VA Baptist Historical Society Library at Boatwright Library, University 
of Richmond

PO Box 34
Richmond, VA 23218
(804) 289-8434

Excellent archives of Baptist history in VA & somewhat throughout the 
south.  If you're able to visit, staff/volunteers are most helpful and 
would be interested in the project.

Other denominations probably have a similar repository.

Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians weren't all that different in the 
way they operated in the 18th & 19th centuries.  In most geographical 
areas, a preacher rode a circuit throughout a county or even broader 
area, preaching at a different church each Sunday of the month.  
Denominations frequently shared the church over the month and sometimes 
on the same day.  Some churches were called Union churches with a rather 
formal agreement amongst the associated denominations.

Even for the Anglican/Episcopalians, being a minister was not one's day 
job.  He still had to tend to his farm to support his family.  Anglican 
ministers were usually furnished land - GLEBE - but that may not have 
been true for other denominations.

Judith B. Gabor

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