1865 to 1900
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection 1865 to 1900
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1865-1900
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
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 in Henderson County had been going on in some form since the end of slavery. In the 1880’s and 1890’s Luella Montgomery was said to …
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. There are very few records for the Henderson County schools relating to Blacks, but it appears that education for Blacks in Henderson County had been …
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 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 …
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
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. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20040208/no-title
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
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 …
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 to 1900 were able to post financial gains in occupations other than farming. They were: stonemasons Jackson Shipman and Henry King; blacksmiths Samuel Williams and Hall …