Little Conetoe Primitive Baptist Church (Edgecombe County, N.C.) Records

MS765

Little Conetoe Primitive Baptist Church was established on July 23, 1803. This collection contains minute books, membership lists, and financial records.

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Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Little Conetoe Primitive Baptist Church (Edgecombe County, N.C.) Records
Date
1803-1885 (inclusive)
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet / 1 oversize box
ID
MS765

Biographical and Historical Note

The Little Conetoe Creek Primitive Baptist Church is located eight miles southeast of Tarboro, N.C. The church was constituted July 18, 1803 by Elders Joseph Biggs, Jonathan Chery, and Joshua Barnes. The church had formerly been an arm of Flat Swamp (1776). The church was admitted into the Kehukee Association in 1803. Thomas Ross was their first pastor.

Association membership: Kehukee, 1803-

Pastors: Thomas Ross, 1803- ; Thomas Dupree, 1820-1845; John H. Daniel, undated; William A. Ross, February 1856- ; Daniel House, September 1873-

Histories: "Conetoe, Edgecombe Co.", Hassell, History of the Church of God.

Collection Overview

This volume contains a church covenant and charter membership list (1803), decorum, church meeting minutes (1823-1885), a memorial (1883), and financial records (1872-1874, 1866-1871). It is handwritten in a hardcover notebook which has loose binding and leaves, and stains on the yellowed paper. The front cover and spine are missing.

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John Hagerty and Stephanie Bennett
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Revised by Katie Lawrence, 2018 November
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This collection is open for use. 
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Preferred Citation
Little Conetoe Primitive Baptist Church (Edgecombe County, N.C.) Records (MS765), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

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