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/10339/93864">ms770</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Mill Creek Baptist Church (Person County, N.C.) Records <num>MS770</num></titleproper> <author>Palmer Holton</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2011 July</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 14:39:02 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Mill Creek Baptist Church (Person County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS770</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">4.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">3 oversize boxes</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1835/1981" type="inclusive">1835-1981</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_0f5c455a192f8a834a1f434fd6194d95">The Mill Creek Baptist Church was founded in 1835 in Person County, North Carolina. It was a member of the Beulah Baptist association and the Mill Creek (1835)/Flat River Baptist Association. The contents of this record include minutes from church conferences dating from July 21, 1835 to October 1913 and from May 1922 to April 1932. These include membership rolls, treasurers' records circa 1918-1925, and a folder of miscellaneous church records from 1886-1904 that are undated.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_98d208c36b5d7aa96791aab287d9dd15"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>The Mill Creek Baptist Church was founded in 1835 in Person County, North Carolina. It was a member of the Beulah Baptist association and the Mill Creek (1835)/Flat River Baptist Association. </p> <p>Association: Beulah Baptist Association, 1835-1871; Flat River Baptist Association, 1871-1917; Beulah Baptist Association, 1917- </p> <p>Pastors: Thomas King, 1837-1839; Stephen Pleasant, 1840-1886; J.H. Lambeth, 1887-1890; G.T. Watkins, 1891-1907; C.P. Ryland, 1908-1909; J.H. Bass, 1910-1914; D.F. Putnam, 1915-1916; C.T. Plybon, 1917-1921; N.J. Nodd, 1922-1938; J.F. Funderburke, 1940-1953; Earl E. Pitts, 1954; Benjamin E. Berry, 1955-1961; Morris L. Jackson, 1962-1965; Vincent Williams, 1966-1967; Jimmie Hancock, 1968-</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_fc1682ef7a9d96d29d8d09483cebd38d"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>The contents of this record include minutes from church conferences dating from July 21, 1835 to October 1913 and from May 1922 to April 1932. These include membership rolls, treasurers' records circa 1918-1925, and a folder of miscellaneous church records from 1886-1904 that are undated.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_d49a014df5e38eb4af9610ae4ea16e3a"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Mill Creek Baptist Church (Person County, N.C.) Records, (MS770), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_af7cf6efdd51359cfcdbf97d23659f83"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_255a19f660b3bb70e7473a1bc12eaa80"> <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_7972f35bb87dbfe992a6737aaa13e900"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Z. Smith Reynolds Special Collections and Archives holds a related microfilm collection, Mill Creek Baptist Church (Roxboro, N.C.) Records (CRMF615).</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_6ac90631f8583144838e6395fa49c552"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by Palmer Holton on July 6th, 2011. Formerly identified as CR36.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Roxboro</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Person County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Person County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Person County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref18_92m" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/86323" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1835/1899" type="inclusive">1835-1899</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_59ba741ab24d9e94877c378c3f34b41d">Minute book records include membership roles; treasurer's records; contributions to orphanage, home missions, and foreign missions; loose items: minutes.</abstract> <container id="aspace_cb6e2665bb6ddaacc77cce8e6fda2ed8" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_b128dd58fa13b28ee15f362d58d91b7c" parent="aspace_cb6e2665bb6ddaacc77cce8e6fda2ed8" type="volume">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref24_8y2" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/86319" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Historical accounts</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1835/1977" type="inclusive">1835-1977</unitdate> <container id="aspace_21f33eee461a0afa6fa37fc1bf33918f" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_1b8e5e1b51bb357ff0ebc419fc3b08ad" parent="aspace_21f33eee461a0afa6fa37fc1bf33918f" type="folder">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref16_x4u" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/86322" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1871/1931" type="inclusive">1871-1931</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_4253d1135a8c7a8daa2585b6124a6103">Minute book records include list of members excluded, died and resotred, male and female attendance rolls; 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