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Guide to the Wiregrass Church Documentation Project - Henry County, AL

Group 078

Date Span:  2007 - 2009

Extent: 0.33 cubic feet 

Project Historical Sketch:Recognizing that the church played a significant role in the social and cultural as well as spiritual lives of Wiregrass citizens, Wiregrass Archives director, Dr. Martin T. Olliff, began in 2003 a four-phase project to document churches in a 30-county coverage area.  Phase 1 was a windshield survey of churches in the rural areas of the counties; Phase 2 requires contacting those churches to gather demographic data about their congregations; Phase 3 seeks to locate and collect church records, and Phase 4 will produce or gather histories of churches and archivally arrange and describe church records. 
Various entities have supported this work through monetary grants, particularly the Troy State University Dothan Faculty Council, the Troy University Faculty Development Committee, and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.

Henry Co., AL, Survey Historical Sketch:  Scotty Kirkland conducted the Phase 1 survey in 2007 as a work for hire, supported by a grant from the Troy University Dothan Campus Library.  WA staff members Tina Bernath and Angela K. Smith conducted the Phase 2 surveys by telephone, letter and email in Spring 2009

Scope / Content:Contains information on rural churches in Henry County, Alabama, pursuant to all phases of the overall project.  Files contain a combination of Alabama Historic Commission historical building survey forms, measured-drawing site plans, printed photographs from Phase 1 fieldwork, and histories, bulletins, demographic surveys, and other information gathered in Phase 2.  CD-Roms contain digital photographs taken as part of the Phase 1 windshield survey.
Samford University microfilms records of churches in Alabama.  The inventory notes which Wiregrass churches have records at Samford. 

Organization:Arranged alphabetically by church name. 

Preferred Citation:Wiregrass Church Documentation Project, RG078, Wiregrass Archives, Troy University Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Access/User Limits?:Open to qualified researchers. 

Inventory:

File I.D.

 

File Label

# Pix

078

07-0208

001

001

 

Abbeville Assembly of God

3

078

07-0208

001

002

 

Abbeville Church of Christ

 

078

07-0208

001

003

 

Abbeville Memorial Church of God in Christ  (COGIC)

4

078

07-0208

001

004

 

Abbeville United Methodist - includes 2003 directory and history

6

078

07-0208

001

005

 

Adoniram Baptist - includes brief history from internet

4

078

07-0208

001

006

 

Balkum Baptist

5

078

07-0208

001

007

 

Balkum Chapel Missionary - includes Balkum Cemetery names list from internet

3

078

07-0208

001

008

 

Bethlehem Baptist - Abbeville

6

078

07-0208

001

009

 

Bethlehem Baptist - Headland

4

078

07-0208

001

010

 

Blackwoods Congregational

7

078

07-0208

001

011

 

Calvary Baptist - Abbeville - includes, bulletin, newsletter, 50th Anniversary celebration program

 

078

07-0208

001

012

 

Camp Springs Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

013

 

Center Baptist

5

078

07-0208

001

014

 

Center United Methodist

4

078

07-0208

001

015

 

Chester Chapel Free Will Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

016

 

Christ Temple No. 2 Freewill Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

017

 

Concord Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

018

 

County Line Primitive Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

019

 

Edwin United Methodist

3

078

07-0208

001

020

 

Faith Christian Fellowship

3

078

07-0208

001

021

 

Fellowship Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

022

 

First Assembly of God - Abbeville

3

078

07-0208

001

023

 

First Baptist - Abbeville - includes church bulletin, newsletter, history

7

078

07-0208

001

024

 

First Baptist - Headland

5

078

07-0208

001

025

 

First Missionary Baptist - Newville

4

078

07-0208

001

026

 

Free Gift AME

3

078

07-0208

001

027

 

Freedom Fellowship Church

3

078

07-0208

001

028

 

Gateway Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

029

 

Good Tidings Assembly of God

3

078

07-0208

001

030

 

Gospel of the Kingdom Covenant Church

4

078

07-0208

001

031

 

