For general information re itinerant preachers in pre-revolutionary
Carolinas, Charles Woodmason's contemporary journal (University of NC
Press, 1953) provides excellent background material.

Bill Young



On Fri, November 14, 2008 6:26 am, Phebe wrote:
> I have been asked by a church to help them write their 100 year history.
> In
> the early days the church had Itinerant Preachers.
>
> Would someone kindly point to where I could find additional source
> material on Itinerant Preachers.  I really know very little on this
> subject.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that in rural churches, members of the
> congregation took on the responsibility of preaching.  From my own
> research I have found that in the 1700's that Lewis Morgan (my husband's
> ancestor) was paid for being a "READER" in Pittsylvania County.  Did this
> money come from the county?
>
> Would Itinerant Preachers be limited to those of the Baptist faith?
>
>
> Phebe Morgan
> Sarasota, FL
>
>
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