First Baptist Church (Mount Gilead, N.C.) Records
First Baptist Church, Mount Gilead, N.C., was constituted in 1861. Items included in this collection are two newspaper clippings from the Montgomery Herald titled (1999), titled "Hamer Creek Baptist" and "Church Bulletin", and church meeting minutes.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- First Baptist Church (Mount Gilead, N.C.) Records
- Date
- 1861-1999 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.21 Linear Feet / 1 half-document box
- ID
- MS755
Biographical and Historical Note
First Baptist Church, Mount Gilead, N.C., was constituted in 1861.
Collection Overview
These documents include two newspaper clippings from the Montgomery Herald (1999), titled "Hamer Creek Baptist" and "Church Bulletin"; church meeting minutes (1861-1873) when its name was Hamer Creek Baptist Church; minutes (1875-1882) when its name was changed to Mount Gilead Baptist Church after reorganization, articles of faith, rules of decorum, and male, female, and African American membership rolls (1865,1875) with occasional notes of dates of dismission, admission, baptism, etc. Also included are church meeting minutes (1883-1894) and male, female, and African American membership rolls (1875-1894) with occasional notes of dates of dismission, admission, baptism, decease, etc. It is handwritten in a softcover notebook which has brittle and yellowed paper.
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Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- John Hagerty and Stephanie Bennett
- Revision Description
- Revised by Katie Lawrence, 2018 November
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
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- Preferred Citation
- First Baptist Church Baptist Church (Mount Gilead, N.C.) Records (MS755), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.