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S 1 Along The Way i ? By Emily Killatta r j Many times people of today never realize how much history is within our county. One way to become familiar with Duplin's history is to know a little about the organization of its churches. The history of Bear Marsh Baptist Church was published in the July 3, 1"MI issue Ot I HE UUKL1N I IMhi>. And, from that history Ouplin ?rfciiens read that Besr Marsh Church was established while the 13 colonies were still property of Grdat Britain! The history was prepared from records supplied THE DUPLIN TIMES by Bear Marsh Church clerk J.B. Williams in 1941, just prior to homecoming services that year. The following article is the history of Bear Marsh as published in the July 3. 1941 issue of THE DUPLIN TIMES. History of Old Bear Marsh Church In 1736, before the United States was and while the 13 colonics were Still the property of Great Britain, settlers in the northern part of what is now Duplin County were more interested in the welfare of their .souls and the spiritual well-being of their children than they were in the antics of King George HI of England. And, so Bear Marsh Church was established. Thirteen years before the Declara tion of Independence was written these hardy colonists declared their own right to worship God as they pleased, and under the leadership of John Nobles and Jeremiah Rhame, they set about to insure a religious atmosphere for their little commu nity, and, from their efforts has sprung several of the leading Baptist churches in eastern North Carolina. The first building was erected about one mile from where the present church now stands, on land that is now the property of Mrs. Charles A. Byrd. It was the only place of worship in many miles of the community until it burned down in 1790. Having determined to have a Church in their midst the families of the community were not long in deciding to build another building, and in 1794, the second church was built, this one being located just across the road from the present building It was in this building that the Eastern Association met for the first time with Bear Marsh, in the year 1834, and from which meeting several of the leading Baptist churches were formed. But once again the carelessness of some person cost the community their most prized possession when in 1850 the second church was de stroyed by fire. And, it was not until 1857 that the present church was built. Erected on the crest of a good sized hill, for this section of the country, the church is now sur rounded by age-old trees and a cemetery where many years the dead of the community have found their last earthly resting place. The work of building the present church wrs done by Kit James, Enoch and Ned Hines. all white, and Bill Allen, colored. As was the custom in those times when persons were working more than a mile or two from their home, they boarded wilh persons living near their work. In view of the fact that many of the persons living in the section were prosperous landowners and had negro slaves, a gallery was built in the church the last time for the use of the slaves. This was torn out in 1895 and the second story ceiled. From the time this building was completed until about 1900 some of the more prominent persons con nected with the church were J.R. Oliver. Ben Oliver. J.R. Walker, J.T. Albritton. D.B. Brown, J.E. Swirson and W.H. Brown, all of whom have descendants still worshiping at the church. Some of the outstanding pastors to serve Bear Marsh Church from 1800 until the present were the Rev. R.J. . Batman. Rev. T.G. Hood, Rev. C.M. Rock, Rev. J.T. Albritton, Rev. J.H. Booth. Rev. W.B. Rivenbark, Rev. J.M. Ducan. Rev. J.E. Lanier, Rev. ( W.R. Stephens and the present ( pastor Rev. Thomas N. Cooper. The Eastern Association has met ivith Bear Marsh six times since the Rrst meeting in 1834. The years of the meetings were 1834, 1841, 1850, 1858, 1867. 1912 and 1938. However, the church is planning to be the host to the association for this year's meeting. Looking back over the activity of the church, the records reveal in 1875 "that a great man of God, Dr. \.C. Dixon led a revival in our :hurch and 100 members were added to the church." Another outstanding work was done in the church under the pastorate of Rev. J.M. Ducan. ' who served the church from 1918 > until 1926. It was during this interim that a baptismal pool was built in the church and a Sunday 'school depart ment was added. R. Oucan is now pastor of the Baptist Church at Murfreesboro. Bear Marsh Church is the seventh oldest church in North Carolina, and the second oldest in the Eastern Association. It has at present a 1 membership of 400 in the church and J a Sunday School enrollment of 17S. "] Active organizations are the | Women's Missionary Union, the t Voung Women's Auxiliary, the Koy Embassadors and the Girl's Auxiliary and the Sunbeams all help to give the community a well, rounded religious life. Kenansville Jaycees ; I Sponsor Hot Dog Wagon | The Kenansville Jaycees will be laving a Hot Dog Wagon in the lackson's IGA parking lot on Fhursday, March 29. Hot dogs and *epsis will be served from 11 a.m. intil 7 p m. Proceeds from the project wtU Of used to support Jaycee projects in the Kenansville community. Please support the Jaycees in this project as they work to support the community. DUPLIN TIMES - PROGRESS SENTINEL Published Weekly by DUPLIN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Ike Riddick. Publisher P.O. 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