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GALAX PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH (CARROLL COUNTY, VA.) RECORDS
Summary

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Galax Primitive Baptist Church (Carroll County, Va.).
Records, 1898-1901; 1913-1983.
5 items.

Microfilm. Originals returned to private owner in 1983.

Galax Primitive Baptist Church is located in Galax, Carroll County, Va.
The church was established in 1913, and was still active as of 1983, with a
membership of about 40 persons.  Mountain View Primitive Baptist Church
(presumably in the vicinity of Galax, Va.) was constituted in July 1898.
Church minutes made available for microfilming extend to 1901.  The
connection between the Mountain View and Galax churches is unclear.

Five volumes consisting of minutes of congregational meetings, membership
rolls, the constitution, and other material of the Primitive Baptist Church
at Mountain View, presumably located in the vicinity of Galax, Va., and of
the Galax Primitive Baptist Church at Galax, Va. Miscellaneous items
include articles of faith, three essays or sermons, ca. 1900, and programs
for funeral services.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Carroll County (Va.)--Church history.
   Church records and registers--Virginia.
   Galax Primitive Baptist Church (Carroll County, Va.).
   Galax (Va.)--Church history.
   Mountain View (Va.)--Church history.
   Primitive Baptists--Doctrines.
   Primitive Baptists--Virginia.
   Sermons, American--Virginia.
   Mountain View Primitive Baptist Church.

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