St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Rowan County, N.C.) Records, 1840-1990

Collection Number: 05673

Collection Title: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Rowan County, N.C.) Records, 1840-1990

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Size	4 items
Abstract	Records of the predominantly white St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Rowan County, N.C., include an 1840 document noting the church's consecration; an 1879 letter addressed to Rev. George Badger Wetmore from a congregant; a record book with entries dating from 1840 to 1889; and a booklet titled "St. Andrew's Episcopal Church The Sesquicentennial 1840-1990" by Elizabeth H. Etheridge. The record book contains reports delivered at diocesan conventions and information about the lay vestry; the church building and grounds; the congregants including lay women church workers; burials; and sacraments performed including baptism, confirmation, and matrimony. Included in the antebellum baptismal records are the first names of enslaved people who received the sacrament with notations such as "colored servant" followed by the name of their enslaver.
Creator	St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Rowan County, N.C.)
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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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 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Rowan County, N.C.) Records #05673, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Betsy Brown in January 2016 (Acc. 102501).

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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Encoded by: Laura Hart, June 2019

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George Badger Wetmore Papers (04497)

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Rowan County, N.C., was consecrated in 1840.