Harmony Grove Batist Church (McDowell Co., N.C.) records  CRMF202     Finding aid prepared by Abbey Keener       Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives   PO Box 7777   Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109   336 758-5755      This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit  2014-01-23T16:38-0500     Describing Archives: A Content Standard           Harmony Grove Baptist Church (Nebo, McDowell County, N.C.) records   CRMF202     Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives           1     1.0 microfilm reel(s)   35mm; negative     1845-1920     Harmony Grove Baptist Church (Nebo, McDowell County, N.C.).        Historical Note
Harmony Grove Baptist Church was organized May 31, 1845, Nebo township, McDowell County, N.C. as the result of an earlier meeting held March 1, 1845, at Harmony Grove Meeting House when it was decided to form a church and to call a presbytery for this purpose. The presbytery consisted of Elder Lewis Mc. Curry, Moderator, J. C. Grayson, Clerk, and deacons William O. Wallace from Cane Creek and D. Morgan from Round Hill. Fifteen charter members were enrolled from Bethel, Round Hill, and Head of 1st Broad Baptist churches. Articles of faith were adopted, church officers were elected, and two more members were admitted to the church. Joseph C. Grayson was elected as their first pastor.
  Use Restrictions
Permission of the church must be obtained to copy these records in their entirety.
  Source of Acquisition
Received on loan for microfilming and return to the church from Reverends C.C. Parker, Marion, N.C., and Robert P. Hamby, Hendersonville, N.C, June 21, 1971.
  Processing Information note
Processed by Abbey Keener on March 7, 2012.
  Scope and Contents
Minutes of church conferences from Mar. 1, 1845 to Aug. 25, 1889; and from Sept. 21 to Dec. 5, 1920, including membership rolls, male and female membership rolls, articles of faith, and rules of decorum. The entry for Feb. 21, 1857 contains a request to the pastor and deacons to form a presbytery to constitute Dysartville Baptist Church, May 2, 1857.
   Blue Ridge Baptist Association (N.C. : 1929).   Catawba River Baptist Association (N.C.).   Dysartsville Baptist Church (Nebo, McDowell County, N.C.).   Green River Baptist Association.   Harmony Grove Baptist Church (Nebo, McDowell County, N.C.).   Baptists--North Carolina--McDowell County--History--Sources   Church records and registers--North Carolina--McDowell County   Church records and registers--North Carolina--Nebo (McDowell County)    McDowell County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources           Church Minutes         Church Minutes, Vol. 1, 1845-1889           Church Minutes, Vol. 2, 1889-1920