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This article profiles Rev. Thomas Dixon Sr., a prominent 19th-century Baptist minister whose preaching and leadership helped found New Prospect Baptist Church near Buffalo Creek in 1854. It recounts his revival preaching style, ministerial influence across Cleveland County, and his role in establishing numerous churches during a 65-year ministry. The piece also provides biographical details about his family, including his famous children, his early life in South Carolina, migration to Arkansas during the Civil War, and his later years in Shelby.
Publication Date
7-9-1953
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
Thomas Dixon, Amanda McAfee Dixon, Thomas Dixon Jr., Amzi Clarence Dixon, Frank Murray Dixon, Leroy McAfee, William McAfee, Wade Hill, Joseph Suttle, Andrew Beam, Harlan Harris, Delia Dixon Carroll, Susannah Hambright Dixon, Addie May Dixon Thatcher, New Prospect Baptist Church, First Baptist Church Shelby, Broad River Baptist Association, Southern Baptist Convention, Shelby, Buffalo Creek
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "1953, July 9 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1953). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 56.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/56