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Baptists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

New Prospect Baptist Church, Minute Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2598
Overview

A minute book of the New Prospect Baptist Church of Leivasy, Nicholas Co., WV. The book contains membership lists, covenant of church formation and minutes to business meetings. The minutes mainly reflect church investigations, discipline, policy, and attendance at Greenbrier district conferences.

Dates: 1861-83
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Oak Grove Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3096
Overview

Articles of faith, rules of decorum, meeting minutes, membership rolls, and a church history of a Taylor County church of the Regular Baptist denomination. The records reflect the problems and growth of a church which changed its name and location from Laurel Run to Oak Grove and part of whose records were lost in a fire. There is a record of this church belonging to the local Goshen Baptist Association whose most prominent member is the historic sister church, Forks of the Cheat Baptist.

Dates: 1853-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Philip A. Woods, Minister, Memorandum Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3226
Overview

Memorandum book of Philip A. Woods, a minister of the Regular Baptist Church in Sistersville and Harrisville. It includes notes on sermon themes and Bible verses, marriages performed, tithes received and annual reports.

Dates: 1864-1869
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rector-Hiett-Hall Families, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1637
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a typescript entitled “Enoch Rector, his Fore-fathers and Descendants”, by Thomas Rector (undated); a typescript entitled "The (Reynear) Hall Family," by D.B. Hall (1925); a short historical sketch of the First Baptist Church of Parkersburg, at which Enoch Rector was pastor (ca. 1958); and the family record from James Hiett's Bible. Also included are 12 photographs of members of these three related lines.

Dates: ca. 1855-1890s, 1925, 1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rector-Hiett-Hall Families, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0945
Scope and Contents Letters, deeds, wills, tax receipts, and miscellaneous papers, by or mentioning Enoch Rector, C.N. Ransom, the Garrard Family, Mary E. Avery, James Hiett, Samuel Heitt, Thomas Rector, J. Madison Jackson, Samuel and Josiah Halley, Joseph and Deborah Spencer, and Stephen C. Shaw. The papers deal mainly with land transactions and family affairs, including corn prices; building of Muskingum River; notes on preaching in Baptist churches in Richmond, Virginia, revivals, ministers' salaries;...
Dates: ca. 1802-1913
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2931
Overview Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the...
Dates: 1789
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers Regarding General Joseph A.J. Lightburn and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1379
Overview

Materials collected by Roy Bird Cook regarding General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn. Includes letters sent to Dr. Bird regarding General Lightburn and the Lightburn family, newspaper clippings regarding Lightburn and the Civil War in West Virginia, two maps, a pamphlet, and other material. See the "Historical Note" for further information about General Lightburn.

Dates: 1774-1960; Majority of material found within 1939-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Storer College, Administrative and Operational Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1322
Scope and Contents Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes...
Dates: 1865-1960; Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Taylor & Hyre (Heyer) Families Genealogies

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2580
Overview Genealogies compiled by Kenneth M. Taylor of the Taylor and Hyre (Heyer) families, primarily the latter. The Hyre family is traced back to the birth of Hans Heyer in Benken, Switzerland. The family came to America when Leonard (born 1695) disembarked at Philadelphia in 1737 and settled his family in what is now Grant Co., WV. The family moved soon after the American Revolution to what is now Upshur Co., WV, being one of the earliest families to settle there. In Upshur County, John Heyer was...
Dates: 1988
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Baptist Convention Annual Report

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4104
Scope and Contents

West Virginia Baptist Convention 2014-2015 Annual Report, including the directory of the organization's officers and staff, ministers, and churches for 2015, as well as statistics for 2010-2014.

Dates: 2015
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center