Guide to the Wiregrass Church Documentation Project

Guide to the Wiregrass Church Documentation Project - Houston County, AL

Record Group 078

Date Span: 2007 鈥� 2009

Extent: 0.75 cubic feet

Project Historical Sketch: Recognizing that the church played a significant role in the social and cultural as well as spiritual lives of Wiregrass citizens, Wiregrass Archives director, Dr. Martin T. Olliff, began in 2003 a four-phase project to document churches in a 30-county coverage area. Phase 1 was a windshield survey of churches in the rural areas of the counties; Phase 2 requires contacting those churches to gather demographic data about their congregations; Phase 3 seeks to locate and collect church records, and Phase 4 will produce or gather histories of churches and archivally arrange and describe church records.
Various entities have supported this work through monetary grants, particularly the Troy State University Dothan Faculty Council, the 好色先生TV Faculty Development Committee, and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.

Houston Co., AL, Survey Historical Sketch: The Wiregrass Archives used an Historic Chattahoochee Commission Seed Grant to have Jonathan Cook (好色先生TV Dothan Campus student) conduct a Phase 1 survey of rural churches in Dale and Houston Counties in Spring 2007. The WA used a grant from the 好色先生TV Faculty Development Committee to have WA staff member Tina Bernath lead a Phase 2 telephone survey in Spring 2009.

Scope / Content: Contains information on rural churches in Houston County, Alabama, pursuant to all phases of the project. Each file contains a measured, hand-drawn site plan, which is the result of Phase 1 fieldwork. Some folders contain histories, bulletins, and other information gathered per church in Phase 2 (noted per folder). CD-Roms contain digital photographs taken as part of the Phase 1 windshield survey, organized by church by photographer Jonathan Cook. The Wiregrass Archives staff compiled the images on an access copy DVD.
Samford University microfilms records of churches in Alabama. The inventory notes which Wiregrass churches have records at Samford.

Notes: Photographs and site plans generated by Jonathan Cook in Spring 2007. Phase 2 surveys conducted by telephone, letter and email by Tina Bernath and Angela K. Smith in Spring 2009.
Union Hill Baptist Church bulletin and 125th anniversary manuscript donated by Mr. Scottie Kirkland 23 Jan 2012. Mr. Kirkland is the author of the anniversary manuscript. [TB]

Organization: Arranged alphabetically by church name. Folders out of alphabetical order appearing at the end of the accession were added upon discovery of the churches.

Preferred Citation: Wiregrass Church Documentation Project, RG078, Wiregrass Archives, 好色先生TV Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Access/User Limits?: Open to qualified researchers.

Inventory:

