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.

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.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Betts family.
• Betts, A. D. (Alexander Davis), 1832-1918.
• Brunswick County (N.C.)--Religion--19th century.
• Church records and registers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Colton School (Cumberland County, N.C.)--Students--History--19th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Chaplains
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 30th.
• Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--Clergy--History--19th century.
• Methodist Episcopal Church, South--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.

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

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.