Parish records pertaining to Christ Church

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Parish records pertaining to Christ Church

Entry/Object ID

ARC261

Scope and Content

DVD containing parish records pertaining to Christ Church on the Blue Ridge Mountain in Jefferson County, W. Va. (The church was also known as Christ Church on the Mountain and Mountain Mission, as it was a mission originally of the Wickliffe Parish, Clarke County, Va. The name Mountain Mission is also used for the St. Andrew chapel north of Christ Church in the Blue Ridge Mountain.) Parish records on the DVD are as follows: --The Canonical Church Register for Missions, 85 pp--digitized by donor from the original register housed at Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town, W. Va. listing as follows: -Index of names -Baptisms (names of child, parents, sponsors; child's sex; birth and baptism locations and dates; officiating minister) -Confirmations (name; sex; dates and places of birth, baptism, and confirmation; name of presenter and confirming bishop) -Burials (name, sex, age, death and burial dates, last residence, cause of death, burial place, minister) -Marriages (date; place; names, ages, residences of groom and bride; signatures of bride, groom, witnesses, and minister) -List of families --Photographs taken by donor of loose papers found in the register --Explanation by donor of register records (11/12/2014) --Searchable transcription of register on two Microsoft Excel spreadsheets prepared by donor and titled "Christ Church Register Master Worksheet" (dated 1/27/2014 and 12/26/2008, same document, different formatting) --Searchable transcriptions of loose papers from register in two Microsoft Word documents prepared by donor, titled "Transcribed Documents in Christ Church Register" (dated 1/14/2009 and 1/16/2014, same document, different Word versions) According to "A History and Record of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of West Virginia" by George W. Peterkin (Charleston, W.Va.: The Tribune Company, Printers, 1902), pp. 613-614, Christ Church was built in 1889. A Mrs. Boyd, mother of Vincent Boyd, "gave the land, and Mr. William D. Smith, Sr., of Smithfield, Wickliffe Parish, Va., gave the lumber," and several people assisted with sawing, carpentry, and painting, "so the chapel was built at a very small cost, in money ... with a considerable amount coming from Wickliffe Parish ...." The Wickliffe rector ministered to the Christ Church congregation. According to Don Watts, the archives of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia (3737 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22304) contain parochial (annual) reports from Christ Church.

Acquisition

Accession

332

Source or Donor

Watts, Donald E. & Deborah

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1900 - 1943

Archive Notes

Location of Originals: Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town, WV 25414