File I.D.				File Label	# Pix	Samford Record?
078	07-0625	001	001	Indices to CDs [Jonathan Cook]
078	07-0625	001	002	Agape Powerhouse	9
078	07-0625	001	003	Antioch Assembly of God	28
078	07-0625	001	004	Antioch Baptist - Madrid	22
078	07-0625	001	005	Antioch Baptist - Ashford	25
078	07-0625	001	006	Ashford United Methodist - includes history, newsletter, bulletin	33
078	07-0625	001	007	Bay Springs Baptist - includes history & brochure	25
078	07-0625	001	008	The Beginning Sanctuary of Deliverance Faith Temple
078	07-0625	001	009	Beth Haven Community	9
078	07-0625	001	010	Bethlehem Assembly of God Church - Pansey - includes brief history	21
078	07-0625	001	011	Big Creek United Methodist	36
078	07-0625	001	012	Bluff Springs Baptist	27
078	07-0625	001	013	Calvary Baptist	18
078	07-0625	001	014	Cedar Springs Baptist	15
078	07-0625	001	015	Center Baptist	27
078	07-0625	001	016	Cherry ST. AME, Dothan [Empty]
078	07-0625	001	017	Christian Home Church of Christ	16
078	07-0625	001	018	Church of Christ [Pansey]	14
078	07-0625	001	019	Restoration Church of God by Faith - Ashford [Empty]	12
078	07-0625	001	020	Clayton Church [Abandoned]	8
078	07-0625	001	021	Columbia First Baptist - includes brief history	31
078	07-0625	001	022	Columbia Presbyterian - Columbia - includes photo from the internet
078	07-0625	001	023	Columbia United Methodist	9
078	07-0625	001	024	Cottonwood First Baptist	20
078	07-0625	001	025	Cottonwood United Methodist	9
078	07-0625	001	026	Country Line Missionary Baptist - Wicksburg
078	07-0625	001	027	Cowarts Assembly of God	13
078	07-0625	001	028	Cowarts Baptist - includes 1 page church history	24	Yes
078	07-0625	001	029	Cowarts Creek Freewill Baptist	23
078	07-0625	001	030	Ebenezer Baptist	24
078	07-0625	001	031	Elizabeth Church [Abandoned] - includes news article	9
078	07-0625	001	032	Enon Church of Christ - Cowarts - includes church bulletin & church newsletter	21
078	07-0625	001	033	Enterprise Baptist	21
078	07-0625	001	034	Faith Baptist - Cowarts	24
078	07-0625	001	035	Family Harvest Church	11
078	07-0625	001	036	Family with a Heart Christian Church, A
078	07-0625	001	037	First Assembly of God - Ashford	7
078	07-0625	001	038	First Assembly of God - Cottonwood	9
078	07-0625	001	039	First Baptist - Ashford - includes website information	23
078	07-0625	001	040	First Baptist - Gordon	18
078	07-0625	001	041	First Apostolic - Rehobeth	8
078	07-0625	001	042	First Missionary Baptist - Columbia	3
078	07-0625	001	043	Friendship Assembly of God	6
078	07-0625	001	044	Friendship United Methodist	25
078	07-0625	001	045	Frith Hill Church	12
078	07-0625	001	046	Good Shepherd Catholic - Columbia - closed by diocese in 2003
078	07-0625	001	047	Goodwater Freewill Baptist	8
078	07-0625	001	048	Gordon New Testament Holiness [Abandoned]	2
078	07-0625	001	049	Gordon United Methodist - includes website information	7
078	07-0625	001	050	Grant Chapel AME - includes church info from internet	18
078	07-0625	001	051	Greater Antioch Baptist - Gordon	6
078	07-0625	001	052	Greater Union Missionary Baptist	7
078	07-0625	001	053	Harper's Joy Assembly of God - includes a brief history	40
078	07-0625	001	054	Hickory Grove Baptist	18
078	07-0625	001	055	Hodgesville Baptist	27	Yes
078	07-0625	001	056	Howard Grove Freewill Baptist Church	21
078	07-0625	001	057	Jerusalem Community Church - Gordon [a.k.a. Jerusalem Methodist Church]	24
078	07-0625	001	058	Kinsey Baptist	32
078	07-0625	001	059	Kinsey United Methodist - includes church bulletin	13
078	07-0625	001	060	Liberty Baptist - Pansey	23
078	07-0625	001	061	Love Hill Assembly of God	18
078	07-0625	001	062	Macedonia Church	10
078	07-0625	001	063	Madrid Assembly of God	12
078	07-0625	001	064	Madrid Baptist	33
078	07-0625	001	065	Madrid Methodist	9
078	07-0625	001	066	Mercy Ministries at Granthem	11
078	07-0625	001	067	Mount Enon Baptist	13
078	07-0625	001	068	Mt. Ararat Baptist	18	Yes
078	07-0625	001	069	Mt. Calvary Apostolic	5
078	07-0625	001	070	Mt. Carmel Baptist	15
078	07-0625	001	071	Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist - includes cemetery/church history from internet
