Biographical and Historical Note

The Mill Creek Baptist Church was founded in 1835 in Person County, North Carolina. It was a member of the Beulah Baptist association and the Mill Creek (1835)/Flat River Baptist Association.

Association: Beulah Baptist Association, 1835-1871; Flat River Baptist Association, 1871-1917; Beulah Baptist Association, 1917-

Pastors: Thomas King, 1837-1839; Stephen Pleasant, 1840-1886; J.H. Lambeth, 1887-1890; G.T. Watkins, 1891-1907; C.P. Ryland, 1908-1909; J.H. Bass, 1910-1914; D.F. Putnam, 1915-1916; C.T. Plybon, 1917-1921; N.J. Nodd, 1922-1938; J.F. Funderburke, 1940-1953; Earl E. Pitts, 1954; Benjamin E. Berry, 1955-1961; Morris L. Jackson, 1962-1965; Vincent Williams, 1966-1967; Jimmie Hancock, 1968-

Collection Overview

The contents of this record include minutes from church conferences dating from July 21, 1835 to October 1913 and from May 1922 to April 1932. These include membership rolls, treasurers' records circa 1918-1925, and a folder of miscellaneous church records from 1886-1904 that are undated.

Collection Inventory

• Minute book  (1835-1899) box 2 volume 4
• Historical accounts  (1835-1977) box 1 folder 4
• Minute book  (1871-1931) box 2 volume 3
• Membership record and minute book  (1874-1976) box 2 volume 6
• Administrative records and related  (1886-1968) box 3 folder 1-2 box 2 folder 7
• Membership record and minute book  (1889-1977) box 2 volume 7
• Minute book  (1890-1903) box 1 volume 1
• Minute book  (1890-1906) box 3 volume 3
• Minute book  (1906-1913) box 1 volume 2
• Membership record and minute book  (1917-1962) box 3 volume 6
• Membership record and financial record book  (1918-1927) box 3 volume 5
• Minute book  (1922-1932) box 1 volume 3
• Minute book  (1932-1942) box 3 volume 4
• Membership record and minute book  (1948-1968) box 2 volume 5
• 1962 membership records book inserts  (1961-1981) box 2 folder 1
• 1972-1976 membership record book inserts  (1975-1976) box 2 folder 2

Summary Information

Repository

Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives

Title

Mill Creek Baptist Church (Person County, N.C.) Records

ID

MS770

Date [inclusive]

1835-1981

Extent

4.5 Linear Feet  3 oversize boxes

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

Mill Creek Baptist Church (Person County, N.C.) Records, (MS770), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

• Person County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources

Subject(s)

• Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Roxboro
• Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Person County
• Baptists -- North Carolina -- Person County -- History -- Sources

Related Materials

Z. Smith Reynolds Special Collections and Archives holds a related microfilm collection, Mill Creek Baptist Church (Roxboro, N.C.) Records (CRMF615).

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