Old Bethesda, At the Head of Rockfish
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By Bion H. Butler
Introduction by James Boyd. This book describes the beginnings of one of the oldest churches in Moore County. After a brief history of the colonization of the area which involves the settling of our share of the one in twenty Scotsmen allowed to survive after Culloden and ending with a brief description of the county as it must have been in 1933. Butler describes the early church and its fathers. Copyrighted in 1933, the book is a must have for anyone interested in the beginnings of Presbyterianism as viewed from “Mount Helicon” ( Weymouth Heights). The text is sprinkled with Biblical references and historical side trips. Of interest to genealogists will be the accounts of founding fathers and early members. 288 pages.