Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Chesterfield County (Va.) Organization Records, 1892-1937. Local government records collection, Chesterfield County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Chesterfield County Circuit Court.

This collection is located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research Services for access information, directions, and hours.

Historical Information

Chesterfield County was named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, Brtitish statesman and diplomat, and was formed from Henrico County in 1749.

Scope and Content

Chesterfield County (Va.) Organization Records, 1892-1937. The records are comprised of petitions, orders, resolutions, and decrees documenting the sale or mortgaging of properties owned by churches and one freemason organization, the Chester Lodge No. 94 of the A.F.& A.M. They records contain names of trustees and copies of resolutions passed by members.

Included are records pertaining to properties owned by the the Chesterfield Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1892; Bethia Baptist Church, 1892; Chester Baptist Church, 1905 and 1908; Matoaca Charge, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1905; Second Baptist Church of Manchester, 1905; West End Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1905; Church of the Good Shepherd, Protestant Episcopal Church South, 1908; Oak Grove Baptist Church, 1908; Woodland Heights Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1913; Bon Air Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1914; Clopton St. Baptist Church, 1914; Ettrick Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1923-1924; Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1928; Highland Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1929; Parsonage, West Chesterfield Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1928; Shelbourne Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1937; and the Chester Lodge No. 94 of the A.F. & A.M., 1909.

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• African Methodist Episcopal Church--Ebenezer(Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Bethia Baptist Church (Chestefield, Va.)
• Chester Baptist Church (Chester, Va.)
• Chesterfield County (Va.)--Circuit Court.
• Clopton Street Baptist Church.
• Freemason--Grand Lodge of Virginia.
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--Asbury (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--Bon Air (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--Ettrick (Ettrick, Va.).
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--Highland Avenue (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--Matoaca Charge (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--Shelbourne Avenue (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--West Chesterfield Circuit (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Methodist Episcopal Church South--Woodland Heights (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Oak Grove Baptist Church (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Protestant Episcopal Church South--Church of the Good Shepherd (Chesterfield County, Va.).
• Second Baptist Church of Manchester (Manchester, Va.).

Subjects:

• Baptists--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Episcopalians--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Freemasons--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Methodists--Virginia--Chesterfield County.

Geographical Names:

• Chesterfield County (Va.)--Church History--20th century.
• Chesterfield County (Va.)--Church History--21st century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Judicial records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Mortgage deeds--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Organization records--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Petitions--Virginia--Chesterfield County.
• Resolutions (administrative records)--Virginia--Chesterfield County.

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