ms787Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records MS787Juno Zhu and Stephanie BennettZ. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives

2017 May

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Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records MS787 1.5 Linear Feet 1 oversize box 1868-1892 Raft Swamp Baptist Church was founded in 1854 in Lumberton, N.C. (Robeson County). The church is a part of the Robeson Baptist Association. This collection contains a church covenant, rules of decorum, church meeting minutes (1868-1891), and male and female membership rolls with occasional notes of dates of baptism, decease, dismission, reception, etc. (1875-1892). English . Historical Note

Raft Swamp Baptist Church was founded in 1854 in Lumberton, N.C. (Robeson County). The church is a part of the Robeson Baptist Association.

Collection Overview

This collection contains a church covenant, rules of decorum, church meeting minutes (1868-1891), and male and female membership rolls with occasional notes of dates of baptism, decease, dismission, reception, etc. (1875-1892).

Preferred Citation

Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records, (MS787), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

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Related Materials

Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives holds a related microfilm collection, Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records (CRMF45).

Processing Information

Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR53.

Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Robeson County Baptists -- North Carolina -- Robeson County -- History -- Sources African American Baptists -- North Carolina -- Robeson County Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Lumberton Robeson County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources Minute Book1868-1892Minute book from Dec. 5, 1868 consists of church covenant; rules of decorum; membership rolls; one loose item.11