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Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Ga.) records, 1822-1916

Church records from the Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Ga.) dating from 1822 to 1916 that document the names of enslaved members of the church, and prominent educators and politicians who resided in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
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Creator
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Ga.)
Date of Original
1822/1916
Subject
Lexington Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Ga.)
Presbyterian Church--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Church records and registers--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Enslaved persons--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Enslaved persons--Georgia--Lexington
Slaves--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Christian slaves--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Slavery--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
African Americans--Georgia--Lexington--Religion--History--19th century
Lexington (Ga.)--Race relations
Slavery--Georgia--Lexington
Slaves--Georgia--Lexington
African Americans--Social conditions--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
African Americans--Religion--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Slaves--Social conditions--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Slavery--Religious aspects--Christianity
Georgia--Race relations
Oglethorpe County (Ga.)--Race relations
Oglethorpe County (Ga.)--History--20th century
Oglethorpe County (Ga.)--History--19th century
Georgia--History--20th century
Georgia--History--19th century
Church membership--Georgia--Oglethorpe County
Genealogy
People
Lumpkin, Joseph Henry, 1799-1867
Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834
Location
United States, Georgia, Oglethorpe County, Lexington, 33.86984, -83.11182
Medium
church records
Type
Text
Description
The Lexington Presbyterian Church records document the names of enslaved members of the church, and it is not unlikely that for some of the names provided it is the only existing record that these people ever lived. There are also records of prominent educators and politicians who resided in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, including the first chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and co-founder of the University of Georgia School of Law Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867), and William Harris Crawford (1772-1834), U.S. Minister to France, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Treasury, among others.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Columbia Theological Seminary