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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="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/98682">ms738</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Brown's Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records <num>MS738</num></titleproper> <subtitle>1838-1884, 1.5 linear feet</subtitle> <author>Processed by Juno Zhu, Stephanie Bennett, and Weihua Wang</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2017 April </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>2021-08-23 12:12:47 -0400</date>.</creation> <langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2020</date> <item>Revised by Olivia Field</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Brown's Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS738</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1838/1884" type="inclusive">1838-1884</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_5ffdfe061d925777231a02981f5d93a0"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Brown's Baptist Church was constituted on Saturday, December 25, 1830 by Elders T. Crocker and W. Hudgins. The church had formerly been an arm of the Reedy Creek Church and then Tanner's Meeting House. There were four males and seven females as constituent members. Elder Willoughby Hudging was chosen pastor and James Southerland was elected clerk. James S. Smithwick and John Daniel were ordained as deacons. In 1838 twelve anti-missionary members withdrew. The clerk of the church was one of those withdrawing and took the church records with him.</p> <p>Name Changes: Brown's Meeting House was known as Allen's Meeting House, before it was formerly constituted in 1830 and until 1939 when it joined the Tar River Baptist Association.</p> <p>Association Membership: Tar River, 1831-1835 (As Allen's M.H.); Tar River, 1839-</p> <p>Pastors: Willoughby Hudgins, 1830-51; Nicholas A. Purefoy, 1852-1879; D.A. Glenn, 1880-1884; Thomas J Taylor, 1885-1920; W.R. Cullom, 1920-23; E.P. West, 1923-24; "No paston", 1924; E.R. Nelson, 1925-1934; C.W. Teague, 1934-36; C.L. Ousley, 1936-37; J.E. Ayscue, 1937-38; J.F. ROach, 1938-43; W.R. Cullom, 1943; "No Pastor", 1944; Oscar Funderburke, 1945-46; W.R. Cullom, 1946-47; C. Gilmer Parrish, 1947-49, "No Pastor", 1949; J.M. Long, 1950-1954; Charles T. Fulbright, 1954-55; "No Pastor", 1956; Carl E. Poston, 1957-60; Billy Fallow, 1960-61; W. Dan Parker, 1961-63; "No pastor", 1964; Jack Wilson, 1964-66</p> <p>Histories: Taylor, Thomas Jerome, The History of Browns Baptist Church, undated Allen, John Edward, "History of Brown's Baptist Church, Warren Country, N. C., 1785-1907. Wake Forest Student, March 1909, Vol. 28</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_60ef6e12ca46f0186e5950ee72ff6e76"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains Brown's Baptist Church materials. The minute book includes church membership lists and church meeting minutes at Brown's meeting house (1838-1884). A subscription list for the support of W. Hudgins to preach the Gospel at Brown's is dated 1943 and contains seven receipts from John Watson as part of the subscription, signed by W. Hudgins (1944-1946). The booklet, "The History of Browns Baptist Church" by Thomas J. Taylor, was published around 1914 by The Record Print, Warrenton, N.C.</p> <p>Digitized materials from this collection are available in <a href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63998/browse?value=Brown%27s+Baptist+Church+%28Warren+County%2C+N.C.%29+Records+%28MS738%29&amp;type=relationcollection">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</a>.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_9f21c30e4afa4fa8b9ef76ac1fa7e3f5"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Brown's Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records (MS738), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_cc21d48487a8b253c1de6f12e4bc611a"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_7d0fa9d0053c7a1a56ee87cfba36d807"> <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_da44c403701932e8e782313738da2d01"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/36636" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Brown's Baptist Church (Norlina, N.C.) Records (CRMF239)</extref></p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_a3f36ac8f190ffbf20491754c7fc7ed3"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR3. Previous abstract: Records, 1838-1884, Und. 1 vol., 2 items [Manuscripts]. Minutes of church conferences from Nov. 24, 1838 to Nov. 8, 1884 and membership rolls; a subscription list for the pastor's salary, 1842; and a history of the church by Thomas Taylor.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <geogname source="lcsh">Warren County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Warren County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Warren County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref22_bak" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63991" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">"The History of Browns Baptist Church" by Thomas J. Taylor, booklet</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1914/1914" type="inclusive">circa 1914</unitdate> <container id="aspace_e4333db1cf42ec217e14db62d47c9884" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_063a94622435d3d8a436a260b69a8528" parent="aspace_e4333db1cf42ec217e14db62d47c9884" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref5_0l6" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63992" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Subscription list</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1843/1843" type="inclusive">1843</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_1c9551f242799fb6470e12f3cdb2f1b0">Contains names of church members with amounts pledged for the pastor's (Willoughby Hudgins) salary for the year 1843.</abstract> <container id="aspace_3ecfe9df226b45417e22ec8fe15fbeb8" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_0905b000e202b5bf2b69c72cca085e48" parent="aspace_3ecfe9df226b45417e22ec8fe15fbeb8" type="folder">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref2_xw4" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63993" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1838/1884" type="inclusive">1838-1884</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_e5967648c5c04d73134b5b2d838db342">Contains minutes of church conferences from November 24, 1838 to November 8, 1884; the church constitution (as remembered from 1830); " A short account of the rise and progress of the CHurch at Brown's meeting house", 1830-38; undated male, female and negro membership lists; a list of negro members dismissed to form a new church, Oct., 1867; a list of pastors, 1830-1885; a list of clerks, 1830-1905; the number of white and negro members in 1905; church letters from Third Baptist Church, RIchmond, Va., April, 1843, and Haywood Baptist Church, June, 1844; and the ordination of S. G. O'Bryan, Oct., 1843.</abstract> <container id="aspace_c05a4d7b8e5540c7adf9c54fcc3e2326" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_e54e78f00deed5301e3ee669d8ee8b66" parent="aspace_c05a4d7b8e5540c7adf9c54fcc3e2326" type="volume">3</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>