Ballenger Creek Church Records, 1835-1865

Access and use

Location of collection:
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
200 Second Street, NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 296-1492

Summary

Extent:
2 books
Creator:
Ballenger Creek Church
Abstract:
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The first book, "Old Church Book up to Nov. 1856," contains membership lists of white, enslaved, and free Black members, rules for church government, and meeting minutes for May 1846 - January 1847 and March 1847 - May 1856.

The second book begins in October 1852 and contains rules for church government, a roll of white members (November 1856), and church meeting minutes for September 1856 - May 1859 and July 1859 - July 1863.

Biographical / historical:

Located near the town of Warren in southern Albemarle County, Virginia, Ballenger Creek became a Baptist church in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The church dissolved sometime after 1865.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Kenneth D. Swope
Physical location:
Physical description:
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