Free Will Baptist Church of Morton records
Scope and content
The first volume contains the record book of monthly meeting minutes including the Church covenant and list of members (1832-1884); the second volume contains an alphabetical list of names, vital statistics and membership data extracted from church records (1832-1979) and a reprint of an article giving a brief history of the Morton Community Church which succeeded the Free Will Baptist Church. The final reel contains the constitution of the Union Society and minutes of annual meetings at which the trustees were elected (1832-1890).
Dates
- 1832-1979.
Creator
- Free Will Baptist Church of Morton (Morton, N.Y.) (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The church was organized as the First Free Will Baptist Church in Murray and Clarkson. The church joined with the Episcopal Methodists of North Murray to form the Union Society of Free Will Baptists and Episcopal Methodists in order to erect a meeting house. This society met until 1890. The church organized as the Free Will Bapist Church of East Kendall in 1877. It erected its own building in 1877. The village changed its name to Morton in 1895.
Extent
3 microfilm reels. (3 microfilm reels.)
Language of Materials
English
Location of Originals Note
Holder of originals: Originals in possession of church historian.
- Baptists -- New York (State) -- Clarkson.
- Baptists -- New York (State) -- Morton.
- Baptists -- New York (State) -- Murray.
- Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Morton.
- Clarkson (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Minutes.
- Monroe County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Morton (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Morton Community Church (Morton, N.Y.)
- Murray (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Union Society of Free Will Baptists and Episcopal Methodists of North Murray and Clarkson (N.Y.)
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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