Stony Hill Baptist Church (Wake Forest, N.C.) Records

MS800

Stony Hill Baptist Church was constituted on November 22, 1884. This collection contains minutes of church conferences, financial records, membership lists, correspondence, and some loose papers.

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Summary Information

Repository: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title: Stony Hill Baptist Church (Wake Forest, N.C.) Records
Date: 1884-1914 (inclusive)
Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet / 1 oversize box
ID: MS800

Biographical and Historical Note

Stony Hill Baptist Church was constituted on November 22, 1884.

Collection Overview

This collection contains minutes of church conferences from November 22, 1884 to February 21, 1914, financial records, membership lists, correspondence, and some loose papers, 1905-12, undated [broken series].

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Wake County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources

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Publication Information: Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett
Revision Description: Revised by Katie Lawrence, 2018 November
Access Restrictions: Record open to research, but permission of the church must be obtained to photocopy these records in their entirety.
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Preferred Citation: Stony Hill Baptist Church (Wake Forest, N.C.) Records, (MS800), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.

Collection Inventory

Minute book (1884-1914) box 1 volume 214 articles of faith listed; rules of order read sept. 1893- changed "dancing" to "gambling" in the 10th article. The first set of Rules of Order was lost. The church wronte a new order and approved them after a few alterations. Th in Oct. of 1893, the clerk announced that he had found the old rules. "It was moved and seconded that teh new rules be rescinded and the old ones be continued as the Rules of this church." Motion carried. Lists male and female members separately- later removed to page 13. In nov. 1904, male members assessed $42 and female members $14 to pay the pastor's salary- If not pay assessment, charged with covetousness. Pastor's salary raised in 1908 to $60 per ? then raised to $75 by another motion. Ordination of Brother W.M. Jacobson- gave him a "license to preach the gospel of teh Son of God"- Sept. 1893. Loose list of male members of Stony Hill Baptist Church in 1907. Roll was always called and the minutes read at every conference. Moved and seconded that the deacons meet once each month to discuss church business and to report said business every 3 months. Motion carried.
Donation records, membership list, letters (1905-1912) box 1 folder 1

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