Wayne County NcArchives History .....Wayne Masonic Lodge 
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On December 14, 1846, a charter was granted to Wayne Lodge #112 A.F. & 
A.M. by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, and the charter specified that 
the lodge would be located in the village of Everettsville. Everettsville 
was situated near the present day Genoa Crossroads and was about three 
miles south of Goldsboro.

Everettsville at one time had about 150 residents, two churches, a private 
school, a masonic lodge, a railroad depot and a post office. Some of the 
most influential people of the county resided there.

About the time that Goldsboro began to develop and with the advent of the 
Civil War, many of the residents moved to Goldsboro and by the mid 1860s, 
Everettsville ceased to exist. 

Wayne Lodge moved to Goldsboro after Sherman's troops destroyed the original 
lodge building and all of its contents, where it has continued to function 
and thrive. It has survived numerous wars and the great depression.

It is regrettable that the early minutes and records were lost to fire due
to the Civil War. During the terrible years of warfare, it is surmised that
all the minutes, records, and the charter of the lodge were destroyed by
fire.

Wayne Lodge's first officers were: Worshipful Master, James Griswald; Senior
Warden, John Wright; Junior Warden, John W.S. West; Treasurer, Uzzell G.
Harrolds and Secretary, James J. Baker. 

The records of the Grand Lodge show that Wayne Lodge has always been active
and progressive and that Wayne Lodge always had representatives as delegates
to The Grand Lodge's annual communications which were held in Raleigh.

In 1866, Wayne Lodge had a membership of 74. At the communication of the
Grand Lodge that year, Wayne Lodge was issued a charter to replace the first
one that was issued and later destroyed at Everettsville. It specified that 
the lodge would be located in Goldsboro.


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