Archives and Special Collections

Big Hatchie Baptist Association Records

Union University Archives and Special Collections
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1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, TN 38305

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Title:	Big Hatchie Baptist Association Records
creator:	Big Hatchie Baptist Association
Dates:	1831-2014
Quantity:	1 Linear Feet-- 3 boxes
Quantity:	Some of the older minutes are fragile. Minutes from 1831-1839 are bound together. A few years are photocopies only.
Identification:	WTBR.009
Language:	English

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Biographical / Historical

The Big Hatchie Baptist Association formed in 1828 at Big Black Creek Baptist Church near Denmark, Tennessee. The Big Hatchie Baptist Association was the result of the Forked Deer Baptist Association dismissing thirteen churches for the reason the association had grown too large. By 1830, records show there were about 28 churches in the Big Hatchie Baptist Association across Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Hardin, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Shelby, and Tipton Counties. In 1857, churches east of the Hatchie River withdrew from the Big Hatchie Association. This included churches in Hardeman, McNairy, and Hardin counties. Also, the Big Hatchie Baptist Association took an active part in the West Tennessee Baptist Convention and the organization of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 1874, while in 1875 the Association took the lead in supporting the proposal that Union University be established in Jackson, Tennessee. In 1891, another major division took place. The churches in Fayette, Hardeman, and Shelby counties withdrew to form the Memphis Baptist Association. In 1924, Madison County withdrew to form the Madison-Chester Baptist Association. 1928 was the centennial marker for the Big Hatchie claiming 26 churches over Haywood, Lauderdale, and Tipton counties. In 1967, 10 Haywood county churches left the Big Hatchie Association, after which the Association consisted of Lauderdale, Tipton, and part of Haywood counties.

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Content Description

This collection contains meeting minutes from the Big Hatchie Baptist Association which show the constitution and by-laws, church and associational directories, lists of messengers, associational meeting minutes, obituaries, up-coming events, individual church reports, and church statistics for each year. Also included is "The Sesquicentennial History of the Big Hatchie Baptist Association, 1828-1978" and a ledger page from 1945 with the church roster.

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Subject Terms

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Box	Series
1	1--History 1978
1	2--Ledger 1945
	3--Minutes 1831-2014
Box		Folder		Scope and Contents
1		3--Minutes 1831-1839
				1831, 1833, 1835-1839 bound together.
1		4--Minutes 1840
1		5--Minutes 1842
1		6--Minutes 1845
1		7--Minutes 1846
1		8--Minutes 1847
1		9--Minutes 1849
1		10--Minutes 1850
1		11--Minutes 1853
1		12--Minutes 1870
1		13--Minutes 1874
1		14--Minutes 1875
1		15--Minutes 1891-1910
				This folder contains excerpts and notes from the years 1891, 1894, 1898, 1902, 1903, 1907 and 1910.
Box		Item		Scope and Contents
2		1--Minutes 1928
2		2--Minutes 1934
2		3--Minutes 1936
2		4--Minutes 1936
2		5--Minutes 1938
2		6--Minutes 1941
2		7--Minutes 1948
2		8--Minutes 1954
2		9--Minutes 1967
2		10--Minutes 1968
2		11--Minutes 1969
2		12--Minutes 1970
2		13--Minutes 1971
2		14--Minutes 1972
2		15--Minutes 1973
2		16--Minutes 1975
2		17--Minutes 1976
2		18--Minutes 1977
2		19--Minutes 1978
				Sesquicentennial Edition, 1828-1978
2		20--Minutes 1979
2		21--Minutes 1980
2		22--Minutes 1982
2		23--Minutes 1984
2		24--Minutes 1985
2		25--Minutes 1988
2		26--Minutes 1989
2		27--Minutes 1990
2		28--Minutes 1991
2		29--Minutes 1992
2		30--Minutes 1993
Box		Folder		Scope and Contents
3		1--Minutes 1994
3		2--Minutes 1995
3		3--Minutes 1996
3		4--Minutes 1997
3		5--Minutes 1998
3		6--Minutes 2000
3		7--Minutes 2001
3		8--Minutes 2002
3		9--Minutes 2003
				175th Anniversary
3		10--Minutes 2004
3		11--Minutes 2006
3		12--Minutes 2007
3		13--Minutes 2008
3		14--Minutes 2009
3		15--Minutes 2013
3		16--Minutes 2014