?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    ms790    Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) Records  MS790   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 13:56:08 -0400 .  Describing Archives: A Content Standard     2018 November  Revised by Katie Lawrence           Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives     Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) Records   MS790     1.5 Linear Feet   1 oversize box      1825-1871   Rocky River Baptist Church was organized in 1776. By 1790, the church was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association. This volume contains church meeting minutes from June 11, 1825 to July 2, 1871 (missing 1851-52), and 1859 membership rolls of males, females, and African Americans.     English  .       Historical Note
Rocky River Baptist Church was organized in 1776. By 1790, the church was a member of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association.
  Collection Overview
This volume contains church meeting minutes from June 11, 1825 to July 2, 1871 (missing 1851-52), and 1859 membership rolls of males, females, and African Americans.
  Preferred Citation
Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) Records (MS790), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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This collection is open for use.
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  Related Materials
 Rocky River Baptist Church (Siler City, N.C.) (CRMF752), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives. 
  Processing Information
Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR56.
   African American Baptists -- North Carolina   Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Siler City   Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Chatham County   Chatham County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources   Baptists -- North Carolina -- Chatham County -- History -- Sources         Minute book   1825-1871  Minutes of church conferences from June 11, 1825 to July 2, 1871 include membership rolls of male, female and Negro (1859); subjects include election of delegates, messengers to the association; Board of deacons; Baptismal services; Licensing of Matthew D. Freeman (1833) to preach; ordinations; Reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; requests for assistance; selection of a pastor; special collections for assoc.; committee appointments and reports; resignation of church officers; loose items  1  1