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The Benbow Family of the United Kingdom, and Selected Allied Families
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1515 Organ Church Road
Salisbury, North Carolina
The church is four miles south of Faith. It became known as Organ Church after 1774, when John Stirewalt, a member of the congregation, built an organ for it.
The present and oldest structure, called the Old Historic Church, dates from 1795 except for a higher roof and a steeple added between 1886-1894. A new church building was built 1958-1960.
Organ is sometimes called the Mother Church of Lutheranism in North Carolina. It is said to be the oldest Lutheran congregation in Rowan County.
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