St. Paul's Church (Augusta, Ga.)Georgia. Department of Archives and HistoryUnited States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.974841933Saint Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia, Church History 1750-1928. Images taken from 2 volumes in ring binders. Volume 1, 94 pages, and Volume 2, 88 pages. No author indicated. Internal evidence suggests an initial compilation date of 1933, with occasional annotations regarding events after that date. Notebooks comprise a compilation of typed extracts from historical documents and Vestry minutes, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, inscriptions, legacies, photographs, statistical tables, maps, and diagrams related to people, events, and objects relevant to the history of Saint Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia, from 1749 through 1928. A non-comprehensive table of contents is included.with each volume. Representative examples of material: Accounts of the early history of Saint Paul's Church, including information about early rectors. Accounts of the Masonic ceremonies performed for the laying of the cornerstones for the fourth church in 1819 and the fifth church in 1919. Lists of Vestry members and wardens. Photographs of church furnishings from various eras, including the 1751 baptismal font. A description of the Augusta fire of 1916 that destroyed the 1820 church with photographs of the ruins and services held outdoors following the fire. Information about donors and the text of inscriptions for the church bells, stained glass windows, and other church furnishings. Statistics about baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and church attendance, and the average ages of the deceased buried by the clergy of Saint Paul's. A list of parishioners who served in World War I. A map of the churchyard with a list of names and the texts of inscriptions on the grave markers. Accounts of concerning the following: the death of Robert Forsyth, the first federal marshal killed in the line of duty; the career of steamboat inventor William Longstreet; the May 1791 visit of President George Washington to Augusta; and the June 1864 death and funeral at Saint Paul's Church of the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana and Confederate general. Original materials: JPG files from 1960 microfilm.application/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Georgia--History--18th centuryGeorgia--History--19th centuryClergy--Georgia--AugustaSt. Paul's Church (Augusta, Ga.)Freemasonry--GeorgiaAugusta (Ga.)--Fire, 1916Vital statisticsWorld War, 1914-1918--Religious aspects--Episcopal ChurchChurch membership--Georgia--AugustaCemeteries--Georgia--AugustaPresidents--United States--TravelChurch records and registers--Georgia--AugustaChurch history (two volumes) 1750-1933Saint Paul's Church, History 1750-1933, 2 Volumes in Ring BindersText