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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Wiregrass Archives
Troy University Dothan Campus
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Dothan, AL 36303

Phone: 334-983-6556 x21327
Email: wiregrassarchives@troy.edu