Baptist; coeducational. Opened as Wake Forest College, 1834. Moved to Winston-Salem, 1956. University since 1967.
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Baptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979.
United States Senator, 1931-1946. A Baptist leader and editor of "The Biblical Recorder." Home was here.
Founded 1865 by Baptist missionary Henry Martin Tupper. Chartered 1875; named for benefactor Elijah Shaw of Mass.
Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880-1924. School closed 1925. Campus was 2 blocks S.
African American pastor Founder of many churches in region, including First Missionary Baptist, 1867. Moderator of KEMBA, a Missionary Baptist Assoc.
Statewide association of black Baptists organized, Oct. 18, 1867, at First African Baptist Church, then located 2/10 mi. W.
Two church-affiliated schools were once located in Ayden. Carolina Christian College, founded by Disciples of Christ and a predecessor of Barton College in Wilson, operated 4/10 mile northeast from 1893 to 1903. Free Will Baptists in 1896 founded Ayden Seminary 4/10 mile southeast. Later known as Eureka College, it closed in 1929. In 1951 the Free Will Baptists established Mount Olive College in Mount Olive.
Primitive Baptist leader & for 50 years editor of Zion's Landmark. Office & home was 1/2 blk. NE.
On March 26, 1830, the North Carolina Baptist State Convention was organized at the Gorham home which was near here.