Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" 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 countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/36636">CRMF239</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Brown's Baptist Church (Norlina, N.C.) records <num>CRMF239</num></titleproper> <author>Ashley Cyre</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>August 2011</date> </p> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline> <addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline> </address> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2021-08-23 12:14:40 -0400</date>.</creation> <langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Brown's Baptist Church (Norlina, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF239</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 microfilm_reel(s)</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">Positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1838/1905" type="inclusive">1838-1905</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_999d6de7568c3e874b91c3edf7915881"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Brown's Baptist Church was constituted on Saturday, December 25, 1830 by Elders T. Crocker and W. Hudgins. The church had formerly been an arm of the Reedy Creek Church and then Tanner's Meeting House. There were four males and seven females as constituent members. Elder Willoughby Hudgins was chosen pastor and James Southerland was elected clerk. James S. Smithwick and John Daniel were ordained as deacons. In 1838 twelve anti-missionary members withdrew. The clerk of the church was one of those withdrawing and took the church records with him.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_4c3436a7d1609728c0475d320dca795a"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>Reel 1: Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1838-1884: minutes of church conferences from November 24, 1838 to November 8, 1884; church constitution (as remembered from 1830); "A short account of the rise and progress of the Church at Brown's Meeting House, 1830-38; male, female, and African-American membership lists, undated; list of African-American members dismissed to form a new church, October 1867; list of pastors, 1830-1885; list of clerks, 1830-1905; number of white and African-American members in 1905; letters from Third Baptist Church, Richmond VA, April 1843, and Haywood Baptist Church, June 1844; ordination of S.G. O'Bryan, October 1843. Subscription List, 1834: contains names of church members with amounts pledged for the pastor's salary for the year 1843. Church History, undated</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_9107416ae0bf36fa33d43c93548a065f"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Brown's Baptist Church (Norlina, N.C.) records (CRMF239), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_742a0714d81e8e0e3aca464c687e1982"> <head>Conditions Governing Access</head> <p>This collection is open for use. Permission of the church must be obtained to copy these records in their entirety.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_1b2c61ed71a5b46dc5f55dc28ebe188f"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>The nature of the WFU Z.Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p> </userestrict> <processinfo id="aspace_8c8e9b8015111deb1c3d17afaa2726ff"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by Ashley Cyre on August 16, 2011.</p> </processinfo> <relatedmaterial id="aspace_dbfeaf0ba92a60c1887d55438a9742dc"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/98682" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Brown's Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records (MS738)</extref></p> </relatedmaterial> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina -- Warren County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Norlina</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Warren County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Warren County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Warren County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref6_ih4" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> </did> <c id="aspace_ref7_qil" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Church minutes, vol. 1: membership rolls; constitution; clerk and pastor lists</unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1838/1884" type="inclusive">1838-1884</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_b4d8307fb0f2536198d9982af41d1724" label="Microform" type="reel">1</container> </did> </c> </c> <c id="aspace_ref8_0yy" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Records</unittitle> </did> <c id="aspace_ref9_6pm" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Subscription list: pastor salary contributions</unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1843/1843" type="inclusive">1843</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_059ce93c81844af093917e0f0dbfb8d0" label="Microform" type="reel">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref10_mfc" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Church history, by Taylor, Thomas J.</unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_b5e68a4fae9655a056e89cbea9beef72" label="Microform" type="reel">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref11_ghz" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Church letters and biography cards</unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1843/1844" type="inclusive">1843-1844</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_0b6f226dce5f789ca285e937311e686f" label="Microform" type="reel">1</container> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>