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Founded in 1792 McBride Church, east of South Mills in the Pearceville community of Camden County, is the \u201cmother church\u201d of Methodism in northeastern North Carolina.\u00a0 The Moseley map of 1733 shows a chapel on the site (Forke Chappel).\u00a0 The site originally hosted a chapel belonging to the Church of England (in time Episcopalian).\u00a0 After the Revolution the fortunes of that chapel, not unlike that of other Anglican houses of worship, declined.\u00a0 Bishop Thomas Coke preached at the church on a number of occasions and Bishop Francis Asbury preached on the site in 1788.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0The name Forke Chapel continued to be used until 1800 when the present name was adopted, presumably for Elisha McBride, one of the founders.\u00a0 Prominent families associated with the church include members of the Halstead, Pearce, Taylor, Sawyer, Abbott, Forehand, Gordon, Jones, McCoy, McPherson, Spence, Whitehurst, and Williams families.<\/p>\n
The 1792 deed transferred a half-acre from Jeremiah Sexton to Elisha McBride and Joshua Gambling on behalf of the Methodists worshippers.\u00a0 The document took note of the \u201cpurpose of finishing and keeping in repair a house of worship for the joint use of the Methodist Society and the Episcopal Church of America.\u201d\u00a0 The transfer terms called for Sexton and his heirs to receive \u201cone grain of Indian corn\u201d every year as payment.\u00a0 The present building was erected in 1837 and remodeled in 1882.<\/p>\n
References:
\nCamden County Deed Book F, page 79
\nWilliam L. Saunders, ed., The Colonial Records of North Carolina<\/i>
\nWalter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina<\/i>
\nGrady L. E. Carroll, ed., Francis Asbury in North Carolina:\u00a0 The North Carolina Portions of the Journal of Francis Asbury<\/i>, vols. I and II (1965)<\/p>\n
Location: US 17 Business and NC 343 at South Mills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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