The Wilson Daily Times posted this list of “colored” churches in Wilson and Wilson County in August 1946. It’s a long roster, but incomplete. Notable omissions — all still meeting in 2019 — include London Primitive Baptist Church, Ellis Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, William Chapel Baptist Church, Rocky Branch United Church of Christ, Jerusalem Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Mary Grove Missionary Baptist Church, New Vester Missionary Baptist Church, Oaky Grove Primitive Baptist Church, and the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Saint Delight Missionary Baptist near Walstonsburg, which is actually in Greene County, is listed, but not Saint Delight Original Free Will Baptist, just north of Kenly. These churches are now defunct, but were certainly active during the 1940s: Friendship Baptist, Pilgrim Rest Primitive Baptist, and Little Union Primitive Baptist.
Churches marked * remain active today.
- Ebenezer Baptist Church,* Rev. Charles T. Jones
- Brown’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church,* Rev. E.M. Rogers
- Wilson Chapel Free Will Baptist Church,* Rev. L.E. Rasbury [Rasberry]
- Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church,* Rev. Eddie H. Cox
- Barnes’ Chapel,* Rev. E.D. Joyner
- First Calvary Missionary Baptist Church,* Rev. L.E. Powell
- The Church of God, Elder E.D. Swain
- Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church,* Rev. Robert J. Johnson, lay reader John H. Clark
- Saint Rose Disciples Church,* Rev. E.F. Johnson
- Flat Rock Disciples Church,* Elder D.C. Artis
- Baptist Church, Rev. Battle, Rev. William E. Willoughby
- Johnson Chapel,* Bishop J. Hargrove
- Mount Calvary Holy Church, Bishop B. Johnson, Evangelist Marie Donnell
- Good Hope Chapel, Rev. Frank F. Battle
- Mount Zion Free Will Baptist Church,* Rev. George W. Little
- Mount Calvary Holiness Church No. 2, Rev. W.M. Mercer
- Mount Zion Holy Church, Bishop G.J. Branch, assistant Rev. W. McLandon
- Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church, Rev. William F.F. Murray, assistants Rev. Thomas Gilhody and Rev. John Anderson
- Saint John A.M.E. Zion Church,* Rev. William A. Hilliard
- Gospel Tabernacle Holiness Church, Rev. Bettie V. Lofton
- Rountree Missionary Baptist Church,* Rev. H. Hoskin
- Clifton Chapel [Disciples of Christ],* Elder F.W. Williams [actually in Spring Hope, Nash County]
- Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church,* Rev. John A. Everett
- The [Jackson Chapel] First Baptist Church, Rev. Fred M. Davis Sr.
- Holy Temple Church,* Rev. W.H. Holliday
- Calvary Holiness Church,* Rev. William McLandon
- Calvary Presbyterian Church,* Rev. Obra J. Hawkins
- Saint Luke A.M.E. Church,* Rev. P.J. McIntyre
- Bethlehem Holiness Church of God, Elder Jesse Herring
Wilson Daily Times, 16 August 1946.
- Saint Mark’s Church, Rev. F.W. Williams
- Saint Mary’s Church, Rev. F.W. Williams
- Dixon Chapel, Rev. C.B. Smith
- Bethel Mount Zion Church, Rev. W.B. McCoy [Bethel A.M.E. Zion?]
- Saint James [Holy] Church,* Rev. W.H. Holliday
- Saint Delight,* Rev. W.C. Cotton
- Saint Joseph A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. C.D. Cotton
- Saint Joseph A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. C.D. Ward [sic]
- Patterson Chapel Holiness Church of God,* Rev. Carrie Tabron
- Saint Paul’s Holiness Church, Rev. E.Z. Coley
- Hardy’s Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. C.D. Ward
- Mount Olive A.M.E. Zion Church, Rev. R.A. Murphy
- Saint Rose Pentecostal Church,* Rev. W.H. Bailey
- Owens Chapel Free Will Baptist Church,* Rev. N.D. Beamon [actually, this is a white church]