Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.)
Variant namesHebron Church is the oldest Lutheran congregation in Virginia and in the South. It worships in the oldest Lutheran church building in continuous use. Hebron was never a union church, even though when the first Lutherans came to Virginia in 1717 they were settled near the German colony of Reformed who had come in 1714 and with whom they were closely associated. The church, organized in 1717 and built in 1740, Spotsylvania, 1721 (moved 1725), Orange, 1734, Culpeper, 1749 and Madison, 1793.
From the description of Register, 1750-1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122538465
Established 1735, for a German community near present day Madison, Va.
From the description of Records, 1735-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32672135
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.). Records, 1735-1950. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.). Register, 1750-1825. | Library of Virginia | |
| referencedIn | Henkel family. Papers of the Henkel family [manuscript], 1805-1941. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Eisenberg, William Edward, 1903-. Records : of the Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.), 1750-1850. | University of Virginia. Library |
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| associatedWith | Eisenberg, William Edward, 1903- | person |
| associatedWith | Henkel family. | family |
| associatedWith | Lutheran church | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Smith, George M. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Virginia--Madison County | |||
| Virginia--Madison County | |||
| Virginia | |||
| Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) | |||
| Madison County (Va.) | |||
| United States | |||
| Madison County (Va.) |
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| Baptismal records |
| Church membership |
| Church records and registers |
| Clergy |
| Genealogy |
| German Americans |
| Lutheran Church |
| Lutheran Church |
| Lutheran church buildings |
| Marriage records |
| Necrologies |
| Registers of birth, etc. |
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Corporate Body
Active 1735
Active 1950
English,
German
