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.” …
The period from 1950 through 1965 brought change to Henderson County. The transition from the injustices of segregation to the equal rights guaranteed under the Constitution was a quiet, slow, and relatively smooth process. It did take courage to complete the process, but for the most part these …
The largest slave owners were South Carolinians who summered in Flat Rock. Most slave owners had just one or two slaves. http://hendersonheritage.com/slave-owners-1800-1820-1850-1860/
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Throughout the history of Henderson County no other chapter is perhaps so intriguing and yet so veiled in mystery as the efforts of a group of freed slaves to establish a cooperative Kingdom grounded on a philosophy of “one for all, and all for one.” It is …
After the church moved from Edwards Mountain to Salisbury Road in Edneyville, there was dispute over who owned the old cemetery at the original location. The church eventually won title, but not before the old grave markers were removed. https://hendersonheritage.com/stanford-chapel-ame-zion-church-and-cemetery/
By 1910, 46 Blacks owned at least 30 acres of land with three of these farmers owning 100 acres or more: M. R. Anderson of Mills River Township (230 acres), Martin Herrin (100 acres) and Washington Shipman (100 acres) both of the Hendersonville Township. To be a …
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
St. Paul AME Zion Church was founded in 1880, making it one of the oldest Black churches in Henderson County. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20040208/no-title
Freed slaves founded Mud Creek Baptist Church in 1868. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20190512/beyond-banks-little-mud-creek-church