Free Will Baptist Church Of Morton Records,1832-1979.

Collection Number: 6202, #6204

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Free Will Baptist Church of Morton records, 1832-1979.
Collection Number:
6202, #6204
Creator:
Free Will Baptist Church of Morton (Morton, N.Y.)
Quantity:
3 reels microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The first volume contains the record book of monthly meeting minutes including the Church covenant and list of members; the second volume contains an alphabetical list of names, vital statistics and membership data extracted from church records 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.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

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 Baptist Church of East Kendall in 1877. It erected its own building in 1877. The village changed its name to Morton in 1895.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Free Will Baptist Church of Morton (Morton, N.Y.)
Morton Community Church (Morton, N.Y.)
Union Society of Free Will Baptists and Episcopal Methodists of North Murray and Clarkson (N.Y.)

Subjects:
Baptists -- New York (State) -- Morton.
Baptists -- New York (State) -- Murray.
Baptists -- New York (State) -- Clarkson.
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Morton.
Baptists
Church records and registers

Places:
Morton (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Murray (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Clarkson (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Monroe County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
New York (State) -- Monroe County

Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Free Will Baptist Church of Morton Records. #6202, #6204. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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