Refuge Primitive Baptist Church was organized in June of 1881 in Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio. They generally held church meetings monthly. A second church roll at the front of the record book mentions a split within the church.
Some materials inserted into the record book postdate the end of its records. The record book was also bundled with copies of the Zion's Advocate periodical from various dates.
Records of Olive and Hurley Old School Baptist Church including church minutes, members list, baptism list, death records, covenant of the church, and other items. Olive and Hurley Old School Baptist Church split in December 1887. Minutes recorded within this book after this date represent the church affiliated with the Roxbury Association.