New Salem Baptist Church (Buncombe County, N.C.) records

MS778

New Salem Baptist Church was founded in 1848 in Skyland, N.C. (Buncombe County). The church is a member of the Buncombe Baptist Association. This volume contains membership rolls, meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church, and activity records of Union Baptist Church, meeting minutes of New Salem Baptist Church, and a financial record.

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Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
New Salem Baptist Church (Buncombe County, N.C.) Records
Date
1866-1892 (inclusive)
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet / 1 oversize box
ID
MS778

Biographical and Historical Note

New Salem Baptist Church was founded in 1848 in Skyland, N.C. (Buncombe County). The church is a member of the Buncombe Baptist Association.

Collection Overview

This volume contains membership rolls (1866, undated), meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church (1866-1868, 1878-1880, 1883, 1885) and activity records of Union Baptist Church (1871, 1882), meeting minutes of New Salem Baptist Church (1884, 1885-1890), and a financial record (undated). It is handwritten in a hardcover notebook which has rubbed covers, loose binding, and loose leaves. Handwritten meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church (1866), a typewritten cataloging note (1977), membership rolls and handwritten meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church (1892) on loose-leaf paper sheets are also included.

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Publication Information
Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett
Revision Description
Revised by Katie Lawrence, 2018 November
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for use. 
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Preferred Citation
New Salem Baptist Church (Buncombe County, N.C.) records, (MS778), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

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