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Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records

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Biographical and Historical Note

Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church was organized Oct. 5, 1772, with ten constituent members. William Cook was elected pastor. On Dec. 16, 1790, the church was reorganized as Eaton's when the Flat Rock Church recorded in its minutes "that the members of the lower end of our church bounds on Dutchman's Creek be set apart as an arm of 'the sd. church.'" There were seventeen members at the constitution of the new church. Only three members were from the old Dutchman's Creek. Elder William Cook, the founder and only minister of Dutchman's Creek and one of the ministers of Flat Rock in 1790 was another link with the earlier organization. Elders William Petty and Andrew Baker were the presebytery for the second organization.

Collection Overview

Records consist of minutes of church conferences from Oct. 5, 1772 to Dec. 1, 1941, including membership rolls. Other church records consist of assessment lists for the pastor's salary, cemetery inscriptions, church history, and records of the Woman's Missionary Society, 1885-87.

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records
ID
CRMF409
Date [inclusive]
1772-1902
Extent
2 microfilm_reel(s)  35mm; 1 positive, 1 negative
Microform [reel]
1
Microform [reel]
2

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Revision Description
 Revised by Immanuel Eggers 2020
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for use. 
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Preferred Citation
Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records (CRMF409), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

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Eaton's Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) Records, (MS746), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

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