?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    ms787    Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records  MS787   Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett    Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 
 2017 May  
 PO Box 7777  Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109  URL:       This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2021-06-02 12:52:36 -0400 .  Describing Archives: A Content Standard     2018 November  Revised by Katie Lawrence           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.
  Access Restrictions
This collection is open for use.
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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 Book   1868-1892  Minute book from Dec. 5, 1868 consists of church covenant; rules of decorum; membership rolls; one loose item.  1  1