The formative period of religion in Guilford County
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Gary J. Tucker (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Blackwell Robinson
Abstract: The first settlers in Guilford County were the German, Scotch-Irish, and English Immigrants who came to the Piedmont of North Carolina in search of economic and religious freedom. These people represented the Lutheran, German Reformed, Quaker, Presbyterian, Baptist, and, at a later date, the Methodist denominations. The purpose of this paper is to examine the actions of the people in relation to their religious beliefs during the early period of settlement. The period of time in study ranges from the arrival of the first German settlers in the early 1700's to the climax of the Great Revival in North Carolina in 1805. During the intervening years, there were many problems which these people had to solve. Shortly after their arrival they were faced with economic and religious problems which culminated in the Regulator War. Soon after that conflict, there followed the American Revolutionary War, with its local and national problems. How the people and their religious denominations were affected by this struggle is examined in this thesis. It is also the intent of this paper to answer some similar questions: How did the people, in accordance with their religious beliefs, choose which side to support during the struggle? Why did some remain loyal while others supported the Whigs?
The formative period of religion in Guilford County
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- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 1970
- Subjects
- Protestant churches $z North Carolina
- Guilford County (N.C.) $x Church history
- North Carolina $x Religion