Compiled in 1928, this book provides biographical information about preachers in the Piedmont region of the state – including Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford and Polk counties.

The book includes sketches for

• Rev. Robert Archibald
• Rev. Humphrey Hunter (1755-1827)
• Rev. Robert Hall Morrison (1798-1889)
• Rev. John Joseph Kennedy (1838-1912)
• Rev. Robert Zenus Johnston (1834-1908)
• Rev. Wm. E. McIlwaine
• Rev. Robert Newton Davis (1818-1871)
• Rev. James Davidson Hall (1806-1892)
• Rev. Edward Payson Davis
• Rev. R. P. Smith