ms760Island Creek Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.) Records MS760John Hagerty and Stephanie BennettZ. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives

2017 April

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Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives Island Creek Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.) Records MS760 0.21 Linear Feet 1 half-document box 1820-1872 Island Creek (Henderson, N.C.) Baptist Church was constituted in 1820. Included in this collection are minute books and membership lists. English . Historical Note

Island Creek Baptist Church was founded in 1820 in Granville County, North Carolina.

Collection Overview

This volume contains church records when the church was in Granville County. It includes church meeting minutes with church activities and records of sermons, baptism, and new members admission etc. (1821-circa 1861, 1863-1868), a brief history of the church (1820), membership rolls (1829-1867), and African American membership rolls (1833-1872) both with notes of dates of dismission and decease. They are handwritten in a bound item that lacks covers and some pages, and has some loosing leaves of paper.

Preferred Citation

Island Creek Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.) Records (MS760), 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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Processing Information

Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR25.

African American Baptists -- North Carolina Minute book1820-1872Minutes of church conferences from 27 Nov. 1820 to 2 May 1868 including: Membership rolls, male, female, and Negro; rules of decorum; financial matters; Homecoming, revival and baptismal services; Improvements to church properties; Reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; selection of a pastor; special collections; Treasurer's records/contributions; associational letters; loose items; Miscellaneous11