Presbyterian Church for Colored People (Hillsborough)

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1. about 1878 Hillsborough's Black Presbyterians build their church on Orange Street The congregation built its church about 1878 with some help from white residents. Leading families were the Ellisons, Boldens, Morrows, Richmonds and Webbs; Bill Bolden played the organ and a Rev. White was pastor. Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 155
2. about 1928 Hillsborough's Black Presbyterian church closes The small congregation had never been strong in numbers or money, and as its older members died there were too few younger ones to carry on. It closed about 1928. Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 155
3. about 1942 James Collins buys the closed Black Presbyterian church and its lot About fourteen years after the congregation disbanded, James Collins bought the church building and land on Orange Street. Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 155

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