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Baptists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Hebron Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3047
Overview

Minutes, membership lists, church covenants and declarations of faith of the Hebron Baptist Church located in rural Marion County. There is also a church history composed by Mrs. Dores Urich, the wife of a recent church pastor, that recounts the terms of service of its ministers, church membership growth, change of church location and building improvements from a log cabin to its present modernized structure.

Dates: 1833-1972
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hepzibah Baptist Church, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3276
Overview

Collection includes financial records, meeting minutes, annual reports, church statistics, building plans, and membership lists. Included is a history of this Marion County church which is a denominational affiliate of the American Baptist Convention/USA.

Dates: 1925-1986
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Produce Company Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2336
Overview

Copies of correspondence and business records of Charles H. James, founder of the James Produce Company, one of the first totally black owned and managed businesses in West Virginia. Correspondents include: Governor J.J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Dates: ca. 1915-1929
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jones Run Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1849
Overview

Six record books of a Harrison County church, containing church covenant, lists of members, and minutes. There is correspondence, receipts, reports, letters of dismissal, miscellaneous papers, and a copy of "History of the Jones Run Baptist Church, Lumberport," written for the Judson Baptist Association, 1938.

Dates: ca. 1831-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

L. Henry Smith Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0019
Overview L. Henry Smith (b. circa 1805) was an attorney in Bruceton Mills, Preston County, West Virginia, in the mid-nineteenth century. He and his wife, Martha, had nine children, including Lucian H. Smith (b. circa 1830) and William W. Smith (b. circa 1848). Papers of the L. Henry Smith family chiefly include receipts, bills, notes, and letters from 1823 to 1878 and primarily concern Henry Smith, Lucian Smith, and William Smith, though materials from other family members are included. Box 1...
Dates: 1823-1878; Majority of material found within 1850-1874
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Lightburn Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0292
Overview Letters, legal and land papers, tax receipts, and other papers of Benjamin, John F.C.L., Benjamin F.M.V. and J.A.J. Lightburn in Lewis County. Included are a pocket account book of the Lightburn Mill, 1836-1855; 32 items bearing on General J.A.J. Lightburn's Civil War activities, including correspondence, orders, and reports (including battle reports in connection with the Atlanta campaign, 3 items, June-July, 1864); correspondence between J.A.J. Lightburn and Soule & Co., relative to...
Dates: 1836-1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Middleville Baptist Church (Taylor County, W.Va.) Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1442
Overview

Six record books for the Middleville Baptist Church in Taylor County, West Virginia, list pastors, deacons, church clerks, and members of the congregation from 1825 to 1984. Materials also include minutes of church business meetings, dates of church building renovations, and a list of the church's founding members.

Dates: 1825-1984
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Morgantown First Baptist Church Minute Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3105
Overview The minute books of Morgantown's First Baptist Church. The books chart the growth and change of this locally noted church of the regular Baptist denomination. The books contain church covenants, membership lists, statistics, treasurer reports, church committee, society and officer reports, correspondence, and Sunday school records. Mention is made of the establishment of a mission by the church in Sabraton and of a missionary effort to the local Italian-American community. Prominent members...
Dates: 1842-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mud River Baptist Church, Minute Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2845
Overview

Contains membership lists, church minutes, subscription lists, specifications for church repairs and correspondence of a Cabell County, West Virginia, church.

Dates: 1818-1982
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

New England Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3028
Overview The membership lists and minutes to business meetings of the New England Baptist Church of Washington, Wood County. The church was organized by members of the locality who belonged to the Bethel Baptist Church of Parkersburg and was named after its first meeting place, the New England schoolhouse. The church minutes contain mention of revival services, the ordaining and placement of clergy and the appointment of church lay leaders, such as deacons and moderators. The membership lists consist...
Dates: 1850-1987
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center