Elizabethtown Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.) Records
Finding Aid & Inventory
Elizabethtown Baptist Church was constituted on December 10, 1903. This volume contains church administration information, members lists, and meeting minutes for the Elizabethtown Baptist Church.
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Biographical and Historical Note
On December 10th, 1903, a presbytery consisting of Rev. D. J. Clark, Rev. J. H. Hildreth, and Bro. Chastin Martin by special invitation assembled at the court house in Elizabethtown, N. C., for the purpose of organizing a missionary Baptist Church. There were sixteen charter members. Rev. J. H. Hildreth was the first pastor of the church.
Association Membership: Bladen (1904-)
Pastors: J. H. Hildreth 1903-1905; O. P. Meeks 1905-1911; T. J. Baker 1911; Oscar Johnson 1911-1912; J. M. Fleming 1912-1916; J. E. Dupree 1916-1918; B. F. Rollins 1918- ; E. M. Books 1919-1921; C. M. Whitlock 1923- 1924; W. O. Biggs 1924-1929; Lee Pridgen 1929-1931; L. R. Ennis 1931-1933; C. R. Hinton 1933-1937; E. H. Canady 1937-1945; A. D. Frazier 1945-1954; Dean L. Minton 1954- 1958; E. R. Boyd 1958-1960; Jerry M. Wallace 1960-1967
Histories: NCCF: Hester, R. J., "Brief History of the Elizabethtown Baptist Church". Bladen Journal (Elizabethtown, N. C.), circa 1931.
Collection Overview
This volume contains church administration information, members lists, and meeting minutes for the Elizabethtown Baptist Church (1903). The handwritten (pencil and ink) sheets number 105 pages, with two additional loose pages with similar information.
Collection Inventory
- Minute book (1903-1926) box 1 volume 1
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Elizabethtown Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.) Records
- ID
- MS747
- Date [inclusive]
- 1903-1926
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear Feet 1 oversize box
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Revision Description
- Revised by Katie Lawrence, Olivia Field 2018 November, 2020
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
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- Preferred Citation
- Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, N.C.) Baptist Church Records (MS747), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Controlled Access Headings
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Elizabethtown
- Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Bladen County
- Baptists -- North Carolina -- Bladen County -- History -- Sources
Related Materials
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, Elizabethtown Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.) Records (CRMF17).
Digitized materials from this collection are available in Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections.