New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.) records
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.) records
- Creator
- New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.).
- Date
- 1819-1983
- Extent
- 14.0 microfilm reel(s) / 35mm; positive
- ID
- CRMF689
Biographical and Historical Note
New Bern First Baptist Church, located in Craven County, North Carolina, is a member of the Neuse Baptist Association. It was organized in 1807.
Collection Overview
Minutes of church conferences from June 1819 to September 16, 1981, including membership rolls; deacon's records, 1925-1971; other church records, 1870-1983 [broken series]; and records from the Brotherhood, 1960-1964; Sunday School, 1955-1959; and Woman's Missionary Union, 1886-1976. Subjects include membership received from the District of Columbia, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, Union occupation of New Bern during the Civil War, and foreign missionaries in Japan. Persons represented include Charles C. Clark, Abraham David Cohen, Martin R. Flory, Richard Furman, Jr., Oscar Haywood, William Hooper, William Robert and Mary Louise Medling, Thomas Meredith, Hight C. Moore, Charles Edward Parker, Robert Lee Pugh, Samuel Wait, and James York.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Names
- Neuse Baptist Association.
- New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.). Woman's Missionary Society.
- New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.).
Geographic Names
Subjects
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Finding aid prepared by Molly McCurdy
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open for researchers.
- Copyright Notice
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- Preferred Citation
- New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.) records, CRMF689, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.