| Tazewell County, Virginia |
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| Church Records |
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| Baptist Valley Baptist Church |
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| Source -- John Newton Harman, Sr. Annals of Tazewell County, 1800-1922, in Two Volumes (Richmond VA: W. C. Hill Publishing Co., 1922), Reissued as 2 vols. in 1 in 1975 by Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Springfield, VA, Vol. I. Extracted and submitted by: June White |
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| "The first
Baptists in the county were the Scaggs
and Hankins. The first
sermon preached to them was by Rev. Simon Cotterel, from Russell County,
in 1796. Their first
meetings were held in private houses, in the Hankins' settlement...In
1897, the late Jonas J. Sparks, who had long been clerk of that church,
wrote '...in reference to BAPTIST
VALLEY CHURCH.' " (Vol.
2, pages 302-303) ORGANIZED: About the year 1810 by Elders
Thomas Colley and William Lazewell. MEMBERSHIP: The first settlers
of the Valley--The Hankins, the Scaggs, and others. PREACHERS
UP TO 1843: Thomas Colley |
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