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1. Antebellum and Civil War · 1800–1865

2. 1851
   Statistic or record · Hillsboro Circuit, Orange County The Hillsboro Methodist Circuit reports twelve Sunday schools

   Methodist reports counted 12 schools on the circuit, with 54 officers and teachers and 415 pupils.

3. Early twentieth century · 1900–1944

4. November 1923
   Appointment, election or service · Hillsborough Methodist Church, Hillsborough S. F. Nicks begins the first of two pastorates on the Hillsborough Methodist charge

   Nicks, born in Orange County, served the five-church charge until 1927 and returned for 1940-1945. The book counts him among the charge's greatest pastors, liked across denominations.

5. Civil rights era · 1945–1975

6. October 1961
   Naming or commemoration · Hillsborough Methodist Church, Tryon Street, Hillsborough Hillsborough Methodist Church marks the 100th anniversary of its church building

   Pauline O. and Allen A. Lloyd wrote a history of the church for the occasion, put together in about ten months, and it was read at the observance.

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