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Title
Mt. Garland Baptist Church
Subject
African-American Churches
Description
FOUNDED: Organized in 1866
LOCATION: Buckner Rd.(Rt. 609) , Bumpass
INFORMATION: Black members asked to leave Little River Baptist Church to form their own church. They met in a brush arbor until winter when they met in the home of a member. The Garland sisters of Garlandtown gave one acre of land to the church. It is believed a log structure was built as the first church. And was named after the garland sisters. At a later date when the Smithfield Methodist Church was dissolved, the Mt. Garland Church members purchased the building and remodeled and improved it several times.
LOCATION: Buckner Rd.(Rt. 609) , Bumpass
INFORMATION: Black members asked to leave Little River Baptist Church to form their own church. They met in a brush arbor until winter when they met in the home of a member. The Garland sisters of Garlandtown gave one acre of land to the church. It is believed a log structure was built as the first church. And was named after the garland sisters. At a later date when the Smithfield Methodist Church was dissolved, the Mt. Garland Church members purchased the building and remodeled and improved it several times.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Louisa County Historical Society
Publisher
Louisa County Historical Society
Contributor
Hortense Gordon Lewis
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