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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/10339/93866">ms767</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Matthews Baptist Church (Matthews, N.C.) Records <num>MS767</num></titleproper> <author>John Hagerty and Stephanie Bennett</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>2021-05-27 13:54:08 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November, 2021</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence, Finley Turner</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Matthews Baptist Church (Matthews, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS767</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1877/1942" type="inclusive">1877-1942</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_9634155e377c5ec19dff071336d432f0">Matthews Baptist Church was organized October 21, 1877 at the residence of the Reverend E. C. Williams. This collection contains church meeting minutes and church records including membership rolls, financial records, and correspondence.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_3182ce124d7a5bb50d17cf4b39435425"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Matthews Baptist Church was organized October 21, 1877 at the residence of the Reverend E. C. Williams. The presbytery consisted of the Reverends E.C. Williams, Evander David, and W.R. Massey, Secretary.</p> <p>Association membership: Rocky RIver [E] 1877-1880; Brown Creek [E] 1881-1883; Union, 1884-1887; Mecklenburg [Cabarrus], 1887-</p> <p>Pastors: James T. Brassington, 1877-1882; A;bert Lewis Stough, 1882-1883; James B. Richardson, 1885-1897; Joel S. Snider, 1898-1899; S.W. Bennett, 1900-1901; Daniel Monroe Austin, 1902-1904; W.B. Renfrow, 1904-1905; Daniel Monroe Austin, 1906-1907; William Loman Barrs, 1908; J.E.M. Davenport; Julius Wesley Whitley, 1912-1913; R.D. Cross, 1914-1916; Daniel Monroe Austin, 1917-1924; Leonard Rowland Pruett, 1924-1929; James Abner Snow, 1930-1933; George L. Hocutt, 1934-1940; Hubert Simon Mumford, 1941-1949?; R.A. Kelly, 1950?-1953; William Bryant Carr, 1954-1969; William J. Thompson, 1970-</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_928bb9ef59f8dcf812b12fc52ed9687b"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains church meeting minutes and church records including membership rolls, financial records and correspondence.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_458f5a82cade8e7406f900d2f145e995"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Matthews Baptist Church (Matthews, N.C.) records (MS767), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_4f3dd1348870f8ca2e4a976e69565bf4"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_25582b46d7994296aa5460eac8e73c1d"> <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_2f17909ef1bd64dbb1e124df2c232c6d"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Matthews Baptist Church (Matthews, N.C.)(CRMF613), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_3ff178e3c7931d64b1189da57183d86c"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR32.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Mecklenburg County -- History -- Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Matthews</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Mecklenburg County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref10_tlm" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64023" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1877/1892" type="inclusive">1877-1892</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_aef477cda59e216404dd01257b7d11e6">Minutes of church conferences from 1 April 1906 to 14 September 1923. Minutes are missing for 1913-1915 and 1918. After 1919 the minutes are not as full.</abstract> <container id="aspace_dfc08f2c04f361291fb6cac38d80cbc7" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_09da0c58915744d8f1703283e079c427" parent="aspace_dfc08f2c04f361291fb6cac38d80cbc7" type="volume">8</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref21_2n2" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64018" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Membership lists</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1878/1891" type="inclusive">1878-1891</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_61777e1ef4515c4d312cd3eeac32200e">1 vol. 6 items. This volume is a printed roll book with the information filled in by ink and pencil giving information on the individual church members; when and how received into the church and dismissed; and remarks on the reason for dismissal. Some pages are blank. Also there are some undated and unidentified lists of church members.</abstract> <container id="aspace_f32e745c5bd4edd3563567ba5d277d0e" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_25c31b39c97d0dd72accc89bc6d91b00" parent="aspace_f32e745c5bd4edd3563567ba5d277d0e" type="folder">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref6_n13" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64024" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1878/1907" type="inclusive">1878-1907</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_7ea562429ad299f77745fa03f7df971a">Minutes of church conferences from 21 October 1877 to 25 June 1892; rules of decorum; and a church membership roll in the back of the volume. These minutes were revised and transcribed into this book by a church committee appointed for the task in 1883. There are some missing pages.</abstract> <container id="aspace_ab7194e0feebc7c5bfe302cee9a00d2d" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_a0b3304fd8e98f134d0e817698925090" parent="aspace_ab7194e0feebc7c5bfe302cee9a00d2d" type="volume">9</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref8_e7j" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64021" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1878/1923" type="inclusive">1878-1923</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_fb9ded8b444c1a18fccc6443042bce42">Minutes of church conferences from 25 June 1892 to 20 June 1906; an alphabetical membership roll; another membership roll; and an attendence roll. Ordination of J.N. Toler on page 74 and W.B. Renfrow page 141.</abstract> <container id="aspace_2568d898df5649a0de322f9f7eb34721" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_5b901effa7621dd0655fe8e1645a8924" parent="aspace_2568d898df5649a0de322f9f7eb34721" type="volume">7</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref12_xi7" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64020" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1881/1942" type="inclusive">1881-1942</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_44c2afd92faac2bd92b85591b44b06bc">Minutes of church conferences from 12 Feb. 1922 to April 1942. The dates overlap the preceeding volume but the minutes are not duplicated. The minutes for 1925-1927 and 1930-1933 are missing. The minutes in this volume are not as full or complete as the preceeding volume.</abstract> <container id="aspace_b7d939d4c4cee7d94fc0d01af066333e" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_d70ea4cc611f45c368ec5e987a8cae4a" parent="aspace_b7d939d4c4cee7d94fc0d01af066333e" type="volume">6</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref25_axb" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64017" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Financial records</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1890/1941" type="inclusive">1890-1941</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_18b39e8b43af661427a237bdb80e5759">Lists of receipts and disbursements; collections; statements; church budget lists; reports to the church; and Finance Committee reports.</abstract> <container id="aspace_011e3992b3ce3d2392713e732ecf4269" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_3ac993962dc0d2f46723e7eb416cbab6" parent="aspace_011e3992b3ce3d2392713e732ecf4269" type="folder">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref23_nuw" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64019" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes and notes</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1891/1905" type="inclusive">1891-1905</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_5bc5cb2e9c52617a8e0f1a1483a4b90a">Loose church minutes, 1891-1901; two reports of membership committee, 1905; regulations for teh church conferences; an undated Sunday School Lesson; and a sheet of church statistics.</abstract> <container id="aspace_4891313d27e8f5d3d73daa4b5a9e04f9" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_af98052d804414da0e82ba7dd103b9a4" parent="aspace_4891313d27e8f5d3d73daa4b5a9e04f9" type="folder">5</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref17_q6y" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64016" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Correspondence</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1891/1908" type="inclusive">1891-1908</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_d80fcf42b441f88951abce18f16dbc9e">21 items. Letters and dismissal certificates for Matthews church members and those from other churches to enable them to rejoin the church and mover their membership.</abstract> <container id="aspace_bfc856a1a83111e12bbcf302b1f2c14c" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_dd3a86bef3ad92b6939e3b261a4b4115" parent="aspace_bfc856a1a83111e12bbcf302b1f2c14c" type="folder">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref19_fi2" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64015" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Loan correspondence</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1935/1940" type="inclusive">1935-1940</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_824a94fab8b4039e3d2a72f1c81d7421">63 items. Ltters and copies of correspondence with the Jeffererson Standard Lifer Insurance Company, Greensboro, N.C., relative to the payment of the church loan; and receipts for payments made.</abstract> <container id="aspace_f924a0943e0be3e921b060eee78ad0f8" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_20ba9a62041de9320d17768695f17211" parent="aspace_f924a0943e0be3e921b060eee78ad0f8" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>