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/10339/93833">ms796</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Skewarkey Baptist Church (Martin County, N.C.) Records <num>MS796</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>2021-06-03 14:11:00 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence and Finley Turner</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Skewarkey Baptist Church (Martin County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS796</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1786/1876" type="inclusive">1786-1876</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_0fc26542c5576ac52eea94a5a0135ec6">Skewarkey Baptist Church was constituted on March 19, 1787. It joined the Kehukee Baptist Association that later became a Primitive Baptist Association. This collection consists of minutes of church conferences, including membership rolls; two church covenants; articles of faith; rules of decorum; other church records, and "The Bonnie Blue Flag" lyrics.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_71c1eecbbab97f0a4e416714d4988689"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Skewarkey Baptist Church was constituted on March 19, 1787. It joined the Kehukee Baptist Association that later became a Primitive Baptist Association.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_a3901b1f41995edd61e82ae173b6baaa"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection consists of minutes of church conferences from August 12, 1786 to July 13, 1861, including membership rolls; two church covenants; articles of faith; rules of decorum; other church records, 1851-76 [broken series] and undated; and "The Bonnie Blue Flag" lyrics.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_4d58a719e70a5ad31cbf0ffaebdbb995"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Skewarkey Baptist Church (Martin County, N.C.) Records, (MS796), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_2ad6e05c95adad132137c61364cd54af"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_31c6ce7b219c74299672c0c8ecc02109"> <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_cd417c5ea89bc829ca534f8ee4aa994f"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p><extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/37102" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church (Martin County, N.C.) (CRMF814),</extref> Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_4a7d9c4871288cf128ac8ac611c7cf22"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Transcribed by Hayley Fisher, 2014. Formerly identified as CR62.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <geogname source="lcsh">Martin County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Martin County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Martin County -- History -- Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina -- Martin County</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref5_8t9" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/70842" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1786/1861" type="inclusive">1786-1861</unitdate> <container id="aspace_90f445a1b01b019a29343a1ee66e37cb" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_c70953d26fcc546458cfddbd7594da64" parent="aspace_90f445a1b01b019a29343a1ee66e37cb" type="volume">4</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_94c40963810ad5ddb820030eb5089022"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Letters received from Swift Creek; Bethlehem; Scuppernong; Picot; Morattock; Lawrence's; Bear Grass; and Conoho churches requesting membership for Thomas Richardson; Abel West; Miles (belonging to Samuel Rogers}; Mary E. Lanier; Elizabeth Leggett; Sely Jane Bailey; Mary (a black sister); Mary Eliza Hassell; Luzier [Louise?] Knight; Cynthy Cherry; and Bennett burges.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref26_q3r" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/70839" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Membership correspondence</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1851/1864" type="inclusive">1851-1864</unitdate> <container id="aspace_a1970e742bb09470d63f890578a9c1d9" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_041b1585ffb95a2a26cc8b5eb61ed794" parent="aspace_a1970e742bb09470d63f890578a9c1d9" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref27_v76" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/70841" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes, correspondence, and church records</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1856/1876" type="inclusive">1856-1876</unitdate> <container id="aspace_43b9a6ad06c5ada25cd08e1689507de1" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_9c969168661b1bae1239b4351acfbc62" parent="aspace_43b9a6ad06c5ada25cd08e1689507de1" type="folder">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref25_vye" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/70840" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">The Bonnie Blue Flag, lyrics</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1861/1861"> circa 1861</unitdate> <container id="aspace_4a641ae000b98f3e6370dfc5ff4fb57a" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_298070d5c7d9f0fb0f8c15c950147451" parent="aspace_4a641ae000b98f3e6370dfc5ff4fb57a" type="folder">2</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>