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Henry Pattillo

Henry Pattillo moved to Orange County in 1765 as pastor of the Hawfields, Eno and Little River Presbyterian churches, served them for nine years, and kept a classical school for men in his home. In 1775 he sat in the Third Provincial Congress at Hillsborough as a delegate from Bute County and was appointed its chaplain.

Source: NCpedia: Pattillo, Henry (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)

1726–1801 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Church in the Old Fields: Hawfields Presbyterian Church and Community in North Carolina

Turner, Herbert Snipes · 1962

Herbert Snipes Turner's history of Hawfields Presbyterian Church and its community from 1738 to 1960. Hawfields lies in what is now Alamance County, land that was part of Orange County until 1849, and the book gives a place to Henry Pattillo, the congregation's eighteenth-century minister. Published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1962, 297 pages with illustrations.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Pattillo, Henry, 1726-1801.

Reviewed in The Journal of Southern History (1963).

Apr.-May, 1782 Jt. Select Comm., Reports and Papers (petitions, messages, etc.) April. 17-27

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

Joint select committee reports and papers of the 1782 General Assembly at Hillsborough, covering 16 to 27 April. They answer the governor's messages and resolves of the Continental Congress and take up a petition from Wilmington inhabitants. Names include Alexander Martin, Abner Nash, Henry Pattillo, William Sharpe and John Springer; Quakers, slavery, soldiers' wages and the Continental Navy also appear. 116 pages.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Pattillo, Henry, 1726-1801.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 285.175 TUR Church in the Old Fields: Hawfields Presbyterian Church and Community in North Carolina Turner, Herbert S. · 1962

    Herbert Snipes Turner's history of Hawfields Presbyterian Church and its community from 1738 to 1960. Hawfields lies in what is now Alamance County, land that was part of Orange County until 1849, and the book gives a place to Henry Pattillo, the congregation's eighteenth-century minister. Published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1962, 297 pages with illustrations.

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  1. Presbyterians found Hawfields Church Hawfields Presbyterian Church was founded in the part of Orange County that is now eastern Alamance. Henry Pattillo later served as its pastor. People: Henry PattilloSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 294
  2. Little River Presbyterian Church is organized Hugh McAden led the organization of Little River Presbyterian Church, with Henry Pattillo as its first pastor. People: Henry PattilloLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 295
  3. Henry Pattillo becomes pastor of the Hawfields, Eno and Little River churches Henry Pattillo moved to Orange County as pastor of the Hawfields, Eno and Little River Presbyterian churches and served them for nine years, becoming known as "Father Pattillo." He was the first regularly installed minister at Eno.Search the index · NCpedia: Pattillo, Henry (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
  4. Henry Pattillo keeps a classical school in his Orange County home While pastor of the Hawfields, Eno and Little River churches, Pattillo began a classical school for men in his home.Search the index · NCpedia: Pattillo, Henry (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
  5. Presbyterian ministers, among them Henry Pattillo of Orange, write against the Regulation While Tryon toured Rowan and Mecklenburg to raise troops, Presbyterian ministers Hugh McAden, James Creswell, Henry Pattillo and David Caldwell sent him a letter of loyalty condemning the Regulators, and the pastors also wrote to the colony's Presbyterians telling them to keep out of the movement. The letter was read to the Rowan militia and helped raise volunteers for the march on Hillsborough. People: Henry Pattillo, David Caldwell, William TryonInternet Archive: Bassett, The Regulators of North Carolina (1765-1771) (1896), p. 176
  6. Henry Pattillo preaches to Tryon's troops at Hillsborough While the militia were quartered in Hillsborough, the Presbyterian minister Henry Pattillo preached to them and was publicly thanked. The German minister Suther was ordered to preach to the German troops as well.Search the index · Internet Archive: Bassett, The Regulators of North Carolina (1765-1771) (1896), p. 180
  7. Orange Presbytery forms as North Carolina's first presbytery The pastors of the early Orange County Presbyterian churches and other ministers formed Orange Presbytery, the first presbytery in North Carolina. People: Henry Pattillo, David CaldwellSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 294
  8. Henry Pattillo leaves the Hawfields and Eno churches Pattillo, who came to the Hawfields and Eno churches in 1765, left in 1774. The New Hope families still belonged to the Hawfields then, and Craig believed Pattillo had organized New Hope church in its first meetinghouse.Search the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 20
  9. Henry Pattillo is asked to read morning prayers to the Provincial Congress The congress at Hillsborough asked the Rev. Henry Pattillo, a delegate from Bute County, to read prayers to it every morning, and Charles Edward Taylor every evening.Search the index · Documenting the American South, Colonial and State Records: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20-September 10, 1775
  10. Provincial Congress at Hillsborough names a committee to confer with inhabitants who had scruples about the American cause The congress sitting at Hillsborough appointed thirteen of its members, among them Memucan Hunt of Granville County, to confer with inhabitants of the province who held religious or political scruples. They were directed to use argument and persuasion to bring those inhabitants into support of the American cause. People: Thomas Burke, Richard Caswell, John Penn, Thomas Person, Henry PattilloSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, August 20 to September 10, 1775

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