Shenandoah Free Baptist Association
Two separate People's Journal entries. In October 1924 it reported a "Free Baptist Association" in its 44th session at Berryville; in August 1927 it carried a notice of the 47th annual session of the "Shenandoah Free Baptist Association" at Bedford, Virginia. The two names are not shown to be one body; the session numbers suggest it, but do not establish it.
What the sources support
The People's Journal reported in October 1924 that the Free Baptist Association had held its 44th session at Berryville, with delegates from "as far South as 250 miles," and in August 1927 carried a notice of the 47th annual session of the Shenandoah Free Baptist Association at Longwood Free Baptist Church, Bedford, Virginia.
See the source and its limits
The People's Journal reported in October 1924 that the Free Baptist Association had held its 44th session at Berryville, with delegates from "as far South as 250 miles," and in August 1927 carried a notice of the 47th annual session of the Shenandoah Free Baptist Association at Longwood Free Baptist Church, Bedford, Virginia.
What the source supports
That the People's Journal reported a Free Baptist Association holding its 44th session at Berryville in 1924, with delegates from a wide area, and carried a 1927 notice of the 47th annual session of a Shenandoah Free Baptist Association at Bedford, Virginia; the two are not shown to be one body.
Uncertainty
The wording is a condensed transcription of the People's Journal item, not a quotation checked against the page; the newspaper OCR was not re-read for this claim. The printed pages were not recorded. The 1924 report names a "Free Baptist Association" and the 1927 notice the "Shenandoah Free Baptist Association". Reading them as one body rests on the session numbers, 44th in 1924 and 47th in 1927, and is probable, not established. No founding year is asserted from the numbering, and the dates of the sessions are not quoted here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The October 1924 report of the 44th session.
People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 October 1924, Vol. XXX No. 332
G. L. D. Harris, editor · 1924-10-01 (publication)
Locator: Report of the association's session, printed page not recorded
Relevant passageFree Baptist Association, 44th Session, held at Berryville, with delegates "as far South as 250 miles, Maryland and West Virginia sent up their delegates with money."
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The August 1927 notice of the 47th annual session.
People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 August 1927, No. 360 (masthead: Vol. XLI No. 366)
G. L. D. Harris, editor · 1927-08-01 (publication)
Locator: Church calendar, printed page not recorded
Relevant passageShenandoah Free Baptist Association, 47th Annual Session, Longwood Free Baptist Church, Bedford, Virginia ...
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources
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