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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Bear Creek Baptist Church Records, #3124, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of Originals

Original returned to private owner in 1955.

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• Baptist State Convention of North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Baptist associations--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Baptists--Conduct of life--History--19th century.
• Bear Creek Baptist Church (Chatham County, N.C.)
• Chatham County (N.C.)--Religious life and customs.
• Church records and registers--North Carolina--History--19th century.

MICROFILM ONLY. Lists of officers, members, and delegates to annual association meetings; rules of behavior, investigations of members, and excommunication proceedings; minutes of monthly meetings; and other records of the Bear Creek Baptist Church, Chatham County, N.C.