?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    ms750    Ephesus Baptist Church Records (Semora, N.C.) Records  MS750   John Hagerty and Stephanie Bennett    Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 
 April 2017 
 PO Box 7777  Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109  URL:       This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2021-05-21 14:28:48 -0400 .  Describing Archives: A Content Standard     2018 November  Revised by Katie Lawrence           Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives     Ephesus Baptist Church (Semora, N.C.) Records   MS750     0.5 Linear Feet   1 letter box     1835-1919   Ephesus Baptist Church was constituted in 1857. This collection includes church meeting minutes, church covenants, and church membership lists and related materials.     English  .       Historical Note
In 1857, a group of 39 Christians came together under the leadership of Reverend Dewey R. King to organize a church for public worship known as Ephesus Baptist Church.
Source: http://www.ephesusbaptistchurch.com/our-history/
  Collection Overview
This collection includes church meeting minutes (1835-1870) and (1892-1919), church covenants, church membership, a membership list (1893), dismissed members lists (1893-1912), names of those baptized (1894-1914), name lists identified as Received by Letter (1893-1917), and a name list of those who have died (1893-1913).
  Preferred Citation
Ephesus Baptist Church Records (Semora, N.C.) Records, (MS750), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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  Copyright Notice
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.
  Related Materials
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, Ephesus Baptist Church (Semora, N.C.) Records (CRMF650).
  Processing Information
Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR15.
   African American Baptists -- North Carolina   Person County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources   Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Semora   Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Person County   Baptists -- North Carolina -- Person County -- History -- Sources         Minute book   1835-1888  Contains minutes of church conferences from November 21, 1835 to June 11, 1870; a church covenant, list of charter members, list of male, female, and negro members, and a list of contributions for a new church.  1  1       Minute book   1892-1919  Contains minutes of church conferences from August 6, 1892 to March 1, 1919; male and female membership rolls, 1893; lists of dismissed members, 1893-1911 (broken series); lists of members received by baptism, 1894-1912 (broken series) and those received by church letter, 1893, 1907; lists of members withdrawn from fellowship, 1893-1903; lists of restored members, 1893-1912; lists of deceased members, 1893-1913; a financial table, 1901; contribution lists for missions, 1901; memorials and tributes of respect for deceased church members; reports to the association, 1894-1902, 1912; and a letter of appreciation for pastor, C.P. Ryland, 1911.  1  2