Wadsworth Congregational Church Church
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Wadsworth Congregational Church Church

Whitsett, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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Wadsworth Congregational Church was founded in 1870, under the leadership of the late Reverend Lindsay, shortly after the Civil War, leaving the founding families emancipated to live and to worship freely.

​Reverend Lindsay was born in 1833 to slave parents in the community of Dennysville, N.C. At an early age, he became embittered by the injustices of slavery. He ran away from his master and fled to Canada. He eventually re-entered the U.S. and went to Cambridge, MA where he worked as a valet to the famous poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Reverend Lindsay made a trip to Europe with the poet. Recognizing Reverend Lindsay's potential as a leader, Mr. Longfellow assisted him in entering Oberlin College at Oberlin, OH - a progressive College during that era, being the first college in the United States to admit Negroes and women and worked hand-in-hand with the Underground Railroad.

​After graduation, Reverend Lindsay returned to the Dennysville, N.C. community. Mr. Longsfellow, as benefactor to Reverend Lindsay donated money to buy land and help build this church. The church and community were named Wadsworth after Mr. Longfellow's mother who was a staunch supporter as well.

​Our first place of worship was a brush arbor with a board nailed between two trees that served as a pulpit. Later a log cabin became the church which was soon replaced by the frame building that stands in the rear of the present church.
Church History
Wadsworth Congregational Church was founded in 1870, under the leadership of the late Reverend Lindsay, shortly after the Civil War, leaving the founding families emancipated to live and to worship freely.

​Reverend Lindsay was born in 1833 to slave parents in the community of Dennysville, N.C. At an early age, he became embittered by the injustices of slavery. He ran away from his master and fled to Canada. He eventually re-entered the U.S. and went to Cambridge, MA where he worked as a valet to the famous poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Reverend Lindsay made a trip to Europe with the poet. Recognizing Reverend Lindsay's potential as a leader, Mr. Longfellow assisted him in entering Oberlin College at Oberlin, OH - a progressive College during that era, being the first college in the United States to admit Negroes and women and worked hand-in-hand with the Underground Railroad.

​After graduation, Reverend Lindsay returned to the Dennysville, N.C. community. Mr. Longsfellow, as benefactor to Reverend Lindsay donated money to buy land and help build this church. The church and community were named Wadsworth after Mr. Longfellow's mother who was a staunch supporter as well.

​Our first place of worship was a brush arbor with a board nailed between two trees that served as a pulpit. Later a log cabin became the church which was soon replaced by the frame building that stands in the rear of the present church.

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  • Added: 11 Mar 2022
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