Bethlehem Baptist Church (Pender County, N.C.) Records

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        <titleproper>Bethlehem Baptist Church (Pender County, N.C.) Records <num>MS851</num></titleproper>
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        <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher>
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          <date>2017 April</date>
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          <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline>
          <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline>
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        <date>2019 January, 2020</date>
        <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence, Olivia Field</item>
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      <unitdate normal="1835/1951" type="inclusive">1835-1951</unitdate>
      <abstract id="aspace_01c1a6ce9496018a38ec43d6802db36d">Bethlehem Baptist Church was constituted in 1832 as Maple Bluff. Materials consist of church minutes from Dec. 1835 to Aug. 1912, and from 1928 to 1950 [broken series]; a list of deceased members, 1835-71; membership and attendance rolls, 1852-1951 and undated; miscellaneous undated papers; and Sunday School records, 1977-91 [broken series].</abstract>
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      <head>Historical Note</head>
      <p>Bethlehem Baptist Church was constituted in 1832 as Maple Bluff. It became Bethlehem in 1835. This church has been a member of Goshen, (1832-43); Union, (1844-64); Eastern, (1865-1900), and Wilmington, (1901- present) Baptist associations.</p>
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      <p>These documents include covenant and church meeting minutes (1835-1912), a photocopy of a deceased members list with notes of dates of decease (circa 1837-1871),  church membership lists and account materials with occasional notes of dates of decease and dismission (1852-1951), and other notes and materials pertaining to church matters.</p>
      <p>Digitized materials from this collection are available in <a href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63998/browse?value=Bethlehem+Baptist+Church+%28Pender+County%2C+N.C.%29+Records+%28MS851%29&amp;type=relationcollection">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</a>.</p>
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      <head>Preferred Citation</head>
      <p>Bethlehem (Currie, N.C.) Baptist Church records, (MS851), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.</p>
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      <p>This collection is open for use.</p>
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      <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>
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      <head>Related Materials</head>
      <p>Digitized materials from this collection are available in <a href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63998/browse?value=Bethlehem+Baptist+Church+%28Pender+County%2C+N.C.%29+Records+%28MS851%29&amp;type=relationcollection">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</a>.</p>
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      <p>Transcribed by Hayley Fisher, 2015. Formerly identified as CR120.</p>
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