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<?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/10339/37899"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Zion Hill Baptist Church (Boomer, N.C.) records <num>CRMF36</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Abbey Keener</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>2016-02-16T12:11-0500</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>Zion Hill Baptist Church (Boomer, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF36</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid157010" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container id="cid157009" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container> <physdesc> <extent>2.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm; Reel 1, negative. Reel 2, positive.</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate>1814-1967</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Creator (cre)">Zion Hill Baptist Church (Boomer, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <bioghist id="ref1"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Zion Hill Baptist Church was organized on April 10, 1814. William Dotson was called as first pastor; James Brayhill as elder, and William Petty, William Johnson, Richard Hood, and John Laws were elected deacons.</p> </bioghist> <acqinfo id="ref3"> <head>Source of Acquisition</head> <p>Reel 1 items loaned for microfilming and return to the church by the Clerk, Boomer, North Carolina, November 27, 1967; Reel 2 items received from Mrs. Earl Gorman, Boomer, North Carolina, April 30, 1987 for microfilming and return to the church.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref4"> <head>Processing Information note</head> <p>Processed by Abbey Keener on March 27, 2012.</p> </processinfo> <scopecontent id="ref5"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from April 10, 1814 to December 17, 1985, including the church constitution and bylaws; a manuscript of minutes from the Lower Creek Baptist Association, circa 1854; and a letter from N.C. Teague, 1934.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="ref19"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Zion Hill Baptist Church (Boomer, N.C.) records, CRMF36, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <userestrict id="ref20"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>Use of unpublished manuscripts is protected by provisions of copyright law and by laws against libel and invasion of privacy. No material from a manuscript collection may be published without prior written permission from the holder of the copyright. The Library claims only physical ownership of most manuscript collections. Anyone wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. Please contact Special Collections &amp; Archives (archives@wfu.edu) with questions regarding specific manuscript collections.</p> </userestrict> <accessrestrict id="ref21"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open for researchers.</p> </accessrestrict> <controlaccess> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Associated name (asn)">Lower Creek Baptist Association (N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="lcsh">Zion Hill Baptist Church (Boomer, N.C.).</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists--North Carolina--Wilkes County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Wilkes County--History--Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Boomer</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Wilkes County</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Wilkes County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources</geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref6" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref7" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 1, 1814-1848</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref8" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 2, 1850-1908</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 3, 1908-1932</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref10" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 4, 1932-1967</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 4 [continued], 1967-1973</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref16" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 5, 1977-1982</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref17" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 6, 1982-1985</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref18" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 7, 1985</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref11" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Records</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref12" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Lower Creek Baptist Association Minutes, ca.1854</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref13" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>N.C. Teague Letter, 1934</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref14" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Constitution and By-laws with amendment, n.d.</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>