Historical Sketch

Old Regular Baptist Churches are a product of central Appalachia. The belief system of the church developed during the nineteenth century, and first “association,” New Salem, can trace its lineage to 1825 in Pike, Floyd, Perry, and Harlan counties of Kentucky. The organization of the denomination is by the aforementioned association, which is formed when a group of individual churches unite to form one body. In his 1989 work The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia: Brothers and Sisters of Hope, Howard Dorgan identified sixteen separate Old Regular Baptist Church Associations, primarily located in Kentucky and Virginia, but with some churches located as far away as Michigan or Florida. Each association publishes minutes each year, which contains a record of the association meetings, as well as obituaries of church members who have passed in recent years. Often a listing of ordained ministers, church addresses, and statistical information on the individual churches are also included.

Scope and Content

The Old Regular Baptist Church Minutes are obituaries and meeting minutes of the church associations. These materials, consisting of three cubic feet of archival material, are arranged in chronological order, and the contents of each year’s folder may contain the minutes of several different associations.

 

Box and Folder List

Box 1:

Folder 1 (1890):                    Obituary of Madison A. Adams

Folder 2 (1898):                    Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 3 (1900):                    Obituary of William Harvey Osborn

Folder 4 (1902):                    Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 5 (1903):                    Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 6 (1905):                    Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist

Folder 7 (1906):                    Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 8 (1907):                    Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 9 (1908):                    Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Eighty-Third Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist (original)

Folder 10 (1909):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Proceedings of the Union Association, Minutes of the Eighty-Fourth Annual Meeting Of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist

Folder 11 (1910):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Proceedings of the Union Association, Minutes of the Eighty-Fifth Annual Meeting Of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist (original)

Folder 12 (1911):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Mud River Primitive Baptist Association (original), Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Session of the Union Association of Regular Baptists

Folder 13 (1912):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Eighty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist (original)

Folder 14 (1913):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Proceedings of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Session of the Union Association of Regular Baptists, Minutes of the Eighty-Eighth Annual Meeting A.D. 1913, of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist (original)

Folder 15 (1914):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Eighty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Regular Baptist (original), Proceedings of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Session of the Union Association of Regular Baptists, Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 16 (1915):                  Enterprise Association of Baptists Thirty-Eighth Annual Session 1915 (original), Minutes of the Ninetieth Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Regular Baptists (original), Proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus

Christ Folder 17 (1916):Obituary of Sarah A. Deel, Minutes of the 91^st Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Regular Baptists (original), Minutes of the Twenty-First Annual Session of The Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the Fifty-Seventh Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 18 (1917):                  Minutes of the 58^th Annual Session of the Union Association of the Regular Primitive Baptists (original), Minutes of the 92^nd Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Regular Baptists (original), Proceedings of The Fifty-Eighth Annual Session of the Union Association Of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 19  (1918):                 Obituary of Pearlie Church, Minutes of the 93^rd Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Regular Baptists (original), Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 20 (1919):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the 94^th Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist Church of Jesus Church (2 originals), Minutes of the Thirtieth Annual Session of the Mud River Primitive Baptist Association (original), Minutes Sandlick Association Regular Primitive Baptists (original)

Folder 21 (1920):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Ninety-Fifth Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Sixty-First Annual Session of The Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original) 

Folder 22 (1921):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Ninety-Sixth Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the Sixty-Second Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 23 (1922):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Ninety-Seventh Annual Session of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 24 (1923):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, “The Old Regular Baptist” newspaper published Mayking, Letcher County, Kentucky – April 1923, Minutes of the Sixty-Fourth Annual Session Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ, Minutes of the Ninety-Eighth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist of Jesus Christ (original)

Folder 25 (1924):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, “The Old Regular Baptist” newspaper published Mayking, Letcher County, Kentucky – January-April 1924, Proceedings of 65^th Annual Session of the Union Association of Regular Baptists, Proceedings of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists, Minutes of the Ninety-Ninth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Fourth Annual Session of the Burning Springs Association of Regular Primitive Baptists (original)

