Biography/History

Named more than 200 years ago for heroic Revolutionary War captain John Stokes, Stokes County, North Carolina, is an area rich in history, Southern charm, and natural beauty. Primarily an agricultural community, Stokes County's farming roots date back...

Founded in 1771 from parts of Rowan County, Surry County possesses a special charm and an engaging history in the northwest corner of the Tar Heel State - a heritage famous for rolling hills, autumn festivals, and the birthplace of "Mayberry," which...

European settlers came into the area now known as Walkertown as early as the 1750s. From 1850 through the early 20th century, the local economy was dependent on farming, lumber manufacturing, grain milling, and merchandising. Tobacco manufacturing began...

Nestled between Pilot Mountain and the Blue Ridge Mountains, Yadkin County, North Carolina, is a beautiful region inhabited by energetic, hardworkingAmericans, descendants of the pioneers who settled there over two hundred years ago. A rural setting that...

Isaac McCoy (1784-1846), the man who lived this book, was a missionary to the American Indians, but his three-decade struggle against countless obstacles to help keep the Indians alive left him little time for teaching religion. The establishment of an...

George Washington had Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson had Albert Gallatin. From internationally known tax expert and former Supreme Court law clerk Gregory May comes this long overdue biography of the remarkable immigrant who launched the fiscal...

God used Jonathan Edwards in a mighty way as a preacher of the gospel. As a result of his ministry, people were saved; Christians were edified, exhorted, and called to holy living; and the New England region of our nation was shaken for Christ through...

Iain Murray believes that Edwards cannot be understood apart from his faith. Only when seen first and foremost as a Christian do his life and writings make sense. The integrity of this interpretation is confirmed in this study as Edwards is allowed on...

From birth to death and the journey in between, this autobiography illustrates the faithfulness of Prophecy in the News founder J.R. Church and his life of service to the Lord and mission to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a dark world. Taken from...

SKU (ISBN): 9781609579883Author: Wigton, JamesBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Xulon PressPublished: 11/10

The story of Dr. John Gibson Paton (1824-1907), Scottish Presbyterian missionary to the South Pacific, is well-known. Paton settled on the island of Aniwa (1866-1881) with his second wife, Margaret (Maggie) Whitecross Paton. By the end of the...

In addition to pastoring churches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, David Jones also undertook one of the earliest Baptist missionary endeavors among the American Indians in 1772-1773. During the Revolutionary War and again in the Indian Wars of 1794-1796...