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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/10339/93720">ms746</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records <num>MS746</num></titleproper> <author>Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2017 May</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>2021-06-04 15:33:41 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November, 2020</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence and Finley Turner, Olivia Field</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS746</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">4.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">3 oversize boxes</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1758/1925" type="inclusive">1758-1925</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_06cde9edd86dc4ec283b97d5cab9fb8c">Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church was organized October 5, 1772, with ten constituent members. William Cook was elected pastor. This collection consists of minutes (including typescript copies of vols. 1 and 2) of church conferences from Oct. 5, 1772 to 1924, including membership rolls. Additionally, it contains copies of the Church's records in manuscript and typescript. Other church records consist of assessment lists for the pastor's salary, cemetery inscriptions, church history, and records of the Woman's Missionary Society, 1885-87.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_6f69228a5007ae8cf78efdcb195f8e97"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church was organized October 5, 1772, with ten constituent members. William Cook was elected pastor. On December 16, 1790, the church was reorganized as Eatons when the Flat Rock Church recorded in its minutes "that the members of the lower end of the church bounds on Dutchman's Creek be set apart as an arm of the sd. church." There were seventeen members at the constitution of the new church. Only three members were from the old Dutman's Creek. Elder William Cook, the founder and only minister of Dutchman's Creek and one of the ministers of Flat Rock in 1790 was another link with the earlier organization. Elders William Petty and Andrew Baker were the presebytery for the second organization.</p> <p>Name changes: Known as Dutchman's Creek, 1772-1787.</p> <p>Pastors: William Cook, 1772-circa 1790; Lazarus Whitehead, 1796-1805; Brumley Coker, 1804-1814; William Britton, 1816-1823; John Angel, 1824-1825, 1832-1833; William DOwd, 1829-1830; Rev. Lowell, 1831; William Swanson, 1834-1835; Jonathon Thomas, 1835; Barton Roby, 1836-1842; Paul Phifer, 1843; Stephen Horn, 1844; Mark May, 1845-1848; Nathan S. Chaffin, 1849, 1852-1853; Thomas Miller, 1850-1852; R.H. Griffith, 1853-57; William Turner, 1857-1867; J.B. Marsh, 1868-1872; W.R. Gwaltney, 1873-1876; Moses Baldwin, 1877; R.W. Crews, 1878-1881; S.F. Conrad, 1882-1884; W.J. Hopkins, 1885-1886; William Green Brown, 1887-1889; C.S. Cashwell, 1890-1893, 1905-1910, 1926-1828; J.N. Stallings, 1894-97; S.D. Swaim, 1898-1904; Walter E. Wilson, 1911-14; D.W. Littleton, 1915; W.H. Dodd, 1916-1919; S.W. Hall, 1919-1923; E.W. Turner, 1924-1925, 1932-1934; L.R. Tate, 1928-29; V.M. Swaim, 1930-1932; H.T. Penry, 1934-1937; Dallas G. Renergar, 1937-1946; pastor not listed, 1947; H.W. Hutchens, 1948-56; No pastor listed, 1982; Johnny G. Walker, 1983-1985; 1993-; W.E. Pettit [Int.], 1986; David L. Gilbreath, June 21, 1987-1992.</p> <p>Association Membership: Strawberry, Virginia, 1772-1790; Yadkin (as an arm of Strawberry), 1786-1789; Yadkin, 1790-1873; South Yadkin, 1873-.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_31fcad0f309ac82193d36d43ca203c25"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection consists of minutes (including typescript copies of vols. 1 and 2) of church conferences from Oct. 5, 1772 to 1924, including membership rolls. Additionally, it contains copies of the Church's records in manuscript and typescript. Other church records consist of assessment lists for the pastor's salary, cemetery inscriptions, church history, and records of the Woman's Missionary Society, 1885-87.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_52132ae7812a7a1df04df8650428f4d0"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records, (MS746), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_d18030d791fa4798e6047320c64909d1"> <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> </accessrestrict> <accessrestrict id="aspace_f97fe6a41409867dbeff03786fd8b83e"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <relatedmaterial id="aspace_5cd9a7cdf23efc1e6411b53a5aab52c9"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p><extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/36928" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) (CRMF409)</extref>, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_e15601aaf6b31d8f7aec9605ca9e4819"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR11.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <geogname source="lcsh">Davie County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Davie County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Mocksville</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Davie County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref2_9an" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/66476" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1772/1787" type="inclusive">circa 1772-1787</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_4902cca389dd705ea9c1a65d590a6571">1 volume. Minutes of church conferences from Oct. 5, 1772 to Oct. 26, 1787 (missing Mar. 1780 to July 1783) including a membership list, 1783; covenant; articles of faith; and a description of the formation of the church on the last page of the volume. Typescript copy of this volume is also present.</abstract> <container id="aspace_04bd6d82aff9deea91b65f7f026c5e83" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_9c5a7f42a568727003ba6212fc9f9571" parent="aspace_04bd6d82aff9deea91b65f7f026c5e83" type="volume">6</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref51_uo5" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/66483" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book, second carbon copy, transcript</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1772/1924" type="inclusive">1772-1924</unitdate> <container id="aspace_72a382b4bc86cfbdc79bc4b6dbd5c7d0" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_1811a82cd220d6dad5339dd158198a07" parent="aspace_72a382b4bc86cfbdc79bc4b6dbd5c7d0" type="volume">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref41_xjz" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/66481" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book, first carbon copy, transcript</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1772/1924" type="inclusive">1772-1924</unitdate> <container id="aspace_4de98750274717cdf38dd509e1b7fde2" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_f68df7ac5c5e3c86ca92ca22e0f93cd5" parent="aspace_4de98750274717cdf38dd509e1b7fde2" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref50_40e" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/66478" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book, original copy, transcript</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1772/1924" type="inclusive">1772-1924</unitdate> <container id="aspace_48ad4fb6df7069ddf2bb5a367512963d" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_25ec8e6f2fca214999b4d28132fbddcb" parent="aspace_48ad4fb6df7069ddf2bb5a367512963d" type="volume">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref43_xkk" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/66473" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Early records, recollections</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1758/1891" type="inclusive">1758-1891</unitdate> <container id="aspace_af03b7db5ae61c6596a04d4644a46681" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_fc5a1a297bf4c1ac2e712802462d787a" parent="aspace_af03b7db5ae61c6596a04d4644a46681" type="folder">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref4_i98" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/66475" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1791/1924" type="inclusive">1791-1924</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_b1942d5aca9804f0d8ca121e09aa401e">1 volume. Minutes of church conferences from Jan. 7, 1791 to Jan. 26, 1902, including articles of faith; rules of decorum, 1854; covenant, 1848; constitution, 1854; membership list, 1790; male and female membership rolls, 1876, 1893-1901; treasurer's reports. 1856-1901 [Broken series, scattered]; contributions for recovering the church house, 1874; obituary of S.O. Tatum, 1869; list of contributors to the pastor's salary, 1895; list of receipts, 1895 and 1897; members dismissed to form Farmington Baptist Church in 1878; and a letter from J.H. Cain answering charges against him with his reasons for non-attendance. 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