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/10339/93703">ms828</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Roaring River Primitive Baptist Church (Wilkes County, N.C.) Records <num>MS828</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 13:50:50 -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="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Roaring River Primitive Baptist Church (Wilkes County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS828</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1785/1946" type="inclusive">1785-1946</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_37e48a6b6aeca3f5f21cd454e95ca46c">Roaring River Baptist Church was constituted in 1779. This church has been a member of the Strawberry, Va. (1779-1789?), Yadkin (1790-1822), and Brier Creek (1822-1838) Baptist Associations. The church was declared out of fellowship when it joined the Mountain Primitive Baptist Association in 1838. This volume is a transcription of the original church records with transcribers' notes containing a history of the church, church meeting minutes, membership lists with notes of dates of baptisms, and undated membership lists including African Americans with notes of dates of death dismission, etc.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_2631fa2093469adadc29440a496950f2"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Roaring River Baptist Church was constituted in 1779. This church has been a member of the Strawberry, Va. (1779-1789?), Yadkin (1790-1822), and Brier Creek (1822-1838) Baptist Associations. The church was declared out of fellowship when it joined the Mountain Primitive Baptist Association in 1838.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_53f2bf21bcc4a5097cae1b943c5a0ccc"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This volume is a transcription of the original church records with transcribers' notes containing a history of the church, church meeting minutes (1785-1797, 1828-1831, 1833-1880), 1785-1798 membership lists with notes of dates of baptism (1785-1794), 1829, 1838, 1865, 1879 and undated membership lists including African Americans with notes of dates of death, dismission, etc. (1829-1946).</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_4c64fb9d1ff36d2c47d7e358bd8e7eca"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Roaring River Primitive Baptist Church (Wilkes County, N.C.) Records, (MS828), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_e886aff87ab2b05758c3d85e0a6107ec"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_5654e6825011fa41c05639eb26f7b9b0"> <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> <processinfo id="aspace_271824c971068936f3bb41df5820f786"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Transcribed by Hayley Fisher, 2014. 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