| Tazewell County, Virginia |
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| Church Records |
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| Lutheran Church Facts |
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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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| LUTHERAN CHURCH | |
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| ORGANIZED: |
In Burke's Garden on December 9, 1828, by Rev. Jacob Scherer; George Spracher, elder and trustee; Matthias Fox and Michael Ritter, deacons (Vol. 2, p. 312) |
| ORIGINAL CONGREGATION: | George Spracher and wife, Margaret; Peter Spracher and wife, Barbara; Matthias Fox and wife, Barbara; Michael Ritter; Philip Gose and wife, Elizabeth; Samuel Hanshaw and wife, Eve; Mary Wynn; Peter Gose; Duncan Cameron; Peter Fox and John Spracher. |
| CHURCH COUNCIL | Rev. Jacob Scherer and George Gose, elder and trustee, at organization; 1828, with Matthias Fox and Michael Ritter as deacons; George Rhudy, 1830; David Wynn, 1834; Peter Spracher, 1838; Stephen Spracher, elder, 1847; Jas. Mahood, 1848; John Spracher and Jacob Rhudy, 1853; Jesse Peery and Erastus Spracher, 1865; George Gose, 1871; Henry Groseclose, 1875; Jos. L. Groseclose, 1875; David S. Fox, 1881; Jos. S. Moss, 1887; John P. Gose and John H. Greever, 1888; C. H. Greever and E. W. Peery, 1891; Stephen R. Spracher and A. E. Peery, 1901; R. S. Moss and Stephen S. Fox, 1902; A. S. Greever, 1906; Elmer L. Rhudy, 1918; Roy Meek, 1920; M. Cassell and T. R. Boling, 1920 |
| PASTORS, 1828-1922 | Rev. Jacob Scherer, 1828; Rev. _____ Tabler, 1836; Rev. J. J. Greever, 1840-1877; Rev. H. E. Bailey, 1878-1891; Rev. J. A. Morehead, 1892; Rev. E. H. Kohn, 1895; Rev. J. H. Wyse, 1898; Rev. J. P. Miller, 1906; Rev. E. L. Ritchie, 1907; Rev. R. Homer Anderson, 1915; Rev. S. W. Hahn, 1919; Rev. E. L. Baker, 1922 |
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| OTHER CHURCHES: | Bluefield, VA, and Tazewell, organized by persons from Burke's Garden |