCC 1981) (Person)
- Yarborough, Charles R. (or. UCC 1966) (Person)
- Schneider, Jacob (Person)
Geographic
- 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
555 W. James Street
Lancaster PA 17603 United States
717-290-8734
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