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Poplar Creek Baptist Church (Vance County, N.C.) Records

Finding Aid & Inventory

This collection contains church minute books, church records, Woman's Missionary Society financial records, and photograph negatives of the church building and W.R. Cullom.

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Biographical and Historical Note

Association: Flat River Association, 1863-present

Pastors: E.F. Beachman, 1863-1867; J.A. Stradly, 1868-1875; F.R. Underwood, 1876-1886; R.H. Marsh, 1886-1894; T.B. Hill, 1894-1896; W.R. Cullom, 1897-1902; A.D. Hunts, 1903-1905; H.T. Stevens, 1906-1908; J.A. Stradley, 1909; E.R. Nelson, 1911-1912; H.G. Bryant, 1913-

Source of the above information: Poplar Creek Baptist Church Minutes (1863-1914)

Collection Overview

This collection contains church minute books from April 4, 1963 to January 18, 1966, and from August 16, 1988 to May 5, 1992, church records, Woman's Missionary Society financial records 1948-74 [broken series], and photograph negatives of the church building and W.R. Cullom.

Collection Inventory

Minute book (1860-1917) box 1 volume 3
Covenant, laws and rules of order, and membership lists (1863-1928) box 2 folder 8
Sunday school attendance records (1877-1882) box 2 folder 2
Minute book (1907-1914) box 2 folder 7
Church records (1914-1966) box 1 volume 4
Woman's Missionary Society financial records (1940-1951) box 1 folder 1
Minute book (1948-1974) box 2 folder 5
Church records (1950-1976) box 1 volume 2
Minute book (1951-1952) box 2 folder 6
Minute book (1982-1988) box 2 folder 4
Minute book (1988-1992) box 2 folder 3
Photographs (undated) box 2 folder 1
Cemetery materials (circa 2002) box 2 folder 9

Summary Information

Repository: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title: Poplar Creek Baptist Church (Vance County, N.C.) Records
ID: MS785
Date [inclusive]: 1860-1992
Extent: 1.71 Linear Feet 1 oversize box, 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.
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Preferred Citation: Poplar Creek Baptist Church (Vance County, N.C.) Records, (MS785), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

Vance County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources

Subject(s)

Poplar Creek Baptist Church (Vance County, N.C.) (CRMF656), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.

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