Editing Caswell County, North Carolina (section)

====Religion====
Prior to the Revolution, the [[Church of England]] was the most common religious affiliation in the area.<ref name="auto6"/> Lea's Chapel  was  formed  as  an [[Anglicanism |Anglican]] chapel in 1750. In 1779, the State of North Carolina granted the land on which the chapel was standing to William Lea. It soon became a [[Methodist]] church after Lea's conversion.<ref>{{cite web| title=Chapel on South Hyco: The Story of Lea's Chapel United Methodist Church, Person County, North Carolina: 1750-2000 AD| url=https://archive.org/stream/chapelonsouthhyc00rose/chapelonsouthhyc00rose_djvu.txt| access-date=June 7, 2022}}</ref> Pennsylvania missionary Hugh McAden founded [[Red House Presbyterian Church]] possibly as early as 1755.<ref>{{cite web| title=McAden, Hugh| url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/mcaden-hugh| publisher=NCPedia.org|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto6"/> Country Line [[Primitive Baptist]] Church was established in 1772.<ref>{{cite web| title=Historical Sketch of Country Line Church| url=http://www.ancestraltrackers.net/nc/caswell/historical-sketch-country-line-baptist-church-yanceyville.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817090830/http://www.ancestraltrackers.net/nc/caswell/historical-sketch-country-line-baptist-church-yanceyville.pdf |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |url-status=live| access-date=August 17, 2021}}</ref>  Churches served as places of worship and community gathering, playing a vital role in the settlers' social and spiritual lives.