Built 1839, near site of older church, begun about 1751. Graves of Cornelius Harnett and Thomas Godfrey.
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Est. 1802 to serve all local Methodists. After 1864 mother church for the A.M.E. Zion faith, it became St. Peter’s, 1879. Stood 1/10 mi. S.
Episcopal. Craven Parish created 1715. First Church erected 1750, this one in 1875. Communion service, given by George II, 1752, still in use. One block S.
Quaker center for more than 100 yrs. after 1733. Migration west was one cause of decline. Meeting house was 50 yards W.
Site of three successive Protestant congregations: Anglican until about 1758; Baptist until 1877; and Disciples of Christ since.
The first Roman Catholic church in North Carolina. Consecrated, 1829. Burned by Federal troops, 1864. Stood one block east.
Colonial Anglican congregation known as Skinners Chapel. Present church constructed 1850-1853. Now United Methodist.
Episcopal. Was originally Blount’s Chapel. Built nearby ca. 1774 by Rev. Nathaniel Blount, who served until his death, 1816. Moved here, 1939.
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.