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Concord Baptist Church (Duplin County, N.C.) Records, (MS741), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
This collection includes materials organized into two series. The first series includes 2 volumes of the church minute book. The second series includes membership rolls, rules of decorum, declaration of faith, and an obituary.
The first conference was held at Concord in 1807, while a branch of Bulltail (now Wells Chapel Baptist Church). It continued as such with the same deacons and clerks serving each place until February 18, 1825 when it was constituted as a separate church, Elders Raphel, Fennell, and Stallings officiating. There were fifteen charter members- 7 males; 7 females, and 1 servant. In 1835 twenty-four members were dismissed to Beaver Dam (now Magnolia). In 1853, thirty-two members were given letters of dismission in order that they might organize Carroll's Chapel (now Corinth). In April of 1866, the Corinth membership (after having dissolved their church) were received into Concord. In June they were granted their letters to re-organize Corinth again.
Association Membership: Cape Fear (1825-1826); Goshen (1827-1844); Union (1844-1865); Eastern (1865-)
Pastors: George Fennell, David Wells, C. C. Gordon, William M. Kennedy, Alfred Guy, G. S. Best, J. N. Stalling, G. W. Hufham, Richard Caswell Sandling, J. T. Albritton, G. S. Wells, A. A. Butler, R. H. Gilbert, N. B. Cobb, W. N. Johnson, O. L. Brown, J. B. Newton, H. C. Bethea, S. B. Wilson, D. E. Hill, J. H. Booth, W. M. Kelly, J. Herman Barnes, L. L. Johnson, Calhoun Johnson, T. W. McNeely, J. P. Royal, J. D. Everett, Ted Atkins, T. N. Cooper
Cemetery/ Records/ Dates: Yes
Histories: Murphy, Gray, Concord Baptist Church (a history sketch), c1930. 3p. Wells, Ruth B., "Concord Baptist Church" (a history sketch), Duplin Times (Kenansville, N. C.), July 28, 1966. Kallam and Brown, "Concord Baptist Church Cemetery" (tombstone inscription) Duplin County, N. C. Gravestone Records, 1960, p. 117-118.
Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR6.
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.
Received on loan subject to recall by the church from Gray Murphy, Rose Hill, N. C., Oct. 23, 1931.
This collection includes 2 volumes of the church minute book from Feb. 1812, while still an arm of Bulltail Baptists Church, to Mar. 4, 1882. Additionally, it includes membership rolls, rules of decorum, declaration of faith, and an obituary. Loose items include a subscription list for W. M. Kennedy's salary (1879), a church letter from Beaverdam Baptist Church (1869), and two membership lists, 1880 and undated.
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, Concord Baptist Church (Duplin County, N.C.) Records (CRMF648).