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<?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/10339/93797">ms737</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Bethany (Oxford, N.C.) Baptist Church Records <num>MS737</num></titleproper> <author>Processed by John Hagerty, Stephanie Bennett, and Weihua Wang</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>April 2017</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>2021-04-16 14:22:14 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November, 2020</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence, Olivia Field</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Bethany Baptist Church (Oxford, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS737</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1883/1908" type="inclusive">1883-1908</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_5fae55223699186ea949a1eaaaeaedf6">Bethany Baptist Church was organized by Elder T. J. Horner, August 6, 1883. This volume contains conference proceedings, listings of male members and female members, and conference proceedings.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_b484128013671752fadaa10c84ce9ef3"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Bethany Baptist Church was organized by Elder T. J. Horner, August 6, 1883. The membership came from Mount Zion Baptist Church. There had been a mission in the area for some time maintained by the Flat River Association. Elder T. J. Horner was the first pastor. In 1883's Flat River Association Minutes, we find that a house of worship had been built at Bumpass' Cross Roads during Spring 1883 with funds collected from the neighborhood and several churches. The Church was constituted Monday, August 5, 1883, with fifteen members who started "with a good house and free from debt."</p> <p>Association memberships: Flat River (1883-1945), Beulah (1945-). </p> <p>Pastors: Thomas J. Horner (1883-1886); C. A. Jenkins (1886-1892); C. R. Hairfield (1892-1896); J. E. Smith (1896-); J. A. Stradley (1896-1907); G. H. Harris (1907-1908); W. M. Hudson (1909-1913); T. W. Hart (1913-1914); J. L. Martin (1914-1915); J. B. Currin (1915-1924); B. M. Shacklett (1924-1932); Charles F. Hudson (1932-1945); Joe B. Currin (1945-1953); John M. Wesley (1954-1963); Fay Hayes (1964-); Billy Lynch (1965-)</p> <p>Histories: Malone, W. A., Historical sketch of the Bethany Baptist Church. undated, lp. N. C. Historical Records Survey, Inventory of the Church Archives of North Carolina, Southern Baptist Convention, Flat River Association, Raleigh, N. C., February 1941, p. 19.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_2534a16e9ba866b850785818b5fd4492"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This volume contains conference proceedings (1883-1896), listings of male members (undated) and female members (1893), and conference proceedings (1904, 1908) in two loose-leaf pages. A constitution for the church is also included on pages 111-116. 118 pages.</p> <p>Digitized materials from this collection are available in <a href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63998/browse?value=Bethany+Baptist+Church+%28Person+County%2C+N.C.%29+%28MS737%29&amp;type=relationcollection">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</a>.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_bf7e30148b535b601a98604baeb1d19f"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Bethany (Oxford, N.C.) Baptist Church Records, (MS737), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_b819db92e189ad0a58e19edb98c3a8b8"> <head>Access Restrictions</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> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_ee4d16ea7ef4d391d97581008783e2f8"> <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_94cf87896121590bd35d4784003a01ae"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Digitized materials from this collection are available in <a href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63998/browse?value=Bethany+Baptist+Church+%28Person+County%2C+N.C.%29+%28MS737%29&amp;type=relationcollection">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</a>.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_343070fc797fdd66f7072288cf573314"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR2.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref18_2y1" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63990" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Church record book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1883/1908" type="inclusive">1883-1908</unitdate> <container id="aspace_9dd40b73f95d762ee1d9c46d9346524a" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_24c8413c30cdd2f7427dc018730a0177" parent="aspace_9dd40b73f95d762ee1d9c46d9346524a" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>