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[Identification of item], in the Galax Primitive Baptist Church Records, #4362, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Abijah Thomas House (Va.)--Church history.
• Carroll County (Va.)--Church history.
• Church records and registers--Virginia.
• Galax (Va.)--Church history.
• Galax Primitive Baptist Church (Carroll County, Va.)
• Mountain View Primitive Baptist Church.
• Primitive Baptists--Doctrines.
• Primitive Baptists--Virginia.
• Sermons, American--Virginia.

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.

MICROFILM ONLY. 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, circa 1900, and programs for funeral services.