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/10339/93712">ms821</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Mount Pisgah Baptist Church (Apex, N.C.) Records <num>MS821</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>2021-05-27 16:11:41 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 December</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Mount Pisgah Baptist Church (Apex, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS821</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1814/1870" type="inclusive">1814-1870</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_87cc3e0143ee75cfa1a8c865cae05532">The Mount Pisgah Baptist Church was organized on August 26, 1814 by a presbytery consisting of James Weathers and Elder Robert Thomas Daniel at Yates Meeting House. There were 25 charter members- 4 males and 21 females. Daniel was chosen as their first pastor. In 1818, the church changed its name to Mount Pisgah from Yates Meeting House (1814-1818). This volume contains organization of the church (1814), articles of faith (1814), church meeting minutes (1815-1869), membership rolls of males, female, and African Americans with notes of dates of dismission, decease, marriage, etc. (1815-1869), and church statistics (1814-1868).</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_bd5ba436d2efa6a7d32602194006ed50"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>The Mount Pisgah Baptist Church was organized on August 26, 1814 by a presbytery consisting of James Weathers and Elder Robert Thomas Daniel at Yates Meeting House. There were 25 charter members- 4 males and 21 females. Daniel was chosen as their first pastor. In 1818, the church changed its name to Mount Pisgah from Yates Meeting House (1814-1818).</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_a550cf7df398f7d20b91ad6c911a27cf"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This volume contains organization of the church (1814), articles of faith (1814), church meeting minutes (1815-1869), 1814, 1821, 1858, 1865 and undated membership rolls of males, female, and African Americans with notes of dates of dismission, decease, marriage, etc. (1815-1869), and church statistics (1814-1868). It is a rebound book titled "Minutes of Mt Pisgah Baptist Church, Chatham County, North Carolina, 1815-1870", made in Durham, North Carolina, 1969.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_ebd1199b3dfcd8b07b329b43901efa2a"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Mount Pisgah Baptist Church (Apex, N.C.) Records, CR87, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_94db40f56a090656b1b0d8f24e0b5793"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_dc552e3d5a951730f33d947882c64421"> <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_df29dc0194e5e156a9cf259e03203be4"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Mount Pisgah Baptist Church (Apex, N.C.) (CRMF181), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_34942c90c6a0fe8fc17734233c8ce8ff"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Transcribed by Hayley Fisher, 2014. Formerly identified as CR87.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <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> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Apex</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref9_n5h" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64732" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1814/1870" type="inclusive">1814-1870</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_4f6075400d9c49878e82e2645f74cc89" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_334f986a9f7abe3e57c3979ae79feb36" parent="aspace_4f6075400d9c49878e82e2645f74cc89" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>