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Roanoke District Association Minute Book, 1789-1831. Accession 23600, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Lent for copying by Dr. Garnett C. Ryland, Virginia Baptist Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, 5 June 1946.
Organized on 24 October 1786, the Roanoke District Association is one of the oldest, active American Baptist associations. In 1924 the name was changed to Pittsylvania Association. The Roanoke District Association represented the counties of Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Pittsylvania, as well as certain churches in North Carolina. For more information see, Charles F. Leek, "The History of Pittsylvania Baptist Association, 1788-1963," ([Danville, Va.], 1963).
These minutes cover the period 16 May 1789-10 October 1831. Items recorded include a proposal to establish seminaries for the training of ministers, a plan to buy and set free a certain slave so that he could preach, and the duties and privileges of female members in church discipline. After the format changed in 1800, the minutes are noticeably abbreviated but still record essential data.