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Primitive Baptist. Begun in 1776. First Pastor was John Page. Second building on site. Two miles S.

Baptist congregation formed about 1780. Primitive Baptist since 1830's. Church here was built in 1853.

Oldest Baptist church in N.C. Organized by Sept. 5, 1729, by Paul Palmer. The present chapel was erected here in 1849.

Baptist leader. In 1866 he organized first black Baptist association in N.C.; trustee, Shaw University. Grave 2 mi. SE.

Opened 1848 as Chowan Baptist Female Institute. Became four-year college, 1992. A university since 2006. Two blocks south.