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/10339/93828">ms790</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) Records <num>MS790</num></titleproper> <author>Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2017 May</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>2021-06-02 13:55:54 -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="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS790</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1825/1871" type="inclusive">1825-1871</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_69e5f0dc9b63d86dedcf4363b8491163">Rocky River Baptist Church was organized in 1776. By 1790, the church was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association. This volume contains church meeting minutes from June 11, 1825 to July 2, 1871 (missing 1851-52), and 1859 membership rolls of males, females, and African Americans.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_ada7a7943390f5fabf74320a662324fa"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Rocky River Baptist Church was organized in 1776. By 1790, the church was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_3a734104ee74d47227a43a24994425fa"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This volume contains church meeting minutes from June 11, 1825 to July 2, 1871 (missing 1851-52), and 1859 membership rolls of males, females, and African Americans.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_87538c47a39d10adc2ae137a8443362b"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) Records (MS790), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_8fb6dee1d4300f29ec985b3ec59fa426"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_a55655f68b697a02e09171c603714d40"> <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_23a731a66a9627533ca9615cee7b4a0d"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/37739" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) (CRMF752), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</extref> </p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_ba29493829c255c04654e64aeb016ff1"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR56.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Siler City</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Chatham County</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Chatham County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Chatham County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref7_ac6" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/66030" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1825/1871" type="inclusive">1825-1871</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_ffbb6ef48c909a34c82f5f35e8c739c5">Minutes of church conferences from June 11, 1825 to July 2, 1871 include membership rolls of male, female and Negro (1859); subjects include election of delegates, messengers to the association; Board of deacons; Baptismal services; Licensing of Matthew D. Freeman (1833) to preach; ordinations; Reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; requests for assistance; selection of a pastor; special collections for assoc.; committee appointments and reports; resignation of church officers; loose items</abstract> <container id="aspace_ff3b661001e6d8275a376cb1ec6ad5ea" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_972494953fa2d76aa61c51879b938ed3" parent="aspace_ff3b661001e6d8275a376cb1ec6ad5ea" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>