Berryville Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian · Berryville as the cited records state it
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- 2 statements
- Evidence depth: Recorded
Is this the same congregation or building?
IDENTITY Confirmed Gold's heading names it: THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BERRYVILLE.
What the records say
Each line is a statement from a cited source, in the source's own terms, with the three questions asked of it. Same congregation or building as the one on this page? Same body or building under another name or at another site?
| When | What the record shows | RECORD | IDENTITY | CONTINUITY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date not established | Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 74 under the heading "THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BERRYVILLE," says the church "Was organized by a commission of the Winchester Presbytery, June 10th, 1854. There were only eleven members at the organization." | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedNamed by the heading "THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BERRYVILLE." | No continuity link is asserted for this statement | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 74 under the heading "THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BERRYVILLE," says the church "Was organized by a commission of the Winchester Presbytery, June 10th, 1854. There were only eleven members at the organization." What the source supportsThat Gold's text says the Presbyterian church at Berryville was organized on June 10, 1854 by a commission of the Winchester Presbytery, with eleven members. UncertaintyGold's 1914 history is a retrospective county history; for this chapter the church histories were written by local contributors, and no vestry book, deed or register was read here. No presbytery record is held here. The heading is printed without a period. The crop ends mid-sentence ("The"), continued on p. 75 (see C1424). The same paragraph says that early preaching for the Presbyterians was "sometimes in the Methodist and sometimes in the Baptist churches"; that sentence is not used here. Each cited passage was read twice, the second time independently: first as a rendered page image of a digital reproduction (a 300 dpi render of the stated PDF page), then on a cropped image of the same page. Both readings support the claim; neither was of the paper itself. The crop is held privately and is not shown on this site. Nothing beyond the quoted passage was read from the page. No human historian has reviewed this claim. SourceEvidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the statesThomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 74, PDF p. 82 of the hosted copy, the lower part of the page, the heading and the organization Relevant passageTHE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BERRYVILLE Was organized by a commission of the Winchester Presbytery, June 10th, 1854. There were only eleven members at the organization. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
| Date not established | Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 75, says of the Berryville Presbyterian church "Rev. Chas. White was the first pastor, by his efforts the church building was not injured by the U. S. troops during the war. He remained as pastor until 1875," and ends the account with "The Berryville, Stone's Chapel and Clearbrook churches unite in supporting a pastor." | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThe page continues the Berryville Presbyterian entry from p. 74 ("The" / "church was built"): Confirmed within Gold. | No continuity link is asserted for this statement | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 75, says of the Berryville Presbyterian church "Rev. Chas. White was the first pastor, by his efforts the church building was not injured by the U. S. troops during the war. He remained as pastor until 1875," and ends the account with "The Berryville, Stone's Chapel and Clearbrook churches unite in supporting a pastor." What the source supportsThat Gold's text names Rev. Chas. White as first pastor until 1875, says the church building was not injured by U. S. troops in the war, and says three churches unite in supporting a pastor. UncertaintyGold's 1914 history is a retrospective county history; for this chapter the church histories were written by local contributors, and no vestry book, deed or register was read here. The page begins mid-sentence ("church was built largely through the labors of Rev. Mr. Baber"), continuing p. 74, and the same page carries the paragraph on Stone's Chapel (see the Stone's Chapel page). A pastor shared by three churches is a shared pastor, not a merger. The faint apostrophe in "Germans" in the same page is bracketed in the image reading and not used here. Each cited passage was read twice, the second time independently: first as a rendered page image of a digital reproduction (a 300 dpi render of the stated PDF page), then on a cropped image of the same page. Both readings support the claim; neither was of the paper itself. The crop is held privately and is not shown on this site. Nothing beyond the quoted passage was read from the page. No human historian has reviewed this claim. SourceEvidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the statesThomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 75, PDF p. 83 of the hosted copy, the sentences on the first pastor Relevant passageRev. Chas. White was the first pastor, by his efforts the church building was not injured by the U. S. troops during the war. He remained as pastor until 1875. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the statesThomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 75, PDF p. 83 of the hosted copy, the last sentence of the page, on the shared pastor Relevant passageThe Berryville, Stone's Chapel and Clearbrook churches unite in supporting a pastor. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
Cited, with no image here
- History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Printed p. 74, PDF p. 82 of the hosted copy, the lower part of the page, the heading and the organization. The page was read on its image; no crop of it is shown yet.
- History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Printed p. 75, PDF p. 83 of the hosted copy, the sentences on the first pastor. The page was read on its image; no crop of it is shown yet.
- History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Printed p. 75, PDF p. 83 of the hosted copy, the last sentence of the page, on the shared pastor. The page was read on its image; no crop of it is shown yet.
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