078	07-0625	001	072	Mt. Nebo Baptist	12
078	07-0625	001	073	Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist	8
078	07-0625	001	074	Mt. Zion Independent Baptist	16
078	07-0625	001	075	Mt. Zion United Methodist	14
078	07-0625	001	076	New Beginning Church	11
078	07-0625	001	077	New Freedom Church - Webb - includes church history	17
078	07-0625	001	078	New Harmony Freewill Baptist	19
078	07-0625	001	079	New Hope Church	13
078	07-0625	001	080	New Life Church	5
078	07-0625	001	081	New Providence Baptist	24
078	07-0625	001	082	Oaky Grove Missionary Baptist	12
078	07-0625	001	083	Old Ashford Baptist	11
078	07-0625	001	084	Old Friendship Primitive Baptist	14
078	07-0625	001	085	Pentecostal Deliverance Faith Temple #2 - Cottonwood	4
078	07-0625	001	086	Philadelphia Missionary Baptist	16
078	07-0625	001	087	Pilgrim Home Baptist	26	Yes
078	07-0625	001	088	Pilgrims Rest Baptist East - Grangerberg	18
078	07-0625	001	089	Pilgrim's Rest Baptist West - includes church history & photo	10
078	07-0625	001	090	Pilgrims Rest Missionary Baptist	4
078	07-0625	001	091	Piney Grove Missionary Baptist	14
078	07-0625	001	092	Piney Grove Assembly of God	7
078	07-0625	001	093	Piney Grove United Methodist - includes information on church website	7
078	07-0625	001	094	Pleasant Grove Baptist - Webb	29
078	07-0625	001	095	Pleasant Hill Baptist	21
078	07-0625	001	096	Pleasant Plains Baptist	26
078	07-0625	001	097	Poplar Springs Baptist	19
078	07-0625	001	098	Ramah Primitive Baptist	29
078	07-0625	001	099	Rehobeth Baptist	18
078	07-0625	001	100	Rocky Creek United Methodist	25
078	07-0625	001	101	Sanctuary Faith Temple	4
078	07-0625	001	102	Sardis Baptist	14
078	07-0625	001	103	Shady Grove Church	18
078	07-0625	001	104	Shiloh Freewill Baptist	20
078	07-0625	001	105	Smithville Missionary Baptist	7
078	07-0625	001	106	Springhill Freewill Baptist	16
078	07-0625	001	107	Spring Hill Missionary Baptist	19
078	07-0625	001	108	St. John's Missionary Baptist	20
078	07-0625	001	109	St. Mary's Methodist - Cottonwood	4
078	07-0625	001	110	St. Paul Baptist	8
078	07-0625	001	111	St. Paul Church of God in Christ (COGIC)	12
078	07-0625	001	112	St. Peter Church	13
078	07-0625	001	113	St. Peter Missionary Baptist	10
078	07-0625	001	114	St. Phillip AME	8
078	07-0625	001	115	St. Stephen 's Methodist	6
078	07-0625	001	116	Tabernacle United Methodist - includes bulletin, newsletter	13
078	07-0625	001	117	Taylor Assembly of God	8
078	07-0625	001	118	Taylor Baptist	8
078	07-0625	001	119	Taylor United Methodist Church - includes deed, history	4
078	07-0625	002	120	Triumph Church of God in Christ	10
078	07-0625	002	121	Union Hill Baptist	29
078	07-0625	002	122	Union Spring Freewill Baptist	17
078	07-0625	002	123	Wayside Baptist	27	Yes
078	07-0625	002	124	Webb Baptist	17
078	07-0625	002	125	Webb United Methodist	14
078	07-0625	002	126	Wicksburg Assembly of God - includes photograph	9
078	07-0625	002	127	Williams Chapel AME - Grangerberg	14
078	07-0625	002	128	Winslette Church UMC	10
078	07-0625	002	129	Memphis Baptist - includes church bulletin & newsletter
078	07-0625	002	130	Pleasant Grove Baptist - Ashford	29
078	07-0625	002	131	St. Mary's Baptist	9
078	07-0625	002	132	Tabernacle Baptist Church

N.B.: Photographer Jonathan Cook provided CD-Roms of these photographs to The Wiregrass Archives, and organized them by church.

File I.D.				File Label
078	07-0625	CD1	001	Digital Images, Houston Co. Churches 1
078	07-0625	CD1	002	Digital Images, Houston Co. Churches 2
078	07-0625	CD1	003	Digital Images, Houston Co. Churches 3
078	07-0625	CD1	004	Digital Images, Houston Co. Churches 4
078	07-0625	CD1	005	Digital Images, Houston Co. Churches 5
078	07-0625	CD1	006	Digital Images, Houston Co. Churches 6

N.B.: The Wiregrass Archives staff compiled the images provided by Johnathan Cook, making them available on an access copy DVD.

File I.D.				File Label
078	07-0625	CD1	007	Digital Images, Houston Co. Churches [DVD Access Copy]

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Phone: 334-983-6556 x21327
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