Scope and Content: The records from the Chesterfield County (Va.) Church and Lodge Records, 1892-1937 are comprised of petitions, orders, resolutions, and decrees documenting the sale or mortgaging of properties owned by churches and one freemason organization, the Chester Lodge No. 94 of the A.F.& A.M. They records contain names of trustees and copies of resolutions passed by members.

Included are records pertaining to properties owned by the the Chesterfield Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1892; Bethia Baptist Church, 1892; Chester Baptist Church, 1905 and 1908; Matoaca Charge, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1905; Second Baptist Church of Manchester, 1905; West End Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1905; Church of the Good Shepherd, Protestant Episcopal Church South, 1908; Oak Grove Baptist Church, 1908; Woodland Heights Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1913; Bon Air Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1914; Clopton St. Baptist Church, 1914; Ettrick Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1923-1924; Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1928; Highland Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1929; Parsonage, West Chesterfield Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1928; Shelbourne Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1937; and the Chester Lodge No. 94 of the A.F. & A.M., 1909.

Scope and Content: The Jolly Club Records consist of a volume and loose records. The volume contains a list of "receipts from incidental sources for school and county purposes," 1914-1915; Jolly Club accounts, 1921-1923; a summary of expenses and receipts for dances, April to June (year not given); an unidentified list of names and addresses, and Jolly Club financial reports, May 1921 to April 1922.

The list of school receipts from incidental sources includes receipts for donations to the Matoaca Literary Fund and the Dale District Literary Fund. The Jolly Club financial reports are loose leaves tucked into front of the ledger. They document expenses paid for music, lights, electricity, lumber, chairs, taxes, etc. Also tucked into the front of the ledger is a ticket to "attend dances given by Jolly Club at Stop 21, Petersburg Pike, for the season for 1921."

Scope and Content: The Virginia State Farmers' Alliance Records consist of a secretary book. The volume was a quarterly record of the dues paid by Alliance members, male and female, in each branch in the county. The branches were: Dry Bridge, Robious, Midlothian, Bermuda, Cedar Hill, Centre, Skinquarter, Otterdale, Clover Hill, Port Walthall, and Broad Rock. Also included is a letter fromthe Secretary-Treasurer of the Virginia Alliance, 1898; and statements of account, 1892.

Historical Information: The Farmers Alliance began in Texas in 1876 and expanded to Virginia in the 1880s. By 1890, there were more than 30,000 members in 85 branches in Virginia. The Alliance worked to promote higher commodity prices through collective action by groups of individual farmers.

Scope and Content: Includes boxes containing material identified as organization records. These records may be flat filed or foldered but not fully processed.

The Chesterfield County (Va.) Organization Records include a roll call list of Chesterfield Grange No. 184, Home Demonstration Club Advisory Board Minutes, 1928-1940, and other organization records. These records typically consist of appointments of trustees, minutes, and miscellaneous records of religious organizations, fraternal organizations, independent associations, and cooperatives.