Manuscript Collection

Warrenette Duncan Sharp Collection - Accession 1574 M769 (826)

Warrenette Duncan Sharp Collection - Accession 1574 M769 (826)

Identifier

Accession 1574 - M769 (826)

Inclusive Dates

1976, 1978, 1981, 1982

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

4 bound volumes

Language

English;

Scope and Content Note

The Warrenette Duncan Sharp Collection includes four volumes of related to the history of Union County, Chester County and to Providence Baptist Church, Hopewell Baptist Church, and Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The collection includes a publication titled, Historic Sites Survey: Union County prepared by the Catawba Regional Planning Council in November 1976 whose purpose was “to describe historic sites in Union County” and “lists significant historic sites that can eventually be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.” The collection also contains “Minutes of Providence Baptist Church and Hopewell Baptist Church” which contains a note stating, “Records for most years from 1826-1876 now in possession of Miss Margaret Jordan, Richburg, South Carolina. The church building burned around 1926 and the cemetery is now unused. These records were copied from the original by Mrs. Jean C. Agee (1978).” Also included is, Hopewell A.R.P. Church: Chester County, SC 1787-1982 Published by the Chester Genealogical Society (1982) and History of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Chester County, SC Together with Biographical Sketches of Its Four Pastors by Rev. Robert Lathan (1879) republished by the Chester County Genealogical Society in 1981.

Provenance

The Warrenette Duncan Sharp Collection was donated to the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections by Mary Warrenette Duncan Sharp on November 8, 2016.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Warrenette Duncan Sharp Collection - Accession 1574 M769 (826)

LC Subject Headings

Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (Blackstock, S.C.)--History; Hopewell Baptist Church (Chester County, S.C.)--History; Historic sites--South Carolina--Union County; Church records and registers--South Carolina--Chester County; Chester County (S.C.)--History; Chester County (S.C.)--Genealogy; Union County (S.C.)--History

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