Smyrna Baptist Church (Morganton, N.C.) records
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Biographical and Historical Note
Smyrna Baptist Church was established in 1801 as a member of the Catawba River Baptist Association.
Collection Overview
Minutes of church conferences from Feb. 1809 to Mar. 1901, including male, female, and African American membership lists; treasurer's reports and collections; association letters; the dismissal of church members, May 1854, to form a new church on "temperance principles if constituted at all"; and their use of a building as a school house and a church (1867).
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Creator
- Smyrna Baptist Church (Burke County, N.C.).
- Title
- Smyrna Baptist Church (Burke County, N.C.) records
- ID
- CRMF385
- Date [inclusive]
- 1809-1904
- Extent
- 1.0 microfilm reel(s) 35mm; positive
- Microform [Reel]
- 1
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Restrictions
- Permission of the church must be obtained to photocopy these records in their entirety.
- copyright notice
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- preferred citation
- Smyrna Baptist Church (Burke County, N.C.) records, CRMF385, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.