Second Baptist Church of Walworth records
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
These records include minutes, trustees records and accounts for the Second Baptist Society of Walworth which became a church the next year. Item #2 (Minutes record, but of the 6th Annual Wayne Baptist Association) is not a local church a small pamphlet which someone inserted into the volume of covenant meeting minutes. The records of the church begin in 1832 and the minutes and trustees records go up to 1865-6. In the meeting minutes there are several years of minutes that are illegible - 1850's and l860's, and in some years there were no minutes recorded.
Dates
- 1832-1866.
Creator
- Second Baptist Church of Walworth (Walworth, N.Y.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The Second Baptist Church of Walworth was organized in 1832 by Elder R. Powell. The filmed records extend from 1832 to the Civil War period. The meeting for incorporation was held March 5, 1833. Following that there were monthly covenant meetings and annual trustees' election meetings for which we have written records. The church erected its meeting house in 1834.
Extent
1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)
Abstract
Covenant meeting minute book (1832-1865), Wayne Baptist Association minutes for 1840, trustees' record book (1833-1866), church indenture (deed) of June, 1833, account book (1833-1834). Also covers church discipline, financial matters and temperance, slavery and anti-secret society resolutions.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
NOTE: An incorrect Accession number was put on the microfilm; the correct number is #6044.
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
- Compiled by:
- K.B.H.
- Date completed:
- Jan. 1979
- EAD encoding:
- Andrea Hektor, June 2004
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2015
- Account books.
- Antislavery movements.
- Baptists -- New York (State) -- Walworth.
- Baptists -- Societies.
- Church discipline.
- Minutes.
- Powell, R., Elder.
- Secret societies -- Religious aspects -- Baptists.
- Temperance and religion -- New York (State) -- Walworth.
- Walworth (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Wayne Baptist Association
- Wayne County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by K.B.H.
- Date
- June 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu