Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the records must be obtained from the church.

Preferred Citation

Ebenezer Baptist Church (Richmond, Va.). Records, 1858-1975. Accession 33482, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for microfilming by Verdelle Bradley, DuBois Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, 23220, 3 April 1989.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Third African Baptist Church was dedicated on 30 May 1858. On 17 July, the church was officially organized under the supervision of Grace Baptist Church, a white congregation, and the name of the church was changed to Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Scope and Content Information

Consists of seventeen volumes denoted by letters.

Miscellaneous reel 1088: a) Minute Book, 1858-1872, containing minutes which cover the period 17 July 1858 - 11 November 1872, b) Minute Book 1858-1876, containing duplicate minutes of Minute Book 1858-1872, but also containing minutes through 11 December 1876, as well as the church constitutions, baptisms, deaths, and matters of church business and discipline; c) Clerk's Minute Book No. 3, 1879-1883, containing minutes covering the period 1 January 1879 - 12 December 1883, consisting of matters of church business and discipline; d) Records, 1892-1904, 1921, consisting of minutes regarding church business and discipline, covering the period 11 January 1892 - 4 July 1904; e) Minute Book, 1895-1898, specifically 6 August 1895 - 11 April 1898; f) Minute Book, 1898-1899; g) Order Book, 1908-1911, covering 12 July 1908 - 26 November 1911; and h) Minute Book, 1910-1925, specifically covering 5 September 1910 - 12 October 1925, and a list of deaths.

Miscellaneous reel 1089: i) Minute Book, 1913-1919, containing minutes covering the period 4 January 1913 - 25 May 1919; j) Record Book, 1961-1974, containing minutes which cover the period 23 January 1961 - 22 April 1974; k) Financial Records, 1 January 1885 - 1 January 1888, including information on the collection and disbursement of funds, an exclusion list, and list of deceased members; l) Poor Saints Treasure, 1 December 1890 - November 1899, containing information on the collection and disbursement of funds; m) Membership Book, 1893, with an alphabetical list of names; n) Membership Book, December 1899-December 1925, with membership statistics; o) Day Book (Pastor's Bible Class), covering the periods 3 January 1909 - 2 September 1912, and 8 July 1919 - 4 May 1920, and concerning business matters; p) Pansy Juvenile Circle No. 11, 1896-1898, consisting of a list of members and dues. This group was a chapter of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a benevolent society established by Maggie Lena Walker; q) Loose Papers, 1897-1975, including correspondence and items concerning finances and business meetings.