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1. Reconstruction and the New South · 1866–1899

2. July 8, 1877
   Appointment, election or service · New Hope William C. Claytor, Nettleton G. Craig and Charles W. Johnston are ordained elders at New Hope

   Three elders were added to the session. Claytor was a son of the 1859 elder Samuel Claytor; Johnston's grandmother was Mary Cabe, a daughter of Gilbert Strayhorn.

3. May 16, 1889
   Law, policy or court · New Hope Orange Presbytery removes all six active elders of New Hope

   Member David A. Claytor had carried a petition, which most of the members signed, calling on the active elders to resign; three agreed and three refused. Meeting at the church, the presbytery heard the parties, dissolved all six elders' relation to the church and ordered a new election.

4. May 25, 1889
   Appointment, election or service · New Hope New Hope re-elects three of its removed elders

   With the Rev. F. H. Johnston presiding, the congregation chose Charles W. Johnston, John T. Hogan and William C. Claytor again, and they were reinstalled before a large congregation.

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