Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church Union Records

1893-1929
Manuscript Collection #1015
Portions of this collection are digitized (1 item)
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Physical description
0.16 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church Union Records (#1015), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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Contains a single record book (1893-1929) of quarterly meetings of union members and representatives of eastern North Carolina churches.

Biographical/historical information

The Skewarkey Baptist Church was formed ca. 1780 after separating from the Flat Swamp Church. During the Primitive Baptist movement in the 1830s, Skewarkey Baptist Church aligned themselves with the movement and shared fellowship in the Kehukee Association. The church served as a meeting point, or "mother church," for smaller congregations around the Roanoke and Tar River.

Scope and arrangement

The bulk of this collection is a record book of quarterly minutes of church union members and representatives from various churches in eastern North Carolina. Other documents include correspondence and a resolution.

Administrative information
Custodial History

October 18, 2004, 0.16 cubic feet; Records (1893-1929) of quarterly meetings of church union members and representatives of Briery Swamp, Great Swamp, Spring Green, Rocky Swamp, Bear Grass, Norfolk, Robersonville, and Concord churches, in eastern North Carolina. Donor: Lela Britton Leggett and Betty Alexander Holliman

Source of acquisition

Gift of Lela Britton Leggett

Gift of Betty Alexander Holliman

Processing information

Encoded by Lindsay Flood, April 1, 2008

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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Primitive Baptists--North Carolina