Enoch Rector (1804-1898) Papers, 1824-1853, 1916, 1966 A&M 1902

Enoch Rector (1804-1898) Papers, 1824-1853, 1916, 1966 A&M 1902


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1902
Title
Enoch Rector (1804-1898) Papers 1824-1853, 1916, 1966
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198763
Quantity
0.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)
Creator
Rector, Enoch (1804-1898)
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Language
English

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Enoch Rector, a Baptist minister in Ohio and in Wood and Wirt counties, West Virginia. Subjects include land sales, Western Virginia Education Society, Rector College, family affairs, and Rev. Joshua Bradley's work. There are pamphlets and typescripts on Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Wood County.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Baptists
  • Bradley, Rev. Joshua.
  • Church buildings
  • Churches -- West Virginia -- Wood County
  • Land.
  • Ministers - letters and papers.
  • Rector College
  • Rector, Enoch.
  • Universities and colleges
  • Western Virginia Education Society
  • Wirt County (W. Va.)
  • Wood County (W. Va.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bradley, Rev. Joshua.
  • Rector, Enoch (1804-1898)
  • Rector, Enoch.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Wirt County (W. Va.)
  • Wood County (W. Va.)

Container List

Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Enoch Rector to Miss Mindwell Ransom; Places: Marietta, OH; Subjects: Request for permission to correspond
1824 June 20
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Mindwell Ransom to Enoch Rector; Places: Adams, Washington County, OH; Subjects: Consent to correspond
1824 June 27
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Enoch R. to Mindwell R.; Places: Adams to Marietta; Subjects: Expression of wish for closer acquaintance and possibility of marriage
1824 July 3
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Mindwell R. to Enoch R.; Places: Marietta to Adams; Subject: Agreement for need of better acquaintance before consideration of marriage and quotes from poem by Dr. Watts on marriage
1824 July 23
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: E.R. to M.R.; Places: Adams to Marietta; Subjects: Concerns visits to M.R.'s home when she was absent and expresses dislike of coquetry in courtship
1824 August 20
Forms: Manuscript minutes; Persons: John McLeod, Allen Darrow, Luther Woods, Wm. Sedwick [sic], Geo. C. Sedwick, Dr. Lucius Colles, Jonathan Atwood, Jacob Baker, Wilson Thompson, Isaac Sperry, Samuel Carpenter, Benoni Allen, Daniel Shepardson [sic], Dr. Wm. Bancroft, trustees of the Education Society; Places: Granville, OH; Subjects: Minutes of 3 meetings of the Education Society for the appointment of trustees for the establishment of an Academy and resolutions regarding care of house and farm, and labor requirements for students
1831 May 26-1831 May 28
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: George Dunlevy to Enoch Rector, Levi Culve [deceased], Ely Vaughan and Hugh Wilson, Jr. [appraisors]; Places: Marietta to Carroll P.O., Adams, OH; Subject: Regarding sale of land and mention of Culver will
1836 September 12
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: William C. Sisson to E.R., Western Cirginia Education Society, Elder Joshua Bradley, agent; Places: Harrison County to Vienna, Wood County; Subjects: Regarding Bradley's visit to Wood County area to solicit funds for the "Western education enterprise"
1838 September 3
Forms: Manuscript -- Statement; Persons: Joshua Bradley, Enoch Rector, Noah L. Wilson, John Mills, et al., Rector College; Subjects: Statement regarding notes given for subscriptions to Rector College
1839 August 15
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: J. Bradley to Enoch R. Rector College; Place; Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Regarding the transfer of notes for the benefit of the College
1839 September 27
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Cyrus Vance to E.R. Rector College Col. Mills; Places: Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Regarding resolution of the trustees of Rector College for Vance's writing to Rector concerning the return of Mill's bond
1839 November 2
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: J. Bradley to E. R. Rector College; Places: Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Regarding failure of subscribers to pay their subscriptions to the College, building unfinished, 40 students enrolled, intitution opened on 18th of November, tuition, board, and fees
1839 November 22
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: J.Bradley to E.R.; Places: Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Concerning need of money for College, 70 students enrolled, students from other states wishing to enter, possible employment of female teacher and "young ladies entering"
1840 January 31
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: J. Bradley to E. R. Rector College; Places: Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Rector College -- 90 students enrolled, need of money, comment on business conditions, inquiry concerning the time of the Baptist Association meeting, and revival of "Spirit" in the churches under Rector's care, representatives from other states attending, church colleges -- Columbian and one at Richmond and preaching in Pruntytown area
1840 August 1
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Wm. M. Dunnington to E.R. Wm. Brooker; Places: Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Regarding acceptance of horses in payment of note from Brooker to E.R. and held by Dunnington
1840 August 12
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: J. Bradley to E.R. Rector College; Places: Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Family affairs, activities of Rector College, need of funds, B's inability to attend the Association at Broad Run Church
1840 September 18
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Joshua Bradley to Rev. Enoch Rector; Places: St. Paul, MN Terr., to Briscoe Run Wood County, WV; Subjects: Concerns B's leaving MN and returning to VA, requests Rector to locate a position as teacher and preacher for him, mentions graduating from Brown University in 1799 and number of States in which he has worked and assisted in organizing Churches and Education Societies
1853 July 7
Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Joshua Bradley to Rev. Enoch Rector; Places: St. Paul, MN Terr., to Briscoe Run Wood County, WV; Subjects: Regarding Bradley's decision to remain in MN until the spring and then return to VA, mention of an article in the Mt. Messenger by Rector and a pamphlet published by Bradley in 1807 "Reading No Preaching" and comment on the pamphlet having been destroyed by "young preachers of Collegiate education..."
1853 October 19
Forms: Autographed letter signed; People: J. Bradley to E.R.; Places: Pruntytown to Parkersburg; Subjects: Regarding progress at Rector College in primary, academic and collegiate departments, tuition, too,. Board and laundry costs
18?? October 29
Forms: Pamphlet [8 pp.]; Persons: "History of the First 100 Years of Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Wood County, West Virginia, Ending the 3rd Sunday in June 1915"; Subjects: Rev. Rector was pastor of this church, 1838-1867
ca. 1915
Forms: Newspaper clipping; Persons: Mrs. Edward Schneider, Parkersburg News; Places: Parkersburg; Subjects: biographical information regarding Mrs. Schneider
1966 March 13
Forms: Newspaper clipping; Persons: Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Wood County, Parkersburg News; Places: Parkersburg; Subject: "Mt. Zion Baptist Church has 150 Year Old History"
1966 March 13
Forms: Typescript [2 pp.]; Persons: "Mt. Zion Baptist Church Buildings" compiled by Miss Gertrude Dye
undated
Forms: Photoprint; Persons: Rev. Enoch Rector and his 1st wife, Mindwell Ransom Rector; Subject: Reproduced from a tintype
undated
Forms: Typed pamphlet; Persons: Rector family; Subject: "The Rector Family"
1967 April 7