The first annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) convened in 1789 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The third assembly, the one that John Woodhull was...
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Review, Process & Providence, Bradley J. Gundlach
According to Bradley J. Gundlach’s Process and Providence: The Evolution Question at Princeton, 1845-1929, the scientific and evolutionary differences in views between Charles Hodge of Princeton Seminary and...
West Virginia Presbyterians, Review, Two Books
The state of West Virginia was established in 1863 from the north-western portion of Virginia. It was the middle of the Civil War and a majority of Mountaineers believed they had more in common with the Union than the...
Francis Herron, 1774–1860
Francis was born on June 28, 1774, the son of David Herron and his wife whose name was possibly Mary. David was a ruling elder in the Middle Spring Church. The family lived about three miles northwest of the church on...
John Witherspoon, 1791-1853
John was born in 1791 at Pembroke across the Trent River from Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina, to David and Mary (Jones) Witherspoon. The infant’s parents and their ancestors may constitute a genealogy for the...
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Clover, SC
The Scots-Irish traveled down the Shenandoah Valley from Pennsylvania establishing settlements along the way and continued to distribute themselves into North Carolina and into South Carolina. They were Presbyterians...
