1865 to 1900
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection
1865 to 1900
Black-owned Businesses 1865-1900
Farming was by far the preferred way to gain financial stability for Blacks during the antebellum period. Only eight people prior ...
Shaw’s Creek African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church – Logan’s Chapel
Freed slaves started Henderson County’s oldest African-American congregation in 1865 in Horseshoe. Shaw’s Creek African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - ...
Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Freed slaves founded Mud Creek Baptist Church in 1868. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20190512/beyond-banks-little-mud-creek-church ...
St. Paul Tabernacle AME Zion Church
St. Paul AME Zion Church was founded in 1880, making it one of the oldest Black churches in Henderson County ...
Star of Bethel Baptist Church Article
Star of Bethel Church was founded in 1873. Membership has dwindled since its heyday in the 1950’s. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20190216/historic-black-church-looks-at-future-even-as-membership-shrinks ...
The Kingdom of the Happy Land
Throughout the history of Henderson County no other chapter is perhaps so intriguing and yet so veiled in mystery as the ...
Education in Henderson County From 1865 Until 1916
Although in theory Black schools were supposed to be equal to White schools, in reality they never received adequate funding ...
Education in Henderson County From 1865 Until 1916
There are very few records for the Henderson County schools relating to Blacks, but it appears that education for Blacks ...
Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church’s Struggle to Survive
The church’s dwindling membership has caused financial challenges. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-07-21-0207210176-story.html ...
