William Henry Foote
| William Henry Foote | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 20, 1794 Colchester, Connecticut |
| Died | November 22, 1869 Romney, West Virginia |
| Resting place | Indian Mound Cemetery |
| Education |
Yale University Princeton Theological Seminary Hampden–Sydney College |
| Occupation | Theologian, historian |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza Wilson (Glass) Foote Arabella (Gilliam) Foote |
| Children | Ann Waterman Foote Eliza Wilson Foote Mary Arabella Foote |
| Parent(s) | Stephen Foote Hannah Waterman Foote |
William Henry Foote (1794-1869) was an American Presbyterian minister in Virginia and North Carolina. He served as a Confederate chaplain during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. He wrote several books about the history of Presbyterians in the American South.
William Henry Foote was born on December 20, 1794 in Colchester, Connecticut. His father was Stephen Foote and his mother, Hannah Waterman Foote.
He graduated from Yale University in 1816. He then studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1818 to 1819, where he became an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Foote served as a Presbyterian minister in from 1822 to 1824. He then preached at Mount Bethel Church until 1833. Meanwhile, he served as the Principal of the Romney Academy in Romney, West Virginia from 1826 to 1838. He also served as the first pastor of Strasburg Presbyterian Church in Strasburg, Virginia.
From 1838 to 1845, Foote served as an agent for the Central Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. He visited many Presbyterian churches in Virginia and North Carolina during that time. From 1845 to the early 1860s, he also preached at the Romney Presbyterian Church in Romney as well as in Springfield and Patterson's Creek.
In 1846, Foote published Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, based on his experience. The book starts with a history of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the War of the Regulation, two catalysts in the secession of the American colonies from Great Britain, and recounts the establishment of a Presbyterian community in Duplin County, North Carolina by immigrants from Ulster as early as 1736. It goes on to explain the history of Presbyterians in North Carolina until 1845. The book was reprinted posthumously in 1965.
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