Daughters of the American Revolution. Suwanee Creek Chapter (Suwanee, Ga.)United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Buford, 34.12066, -84.00435Island Ford Baptist Church (Buford, Ga.)1833/1976-09-29A book bound with original documents written between 1833 and 1917 and later microfilmed at the Georgia Archives on September 29, 1976. At that time, the Georgia Archives laminated each page and bound the documents into a book. The document includes church conference minutes that mention church members by name, church membership lists separated into groups of male and female members, lists of deaths, several iterations of the Constitution of the Island Ford Baptist Church, land information about Gwinnett County, and notes on interactions with other Baptist churches in the area. In most cases, the documents were written by the church clerk.Note: page 203 (page 209 of PDF) records the day (13 Nov 1835) that an African American woman identified as Sister Abby, Property of E Bagby, joined the church. Transcribed here by Island Ford community members:13 Nov 1835 - Sister Abby, Property of E Bagby joined the churchGeorgia ________ CountyWe the Baptist Church of Christ at Shoal Creek do hereby certify that our beloved Sister Abby a black woman the property of Bagby is a member in full fellowship with us and ________ is dismiss from us when joined to any other Church of the Same faith and order. I am in Conference ________13 November 1835. Signed by order of the Church Samuel B Craw______.Transcription and index created by members of Island Ford Baptist Church and the Suwanee Creek Chapter of the NSDAR.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Island Ford Baptist Church (Buford, Ga.)Religious communities--GeorgiaBuford (Ga.)--HistoryBaptist churchesBaptists--Georgia--Gwinnett CountyBaptists--Georgia--BufordGwinnett County (Ga.)--HistoryChurch records and registers--Georgia--Gwinnett CountyChurch records and registers--Georgia--BufordEnslaved persons--Social conditionsAfrican Americans--Social conditions--To 1964Baptist church buildings--Georgia--BufordBaptist church buildings--Georgia--Gwinnett CountySlave records--Georgia--Gwinnett CountySlavery--Georgia--Gwinnett CountySlavery--Georgia--BufordSlavery--Georgia--History--19th centurySlave records--Georgia--BufordChurch property--Georgia--Gwinnett CountyChurch property--Georgia--BufordAfrican Americans--Statistics, VitalGenealogyReligious communitiesClergyUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Bound book of historic documentsText