Saint Matthews Lutheran Church, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina

Profile manager: Cynthia Denise Griffin [send private message]

The goal of this project is to, first and foremost, honor our roots and the great history of our church, cemetery and congregation over the many years since being founded.

Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Cynthia Denise Griffin.

Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.

• Entering information for those buried at our church cemetery into the WikiTree site;
• Attaching any publications or documents to the page citing the history of our church or members;
• Do you have old family photos of members of the congregation? Photos taken at church socials or homecomings? Photos that could timeline the growth and changes of our church over the many years? If so, please share them!

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!

The following information is taken from the document "The Eller Chronicles, Vol. XI:1, Sp Ed., February 1997.

1838 Church Record: St Matthew's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, North Carolina, confirming that early Ellers of Rowan County, North Carolina were Lutherans:

Rev. Benjamin Arey confirmed the following twenty-five people on March 3, 1838.

1. George Harkey
2. John M Eller
3. Charles Eller
4. Milas Kesler
5. Lessy Kesler
6. Lewis Frick
7. David Eller
8. Henry Wilheim
9. Michael Eller
10. George Eller
11. John Eller
12. Andrew Eller
13. Daniel Frick
14. Sophia File
15. Catherine File
16. Esther Stoner
17. Elizabeth Hoffner
18. Polly Eller
19. Peggy Hoffner
20. Leah Stoner
21. Sally Eller
22. Catherine Bruner
23. Catherine Eller
24. Clorah (Glory) Eller
25. Elizabeth Kesler

From: A Brief History of St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC. (This substantiates that most, probably all, of the earliest Ellers in Rowan County, NC were Lutherans.)

Saint Matthews Lutheran Church new Fellowship Hall photo taken 20 May 2018 Salisbury Rowan North Carolina Source CD Griffin-7743 family photo collection