Big Creek Baptist Church Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0156

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a deed for land, lists of members, and monthly meeting minutes of this Baptist church in Coker, Alabama. Minutes for the period 1820-63 are abstracted (typescript) and indexed.

Dates

1821 - 1913

Creator

Big Creek Baptist Church (Coker, Ala.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Access to portions of this collection has been restricted in accordance with the wishes of the donor. Contact University Libraries Special Collections at archives@ua.edu or 205.348.0500 for information on access to the restricted portions of this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of portions of this collection has been restricted in accordance with the wishes of the donor. Contact University Libraries Special Collections at archives@ua.edu or 205.348.0500 for information on access to the restricted portions of this collection. Researchers are responsible for using the materials in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright claimants in collection materials. Copyright for official University records is held by The University of Alabama. The library claims only physical ownership of many manuscript collections. Anyone wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. Please contact Special Collections (archives@ua.edu) with questions regarding specific manuscript collections. For more information about copyright policy, please visit: https://www.ua.edu/copyright/. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal implications, for which the University of Alabama assumes no responsibility.

Biographical / Historical

Big Creek Baptist Church, Coker, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, was constituted as a church on July 22, 1820, by Daniel Brown and Thomas Baines. Phillip May was the first pastor (1820-1823), followed by R. Portwood (1823-1824), Thomas Baines (1824-1826), and Mede White (1826-1835).

As the third oldest church in Tuscaloosa County, it was one of the thirteen churches organizing the Tuscaloosa Baptist Association in 1834. Prior to 1864 church records show 148 slaves as members. Located first next to Bluff Branch School, next to Big Creek Cemetery, the church moved to its present location on Romulus Road in Coker in 1944. The name was changed to Coker Baptist Church in 1956.