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Galivants Ferry Historic District is a national historic district located at Galivants Ferry in Horry County, South Carolina. [2] It encompasses 28 contributing buildings that reflect the agricultural heritage of Galivants Ferry and of the larger Pee Dee region.
Bryant Wright is a Baptist pastor and author. He served as senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia from its founding in 1981 until 2019. [1] He also served as elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) from June 2010 to June 2012.
Leroy Sunderland Johnson (June 12, 1888 – November 25, 1986), known as Uncle Roy, [4] [5] was a leader of the Mormon fundamentalist group in Short Creek, which later evolved into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church), from the mid-1950s until his death.
Johnson Ferry was an important 19th-century ferry linking what is now Atlanta with much of north Georgia on the other side of the Chattahoochee River. The name Johnson is a corrupted version of the owner's name, which was really Johnston ; therefore the ferry was originally called the Johnston ferry (or Johnston's ferry ).
Johnson was ordained as an elder in the church on February 17, 1833, and as a high priest on June 4, 1833. On February 17, 1834, Johnson was appointed as one of the founding members of the church's first high council in Kirtland. [2] In 1835, Johnson's sons Luke and Lyman were selected as two of founding members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
William Adams "Wild Bill" Hickman (April 16, 1815 – August 21, 1883) was an American frontiersman. He also served as a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature and is most known for writing a public confession to committing several murders under orders from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Brigham Young.
Pursley's Ferry, also spelled Parsley, is located south of the mouth of the Musconetcong River. Starting sometime after 1742, the ferry went across the Delaware River to transport goods to and from the Durham Mill and Furnace in Pennsylvania. The Purcell/Brinks House was the tavern at the crossing managed by Thomas Pursell and later by Daniel ...
With his band The Prodigals, he writes and plays a style of music that melds Irish traditional and rock influences, and has produced and recorded nine albums with them, as well as a solo album, FlipSides (2008), with musicians ranging from John Doyle, former guitarist with Solas, to Tony Cedras, a multi-instrumentalist who has played in Paul ...