Special Collections & Archives

<?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/10339/93811">ms763</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Liberty Baptist Church (Davidson County, N.C.) records <num>MS763</num></titleproper> </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>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>2021-05-26 15:23:46 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence and Finley Turner</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Liberty Baptist Church (Davidson County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS763</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 document box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1827/1961" type="inclusive">1827-1961</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_ce33fa9282938a1329d933882c9ec836">In November, 1824, Joshua Lee, Peter Owen, Phillip Copple, and approximately 20 others met near a spring one mile east of the present Liberty Baptist Church and organized as an arm of Tom's Creek Baptist Church. On August 22, 1829, this arm was constituted into a Baptist Church by a presbytery consisting of Elders Eli Phillips, Jesse Sowell, Ashley Swaim, and the deacons of Tom's Creek Baptist Church. Liberty was constituted with a membership of 25. This collection contains minutes of church conferences, articles of faith, the constitution of the church as an arm of Toms Creek, their constitution as a church, a list of charter members and histories of the church by G.W. Miller and H.T. Penry.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_b6d6ff9b4deca4a3bba2fd0454469097"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>In November, 1824, Joshua Lee, Peter Owen, Phillip Copple, and approximately 20 others met near a spring one mile east of the present Liberty Baptist Church and organized as an arm of Tom's Creek Baptist Church. On August 22, 1829, this arm was constituted into a Baptist Church by a presbytery consisting of Elders Eli Phillips, Jesse Sowell, Ashley Swaim, and the deacons of Tom's Creek Baptist Church. Liberty was constituted with a membership of 25. </p> <p>Association Membership: Abbott's Creek Union, 1829-1832; Liberty, 1832- </p> <p>Pastors: Ashely Swaim, 1829-1832(?); Eli Carroll, 1836-1838; Peter Owen, 1839-1841; Ashley Swaim, 1838-circa 1842; No pastor, 1842; Benjamin Lanier, 1843-1850; Zebulon Minor, 1851; John A. Crouch, 1851; Benjamin Lanier, 1853-1855; Amos Weaver, 1856; No pastor, 1857; John A. Cornish, 1858-1859; No pastor, 1860; Azariah Williams, 1861-1862; Benjamin Lanier, 1863-1868; A.P. Stoker, 1868-1869; Wyatt N. Thayer, 1869-1871; Alijah Allison, 1872-1873; Benjamin Lanier, 1873-1876; Robert Alexander Moore, 1877-1878; Henry Sheets, 1879-1882; William Turner, 1883-1885; J.N. Stallings, 1886-1889; H. Morton, 1889-1893; Joseph Marcellus Hilliard, 1893; John A. Summey, 1894; Joseph Marcellus Hilliard, 1895; Thomas Carrick, 1896; S.J. Beeker, 1897; John A. Summer, 1897-1900; Jeff A. Lanning, 1900-1902; John A. Summey, 1902-1905; Jeff A. Lanning, 1905-1907; H. Morton, 1907; J.H. Vipperman, 1908; W.J. Laffoon, 1908-1911; Jeff A. Lanning, 1911-1915; Charles L. Taylor, 1915; Oscar A. Keller, 1916; Henry Sheets, 1917; Hoyle Love, 1917-1921; William Amos Hough, 1921-1924; Luther Allen Connell, 1925-1927; Paul V. Berry, 1927-1928; J.M. Hayes, 1928-1929; M.A. Adams, 1929; M.O. Alexander, 1929; H.T. Penry, 1930-1935; E.F. Mumford, 1936-1939; Farrell F. James, 1940; Worth C. Grant, 1941; Holcombe McLain Stroup, 1942-1944; E.C. Roach, 1945-1947; D.M. Hartman, 1948-1952; C.H. Martin, 1953-1955; R.H. Kelly, 1956-1959; Kenneth Miller, 1959-1965; Gerald Hewitt, 1966-1967; Philip Morrow, 1967-</p> <p>Cemetery/Records/Dates: This church has a cemetery that is mentioned frequently in the minutes of the church but no seperate records have been located.</p> <p>Histories: Penry, H.T. and May, H.P., "History of Liberty Baptist Church", 23 Nov. 1930. 5 p. mss (NCCF) Also a newspaper clipping with the same history sketch of Liberty (Asheboro, N.C. COURIER), 13 Sept. 1934 (NCCF) Mille, G.W., "History of Liberty Baptist church read at the dedication on May 17, 1925." Liberty church minutes, vol. 4, pp. 184-188.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_988430a60e8e31477f6e2af68dde71f2"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains 5 volumes [manuscripts]. In these are minutes of church conferences from September 1832 to December 10, 1961 [broken series], including articles of faith, the constitution of the church as an arm of Toms Creek, October 1824; their constitution as a church, August 22, 1829; a list of charter members and histories of the church by G.W. Miller and H.T. Penry.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_4de7af5122f1f4df2ecc9006fd7a5a8f"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Liberty Baptist Church (Davidson County, N.C.) Records, (MS763), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_572af81fb7b275929afd726960efa95c"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_f370e554375a83a3ff346c10fd2f30b1"> <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> <processinfo id="aspace_26b372e2ddb6405a517c180608250ecb"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR28.</p> </processinfo> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref9_y4a" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64008" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1827/1854" type="inclusive">1827-1854</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_38dfe064c723619411a4aa0389691467">Minutes of church conferences from 2 April 1852 to 9 June 1883, including rules of decorum, 1852, 1870; and male-female membership rolls, 1852, 1870, 1876, and 1877. Subjects include the election of church officers and delegates to the association; the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; lectures on Sunday Schools, plans for revivals, a controversy over the licensing of Fountain Lumsdom and his abrupt departure from the church, September through Oct. 1871; appointment of a committee to assist Pierce's Chapel, Feb. 1872; the construction of a new church building, Sept. 1875; special collections for a church bell, communion wine, a lamp, association missions, support D.C. Culbreth, the expenses of a protracted meeting; committee reports; the licensing of D.C. Culbreth, Mar. 1880. Many pages in this volume are faded and difficult to read.