East Bend Baptist Church (East Bend, N.C.) Records
Finding Aid & Inventory
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
- Minute book, transcript (1847-1907) box 1 volume 1
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
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
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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.
Controlled Access Headings
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- East Bend
- Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Yadkin County
- Baptists -- North Carolina -- Yadkin County -- History -- Sources
Related Materials
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.