Folder 26 (1925):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, “The Old Regular Baptist”, newspaper published Millstone, Letcher County, Kentucky – September 1925, Minutes of the One Hundredth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist of Jesus Christ (original)

Folder 27 (1926):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the One Hundred And First Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ, Minutes of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Session Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ

Folder 28 (1927):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the One Hundred And Second Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the Sixty-Eighth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 29 (1928):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Sixty-Ninth Annual Session, 12^th Annual Meeting – Friendship Association – Friendship Church, Wyoming County, West Virginia – September 7, 8, 9, 1928, Minutes of the Sardis Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ Thirty-Fifth Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred And Third Annual Session of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Twelfth Annual Session of the Friendship Association of Old Regular Baptist (original)

Folder 30 (1929):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Seventieth Annual Session, Minutes of the Sardis Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ Thirty-Sixth Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Fourth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of “Old Regular” Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Session of Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist Faith and Order (original), Minutes of the Fifth Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association of the Old Regular Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (original) 

Folder 31 (1930):                  Minutes of the Sardis Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ Thirty-Eighth Annual Session (original), Minutes of One Hundred and Fifth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Seventy-First Annual Session

Folder 32 (1931):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of One Hundred and Sixth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist Churches of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Seventy-Second Annual Session

Folder 33 (1932):                  Minutes of the One Hundred and Seventh Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Seventy-Third Annual Session

Folder 34 (1933):                  Minutes of the One Hundred and Eighth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Forty-First Annual Session of the Sardis Association of Old Regular Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Ninth Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association Old Regular Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Forty-Sixth Annual Session of the Mud River Old Regular Baptist Association (original), Proceedings of the Seventy-Fourth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists 

Folder 35 (1934):                  Minutes of the One Hundred and Ninth Annual Session The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 36 (1935):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Seventy-Sixth Annual Session

Folder 37 (1936):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Seventy-Seventh Annual Session

Folder 38 (1937):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Seventy-Eighth Annual Session

Folder 39 (1938):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Proceedings of the Seventy-Ninth Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 40 (1939):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eightieth Annual Session

Folder 41 (1940):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-First Annual Session

Folder 42 (1941):                  Obituary of Billy and Betty Caudill, The Twenty-Second Annual Session of New Hope Association called Clear Creek Association of United Baptists (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Second Annual Session

Folder 43 (1942):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, The Twenty-Third Annual Session of New Hope Association called Clear Creek Association of United Baptists (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Third Annual Session

Folder 44 (1943):                  Obituary of Freeling Rose, The Twenty-Fourth Annual Session of New Hope Association of United Baptists (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Fourth Annual Session

Folder 45 (1944):                  Obituary of W.R. Adams, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Fifth Annual Session

Folder 46 (1945):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, The Twenty-Sixth Annual Session of New Hope Association of United Baptists (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Sixth Annual Session

Folder 47 (1946):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Seventh Annual Session

Folder 48 (1947):                  Obituary of Martha Jane Potter, The Twenty-Eighth Annual Session of New Hope Association of United Baptists (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Eighth Annual Session

Folder 49 (1948):                  Obituary of Rebecca Ratliff, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Eighty-Ninth Annual Session

Folder 50 (1949):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Ninetieth Annual Session

Folder 51 (1950):                  Proceedings of the 91^st Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 52 (1951):                  Proceedings of the 92^nd Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 53 (1952):                  Obituary of Samuel Benton Stallard, Proceedings of the 93^rd Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 54 (1953):                  Proceedings of the 94^th Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptist

Folder 55 (1954):                  Proceedings of the 95^th Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 56 (1955):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Proceedings of the 96^th Annual Session of the Union Association of Regular Baptist

Folder 57 (1956):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Proceedings of the 97^th Annual Session of the Union Association of Regular Baptist 

Folder 58 (1957):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ Ninety-Eighth Annual Session (original)

Folder 59 (1958):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-Third Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the 99^th Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 60 (1959):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Session of the Sardis Association of Regular Baptists (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-Fourth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the 100^th Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 61 (1960):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the 101^st Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 62 (1961):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the 102^nd Annual Session of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists

