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    <abstract id="aspace_f231ce3e8da1039b711d847407cda200">Meherrin Baptist Church was organized in 1729. This church has been a member of the Kehukee (1794-1805), Chowan (1806-83); and West Chowan (1883-present) Baptist Associations. This collection contains meeting minutes, photographs, and membership records.</abstract>
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    <head>Historical Note</head>
<p>Meherrin Baptist Church was organized in 1729. This church has been a member of the Kehukee (1794-1805), Chowan (1806-83); and West Chowan (1883-present) Baptist Associations.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>This collection contains meeting minutes, photographs, and membership records.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Meherrin Baptist Church (Murfreesboro, N.C.) Records (MS768), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>This collection is open for use.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Copyright Notice</head>
<p>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.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Related Materials</head>
<p>Meherrin Baptist Church (Murfreesboro, N.C.) Records, (CRMF153), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR34.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Murfreesboro</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Hertford County -- History -- Sources</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Hertford County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname>
    <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Hertford County</subject>
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