Evan Pugh papers, 1762-1801.

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Evan Pugh papers, 1762-1801.

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Include journals, theological notes, and tunebook. The journals contain references to daily habits, personal health, pastoral visits, preaching appointments, biblical texts used in sermons, and local weather observations. Includes references to the American Revolution and the ratification of the South Carolina constitution in 1790. People mentioned in the journals include Richard Furman (1755-1825), Oliver Hart, Francis Pelot, and Pugh's wife, Patty Magee Pugh. The journals also document Pugh's involvement with the Charleston Baptist Association and the following churches: Black Creek Baptist (Darlington County), Cashaway (Marlboro County), Ebenezer Baptist (Jeffreys Creek, Darlington County), and Welsh Neck Baptist (Society Hill, Marlboro County). The journals also record Pugh's farming activities. He planted flax, indigo, corn, and potatoes. He experimented with cultivating rice and was beginning to plant cotton at the end of the 18th century. He raised cattle, sheep, and hogs. There are also references to Pugh bleeding people who were sick. The tunebook, The Cashaway Psalmody, by Durham Hills, is a handwritten collection of selected Psalm tunes. Finding aid available.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337877

South Carolina Historical Society

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Ebenezer Baptist Church (Jeffreys Creek, S.C.)

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Hart, Oliver, 1723-1795

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Baptist minister, of Charleston, S.C. and Hopewell, N.J.; husband of Anne Hart; son of John Hart; brother of Joseph Hart. From the description of Oliver Hart papers, 1754-1795. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42404557 Baptist minister of Bucks County, Penn.; removed to Charleston, S.C., and became pastor of the [First] Baptist Church in 1750; during American Revolution, fled before arrival of the British Army in 1780, and accepted the pastorate of Hopewel...

Charleston Baptist Association (S.C.)

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Pelot, Francis, 1720-1774.

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Black Creek Baptist Church (Darlington County, S.C.)

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Hills, Durham.

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Cashaway Baptist Church (Marlboro County, S.C.)

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Pugh, Patty Magee, d. 1775.

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Furman, Richard, 1755-1825

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Baptist minister of Charleston, S.C., and Stateburg, S.C.; Doctorate of Divinity from Rhode Island College, 1799; member, S.C. General Assembly, 1790; founder, S.C. Baptist Convention, 1821; President of Religious Tract Society, Charleston, S.C.; founder of Claremount Academy, Statesburg, S.C.; son of Wood Furman (d. 1783) and Rachel Brodhead Furman; husband of Elizabeth Haynsworth Furman (d. 1787) and Dorothea Maria Burn Furman; father of Henry H. Furman, James Furman, Wood Furman, and at least...

Pugh, Evan, 1729-1802

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Baptist minister in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. From the description of Evan Pugh papers, 1762-1801. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141251 Baptist minister who preached in the Pee Dee Region of eastern South Carolina, chiefly in S.C. Districts of Cheraw, Chesterfield, and Darlington; born in Matachin, Pennsylvania; originally a Quaker, Pugh converted to the Baptist faith. From the description of Evan Pugh papers, 1778-180...

Welsh Neck Baptist Church, Society Hill, S.C.

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