<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:contributor>Daughters of the American Revolution. Suwanee Creek Chapter (Suwanee, Ga.)</dc:contributor><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Buford, 34.12066, -84.00435</dc:coverage><dc:creator>Pugh, Randall</dc:creator><dc:creator>King, Jimmy</dc:creator><dc:creator>Island Ford Baptist Church (Buford, Ga.)</dc:creator><dc:date>2023-09</dc:date><dc:description>Local history of the Island Ford Baptist Church and community in Buford, Georgia, compiled by G. Randall Pugh in 1982 and later revised by Jimmy King in 1997. The contents include the history of the area before the church was established, the organization of the church 1832-1833, the Constitution of Island Ford Baptist Church, early church development from 1830-1860, the Civil War and Reconstruction years 1861-1880, new church building 1880, early church discipline, previous church histories, affiliation with other churches, and a list of church pastors.</dc:description><dc:description>Transcription and index created by members of Island Ford Baptist Church and the Suwanee Creek Chapter of the NSDAR.</dc:description><dc:format>image/jp2</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:subject>Island Ford Baptist Church (Buford, Ga.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Buford (Ga.)--History</dc:subject><dc:subject>Baptist churches</dc:subject><dc:subject>Baptists--Georgia--Gwinnett County</dc:subject><dc:subject>Baptists--Georgia--Buford</dc:subject><dc:subject>Gwinnett County (Ga.)--History</dc:subject><dc:subject>Church records and registers--Georgia--Gwinnett County</dc:subject><dc:subject>Church records and registers--Georgia--Buford</dc:subject><dc:subject>Enslaved persons--Social conditions</dc:subject><dc:subject>African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964</dc:subject><dc:subject>Baptist church buildings--Georgia--Buford</dc:subject><dc:subject>Baptist church buildings--Georgia--Gwinnett County</dc:subject><dc:subject>Slave records--Georgia--Gwinnett County</dc:subject><dc:subject>Slavery--Georgia--Gwinnett County</dc:subject><dc:subject>Slavery--Georgia--Buford</dc:subject><dc:subject>Slave records--Georgia--Buford</dc:subject><dc:subject>African Americans--Statistics, Vital</dc:subject><dc:subject>Genealogy</dc:subject><dc:subject>Clergy</dc:subject><dc:subject>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865</dc:subject><dc:subject>Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)</dc:subject><dc:subject>Religious communities</dc:subject><dc:title>The Ford:  The History of Island Ford Baptist Church, Gwinnett County, Georgia.</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>