Lisbon Street Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records
Finding Aid & Inventory
Lisbon Street Baptist Church was constituted in 1870. Included in this collection are church meeting minutes, financial records, clippings, and membership lists.
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Biographical and Historical Note
Lisbon Baptist Church was constituted in 1870.
Collection Overview
This collection includes male and female membership rolls, African American membership rolls with occasional notes of dates of decease and dismission (1848, 1850, 1853, 1882), financial records (1878), church meeting minutes (1848-1864, 1866-1885), membership rolls with notes of dates of admission, baptism, dismission, and decease (1896-1925), and church meeting minutes (1896-1925), financial records (1921, 1923, undated), reports to the Eastern Baptist Association (circa 1910s, 1919, 1924, undated), letters of membership dismission or recommendation to the church (1905, 1916, 1918-1920, 1923-1924), business letters to the church (circa 1910s, 1921-1922), two resolutions of respect (1928, undated), and a newspaper clipping which is an obituary of John Otis Herring (1914).
Collection Inventory
- Minute book (1848-1885) box 1 volume 2
- Minute book (1896-1925) box 1 volume 3
- Financial records, correspondence, and church records (1905-1928) box 1 folder 1
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Lisbon Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records
- ID
- MS764
- Date [inclusive]
- 1848-1928
- 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 and Finley Turner 2018 November, 2021 May
- 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
- Lisbon Street Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records (MS764), 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 -- Sampson County
- Baptists -- North Carolina -- Sampson County -- History -- Sources
- African American Baptists -- North Carolina
Related Materials
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives holds a related microfilm collection, Lisbon Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) records (CRMF611).