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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Renee M. Savits, 28 July 2006 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Records of the Oakrum Baptist Church (Prince William County, Va.), 1883-1964 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 41985 Renee M. Savits

Library of Virginia 2006 Renee M. Savits Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Records of the Oakrum Baptist Church (Prince William County, Va.) 1883-1964 41985 Miscellaneous reel 4846 1 reel of microfilm .70 cubic feet English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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

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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.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Oakrum Baptist Church, Haymarket, Virginia, 3 June 2005.

Alternative Form Available

Miscellaneous reel 4846.

Biographical Information

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.

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.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically into two series.

Contents List Series I: Volumes Record Book, 1883 - February 1894 1 1

Includes minutes, roll, and accounts.

Record Book, 1894 - 1903 1 2

Includes minutes, roll, and accounts.

Roll Book, 1901 - 1929 1 3 Roll Book, 1930 - 1962 1 4

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

Roll Book, 1939 - 1943 1 5 Minute Book, 10 September 1932 - 11 May 1935 1 6 Minute Book, 13 July 1935 - 9 July 1937 1 7 Minute Book, 10 January 1942 - 11 January 1947 1 8

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

Minute Book, 26 February 1954 - 24 August 1958 1 9

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

Series II: Loose Papers Anniversary Booklets (100th and 130th) 2 1 Correspondence, 1931, 1932, 1962, 1964, undated 2 2 Highway Marker - "Free People of Color at Thoroughfare" 2 3 Minutes, 1927, 1939, undated 2 4

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

Savings Pass Books 2 5

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

Miscellaneous Loose Papers, 1925-1940 2 6

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