Virginia Church Records

Baptist

The 10,000 name petition (dated 16 October 1776) has been digitized at the Library of Congress website. It was signed by people from all over Virginia who wanted an end to persecution of Baptists by the Established Church. Baptists and Baptist sympathizers alike signed the petition. To find your ancestor in this record, first check Hall’s transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39), which is available online at Ancestry ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 35-39. Then proceed to the Library of Congress website to see the original images.

• Accomack County
  • Downing’s Church Records (1857-1899)
    This is a compilation of the Downing’s Church Records, Book I and II, covering the period 1857-1899. According to a note in the records written by Rev. J.B. Merritt, “This is the record first of Accomack Circuit – Philadelphia Conf of M.E. Church. Then of Atlantic Circuit VA Conf M.E. Ch South. Then of Conquest & Guilford. It will be found that the record of the last mentioned charge is recorded in the place allotted to Probationers as there was more space there than elsewhere.”
  • Pocomoke Charge Church Register (1898-1927)  Registers of Pastors, Marriages, Baptisms, Members
    Churches included: Pittsville, Pocomoke (at Grotons), Sanford, and Saxis.
  • African American Churches of Chincoteague
    Chincoteague/Accomac Black History in Pictures
• Arlington County
  • Records of the Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ
    • The Background of Integration by Dudley P. Babcock
    • Residence of Arlington County Employees
    • Sample of Census Tracts
    • Distribution of Employees Pay Grades 1-6 By Residence (March 1962)
    • Report on Housing in Arlington County with Particular Attention Toward Discrimination Toward Negroes by Arlington Council on Human Relations (April 1962)
    • A Report to the Arlington Churches on Racial Discrimination in Bowling Alleys and Motels
    • Broadside: The Negro Citizen in Arlington published by American Council on Human Relations
  • Records of Church Women United of Arlington (1944-2001)
    The national Church Women United describes itself as “a national volunteer Christian ecumenical women’s movement.” From its beginning in 1941 it has been an interdenominational and interracial group. The national CWU has been a significant leader in developing the churches’ role within the Civil Rights movement, the peace movement, and the equal rights movement.
• Cumberland County
  • Cumberland County, Guinea Presbyterian Church records, 1831-1842
    Include minutes of meetings of the congregation and session; and lists of baptisms, deaths, and members. Also, include lists of members and minutes of meetings of the congregation and session of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, Va., 24 October 1840 – 8 May 1842.
• Fairfax County
  • Fairfax County, Frying Pan Spring Baptist Church records, 1791-1908
    Records, 1791-1908, of the Frying Pan Spring Baptist Church, Fairfax County, Va., and Occoquan and Quantico Baptist churches, Prince William County, Va., edited in 1946 by Flossie C. McNicol. The records include minutes of church meetings, lists of members (including slaves), and birth, death, and baptismal data.
• Fauquier County
  • Index to The History of the Warrenton Baptist Church, 1849-1988 by Edna Stephenson
• Gloucester County
  • Gloucester County Churches
• Mathews County
  • Mathews County, Salem Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1868-1913
    Include births, baptisms, marriages, and funerals recorded by George E. Thomas as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and Methodist Church in Mathews County, Va. Include 1) Register of Marriages, 1868-1912; 2) Register of Baptisms and Funerals, 1876-1889; and 3) Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals, 1887-1913, and Accounts, 1888-1901, concerning hogs and lumber.
• Prince William County
  • Prince William County, Occoquan Baptist Church records, 1794-1842
    Records, 1794-1842, of Occoquan Baptist Church, Prince William County, Va., edited by Flossie C. McNicol (of Gore, Va.), including minutes of members’ meetings, lists of members, and birth, death, and baptismal records.
• Stafford County
  • Stafford County, Chappawamsic Baptist Church Record
    Contents: Vol. I (1766-1860) and Vol. II (1869-1919). Include accounts, baptisms, deaths, minutes of meetings and list of members (i.e., white and African-American).