First Baptist Church (Mount Gilead, N.C.) Records
Finding Aid & Inventory
First Baptist Church, Mount Gilead, N.C., was constituted in 1861. Items included in this collection are two newspaper clippings from the Montgomery Herald titled (1999), titled "Hamer Creek Baptist" and "Church Bulletin", and church meeting minutes.
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Biographical and Historical Note
First Baptist Church, Mount Gilead, N.C., was constituted in 1861.
Collection Overview
These documents include two newspaper clippings from the Montgomery Herald (1999), titled "Hamer Creek Baptist" and "Church Bulletin"; church meeting minutes (1861-1873) when its name was Hamer Creek Baptist Church; minutes (1875-1882) when its name was changed to Mount Gilead Baptist Church after reorganization, articles of faith, rules of decorum, and male, female, and African American membership rolls (1865,1875) with occasional notes of dates of dismission, admission, baptism, etc. Also included are church meeting minutes (1883-1894) and male, female, and African American membership rolls (1875-1894) with occasional notes of dates of dismission, admission, baptism, decease, etc. It is handwritten in a softcover notebook which has brittle and yellowed paper.
Collection Inventory
- Minute book (1861-1884) box 1 volume 1
- Minute book (1875-1894) box 1 folder 2
- Newspaper clippings (1999) box 1 folder 3
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- First Baptist Church (Mount Gilead, N.C.) Records
- ID
- MS755
- Date [inclusive]
- 1861-1999
- Extent
- 0.21 Linear Feet 1 half-document box
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Revision Description
- Revised by Katie Lawrence 2018 November
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- 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.
- Preferred Citation
- First Baptist Church Baptist Church (Mount Gilead, N.C.) Records (MS755), 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 -- Mount Gilead (Montgomery County)
- Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Montgomery County
- Baptists -- North Carolina -- Montgomery County -- History -- Sources
- African American Baptists -- North Carolina -- Montgomery County
Related Materials
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, First Baptist Church (Mount Gilead, N.C.) reports (CRMF617).