1865 to 1900

1865 to 1900

Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Baker Barber Collection 1865 to 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

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