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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAA-SDT/EAD3/master/ead3.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?> <ead xmlns="http://ead3.archivists.org/schema/"> <control countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" relatedencoding="marc" repositoryencoding="iso15511" scriptencoding="iso15924"> <recordid instanceurl="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/92720">ms736</recordid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Bear Creek Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records </titleproper> <subtitle>1792-1860, 1.5 linear feet</subtitle> <author>Processed by John Hagerty and Weihua Wang</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> <ref href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" linktitle="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" show="new">http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/</ref> </addressline> </address> <date>2017 April</date> <num>MS736</num> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <maintenancestatus value="derived"/> <maintenanceagency> <agencyname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</agencyname> </maintenanceagency> <languagedeclaration> <language langcode="eng">English</language> <script scriptcode="Latn">Latin</script> </languagedeclaration> <conventiondeclaration> <abbr>dacs</abbr> <citation>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</citation> </conventiondeclaration> <localcontrol localtype="findaidstatus"> <term>completed</term> </localcontrol> <maintenancehistory> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="derived"/> <eventdatetime>2023-03-14T12:00:14-04:00</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="machine"/> <agent>ArchivesSpace v3.0.1</agent> <eventdescription>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on Tuesday March 14, 2023 at 12:00</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="revised"/> <eventdatetime>2018 November, 2020</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="unknown"/> <agent/> <eventdescription>Revised by Katie Lawrence, Oliva Field</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> </maintenancehistory> </control> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>Bear Creek Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS736</unitid> <repository> <corpname> <part>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</part> </corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng">English</language> </langmaterial> <physdescstructured coverage="whole" physdescstructuredtype="spaceoccupied"> <quantity>1.5</quantity> <unittype>Linear Feet</unittype> </physdescstructured> <physdesc localtype="container_summary">1 oversize box </physdesc> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1792">1792</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1860">1860</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <abstract id="aspace_a30d60b94cddb6e7802673e3d1d47a25">Bear Creek Baptist Church was constituted March 30, 1792, by Elders William Petty and Lazarus Whitehead. The collection contains records from Bear Creek Baptist Church. Materials in this collection include church history materials, meeting minutes, church covenants, and membership rolls.</abstract> <origination label="Creator"> <corpname relator="cre" source="local"> <part>Bear Creek Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.)</part> </corpname> </origination> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_481fef12abdc15259409b19b24a0d799"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Bear Creek Baptist Church was constituted March 30, 1792, by Elders William Petty and Lazarus Whitehead. It is located seven miles north of Mocksville, N.C., on Bear Creek Road in Davie County, N.C. The church had been an arm of the Flat Rock Baptist Church until they were dismissed to form a church, August 20, 1791.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_4e227735b86baabcfa6a099837c7882e"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This typewritten volume, split in two, contains a brief church history (1792), church covenant (1792), meeting minutes (1792-1860) [broken series], and membership rolls of male, female and African-American (1818-1842) members. It is typewritten in a hardcover notebook. On the spine, it says Minutes of Baptist Church of Bear Creek, 1792-1860. 142 pages.</p> <p>Digitized materials from this collection are available in <ref href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63998/browse?value=Bear+Creek+Baptist+Church+%28Mocksville%2C+N.C.%29+Records+%28MS736%29&type=relationcollection">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</ref>.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_534824ab1e04fc370176adb4ee4097a1"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Bear Creek Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records (MS736), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_045cd8c7189e61ede3d417fbf6bcda39"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_0d60981bf81f49119e968e893795bc84"> <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> <relatedmaterial id="aspace_9b62707f4c34c2717b9cf2e9f8633bd9"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, Bear Creek Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records (CRMF46).</p> <p>Digitized materials from this collection are available in <ref href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63998/browse?value=Bear+Creek+Baptist+Church+%28Mocksville%2C+N.C.%29+Records+%28MS736%29&type=relationcollection">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</ref>.</p> </relatedmaterial> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh"> <part>Baptists -- North Carolina -- Davie County -- History -- Sources</part> </subject> <subject source="lcsh"> <part>African American Baptists -- North Carolina -- Davie County</part> </subject> <subject source="lcsh"> <part>Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Davie County</part> </subject> <subject source="lcsh"> <part>Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Mocksville</part> </subject> <geogname source="lcsh"> <part>Davie County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</part> </geogname> <subject source="local"> <part>LSTA Digitization Project 2016</part> </subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref9_79i" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <ref actuate="onrequest" href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63975" show="new">Minute book</ref> </unittitle> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1792">1792</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1860">1860</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <container id="aspace_38a44494e29cb739c000786996dc7e55" label="Text" localtype="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_d73258f9bc083858866d1b70f69b81a8" localtype="volume" parent="aspace_38a44494e29cb739c000786996dc7e55">1-2</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>
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