A Guide to the Ballenger Creek Church Records, 1835-1865 MS 1

A Guide to the Ballenger Creek Church Records, 1835-1865

A Collection in
the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
Collection number MS 1


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Repository
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
Collection number
MS 1
Title
Ballenger Creek Church Records, 1835-1865
Extent
2 books .
Creator
Ballenger Creek Church
Location
Language
English
Abstract

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Ballenger Creek Church Records, MS 1, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia

Acquisition Information

Gift of Kenneth D. Swope

Historical Information

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.

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.

Index Terms

    Geographical Names:

  • Albemarle County
  • Subjects:

  • Virginia -- Albemarle County, Church Records and Registers