Mount Pleasant (Afro-American) Baptist
November, 1867 - after 1957
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The Mount Pleasant Baptist Church was organized in November, 1867. The
original chapel on Belleville Avenue, opposite Gouverneur street was sold
in 1888 and in October 1890 a new church was built. In 1907 it was enlarged.
| Reverend |
From |
To |
| C. E. Wilson Jr. (missionary) |
February, 1867 |
1869 |
| S. Seigfried |
1869 |
1872 |
| William Rollison |
1872 |
1874 |
| B. F. Bowen |
1875 |
1876 |
| George Guirey |
1876 |
1878 |
| A. B. Woodworth |
1879 |
1883 |
| F. C. A. Jones |
1883 |
1898 |
| Edwin A. Hainer |
December, 1898 |
1903 |
| W. T. S. Lumbar |
1903 |
December 31, 1909 |
| Edward S. Van Ness |
1911 |
1913 (Death) |
| E. Ward Pickering |
1914 |
1916 |
| Sidney W. Powell |
1918 |
1925 |
| LeRoy Halbert |
1926 |
1930 |
| W. S. V. Robinson |
1931/32 |
1935 |
| J. William Marson |
1936 |
1943/51 |
| Address |
From |
To |
| 126, 136 Belleville Ave. opp Gouverneur |
1866 |
1888 |
| 288 Belleville Avenue |
October, 1890 |
1926 |
| 27 Lincoln Ave. |
1927 |
after 1957 |
Archive Information (Last
Known location)
Church records from about 1867 are in the possession of the Church Clerk.
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