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Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church, Manuscript Collection 2003.3, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA
Donated by Marjorie S. Stone of Athens, Ohio in 2003; she inherited the Records from her grandfather, George S. Davis. Her great-great uncle, F. Grundy Davis, was a trustee of Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church.
Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church was organized by Elijah Hawkins in 1843 and members constructed a frame church building in Groseclose, Smyth County. In 1907 a new church building was built. Pleasant Hill is no longer a practicing parish but the large cemetery across the highway is still maintained.
The Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church records consist of two folders. Folder 1 contains deeds between the church and heirs of John Groseclose. Folder 2 contains correspondence regarding compensation to church for loss of property due to the widening of Route 11 as well as insurance policies.
See also the George S. Davis Papers, Manuscript Collection 1992.2, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College.
The party of the first part, Stephen H. Groseclose, Henry B. Groseclose, Joseph S. Groseclose, Josiah Brown and Elizabeth Brown, Catharine Gose, and Peter Groseclose, heirs of John Groseclose, deceased, legally conveyed to the party of the second part, T. D. Hawkins, F. G. Davis, and William H. Wilson, trustees of Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church, land informally given to the church by John Groseclose.
Deed. 19 September 1890. The party of the first part, Jane F. Groseclose, Laura J. Morrison, Harlan K. Groseclose, James H. Groseclose, Mary J. Groseclose, William M. Groseclose, and John Groseclose, heirs of John Groseclose, deceased, legally conveyed to the party of the second part, T. D. Hawkins, F. G. Davis, and William H. Wilson, trustees of Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church, land informally given to the church by John Groseclose.
The party of the first part, Dr. John D. Carnahan and Mollie Carnahan of Utah, heirs of John Groseclose, deceased, legally conveyed to the party of the second part, T. D. Hawkins, F. G. Davis, and William H. Wilson, trustees of Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church, land informally given to the church by John Groseclose.
The party of the first part, Levi C. Groseclose, resident of Eureka, Kansas, and S. E. Groseclose, heirs of John Groseclose, deceased, legally conveyed to the party of the second part, T. D. Hawkins, F. G. Davis, and William H. Wilson, trustees of Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church, land informally given to the church by John Groseclose.
L. Preston Collins, Marion, Virginia to George S. Davis, Groseclose, Virginia. Option agreement between H. G. Wilson, George S. Davis, and J. F. Musser, trustees of Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church and the Virginia Department of Highways regarding compensation to the church for widening of Route 11 and moving of church back twenty feet from highway. Option agreement dated 1 April 1936.
Between Home Insurance Company of New York and trustees of Pleasant Hill Lutheran for term 1941 to 1942; purchased from Gills & Miles Insurance
Between Home Insurance Company of New York and trustees of Pleasant Hill Lutheran for term 1943-1944; purchased from Gills & Miles Insurance Agency, Marion, Virginia.