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'This is the present church at New Durham. It was built about 1817. the foundation is as solid as that of the old church. The ledge showing in many places.' Free Will Baptists were one of the founders of Storer College.

1. Free Will Baptist Church, New Durham, N. H.

IDNO:
025761
Title:
Free Will Baptist Church, New Durham, N. H.
Description:
'This is the present church at New Durham. It was built about 1817. the foundation is as solid as that of the old church. The ledge showing in many places.' Free Will Baptists were one of the founders of Storer College.
A member and administrator of the Freewill Baptist congregation in New England, Curtis was one the founders of several mission schools established in the Shenandoah Valley to educated freed slaves and their children after the Civil War. Curtis was also instrumental in the founding of Storer College in Harpers Ferry.

2. Silas Curtis

IDNO:
027483
Title:
Silas Curtis
Date:
undated
Description:
A member and administrator of the Freewill Baptist congregation in New England, Curtis was one the founders of several mission schools established in the Shenandoah Valley to educated freed slaves and their children after the Civil War. Curtis was also instrumental in the founding of Storer College in Harpers Ferry.