| Orange County Church Records |
| History of the Churches of Orange County Many names of founders/charter members and photos of churches) Historical Sketch of the New Hope Church ["A Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County" by David Irvin, pub. 1891] |
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| The file above of New Hope Church was contributed to the USGenWeb archives by Anna Herbertson. The following records were excerpted from this file. [They are just as they appear in the original work.] Ministers of New Hope Church, 1765 - 1890 Rev. Henry Pattillo, Organizer---1765 Rev. John DeBow-----1775 Rev. Jacob Lake-----1785 Rev. William F. Thompson-----1795 Rev. James H. Bowman-----1802 Rev. Robert H. Chapman-----1815 Rev. Elijah Graves-----1818 Rev. Shepherd K. Kollock-----1820 Rev. Elijah Graves-----1825 Rev. Daniel L. Russell, Evangelist-----1831 Rev. John S. MCutcheon, Evangelist-----1831 Rev. Philip Pearson, Evangelist-----1832 Rev. George W. Ferrill-----1833 Rev. James Phillips, D. d.-----1836 Rev. Thomas Lynch-----1866 Rev. Henry B. Pratt-----1868 Rev. Alexander Kirkland-----1869 Rev. Thomas U. Faucett-----1870 Rev. Calvin N. Morrow-----1873 Rev. James L. Currie-----1874 Rev. Pleasant H. Dalton-----1874 Rev. James L. Currie-----1187 Rev. James E. Fogarite-----1890 Elders of New Hope Church and the Time of their Ordination Gilbert Strayhorn-----about 1765 John Craig-----about 1765 John Mitchel-----about 1765 Robert Baker-----about 1765 Mr. ___ Gill-----about 1765 Alexander Strain-----about 1765 James Hart-----about 1765 The above named persons were the elders through the first thirty years of the church's existence. James Strayhorn-----1795 John Strain-----1795 John Freeland-----1795 Alexander Gattis-----1820 Samuel Faucett-----1820 Gilbert Strayhorn-----1820 William Brown-----1832 Alexander Strain-----1832 Samuel Hart-----1832 David Hart-----1832 Allen Petty-----1832 John R. Faucett-----183 George A. Faucett-----1840 David Craig-----1840 William C. Blackwood-----1840 Joseph Kirkland-----1840 Samuel C. Claytor-----1859 Alexander Dickson-----1859 William S. Kirkland-----1859 Bryant Strayhorn-----1859 George R. Long-----1859 John T. Hogan-----1871 Samuel D. Blackwood-----1871 William C. Claytor-----1877 Nettleton G. Craig-----1877 Charles W. Johnston-----1877 Samuel Kirkland-----1879 Leroy Craig-----1879 The New Graveyard The old graveyard near the site of the first church was badly located, the ground being too low and forming almost a basin, and in the winter season it was almost impossibly to bury the dead in a dry tomb. Great dissatisfaction existed in the minds of many persons as they saw their loved ones thus laid away. It was in December, 1859, when a little infant brother of mine was buried there under just such circumstances. My father, James Newton Craig, was greatly troubled and dissatisfied and determined that he would remove the remains at some future day. It was never done, however, until he died February 11, 1879, when the remains were transferred to the new graveyard and deposited by his side. But, when he had a second child to die, he determined to seek a new and dry place where he might lay its body. And accordingly, in company with tuling elder David Craig, he selected a spot in the present graveyard, where his little son, Vernon, nine months old, was buried the 1st day of January, 1869. This was the first grave, and the origin of the present burying ground at New Hope church where scores have since been buried. It is a dry and beautiful location, looking to the sunrise, and a little south of east from the church, and will no doubt receive the mortal remains of generations to come. New Hope Soldiers in the War between the States - Death Roll The following persons lived within the bounds of New Hope congregation, and gave their lives to the "Lost Cause." Samuel A. Craig William H. Craig Joseph A. Craig Thomas J. Strayhorn George Strayhorn Samuel Strayhorn William H. Strayhorn Egbert Strayhorn Greene Strayhorn Wiley Strayhorn Archibald Strayhorn John Kirkland Alexander Baldwin Jackson Borland William Borland Wilton B. Robson Orin A. Watson Bartlett Bishop William J. Long William G. Latta Jordan Williams Henry Gilliam Wisely Barton Maurice Sharp William Crabtree Leonard Crabtree Munroe Crabtree William Rhodes John Neal Thomas Sykes Kern Sykes John Howard William Thompson Monroe Thompson Samuel Thompson |