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Preferred Citation

New Bridge Baptist Church Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased with the Nell Richardson Tonkin Fund.

Processing Information

The collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions and aquisitions to the collection.

Biographical / Historical

In 1834, New Bridge Baptist Church was founded as a missions church through the efforts of the members of First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia. During the Civil War (1861-1865), the church disbanded and functioned as a hospital for Confederate soliders. The church re-established itself in 1868 and experienced a series of dissolutions and reorganizations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2002, the congregation moved to a location on Elko Road in Sandston, Virginia.

Content Description

One Manuscript Ledger and Minute Book of the New Bridge Baptist Church in Henrico County, Virginia, a historically African American church. Founded by Black and White members in Richmond, Virginia, the church was a space for both races to worship until 1864 when an African American church possessing the same name was built next door. The Manuscript is bound in cloth leather binding and measures 12.5 x 7.5."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African American churches
• Baptists
• Henrico County (Va.)
• Sandston (Va.)