Churchman [1]
Churchman [2]
"Churchman" was a term applied to those who were members or supporters of the Church of England [4], or Anglican Church. It was in use in England by 1677 and in North Carolina by 1711, when missionary John Urmston observed that there were a few churchmen serving in the Assembly. Differences between churchmen and dissenters [5] contributed to the Cary Rebellion [6], which erupted in 1711. With the end of the American Revolution [7] and the disestablishment of the Anglican Church, the term, as it had been understood, ceased to be meaningful.
Image Credit:
All Saints Anglican Church; Raleigh, NC. Image courtesy of All Saints website. Available from www.allsaintsraleigh.com [8](accessed June 5, 2012).
1 January 2006 | Powell, William S.