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East Bend Baptist Church (East Bend, N.C.) Records

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East Bend Baptist Church was constituted on December 18, 1847. These records consist of church meeting minutes, membership rolls of men and women with occasional notes of dates of decease, dismission, etc., rules of decorum, church covenant, articles of faith, associational letters to Yadkin Baptist Association, and church boundaries records.

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Biographical and Historical Note

East Bend Baptist Church was constituted on Dec. 18, 1847. It was known as Mount Gilead, 1847-1885. This church has been a member of the Yadkin Baptist Association since 1848.

Pastors: D. Poindexter, 1848-49; Wm. G. Brown, 1851; N.S. Chaffin, 1852-1858; J.J. Caudle, 1855; C.W. Bessent, 1856-1857; N.S. Chaffin, 1858; N. York, 1860; No Supply, 1861; N.S. Chaffin, 1862; J. Robertson, 1863; no pastor, 1864; N. York, 1865; N.S. Chaffin, 1866-1867; T.W. Parrish, 1868; M. Baldwin, 1869; no pastor, 1870; N.S. Chaffin, 1872; M. Baldwin, 1873; no pastor, 1874; M. Baldwin, 1875; Pinkley Oliver, 1876; T.D. Casteohens, 1877-1881; E.J. Adams, 1882; W.H. Beamer, 1883-1890; C.C. Haymore, 1891-1894; R.M Loftis, 1895-1898; V.M. Swaim, 1899-1900; no pastor, 1901; J.J. Beach, 1902-1904; W.H. Beamer 1905-1909 (name chd. to East Bend B/C 1885); Chas H. Utley, 1910; J.C. Styers, 1911; no pastor, 1912; J.W. Bryan, 1913-1918; A.L. McLendon, 1919; Charlie Myers, 1920-1922; R.E. Adams, 1923-1927; J.G. Allgood, 1928-1932; T.S. Draughn, 1933-1949; Richard K.Young, 1950-1952; J.C. Shore, 1952-1954; no pastor, 1955; John C. Wells, 1956; Richard B. Day, 1957-58; Tim Bryant, 1959-1965; Frank Balch Wood, 1966-present.

Collection Overview

This volume contains church meeting minutes (1848-1887), undated and 1867-1886 membership rolls of males and females with occasional notes of dates of decease, dismission, etc. (1860-1886), rules of decorum, church covenant (1847), articles of faith (1847), associational letters to Yadkin Baptist Association (undated, 1877), and church boundaries record (1907).

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
East Bend Baptist Church (East Bend, N.C.) Records
ID
MS773
Date [inclusive]
1847-1907
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet  1 oversize box

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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
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Preferred Citation
East Bend Baptist Church (East Bend, N.C.) Records (MS773), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

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Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives holds a related microfilm collection, East Bend Baptist Church (East Bend, N.C.) Records (CRMF51).

Digitized materials from this collection are available in Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections.

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