Thanks to our partner The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina three ledgers from North Carolina lodges from the early 20th century are now online, as well as issues from 1968-1972 of the organization’s newspaper, the North Carolina Mason, are now all available on DigitalNC.
Two of the ledgers are from St. John’s Lodge in Wilmington, NC and include meeting minutes, member lists, and other correspondence over the period of 1907-1919. Repairs and other work done to the building the lodge resided in at the time is a common topic of conversation, among many other things. Some interesting items covered both in the St. John’s ledgers as well as one from Zion Lodge No. 81 in Trenton, NC are the payments made out of widows of deceased Masons, showing a way that the Masons provided an avenue of financial and other support when few social safety nets existed for women in particular.
To view more materials we have digitized for the Grand Lodge, visit their partner page here. And to learn more about the North Carolina Masons today, you can visit their website.
