First Baptist Church of Covert records

Collection — microfilm reel: 1

Identifier: 6038

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection consists of one volume of covenant meeting minutes which record many cases of church discipline, the selection of new ministers and deacons, discussion of subscription policy, am reports of church activities. Other issues in this church record are anti-masonry, temperance, heresy, and the mission controversy. At the end of the volume is a membership list dating from 1803 indicating how each member was received into and left the church.

Dates

1803 - 1849

Creator

First Baptist Church of Covert (Covert, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

This church was organized as the Baptist Church of Ovid and Hector on February 16, 1803 with 29 members. A meeting house was constructed. The church membership grew steadily with regular revivals. In 1820 the church left the Cayuga Baptist Association and joined the Seneca Baptist Association. Groups of members broke off at different times to form churches at Peach Orchard (Collection #6059) and other locations.

Extent

1 microfilm reels.

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains one volume of covenant meeting minutes recording cases of church discipline, subscription policy, anti-Masonry, temperance, heresy and the mission controversy, with a membership list in the back.

Physical Description

Microfilm

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, June 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2015