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Armstrong Valley Charge (Dauphin Co., PA)

 Collection
Identifier: Church RG 178

Scope and Contents

The Armstrong Valley Charge collection consists of 1 box containing: ARMSTRONG VALLEY CHARGE: - Annual Reports, 1956 - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1902-1964; Confirmations, 1901-1906; Marriages, 1902-1964; Deaths, 1901-1964; Communicants, 1899-1915, 1931-1964; Membership, 1910-1964; Officers, 1938-1968; Pastoral Register, 1904-1964; Statistical Reports, 1909-1911 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1902-1907; Confirmations, 1901-1906; Marriages, 1903-1907; Directory, n.d. - Correspondence. To: Lancaster Classis, 1903-1933 - Financial Records: Benevolences, 1901-1915, 1933-1934 (found in original record book); Endowment Fund, 1905-1924 - History - Legal Records, 1899 - Newsletters, 1904-1957 (incomplete) - Parochial Reports, 1896-1852 (incomplete) - Pastors, 1901-1931 - Reports: Self-Study, 1923, 1945 - Committees: - Building Committee: Parsonage. Minutes & Financial Records, 1924-1925 - Joint Consistory: Constitutions, 1889; Correspondence, 1916-1963; Financial Records. Ledgers, 1924-1964; Minutes, 1887-1910, 1957 - Trustees: Correspondence, 1911-1912; Parsonage. Minutes & Financial Records, 1894-1905 ST. JAMES CHURCH, CARSONVILLE, PA: - Church Records: Membership, n.d. - Financial Records: Treasurer's Reports, 1956-1957 - Parochial Reports, 1936, 1938 - Photographs ST. JACOB'S (MILLER'S) CHURCH, HALIFAX (CENTRE VIEW), PA: - Cemetery Records: Tombstone Inscriptions - Church Records: Communicants, 1954; Membership - Financial Records: Offering, 1955-1957 - Parochial Reports, 1936, 1938 - Photographs

Dates

  • Creation: 1887 - 1964

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Biographical / Historical

The following churches were at some point part of Armstrong Valley Charge: St. Peter's (Fetterhoff's) Union Church, Halifax, PA St. Paul's (Bowerman's) Reformed Church, Enterline, PA Messiah Union Church, Fisherville, PA Trinity Reformed Church, Halifax, PA St. Jacob's (Miller's) Church, Halifax (Centre View, Jackson Twp.), PA St. James (Powell's Valley) Church, Carsonville (dropped from UCC Yearbook in 1970) Star of Bethlehem, Enders, PA (last mentioned in 1916 minutes of the Lancaster Classis) In 1964, St. Peter's, Trinity and St. Paul's formed Twin Valley Charge of the UCC. In 1969 the three churches merged to form the Valley UCC, Halifax, PA Pastors who served this charge include: 1895-1901 Ambrose Carl Geary 1901-???? Paul J. Dundore 1904-1907 George Spotts 1908-???? H. G. Kopenhaver 1910-1912 Joseph M. Bean 1912-1914 D. W. Bicksler 1915-1915 F. W. Teske (student supply) 1916-???? Jacob C. Pease 1923-1927 C. E. Heffleger 1928-1931 Paul L. Troutman (student supply) 1931-1932 Guy J. Moyer (student supply) 1932-1935 Guy J. Moyer 1935-1936 George W. Moyer (supply) 1936-1952 George W. Moyer 1954-1957 David H. Rapp 1957-1958 Donald Schlecher (supply) 1958-1962 William Vastine (supply) 1962-1963 Larry Fisk & David Mark (supplies) 1963-1964 Merle Deck (supply) 1964-1968 George Hoffman, Jr.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For: Cemetery Records of St. Jacob's (Miller's) Church compiled by Glenn P. Schwalm, 2007 SEE ALSO: BX 9581.6 .D38 S39 1998 For: Additional copy of Original Church Records, 1885-1964 SEE ALSO: Microfilm #40 & #264 For: Additional Information regarding Messiah Church, Fisherville, PA SEE ALSO Church RG 179 & Microfilm #109 For: Additional Information regarding St. Peter's (Fetterhoff's) Church, Halifax (Upper Paxton Twp.), PA SEE ALSO: Church RG 180 & Microfilm #255, #74 & #110 For: Additional Information regarding St. Paul's (Bowerman's) Church, Enterline, PA SEE ALSO: Church RG 181 For: Additional Information regarding Trinity Reformed Church, Halifax, PA SEE ALSO: Church RG 182

Title
Armstrong Valley Charge (Dauphin Co., PA)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository

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