1865 to 1900
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection 1865 to 1900
Author: Black Heritage Hendersonville
Cemeteries
Photo Credit: Old fieldstone headstone in African American section of Mill Creek Cemetery. Photo by Henderson County Black History Research Group Cemeteries
Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Association
A fourteen acre assembly ground with eleven buildings in East Flat Rock provided a training and social venue for members of African-American Missionary Baptist churches from Henderson, Buncombe and Transylvania counties. Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Association From a small acorn a mighty oak can grow.” …
Community Groups
Photo Credit: Henry Simmons, President of the Society of Necessity, Courtesy of Hortence Potts Community Groups
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 – Logan’s Chapel By 1865 the Christian faith had become an important part of life for many former slaves. Prior to emancipation, many Blacks attended worship …
