Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ead xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader findaidstatus="Under_revision" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/36623"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Liberty Baptist Church (Thomasville, N.C.) records <num>CRMF219</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Ashley Cyre</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline> <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline> </address> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2014-01-23T16:58-0500</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>Liberty Baptist Church (Thomasville, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF219</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid183057" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <physdesc> <extent>1.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm: positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1832/1961" type="inclusive">1832-1961</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="local" role="Creator (cre)">Liberty Baptist Church (Thomasville, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <processinfo id="ref11"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by Ashley Cyre on June 22, 2011.</p> </processinfo> <acqinfo id="ref10"> <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition note</head> <p>Volumes one and two were placed on loan to the N.C. Baptist Historical Collection, date unknown. Volumes 3 through 5 were loaned for microfilming and return from Miss Lucy Lopp on September 22, 1971.</p> </acqinfo> <bioghist id="ref1"> <head>Biographical/Historical note</head> <p>Around November, 1824, Joshua Lee, Peter Owen, Phillip Copple and approximately 20 others met near a spring one mile east of the present Liberty Baptist Church and organized as an arm of Tom's Creek Baptist Church. On August 22, 1829 this arm was constituted into a Baptist church by a presbytery consisting of Elders Eli Phillips, Jesse Sowell, and Ashley Swaim, and the deacons of Tom's Creek Baptist Church. Liberty Baptist Church was constituted with a membership of 25.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="ref2"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Reel 1: Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1832-1850: minutes of church conferences from September, 1832 - July 1850; articles of faith (undated); list of charter members, 1829; male and female membership roll, 1841. Subjects include: constitution of the church, August 22, 1829; the formation of Liberty Baptist Church as an arm of Tom's Creek Baptist Church, October, 1824; the ordination of Peter Owen, December, 1835; the election of church officers and delegates to the association; the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; the formation of an arm of the church at John Mize's, 1837; an investigation of a charge against Peter Owen by a member of Jersey Baptist Church, January, 1838; and the formation of an arm at Marion and subsequently an independent church. Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1852-1883: minutes of church conferences from April 2, 1852 - June 9, 1883 including rules of decorum, 1852, 1870; and male-female membership rolls, 1852, 1870, 1876, and 1877. Subjects include the election of church officers and delegates to the association; the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; lectures on Sunday Schools, plans for revivals, a controversy over the licensing of Fountain Lumsdon and his abrupt departure from the church, September through October, 1871; appointment of a committee to assist Pierce's Chapel, February, 1872; the construction of a new church building, September, 1875; special collections for a church bell, communion wine, a lamp, association missions, support of D.C. Culbreth, the expenses of a protracted meeting; committee reports; the licensing of D.C. Culbreth, March 1880. Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1883-1904: minutes of church conferences from July 7, 1883 - November 12, 1904 including, male-female membership rolls dated 1883, 1896, and 1901. Subjects mentioned include the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; the election of church officers and committees, and delegates to association and union meetings; committee reports; the church cemetery; Sunday Schools; special collections for association missions; the Education Board; and the pastor's support; the improvement of the church grounds and building; the arm of the church at Welborn's Schoolhouse, March, 1884; sermon topics and scripture references; the ordination of John A. Summey, October, 1886 (53); the ordination of John R. Miller called for by Jackson's Creek Baptist Church, September, 1897 (59); the building of an academy (57-58); revival plans; and the dismissal of members to constitute a church in the neighborhood of the "Black Schoolhouse" in November, 1889 (83). Church Minute Book, volume 4, 1904-1942: minutes of church conferences from December 10, 1904 - January 18, 1942, including a male membership roll, circa 1933, and female membership rolls, 1915, and undated. Subjects mentioned include the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; the election of church officers and committees, and delegates to association and union meetings; special collections for state, home, and foreign missions; the pastor's support, communion wine, a roof for the church, the Thomasville Orphanage, and the association fund; committee reports; plans for revivals, improvements, and repairs to the church building and grounds; the purchase of a new organ, 1908; the obituary of G. Furr (73-74); the construction of a new church building (136); histories of the church by G.W. Miller, May 17, 1925 (184-188) and H.T. Penry, November 23, 1930; and the death of Farrell F. James, November 19, 1940 (288). Church Minute Book, volume 5, 1949-1961: minutes of church conferences from December 4, 1949 - December 10, 1961, including the church budgets. Subjects mentioned include the Sunday Schools; the reception and dismissal of church members; dancing at Wake Forest College; the election of church officers and committees and delegates to association meetings and the Southern Baptist Convention; the purchase of a church bus (25); the construction of a parsonage (34); plans for Homecoming and revival services; sermon topics and scripture references; the church debt and other financial matters; plans for the Vacation Bible Schools; the church cemetery; improvements to the grounds; and additions to the church building and parsonage.</p> </scopecontent> <userestrict id="ref3"> <head>Conditions Governing Use note</head> <p>Permission of the church must be obtained to copy these records in their entirety.</p> </userestrict> <controlaccess> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Associated name (asn)">Liberty Baptist Association (N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="local">Liberty Baptist Church (Thomasville, N.C.).</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Davidson County--History--Sources </subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Davidson County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Thomasville</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Davidson County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources </geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref4" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1832/1961" type="inclusive">1832-1961</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref5" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1832-1961</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid280002" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid280002" type="Item">1</container> <unitdate normal="1832/1961" type="inclusive">1832-1961</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref6" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1852-1883</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid286001" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid286001" type="Item">2</container> <unitdate normal="1852/1883" type="inclusive">1852-1883</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref7" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1883-1904</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid286002" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid286002" type="Item">3</container> <unitdate normal="1883/1904" type="inclusive">1883-1904</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref8" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 4, 1904-1942</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid286003" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid286003" type="Item">4</container> <unitdate normal="1904/1942" type="inclusive">1904-1942</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 5, 1949-1961</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid286004" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid286004" type="Item">5</container> <unitdate normal="1949/1961" type="inclusive">1949-1961</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>