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Collection Number: 03173

Collection Title: A. D. Betts Papers, 1847-1917.

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Size 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 78 items)
Abstract A. D. Betts was a minister of the North Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Confederate chaplain. The collection includes 43 volumes of membership books, 1847-1908, kept by Betts during his ministry at various places in eastern North Carolina. They contain Sunday school records, accounts of mission subscriptions, sermon texts, accounts with congregations, and varied other information. Other items included are his diary, 1850-1852, as a student at the Colton School, Cumberland County, N.C.; accounts while at the University of North Carolina, 1852-1855; diary, 1861, as a minister in Brunswick County, N.C.; a roll, 1861-1864, with information about soldiers in the 30th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, of which he was chaplain; a notebook with biographical information about other chaplains in the Army of Northern Virginia; and scattered correspondence from family and friends.
Creator Betts, A. D. (Alexander Davis), 1832-1918.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the A. D. Betts Papers, #3173, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy of "Chaplains of Lee's Army" available.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1955
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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A. D. Betts was a minister of the North Carolina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Confederate chaplain.

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The bulk of the collection includes 43 volumes of membership books, 1847-1908 (volumes 6-48), kept by A. D. Betts during his ministry at various places in eastern North Carolina. They contain Sunday school records, accounts of mission subscriptions, sermon texts, accounts with congregations, and varied other information. Other items included are his diary, 1850-1852, as a student at the Colton School, Cumberland County, N.C.; accounts while at the University of North Carolina, 1852-1855; diary, 1861, as a minister in Brunswick County, N.C.; a roll, 1861-1864, with information about soldiers in the 30th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, of which he was chaplain; a notebook with biographical information about other chaplains in the Army of Northern Virginia; and scattered correspondence from family and friends.

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Contents list

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About 78 items.
Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Papers, 1851-1858

Folder 1b

Papers, 1861-1917

Folder 2

Volume 1: Diary, 18 May 1850-7 August 1852

Folder 3

Volume 2: Personal acocunts and memoranda, July 1852-May 1855

Folder 4

Volume 3: Personal diary, 1861

Folder 5

Volume 4: Chaplain's roll of 30th N.C. Volunteers, 1861-1864

Folder 6

Volume 5: "Chaplains of Lee's Army"

Contains biographical data on 26 individual chaplains.

Folder 7

Volume 6: Classbooks, Zion, 1847-1861

Folder 8

Volume 7: Topsail Circuit, 1851-1852

Folder 9

Volume 8:Mount Bethel class, Henry County, 1855

Folder 10

Volume 9: Sampson Circuit and family expenses, 1856-1857

Folder 11

Volume 10: Sampson Circuit, Moses J. Hunt and A. D. Betts, 1857-1858

Folder 12

Volume 11: Smithville Circuit class book, 1858

Folder 13

Volume 12: Texts and other notes, Union, Shallotte, etc., 1859

Folder 14

Volume 13: Smithville Circuit, 1859

Folder 15

Volume 14: Elizabeth Circuit, 1860

Folder 16

Volume 15: Class list, 1862-1863

Folder 17

Volume 16: Topsail Circuit, 1866-1869

Mostly accounts

Folder 18

Volume 17: Topsail Circuit, 1866-1869

Mostly accounts

Folder 19

Volume 18: Topsail Circuit, 1868-1869

Mostly accounts

Folder 20

Volume 19: Topsail Circuit, 1869

Folder 21

Volume 20: Rolesville Circuit, 1872-1873

Folder 22

Volume 21: 1874

Folder 23

Volume 22: Ansonville Circuit, 1874

Folder 24

Volume 23: Ansonville Circuit, 1875

Folder 25

Volume 24: Mt. Pleasant Circuit, 1876

Folder 26

Volume 25: Mt. Pleasant Circuit, 1877

Folder 27

Volume 26: Guilford Circuit, 1878

Folder 28

Volume 27: Duplin Circuit, 1880

Folder 29

Volume 28: Morehead City and vicinity (Jones Circuit), 1883-1886

Folder 30

Volume 29: Texts; books to sell, 1887

Folder 31

Volume 30: Lists of baptisms; classes, 1887-1888

Folder 32

Volume 31: Swanquarter Circuit, 1889

Folder 33

Volume 32: Wilson Circuit, 1890

Folder 34

Volume 33: Deep River Circuit, 1891

Folder 35

Volume 34: Rockingham Circuit, 1894

Folder 36

Volume 35: Miscellaneous, 1894; 1897

Folder 37

Volume 36: Rocky Mount Circuit, 1897

Folder 38

Volume 37: Rocky Mount Circuit, 1898

Folder 39

Volume 38: 1899-1900

Folder 40

Volume 39: Bethel, 1901

Folder 41

Volume 40: Bethel and Jamesville, 1901

Volume 40: Cokesbury, 1902

Folder 42

Volume 41: Cokesbury Circuit, 1902

Folder 43

Volume 42: Spring Hope, 1902-1903

Folder 44

Volume 43: Spring Hope, 1905

Folder 45

Volume 44: Spring Hope, 1905

Folder 46

Volume 45: Town Creek, 1906

Folder 47

Volume 46: Town Creek, 1907

Folder 48

Volume 47: Shallotte, 1908

Folder 49

Volume 48: Undated

Reel M-3173/1

Microfilm

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