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Flat Rock Baptist Church (Hamptonville, N.C.) Records

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Flat Rock Baptist Church was organized June 10, 1783 by William Petty. It was originally called Hunting Creek. Records consist of minutes of church conferences from Aug. 31, 1895 to Dec. 1917, including male and female membership rolls, treasurer's reports, and index to church members, reports of protracted meetings, a farewell service in the old church, Dec. 1913, and a list of pastors and clerks.

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Biographical and Historical Note

Flat Rock Baptist Church was organized June 10, 1783 by William Petty. It was originally called Hunting Creek. Several members had been members of the disordered Dutchman's Creek [Eatons] Baptist Church. Many arms of this church were established by Petty and his assistant William Cook. As the arms or branches of the church grew stronger they would petition the mother church for organization into a separate church. Arms of Flat Rock included the following churches (with dates petitioned): Grassy Knob [Creek], 1789; Eatons [usually regarded as a continuation of Dutchman's Creek], December 1790; Bear Creek, August 1791; Club Creek, May 1794; Deep Ford on Reddie's Creel, June 1796; and Warrior River, May 1799. Most of these churches have survived unto the present and still use their original names.

Name Changes: Known as Petty's Meeting House, 1783-1802 and Hunting Creek, 1783-1802.

Pastors: William Petty, 17 years; Rev. Walker; William Cook, William Britoon, John Angel, Daniel Windsor, Z.B. Adams, 1846-52, 1856-57; William Green Brown, 1853-55,1858-86, 1896; William A. Myers, 1887-88; Stanly S. May, 1889-93; Virgil M. Swaim, 1894-95; John G. Weatherman, 1897-99, 1903-05; John W. Burkette, 1900; J.J. Black, 1906; W.W. Vanhoy, 1907; Louis Baxter Murray, 1911-12' Moses H. Privette. 1912; E.W. Turner, 1913-20, 1923-24; James Jester, 1924-25; Marvin Lindley, 1925-27, 1930; L.M. Holloway, 1921-22; S.B. Wilson, 1928-29; W.E. Linney, 1931-37; Richard L. West, 1938-39; Grady D. White, 1940-41; Guy S. Cain, 1952-55; A.R. Hastings, 1957; Horaces "Bones" McKinney, 1958; John T. Edwards, 1959-70; pastor not listed, 1971; Phillip J. Parker, 1972-75; pastor not listed, 1976; Davod B. Witt, 1977-85; pastor not listed, 1986; Johnny Enloe Jr., 1987-

Association Membership: Strawberry, VA, 1783-circa 1805, Yadkin, 1790-.

Collection Overview

Records consist of minutes of church conferences from Aug. 31, 1895 to Dec. 1917, including male and female membership rolls, treasurer's reports, and index to church members, reports of protracted meetings, a farewell service in the old church, Dec. 1913, and a list of pastors and clerks. Descriptive list in N.C. Baptist Historical Collection.

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Flat Rock Baptist Church (Hamptonville, N.C.) Records
ID
MS752
Date [inclusive]
1780-1917
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet  1 half-document box

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Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Revision Description
 Revised by Katie Lawrence 2018 November
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This collection is open for use. 
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Preferred Citation
Flat Rock Baptist Church (Hamptonville, N.C.) Records, (MS752), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

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Flat Rock Baptist Church (Hamptonville, N.C.) (CRMF 53), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.

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