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.
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.