MS – This Day in Presbyterian History

January 28: Leroy Jones Halsey

Leroy Jones Halsey [1812-1896] served First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS, 1843-1848 Biographical sketch [PTS Bio. Catalog (1933), pg. 103]— Born, Goochland County, Virginia, January 28, 1812. Educated at the University of…

archivist 28 January, 2022

July 29: First Presbyterian, Hazlehurst, MS (org. 1860)

Excerpts from "History of FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Hazlehurst, Mississippi" by John T. Armstrong, Jr. In 1832 evangelists organized a Presbyterian Church in Gallatin, a community located four miles west of what is now…

archivist 29 July, 2016

April 8: First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS

The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson was organized on a Saturday afternoon, April 8, 1837 by the Reverend Peter Donan and four persons: Mrs. Margaret E. Mayson, Mrs. Susan Patton,…

archivist 8 April, 2015

February 17: First Presbyterian, Gulfport, MS (org. 1899)

From the church's web site, at http://www.fpcgulfport.org/history The First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport, Mississippi, was organized on Friday, February 17, 1899, following a petition to the New Orleans Presbytery from eight…

archivist 17 February, 2015

January 11: WSC Q. 1

Last year we wrote of the founding of the Presbyterian Ministers Fund on this day, January 11, in 1718. Rather than cover that ground again, and lacking some other significant…

Wayne Sparkman 11 January, 2013