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Alexander Craighead

radical Presbyterian minister

radical Presbyterian minister

In the record (2)

  1. 1758

    Alexander Craighead, a radical Presbyterian minister previously arrested in Virginia for preaching doctrines that 'smacked of treason,' was installed in November 1758 as pastor of Rocky River and Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Churches in Mecklenburg County, and from 1760 devoted himself full-time to Sugaw Creek.

    Rocky River Presbyterian ChurchGeorge AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. Alexander

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  2. 1760

    Alexander Craighead urged his Mecklenburg congregations to resist rather than cooperate with the provincial (royal) government, mixing Cameronian theology with overt political dissent against British authority; historians credit his preaching with helping shape the county's later reputation for revolutionary sentiment leading up to the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775.

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government CenterGeorge AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. Alexander

    Source · checked 2026-08-13