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In the chronology
- William F. Thompson resigns as pastor of New Hope Thompson gave up the charge at a called meeting of Orange Presbytery at Cross Roads church and left the presbytery's bounds. In April 1802 the presbytery suspended him from the ministry for false charges he had made against it.
- William D. Paisley becomes pastor of the Hawfields and Cross Roads churches After serving the Union and Buffalo churches in Guilford County, Paisley took charge of the Hawfields and Cross Roads Presbyterian churches near present Mebane in 1801 and stayed until 1818. The Hawfields church historian credits him with organizing the first camp meeting in North Carolina there during the Great Revival.
Research sources
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Other catalogs, databases, and guides worth searching
- Orange County History Guide: Churches and Schools UNC Libraries Congregation and school histories
- Orange County History Guide: Genealogy UNC Libraries Family, cemetery and court records for the county
- Orange County NCGenWeb USGenWeb Project Volunteer transcriptions of county records
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Cross Roads Presbyterian Church NC LIVE Articles, e-books and newspapers across the state’s shared databases, already scoped to this site’s names and the county; sign in through your North Carolina library to read
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Local organizations that preserve the story and can help you go further
- Durham-Orange Genealogical Society Families and records
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request form The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
- Orange County Historical Museum Orange County history, objects, and interpretation
Additional research sources
Other sources to search and local organizations that can help.
- Places to visit: NC State Historic Preservation Office: Paisley-Rice Log House, National Register nomination (OR0015), p. 5 cited by an event here
- Read contemporary evidence: NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 22 cited by an event here
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