Elliott, Robert Woodward Barnwell, Report 1886

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Elliott, Robert Woodward Barnwell, Report 1886

Two copies of a typescript entitled comprise the Robert Woodward Barnwell Elliott Report, 1886, concerning the history and status of the Episcopal Church in West Texas. Domestic Missions: Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America - Western Texas

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Elliott, Robert Woodward Barnwell, 1840-1887

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Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Woodward Barnwell Elliott (1840-1887) was the son of Stephen Elliott and Charlotte Bull Barnwell. In 1861, Elliott graduated from South Carolina College and enlisted in the Confederate Army as an aide to General A. R. Lawton. Following the Civil War, he was ordained an Episcopal minister and served as rector at St. Philip’s Church in Atlanta, Georgia, until he was appointed the first missionary bishop of West Texas in 1874. During his tenure,...