PUBLIC "-//Albemarle Charlotesville Historical Society//TEXT (US::vicahi::vicahi00030::A Guide to the Mathew's Chapel Minutes, 1899)//EN" "vicahi00030.xml" A Guide to the Mathew's Chapel Minutes, 1899 MS 469 © 2023 By Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Machine-readable finding aid derived from Database, created by , 17 February 2023 Description is in English A Guide to the Mathew's Chapel Minutes, 1899 A Collection in the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society MS 469

Albemarle Charlotesville Historical Society. All rights reserved. 2023 Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Descriptive Summary Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Mathew's Chapel Minutes, 1899 MS 469 Archive room file cabinet 1 folder (1 item). English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

Mathew's Chapel Minutes, MS 469, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Received from Gladys Harris, 2005.

Biographical/Historical Information

Mathew's Chapel was organized in the Baptist denomination on April 23, 1899. It stood on the corner of Route 706 and 631 in Albemarle County. It's location was shown on the 1907 Massie Map, south of Charlottesville near the Brookhill estate and Carter Bridge Road (modern day Route 20). The chapel was torn down circa 1965.

Scope and Content

The Record book lists persons in attendance at the 23 April 1899 organizational meeting of Mathew's Chapel. Election of officer's names are listed. Surnames include Day, Farish, Fife, Fretwell, Garland, Gentry, Randolph, Reed, Shuck, Tribble, Wheat, and Woodson. There are 2 pages of meeting minutes. Pages 3-22 are missing, 23-28 contain a child's math problems, pages 29-38 are missing, and pages 39-42 contain a child's math problems.

Index Terms: Persons: Mathews, J.C. Randolph, Rev. J.T. Family Names: Day Family Farish Family Fife Family Fretwell Family Garland Family Gentry Family Randolph Family Reed Family Shuck Family Tribble Family Wheat Family Woodson Family Subjects: Baptists-Virginia-Albemarle County Virginia-Church History