A Guide to the Permission and Character Certificates for Slaves Seeking to Join Bethel Baptist Church, 1832-1860
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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 22681
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Preferred Citation
Permission and Character Certificates for Slaves Seeking to Join Bethel Baptist Church, 1832-1860. Accession 22681, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Lent for copying by Garnett Ryland, 1947.
Biographical/Historical Information
Garnett Ryland was born 17 December 1870 in King and Queen County, Virginia, to Dr. Charles Hill Ryland (1836-1914) and Alice Marion Garnett Ryland (1846-1931). Ryland's father, Dr. Ryland, served as treasurer and librarian for Richmond College, and his great-uncle, Dr. Robert Ryland (1805-1899) was the school's first president. Garnett Ryland received his M.A. in chemistry from Richmond College in 1892 and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins. He taught at the University of Maine, at Converse College in South Carolina, and at Georgetown College in Kentucky, before returning to the University of Richmond in 1917, where he taught chemistry until 1945. After his retirement, he served as secretery of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. Ryland married Lewella Payne (1887-1980) of Scott County, Kentucky, 21 December 1909. He died 2 February 1962 in Richmond.
Scope and Content Information
Permission and character certificates, 1832-1860, for slaves seeking to join Bethel Baptist Church in Clarke County, Virginia. Bethel Baptist Church was in Frederick County, Virginia until 1836 when Clarke County was formed.