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James Strayhorn

James Strayhorn, a son of New Hope church founder Gilbert Strayhorn, was ordained a ruling elder at New Hope about 1795. With James Hart, John Strain and John Freeland he made up the church's entire session when it was reorganized in April 1820.

Source: NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 35

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StorylineBridging Morgan Creek: McCauley’s and Merritt’s mills, 1793–18181793–1818 · 10 events · Where the road from Hillsborough to Fayetteville crossed Morgan Creek, the county court had to get a bridge sited, built and paid for, and the record shows how a county did public works through its court. The court fixed a site at Matthew McCauley's public mill in 1794 and named commissioners and inspectors, and after a nine to nine vote in 1797 it paid the builder, Tobias Rogers, 94 pounds in 1798. Henry Merritt later built a mill and a bridge, which the court made a toll bridge in 1811, and in 1818 it paid Merritt 195 dollars for a bridge across the creek.

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  1. James Strayhorn, John Strain and John Freeland become ruling elders at New Hope Three men were ordained and installed as elders about 1795, joining James Hart. The four made up the whole session when the church was reorganized in 1820. People: James Hart, James Strayhorn Place: New Hope · Also named: John Strain, John FreelandSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 35
  2. The court names men to inspect the new Morgan Creek bridge at McCauley's mill The court appointed John Strain, Alexander Strain and James Strayhorn to examine the bridge built over Morgan Creek at Matthew McCauley's mill, report whether it was built in a workmanlike way, and give their opinion of the value of the work at the next court. People: James Strayhorn Place: Morgan Creek at Matthew McCauley's mill · Also named: John Strain, Alexander Strain, Matthew McCauleySearch the index · Mark Chilton, transcription of the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions minutes: May Term 1796
  3. New Hope's elders sell seventeen acres of church land for repairs After what the deed calls mature deliberation, the elders and subscribers sold seventeen acres at the southwest corner of the church tract to Samuel Strayhorn to pay for church repairs. Seventy acres of Gilbert Strayhorn's gift remained. People: James Strayhorn, James Hart Place: New Hope · Also named: Samuel Strayhorn, Gilbert StrayhornSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 24
  4. New Hope church is reorganized under Shepherd K. Kollock On April 22, 1820, Kollock laid before the session Orange Presbytery's call for long-vacant churches to be reorganized; finding no roll of members and little discipline, the session resolved to reorganize the next day. On April 23 four elders and ten members publicly assented to the articles of faith and covenant. People: James Strayhorn, James Hart Place: New Hope · Also named: Shepherd K. KollockSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 27

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