Vaughan Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records
At the request of the Rev. J.T. Edmundson, Vaughan Baptist Church was organized on October 31, 1897. This collection contains church meeting minutes, including membership lists, articles of faith, and a few minutes of deacons' meetings (1897, 1902-25, 1926-40), financial records, and correspondence. The minutes in Volume 1 are scattered and incomplete.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Vaughan Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records
- Date
- 1897-1965 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear Feet / 1 oversize box
- ID
- MS818
Biographical and Historical Note
At the request of the Rev. J.T. Edmundson, the following persons met in the Baptist house of worship at Vaughans, Warren Co., N.C. at 3:30PM, October 31, 1897 to organize a Baptist Church: Elders J.T. Edmundson, L.E. Perkinson, Paul Harris, and deacons from Macon, Sharon (now Wise), and others from Littleton and Enterprise Baptist churches. There were thirteen charter members from Enterprise and Littleton Baptist churches. The church met in the old John Vaughan store until 1898, when they began a new building.
Collection Overview
This collection contains church meeting minutes, including membership lists, articles of faith, and a few minutes of deacons' meetings (1897, 1902-25, 1926-40), financial records, and correspondence. The minutes in Volume 1 are scattered and incomplete.
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- Publication Information
- Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett
- Revision Description
- Revised by Katie Lawrence, 2018 December
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
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- Preferred Citation
- Vaughan Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records, (MS818), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.