Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Mathew's Chapel Minutes, MS 469, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Received from Gladys Harris, 2005.

Biographical/Historical Information

Mathew's Chapel was organized in the Baptist denomination on April 23, 1899. It stood on the corner of Route 706 and 631 in Albemarle County. It's location was shown on the 1907 Massie Map, south of Charlottesville near the Brookhill estate and Carter Bridge Road (modern day Route 20). The chapel was torn down circa 1965.

Scope and Content

The Record book lists persons in attendance at the 23 April 1899 organizational meeting of Mathew's Chapel. Election of officer's names are listed. Surnames include Day, Farish, Fife, Fretwell, Garland, Gentry, Randolph, Reed, Shuck, Tribble, Wheat, and Woodson. There are 2 pages of meeting minutes. Pages 3-22 are missing, 23-28 contain a child's math problems, pages 29-38 are missing, and pages 39-42 contain a child's math problems.

Index Terms:

Persons:

• Mathews, J.C.
• Randolph, Rev. J.T.

Family Names:

• Day Family
• Farish Family
• Fife Family
• Fretwell Family
• Garland Family
• Gentry Family
• Randolph Family
• Reed Family
• Shuck Family
• Tribble Family
• Wheat Family
• Woodson Family

Subjects:

• Baptists-Virginia-Albemarle County
• Virginia-Church History