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from WikipediaRead it all ↗An early minister of the Barbecue Presbyterian Church was Rev. Iain Beutan (John Bethune), a native of Glenelg and ancestor of actor Christopher Plummer, who, around 1773, famously persuaded poet Iain mac Mhurchaidh, a major figure in Scottish Gaelic literature, to emigrate from Kintail to the Colony of North Carolina.
As in other Gaelic-speaking communities in North Carolina, early Reformed worship at the Barbecue Presbyterian Church continued the 16th-century practice of congregational singing of exclusive psalmody in Scottish Gaelic, in an a cappella form called precenting the line.
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That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Barbecue has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Solomon and Henry Weil Houses in Mamers, 4.5 miles away.
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