Martinsville Primitive Baptist Church was founded on October 28, 1899, and located in Martinsville, Virginia. Several names are used throughout the records books including Primitive Baptist Church at Martinsville, Martinsville Primitive Baptist Church, the Church Street Primitive Baptist Church Martinsville, Virginia, and Chatham Heights Primitive Baptist Church. Reference is made to the church meeting at a new location in Chatham Heights in 1963 which may explain some name variation. The church typically met monthly during which time minutes were recorded in the church record books. The first entry in this record book is February 1919 and the final entry is January 1973. The church records at the beginning start as early as 1899. A gap in entries exists from February 1945 until November 1959. Record books 2 through 4 (PBHLA-MPBC.002-.004) seem to fill this gap.
Records of the Primitive Baptist Church at Pine Forest which was founded in Virginia on October 15, 1898, with David Sumner as its first pastor. The record book indicates meetings were typically held at least monthly and includes church minutes and member information. See additional document PBHLA-PBCPF.001a for reference guide of illegible words due to binding.
The Lone Pilgrim was a Primitive Baptist publication that had its first issue around 1922. It was edited by Elders J. W. Wyatt and H. F. Hutchens, both from North Carolina. It was a monthly publication with readership in North Carolina and Virginia. The issues typically contained articles discussing doctrine or similar topics of the day. They would often include announcements from associations and churches regarding meeting times and locations and sometimes speaking arrangements of traveling elders. Letters and articles from readers were frequently printed and at times obituaries as well.
The Lone Pilgrim was a Primitive Baptist publication that had its first issue around 1922. It was edited by Elders J. W. Wyatt and H. F. Hutchens, both from North Carolina. It was a monthly publication with readership in North Carolina and Virginia. The issues typically contained articles discussing doctrine or similar topics of the day. They would often include announcements from associations and churches regarding meeting times and locations and sometimes speaking arrangements of traveling elders. Letters and articles from readers were frequently printed and at times obituaries as well.