Folder 63 (1962):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Union Association Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Third Annual Session

Folder 64 (1963):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 65 (1964):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Thornton Union Association of the Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ Nineteenth Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred Thirty Ninth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Fifth Annual Session (original)

Folder 66 (1965):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Eight Annual Session of the Northern New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist  (original), Minutes of the Forty-First Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association of Old Regular Baptist (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Union Association Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ (original)

Folder 67 (1966):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Proceedings of The 107^th Annual Session of The Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 68 (1967):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Eighth Annual Session (original), Minutes of the Fifty-First Annual Session of Friendship Association of Old Regular Baptist

Folder 69 (1968):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries, Minutes of One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Session of Zion Association (Old Zion) of United Baptist Churches (original), Minutes of the One Hundred Twentieth Annual Session Tri-State Zion Association of United Baptists (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Ninth Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Forty-Third Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Forty-Fourth Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association of Old Regular Baptist, Minutes of the Eleventh Annual Session of the Northern New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist

 

BOX 2: 

Folder 70 (1969):                  Minutes of the One Hundred and Forty Fourth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the One Hundred and Tenth Annual Session of The Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ

Folder 71 (1970):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Eleventh Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred Twenty-Second Annual Session Tri-State Zion Association of United Baptists (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Session of the Northern New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist, Proceedings of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Session of the Sardis Association of Old Regular Baptist

Folder 72 (1971):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Twelfth Annual Session

Folder 73 (1972):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Thirteenth Annual Session (original)

Folder 74 (1973):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred and Fourteenth Annual Session (original), New Salem Obituaries

Folder 75 (1974):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred Fifteenth Annual Session (original)

Folder 76 (1975):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred Sixteenth Annual Session (original)

Folder 77 (1978):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred Nineteenth Annual Session (original)

Folder 78 (1979):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred Twentieth Annual Session (original)

Folder 79 (1980):                  Minutes of the One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Annual Session of The New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original)

Folder 80 (1984):                  Minutes of the One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the (Old) Paint Union Association of United Baptist (original)

Folder 81 (1986):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred Twenty-Seventh Annual Session (original)

Folder 82 (1990):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 83 (1991):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 84 (1992):                  Miscellaneous Obituaries

Folder 85 (1994):                  Minutes of the Ninety-Ninth Annual Session of the Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist Churches of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Seventieth Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association of Old Regular Baptist (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Annual Session (original)

Folder 86 (1995):                  Minutes of the One Hundred Forty-Third Annual Session of the Original Mates Creek Regular Primitive Baptist Association (original), Minutes of the Old Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ 100^th Annual Session (original)

Folder 87 (1996):                  Minutes of the Seventy-Second Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association of Old Regular Baptist (original), Minutes of the Old Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ 101^st Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred And Seventy-First Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original)

Folder 88 (1997):                  Minutes of the Seventy-Third Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association of Old Regular Baptist (original), Minutes of the Old Friendship Association of the Old Regular Baptist Church (original), Minutes of the Old Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ 102^nd Annual Session (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ One Hundred Thirty-Eighth Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Seventy-Second Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist Of Jesus Christ (original)

Folder 89 (1998):                  Minutes of the Old Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ 103^rd Annual Session (original), Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ One Hundred Thirty-Ninth Annual Session (original) 

Folder 90 (1999):                  Minutes of the Old Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ 104^th Annual Session (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original)

Folder 91 (2000):                  Minutes of the Union Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ One Hundred Forty-First Annual Session (original), Minutes of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Session of the Philadelphia Association of Old Regular Baptist (original), Minutes of the One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Annual Session of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ (original), Minutes of the Old Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ 105^th Annual Session (original)

 

Permission to Publish

Permission to publish material from the Alice Kinder Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Pikeville College Allara Library. Use of the following credit line for publication or exhibit is required:
 

[Title of Collection]
Special Collections
Pikeville College Allara Library
Pikeville, Kentucky

 

Notes to Researchers

The individual associations hold the official copies of the minutes. Pikeville College collects this information for research and reference purposes only.

Provenance

Donated by various donors. Yearly donations are expected as new minutes are circulated.

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