Haywood County

Haywood County

Harris Chapel AME Zion (on the top right) is an AME Zion church located in Canton, North Carolina. The church has been around since the late 1800s and traditional worship services are still held there today.  The current pastor is Reverend James O’Neil, and the Haywood County NAACP has also been known to hold meetings there. 

In the picture on the left is the Miller's Canton, North Carolina City Directory of 1937-1938. In this directory, there is a list of the churches located in Canton. The churches in the directory were divided into two different categories: white and colored. During this period, there were eight white churches and only one African-American church. May’s Chapel was as the listed as the sole African American Methodist Episcopal Church in the area.

Click the Images for more information on the AME Zion Churches in Haywood County.