In 1867, the local Episcopal Christ Church was noted as having been “kept open regularly and supplied with religious services.” Christ Church operated two outreach missions, one at Careysburg and another as Bensonville.
By 1878, the Episcopal Church had established a local Parish School.
In 1893, a fifth regiment of the national arm was added, drawing from Clay-Ashland, Louisiana, Millsburg, Harrisburg, Arthington, Muhlenburg, White Plains, Robertsville, Crozerville, Bensonville and Careysburg.
Footnote: “Religious Services in Mesurado County, African Repository, Nov. 1867, p. 343.
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