If you are south of Brevard, North Carolina, you can glimpse Carr’s Hill Baptist Church through the trees. The congregation began in 1882 as Dunn’s Rock Baptist Church, but they changed their name to honor the generosity of Carr Landreth, who donated the land to build the church in 1903.
The Transylvania County church is still active today, but services are held at a much newer church building. The church still owns and maintains the property.
Pisgah Forest is located northeast of Brevard, North Carolina, near the Davidson River. The Elizur and Ann Patton Federal-style home was built in 1846 in Transylvania County. The rear-ell was built in 1860 to accommodate the growing family. According to the 1860 census, there were seven children.
Patton owned over 600 acres and farmed on some of that land. According to the 1850 Slave Census, the Pattons enslaved one woman. The 1860 Slave Census contained one woman and one child. It is not known where they lived on the land.