Greater Friendship AME

5

078

07-0208

001

032

 

Greater Shiloh Baptist

5

078

07-0208

001

033

 

Green Valley Church

3

078

07-0208

001

034

 

Haleburg Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

035

 

Haleburg United Methodist

3

078

07-0208

001

036

 

Headland First Assembly of God

3

078

07-0208

001

037

 

Hebron Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

038

 

Henry County Church of Christ

3

078

07-0208

001

039

 

Hickory Grove Free Will Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

040

 

Jackson Chapel Church of God in Christ  (COGIC)

4

078

07-0208

001

041

 

Jesus First Church

3

078

07-0208

001

042

 

Judson Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

043

 

Lakeside Christian Fellowship

3

078

07-0208

001

044

 

Landmark Full Gospel Church

2

078

07-0208

001

045

 

Lawrenceville Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

046

 

Liberty United Methodist - includes news article from the internet

5

078

07-0208

001

047

 

Little Rocky Mount Freewill Baptist - includes deed from internet

7

078

07-0208

001

048

 

Macedonia Church of God in Christ  (COGIC)

4

078

07-0208

001

049

 

Mary Magdalene Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

050

 

Miracle Deliverance Church

4

078

07-0208

001

051

 

Mission Chapel

4

078

07-0208

001

052

 

Mount Enon Primitive Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

053

 

Mount Olive Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

054

 

Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church - see record in Houston County churches

4

078

07-0208

001

055

 

Mount Pleasant Free Will Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

056

 

Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist

6

078

07-0208

001

057

 

Mount Zion AME - Lawrenceville

4

078

07-0208

001

058

 

Mount Zion Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

059

 

Mount Zion Free Will Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

060

 

Mount Zion Primitive Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

061

 

New Bethel Church

3

078

07-0208

001

062

 

New Birth Holiness

3

078

07-0208

001

063

 

New Hope Freewill Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

064

 

New Hope Missionary Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

065

 

New Mount Zion Freewill Baptist

6

078

07-0208

001

066.1

 

New Prospect Free Will Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

066.2

 

New Prospect Primitive Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

067

 

New Salem Missionary Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

068

 

New Testament Holiness

3

078

07-0208

001

069

 

New Zion Freewill Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

070

 

Newville Baptist

6

078

07-0208

001

071

 

Oakey Grove Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

072

 

Oakey Grove Community Methodist

3

078

07-0208

001

073

 

Old Friendship AME

3

078

07-0208

001

074

 

Old Zion Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

075

 

Outreach For Souls Church

3

078

07-0208

001

076

 

Pilgrims Rest Free Will Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

077

 

Piney Grove Primitive Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

078

 

Pleasant Grove Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

079

 

Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

080

 

Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

081

 

Pleasant Plains Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

082

 

Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

083

 

Rocky Mount Baptist

5

078

07-0208

001

084

 

Saint John AME

5

078

07-0208

001

085

 

Saint Michael AME

5

078

07-0208

001

086

 

Saint Paul Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

087

 

Saint Peter AME

3

078

07-0208

001

088

 

Saint Peter Missionary Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

089

 

Sardis Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

090

 

Sardis Missionary Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

091

 

Shorterville Baptist (County Road 47)

4

078

07-0208

001

092

 

Shorterville Baptist (County Road 65)

6

078

07-0208

001

093

 

Spring Hill Missionary Baptist

5

078

07-0208

001

094

 

Sweet Bethel Baptist

4

078

07-0208

001

095

 

Tolbert Baptist

5

078

07-0208

001

096

 

Trinity Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

097

 

Tumbleton Assembly of God

4

078

07-0208

001

098

 

Union Free Will Baptist

3

078

07-0208

001

099

 

Union Springs Baptist

6

078

07-0208

001

100

 

Welcome Church/Abbeville Missionary Church

3

078

07-0208

001

101

 

Newville Methodist - building abandoned 1975, moved 1976  [internet history]

 

078

07-0208

CD1

001

 

Digital Photographs, Henry County Churches

 

 

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