First Presbyterian Church

In 1896, the Bridge Association of White Plains, Crozerville, Bensonville and Careysburg was formed.

Named as officers were W.T. Hagans (president), R.A.M. Deputie (vice president), Sr., Benjamin Fagans (vice president), Cato A. Sims (vice president), James D. Carter (vice president), Edward Hunte (treasurer), G.S. Padmore (recording secretary), D.E. Howard (corresponding secretary), J.C. Johnson (manager), Jas. W. Cooper (manager), J.E. Port (manager), Jas B. Wright (manager) and Thomas W. Haynes (manager)].

In 1897, the First Presbyterian Church of Careysburg was formed. Founders included the Rev. R.A.M. Deputie, Sr., G.W.P. Wordsworth (elder), R.A.M. Deputie, Jr. (elder), Francis W.M. (elder), E.C. Deputie (deacon) and W.A. Wordsworth (deacon) (1897, p. 18). That same year, the national legislature granted one thousand acres of land to the First Presbyterian Church Careysburg, consisting of five hundred acres in the Gomooshoo district and five hundred in Glee.

Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1896, p. 3: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1897, p. 10.