ms764Lisbon Street Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records MS764John 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 Lisbon Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records MS764 1.5 Linear Feet 1 oversize box 1848-1928 Lisbon Street Baptist Church was constituted in 1870. Included in this collection are church meeting minutes, financial records, clippings, and membership lists. English . Historical Note

Lisbon Baptist Church was constituted in 1870.

Collection Overview

This collection includes male and female membership rolls, African American membership rolls with occasional notes of dates of decease and dismission (1848, 1850, 1853, 1882), financial records (1878), church meeting minutes (1848-1864, 1866-1885), membership rolls with notes of dates of admission, baptism, dismission, and decease (1896-1925), and church meeting minutes (1896-1925), financial records (1921, 1923, undated), reports to the Eastern Baptist Association (circa 1910s, 1919, 1924, undated), letters of membership dismission or recommendation to the church (1905, 1916, 1918-1920, 1923-1924), business letters to the church (circa 1910s, 1921-1922), two resolutions of respect (1928, undated), and a newspaper clipping which is an obituary of John Otis Herring (1914).

Preferred Citation

Lisbon Street Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records (MS764), 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, Lisbon Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) records (CRMF611).

Processing Information

Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR29.

Sampson County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Sampson County Baptists -- North Carolina -- Sampson County -- History -- Sources African American Baptists -- North Carolina Minute book1848-1885Minutes of quarterly church conferences from Aug. 1848 to Nov. 1885 including membership rolls for male, female and Negros; subjects include appointment, election of delegates, messengers to the association; financial matters; reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; selection of a pastor; building a new church12Minute book1896-1925Minutes of monthly church conferences from 2 May 1896 to 1 Nov 1925 including membership rolls; subjects include appointment, election of delegates, messengers to the association; financial matters; improvements to church properties; Lord's Supper; Reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; selection of pastor; election of church officers.13Financial records, correspondence, and church records1905-192811