Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Cato Baptist Church Records (Z/0062).
Creator/Collector: Cato Baptist Church members; and others.
Date(s): 1853-1948.
Size: 0.40 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Cato Baptist Church Records (Z/0062), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

History:

Cato Baptist Church, Cato Springs, Rankin County

History to come.

 

Scope and Content Note:

The minutes and church registers of the Cato Baptist Church, Cato Springs, Rankin County. Members of the Cato Baptist Church at the time of its organization, December 17, 1853, were William G. Ross, Mary Ross, Elizabeth Jones, Mary Baker, John Cox, Judith Cox, Isaac Lawrence, and Alanson Nash. 

The registers contain lists of the active and retired members of the church as well as regular entries concerning the work of the congregation. 

The 52 miscellaneous items include church letters of recommendation, lists of contributors to Cato Baptist Church, a tabulation of votes cast in the Cato Precinct of the Democratic Primary Election on August 22, 1911, and a commencement program of the Johns Consolidated High School dated April 16, 1948.