Records of the Oakrum Baptist Church (Prince William County, Va.) 1883-1964

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

For preservation reasons, please serve microfilm (Misc. reel 4846).

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Records of the Oakrum Baptist Church (Prince William County, Va.), 1883-1964. Accession 41985. Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Records of the Oakrum Baptist Church (Prince William County, Va.), 1883-1964. Accession 41985. Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Records, 1883-1964, of the Oakrum Baptist Church in Prince William County, Virginia. Includes record books, 1883-1903; roll books, 1901-1962; minute books, 1932-1958; and various loose papers. The loose papers include Anniversary booklets (100 and 130th); correspondence; information on the highway marker; savings pass books, 1946-1956; history; accounts; receipts; and resolutions.

Includes minutes, roll, and accounts.

Includes minutes, roll, and accounts.

Includes Brothers Roll and Sisters Roll, listing names with amount of dues paid.

The minutes for 11 January 1947 are incomplete and are on the first page of the volume.

This volume is not organized in chronological order. The 1954 minutes are in the back of the volume.

Minutes for 8 January 1927 (includes 1926 annual reports); 8 July 1939; and undated fragment.

Includes August 1946 - October 1955; and October 1955 - April 1956.

Accounts, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932

Broadside for "Revival Services at Olive Branch Baptist Church.

History of Oakrum Baptist Church From 1865 to 1962

Receipts, 1931, 1936, 1940

Resolutions

Rolls and Dues Paid, 1925, 1932, 1933

Biographical / historical:

Located in Thoroughfare, Prince William County, Virginia, the congregation was organized in 1865 at the home of Alexandra Johnson. The first meeting house was erected in 1883. In 1909 a new building was erected. At first named Little Zion, the name was changed to Oakrum Baptist Church of Thoroughfare. Rev. James Robinson, Rev. Hamilton, Brother Thornton Johnson, and Rev. Moses B. Strother served as the first ministers.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Oakrum Baptist Church, Haymarket, Virginia, 3 June 2005.
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically into two series.

Physical location:
Miscellaneous reel 4846
Physical description:

1 reel of microfilm

.70 cubic feet