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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/10339/36216"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Mud Creek Baptist Church (Hendersonville, N.C.) records <num>CRMF42</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>2016-02-16T15:19-0500</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>Mud Creek Baptist Church (Hendersonville, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF42</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid157044" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <physdesc> <extent>1.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm; positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1855/1941" type="inclusive">1855-1941</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Creator (cre)">Mud Creek Baptist Church (Hendersonville, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <scopecontent id="ref1"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Reel 1: Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1855-1884: minutes of church conferences from November, 1855 - May, 1884; membership rolls from Mud Creek Baptist Church [SALEM (E)] and Mud Creek Baptist Church [UNION II (E)] who joined together as one in January 1855, according to the Little River convention with notations as to exclusion and dismissal; membership roll, 1876. Also mentioned in the minutes was the building of a new meeting house, 1856; the appointment of delegates to settle the differences between two factions in the SALEM in 1858; the attempt in 1858 to bring the SALEM [E] and UNION II [E] together; the Western Baptist Convention; a union meeting at Willow Church; the licensing of Robert T. Jones in 1866, and his ordination in 1868; the new meeting house, 1867; the Sunday School organization, 1867; a revival, October 20 - November 2, 1867; the ordination of William L. Maget, 1872; a petition for a new church near Shaw's Creek, 1873; the church deed, 1874; the ordination of J.R. Heathery, 1875; a call for unification on church practices, 1876; and a call for delegates to meet in Hendersonville for the purpose of forming a new county association, 1882 - [HENDERSON COUNTY (E)]. Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1884-1908: minutes of church conferences from January 27, 1885 - March 14, 1908; membership rolls, 1884, 1892, 1901; mention of the recording of the 1846 church deed; the 1899 agreement to build a new church. Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1908-1915; 1918-1924: minutes of church conferences from March 21, 1908 - January 17, 1915, and from May 4, 1919 - March 23, 1924; membership rolls, 1908, and undated; mention of plans for a new church building, 1909; the licensing of James T. Anders, 1910; the sale of the parsonage, 1911. Church Minute Book, volume 4, 1924-1941: minutes of church conferences from July 27, 1924 - April 6, 1941; active/inactive membership rolls; church letter of membership, 1934; roll of church officers, 1940.</p> </scopecontent> <bioghist id="ref3"> <head>Biographical/Historical note</head> <p>The Mud Creek Baptist Church was organized in 1804 at the Mud Creek Meeting House in Henderson County, N.C., with twenty-five charter members. Mud Creek had been a branch of French Broad Church. In 1848, the church split into two factions. One faction joined the UNION II [E] association under James Blythe and J.M. Bryan, circa 1848. In January 1855, the UNION II [E] Mud Creek church reunited with the SALEM [E] Mud Creek church and they continued as one church in the SALEM [E].</p> </bioghist> <acqinfo id="ref4"> <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition note</head> <p>Items received on loan for microfilming and return to the church from Reverend Robert P. Hamby, Hendersonville, N.C., on October 12, 1969. Items were microfilmed on October 16, 1969 by the Baptist Historical Collection, ZSR Library, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref5"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by Ashley Cyre on June 14, 2011.</p> </processinfo> <prefercite id="ref11"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Mud Creek Baptist Church (Hendersonville, N.C.) records, CRMF42, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <userestrict id="ref12"> <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="ref13"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open for researchers.</p> </accessrestrict> <controlaccess> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Henderson County Baptist Association.</corpname> <corpname source="lcsh">Mud Creek Baptist Church (Hendersonville, N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Salem Baptist Association (N.C.).</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Henderson County--History--Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Henderson County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Hendersonville</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Henderson County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources</geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref6" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1855/1941" type="inclusive">1855-1941</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref7" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1855-1884</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid261017" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <unitdate normal="1855/1884" type="inclusive">1855-1884</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref8" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1884-1908</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid261018" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <unitdate normal="1884/1908" type="inclusive">1884-1908</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1908-1915; 1918-1924</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid261019" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <unitdate normal="1908/1924" type="inclusive">1908-1924</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref10" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 4, 1924-1941</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid261020" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <unitdate normal="1924/1941" type="inclusive">1924-1941</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>