Register of Church members, 1834-1889.

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Register of Church members, 1834-1889.

The register contains lists of members attending Sunday School, with notes on their membership status, together with notices of fasting and prayers (including one for the success of Randolph-Macon College) signed by Presiding and Assistant Elders. The name of Louisa Coleman, Coloured is carried on the rolls in a separate space. A booklet "Centenary Methodist Church, Old Dominion, Virginia" by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards contains photographs of the church and a brief history of the church explaining many of the entries in the register.

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