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Elder Henry Copney photograph

Title: Elder Henry Copney photograph
Description: Elder Henry Copney migrated from Mooresville, North Carolina. He attended church at Old Hollow Primitive Baptist Church with whites and became the first pastor of the church given to black parishioners. Elder Copney was pastor at Stateline Primitive Baptist Church between 1911 and 1913. He also pastored Locust Grove and Dry Hollar Primitive Baptist Churches. He was married to Eliza Jessup and died in 1941.
Subject: Surry County (N.C.); Mount Airy (N.C.); photograph; Old Hollow Primitive Baptist Church; Stateline Primitive Baptist Church; Primitive Baptist
Source: http://jjjoneshighschool.org
Publisher: http://jjjoneshighschool.org
Contributor: Helen Rawley Taylor
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Format: photograph
Type: still image
Identifier: Elder Henry Copney
Coverage: Mount Airy (N.C.)
Is Part Of: Elder Henry Copney; Mount Airy (N.C.); Old Hollow Primitive Baptist Church; Primitive Baptist; Stateline Primitive Baptist Church; Surry County (N.C.)