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Mamie Jones

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This article profiles two influential early Baptist ministers in the Cleveland and Rutherford County region—Rev. Drury Dobbins and Rev. James M. Webb. It describes their preaching ministries in the early 1800s, their association with Hardshell (Predestinarian) Baptist traditions, and their roles in establishing churches such as Shelby’s First Baptist Church. Anecdotes about Dobbins’ humility, personal life, and reputation illustrate frontier religious culture, while accounts of Webb’s powerful preaching highlight his regional influence.

Publication Date

1-19-1950

City

Shelby, NC

Keywords

Drury Dobbins, James Milton Webb, Livingstone Johnson, Edwin Yates Webb, George Milton Webb, William M. Miller, John R. Logan, Clarence Griffin, Hardshell Baptists, Predestinarian Baptists, First Baptist Church, Shelby, Broad River Baptist Association, Anti-Missionary Baptists, Missionary Baptists, Sandy Run Baptist Association, Sandy Run Baptist Church

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Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives

1950, January 19 - Cleveland County Early Days

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