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Charles W. Johnston

Charles W. Johnston was a ruling elder of New Hope Presbyterian Church and a grandson of Mary Strayhorn Cabe, daughter of Gilbert Strayhorn, whose gift of land the church stood on. Ordained an elder on July 8, 1877, he was one of the six elders the Orange Presbytery removed in May 1889 after a congregational petition, and the congregation re-elected him nine days later.

Source: DigitalNC newspapers, June 12, 1880

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  1. 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. People: Charles W. JohnstonSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 37
  2. 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. People: John T. Hogan, Charles W. JohnstonSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 32
  3. 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. People: John T. Hogan, Charles W. JohnstonSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 32

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