Inventory of the Elk Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records, 1839-1890

Collection Number 4357


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Elk Creek Primitive Baptist Church (Alleghany County, N.C.)
Title
Elk Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records, 1839-1890.
Call Number
4357
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 item.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. The Primitive Baptist church at Elk Creek is located near Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C. The church dates at least from 1839, the date of the earliest entry in these records. The church remained active as of 1983. One volume of minutes of monthly church meetings and lists of members and their status in the church, 1839-1890. The minutes include records of the business of church meetings and the names of preachers and other church officials. The volume also includes a lengthy obituary and the text of a hymn, circa 1874, concerning the Reverend Enoch Reeves, one of the first preachers of the Elk Creek Church. Three petitions, 1873 and 1877, from other congregations to the Elk Creek Church were inserted in the volume.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals returned to private owner in 1983.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Elk Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records, #4357, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Alleghany County (N.C.)--Church history.
Church records and registers--North Carolina.
Elk Creek Primitive Baptist Church (Alleghany County, N.C.)
Primitive Baptists (N.C.)
Reeves, Enoch.
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Biographical Note

The Primitive Baptist church at Elk Creek is located near Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C. The church dates at least from 1839, the date of the earliest entry in these records. The church remained active as of 1983.

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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. One volume of minutes of monthly church meetings and lists of members and their status in the church, 1839-1890. The minutes include records of the business of church meetings and the names of preachers and other church officials. The volume also includes a lengthy obituary and the text of a hymn, circa 1874, concerning the Reverend Enoch Reeves, one of the first preachers of the Elk Creek Church. Three petitions, 1873 and 1877, from other congregations to the Elk Creek Church were inserted in the volume.