Presbyterian Church, State Route 61, Newbern

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2?usealoosa Presbytery Previous Owner: It B Sate of Erection; Architect; Unknown* Builder; Tuscaloosa Presbytery. Present Qondition; dood. Number of Stories*. One. Materials of Construction; One story frame; front porch m with fese? columns; composition roof* three Other Existing Records: See: "PRSSBYTERXM WOMEN OF gBS SYffOD Off ALABAMA" . "Compiled . by, &Le thea T. sobbs # \ " : " HA05 ALA 33- New 3- ALA-288 Page 2. Additional Data: In November the Presbytery of South Carolina organized the Presbyterian hurch at Hewbern, - Alabama, In it was transferred to Tusealoosa Pres- bytery, (The present house of worship is the same that was originally built in four years after the organization of the church.

The roll of charter members shows the name of T, fe,, Ann, and Elizabeth Borden, William and Ezra ifrvin, Absalom and Sarah Hardin, Rebecca Hanna, and " - Martha Jenkins, On the oldest registers are fou&g the names of many slaves and the records show that'seats were regularly reserved for their attendance upon public worship, The church has never been able to support a full-time pastor, but it loyally ^carries onS and its women are - banded together in an active Auxiliary, Source of Material; Aleathea T. Cobhs, Mobile, Alabama. Compiled la-y; Catherine Floyd* Auburn, Alabama. 4PprQvedj $. Walter Burkhardt, A. P. I, Auburn, Alabama, Date;