- Collection:
- Record book of the Sardis Church of Christ
- Title:
- Record book of the Sardis Church of Christ
- Date of Original:
- 1828/1915
- Subject:
- Harris County (Ga.)--History
Primitive Baptists--Georgia--Harris County
African Americans--Georgia--Harris County
Church records and registers--Georgia--Harris County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Harris County, 32.736, -84.90899
- Medium:
- record books
church records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Bound record book belonging to the Sardis Baptist Church of Christ, a member of the Primitive Baptist Association, which existed from 1828-1915 and was one of the first churches to be established in Harris County, in west-central Georgia. Harris County was established in 1827, carved from Muscogee and Troup Counties, and from lands ceded by the Creek Nation in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs, and reaffirmed in the 1826 Treaty of Washington.
For the most part, the Sardis Baptist Church of Christ records follow a predictable format of when a meeting was held, who preached at the meeting, and that an invitation was given. The records also contain names of those that joined by declaration or by letter, and those that left by their own choice.
The Sardis Church also had African American members. Before the Civil War, these members are often listed only by their first names and are often denoted as "property of," indicating their status as enslaved individuals. After the Civil War, the notations change to "colored" or sometimes "freedman" and their last name was often included. However, no matter what race, the Church always referred to a member as Brother or Sister.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the church minutes in the record book become shorter and shorter for each meeting, and membership declines. This is probably due to the establishment of other churches nearby and the increased reliability of roads and transportation. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:chipley_scc_sard
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:chipley_scc_sard
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Chipley Historical Center
- Rights:
-
