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Missionary Baptist. Began before 1772 as a branch of Little River Church; was independent by 1790. Present bldg. 3 mi. N.E.

Established as Dockery's Meeting House ca. 1774. Baptist State Convention, 1833, voted here to found Wake Forest Institute. About 4 miles North.

Mother of Separate Baptist churches across the South. Founded by Shubal Stearns, 1755. His grave is two miles south.

Oldest German Baptist (Dunker) congregation in North Carolina. Est. ca. 1775 near Muddy Creek, one mile south.

Founded 1834 in Wake County by N.C. Baptist Convention. Moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.

Est. as Separate Baptist, 1756, called Bull Tail. In 1835 renamed for pastor William Wells. Present building completed 1868.

Constituted in 1756 as Particular Baptist. Stephen Hollingsworth, first minister. Present (1859) building 2 mi. E.

Baptist churches serving Lumbee and other tribes. Association was formed in 1881 at Burnt Swamp Church, then 2 1/2 mi. N.

Social activist; writer. Led the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union after 1892. A benefactor of present Meredith College. Lived in this house.

Baptist, organized about 1757. Used by Regulators for meetings after 1768. Stands 200 yards east.