Church membership
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Big Cedar Grove Baptist Church members list
Collection — Folder S1378
Identifier: S1378
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises 19 typed pages taken from three church record books, giving the names of members of the Big Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Franklin County, Indiana, from 1817 until 1959. The members have information about how they were received: by letter, by experience, or by relation. Some members are listed as excluded and restored. Dates of dismissal by letter or dates of death are listed for most entries. The last date of death is Ernest Lee, who joined in October 1934 and died in...
Dates:
1817-1959
Carl McCulloch church membership
Collection — Folder S873
Identifier: S0873
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a Plymouth (Congregational) Church membership form belonging to Carl McCulloch in Indianapolis, Indiana, issued on April 12, 1887 and signed by Reverend Oscar C. McCulloch. The form describes the duties, principles, and activities of Plymouth Church members.
Dates:
1887
Cecil Beeson collection
Collection
Identifier: L566
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, autographed and photocopied documents from various people, government and private organizations collected by local genealogist and historian Cecil Beeson in Blackford County, Indiana, ranging from 1838 to 1972 regarding family histories, biographies, U.S. Civil War documents, church histories and governmental records.There is an oversize document, "The Early History of the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Indiana" by Rev. C. H. Kendall, circa 1908...
Dates:
1839-1972, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cecil Beeson collection
Christian Church on Busseron Creek record book
Collection — Folder S2414
Identifier: S2414
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat copies of "A Minute Book for the Christian Church on Busseron Creek," a record book for the church once located in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, Indiana. The bulk of the entries are names of members listed chronologically from 1859 to 1903 and often followed by remarks, including discharged, dismissed by letter, deceased, withdrawn, excluded, reclaimed, attached, removed, and moved away. There are a couple financial entries at the end of the record book...
Dates:
1854-1903
Christian Men Builders collection
Collection
Identifier: L621
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several histories (1930-1977), correspondence from members during World War II (1943-1944), and ledgers detailing projects (1943-1945). Oversized yearbooks, commemorating yearly objectives, projects, members and notable events is also included.
Dates:
1930-1977
College Hill Church of Christ records
Collection — Folder S2073
Identifier: S2073
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typewritten copy of the original records of the College Hill Church of Christ once located in Pierce Township, Washington County, Indiana. The copy was created in January 1967 by Miss Lulie Davis, Secretary of the Washington County Historical Society, Inc. Ranging from 1869 to 1956, the copied documents include entries from the church's first and second record books; the October 3, 1871 deed between Michael and Lucina Brown and the church; annual meeting reports;...
Dates:
1869-1967
Dove S. Wright collection
Collection — Folder S2299
Identifier: S2299
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a September 26, 1846 dismission letter for Malinda Jeffries certifying she was a member in good standing with the Baptist church in Putnam County, Indiana and a June 4, 1850 letter sent by John C. Jeffries of Henry County, Kentucky to his brothers George and Harvey Jeffries of Putnam County informing them of their father's death. The collection also includes a photocopy of a March 9, 1966 letter written by Dove S. Wright from Prescott, Arizona and sent to Thomas Krasean...
Dates:
1846-1850, 1966
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Dove S. Wright collection
First Christian Church, Salem, Indiana records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2081
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two typewritten transcriptions of the first record book of the First Christian Church of Salem, Indiana and they include the church minutes and membership documentation from 1842 to 1853, the church membership list from 1885, and an index. The first copy was typed in 1959 by Mrs. James G. Berkey and the Christopher Harrison Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution contributed it, presumably to the church, in 1960. The second copy was typed by the Washington...
Dates:
1842-1885; 1959-1966
Hiram A. Pratt diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1943
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four diaries of Hiram A. Pratt of Waveland, Indiana. The diaries are from 1866, 1869, 1882, and 1887 and contain entries about Pratt's daily activities and expenditures, the weather, church attendance, and news about family and friends.
Dates:
1866-1887
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Hiram A. Pratt diaries
Isaac F. Smith steward's book
Collection — Folder S1205
Identifier: S1205
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one small, brown-covered, bound book with "Isaac Smith Stewards Book No. 3" handwritten on the cover. The entries of monetary donations begin October 1, 1888, and end in 1896. There are also three cards for the Whiteland Charge, dated 1896. The church denomination is not given. The cards state: "The Church has a right to know who do and who do not contribute to the cause of Christ." Also on the cards, J. W. Dashiell gave this "Word of Advice -- Begin the work of...
Dates:
1888-1896