</abstract> <container id="aspace_90b995fae2915273f7b999a0d7494093" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_e9451a45969cd72d379f8a9901a90176" parent="aspace_90b995fae2915273f7b999a0d7494093" type="folder">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref11_fvh" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64009" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1883/1913" type="inclusive">1883-1913</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_15a4b14e4c2bccff0511750f6abb888b">Minutes of church conferences from 7 July 1883 to 12 Nov. 1904 including, male-female membership rolls dated 1883, 1896, and 1901. Subjects mentioned include the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; the election of church officers and committees, and delegates to association and union meetings; committee reports; the church cemetery; Sunday schools; special collections for association missions; the Education Board; and the pastor's support; the improvement of the church grounds and building; the arm of the church at Welborn's Schoolhouse, Mar. 1884; sermon topics and scripture references; the ordination of John A. Summey, Oct. 1886 (53); the ordination of John R. Miller called for by Jackson's Creek Baptist Church, Sept. 1897 (59); the building of an academy (57-58); revival plans; and the dismissal of members to constitute a church in the neighborhood of the Black Schoolhouse in Nov. 1889 (83). Several pages in this volume are faded and difficult to read.</abstract> <container id="aspace_7137bf2d7c44b749de18eeebecdbee00" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_acd9a08db5bf7433252955564a5aaf34" parent="aspace_7137bf2d7c44b749de18eeebecdbee00" type="volume">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref13_0ze" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64010" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Record book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1904/1942" type="inclusive">1904-1942</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_533b8f5ceeb5bbf7a7f2337004ce9457">Minutes of church conferences from 10 Dec. 1904 to 18 Jan. 1942, including a male membership roll, ca1933- , and female membership rolls, 1915 and undated. Subjects mentioned include the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; the election of church officers and committees, and delegates to association and union meetings; special collections for state, home, and foreign missions; the pastor's support, communion wine, a roof for the church; the Thomasville Orphanage, and the association fund; committee reports; plans for revivals, improvements and repairs to the church building and grounds; the purchase of a new organ, 1908; the obituary of G. Furr (73-74); the construction of a new church building (136); histories of the church by G.W. Miller, 17 May 1925 (184-188) and H.T. Penry, 23 Nov. 1930; and the death of Farrell F. James, 19 Nov. 1940 (288). Some of the pages are loose and are missing from the front of this volume (1-12). Pages 296-428 are blank.</abstract> <container id="aspace_5996ab2e40c978529ec585ff40553f28" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_e08246765067a010007deb962793a7f8" parent="aspace_5996ab2e40c978529ec585ff40553f28" type="volume">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref7_5az" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64007" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Correspondence</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1939/1954" type="inclusive">1939-1954</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_cc056646605c8f903bf50405fb4bace7">Minutes of church conferences from September, 1832 to July 1850, including articles of faith (undated); a list of charter members, 1829; and a male-female membership roll, 1841. Subjects include the constitution of the church, 22 Aug. 1829; the formation of Liberty as an arm of Tom's Creek Baptist Church, Oct. 1824; the ordination of Peter Owen, Dec. 1835; the election of church officers and delegates to the associatio; the reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; the formation of an arm of the church at John Mize's, 1837; an investigation of a charge against Peter Owen by a member of Jersey Baptist Church, Jan. 1838; and the formation of an arm at Marion and subsequently an independent church. Pages in the front and rear of this volume appear missing. No minutes from May 1834 to Nov. 1835.</abstract> <container id="aspace_6f004b22eb2ca68f821f65ab249ea3f5" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_def01ef608be44f48eadd27762767093" parent="aspace_6f004b22eb2ca68f821f65ab249ea3f5" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref15_hp6" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64012" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Record book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1949/1961" type="inclusive">1949-1961</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_f245b75103e11fdf770b320d64416245">Minutes of church conferences from 4 Dec. 1949 to 10 Dec. 1961, including the church budgets. Subjects mentioned include the Sunday Schools; the reception and dismissal of church members; dancing at Wake Forest College; the election of church officers and committees and delegates to association meetings and the Southern Baptist Convention; the purchase of a church bus (25); the construction of a parsonage (34); plans for Homecoming and revival services; sermon topics and scripture references; the church debtand other financial matters; plans for Vacation Bible Schools; the church cemetery; improvements to the grounds; and additions to the church building and the parsonage. Pages 85-86 missing but minutes appear to be intact; pages 250-300 are blank.</abstract> <container id="aspace_50db1a001a7b6c629e64fa80380ece63" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_786d592e6c0f4552f1529a68479d8aec" parent="aspace_50db1a001a7b6c629e64fa80380ece63" type="volume">5</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>