First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Burial records]]> Cemeteries]]>
This manuscript documents the agreement between the Trustees of First Baptist and a Mr. William Brown that Mr. Brown would "in a good workmanlike manner and according to the best of his art and skill" remove all remains to Mount Moriah.

In 2016, human remains were uncovered at the Arch Street site by a construction crew. The effort to identify and re-inter those remains are documented at archstbones.org.]]>
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Note: A piece of the page is missing, due to deterioration.]]>
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First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church committees]]> Come before them." The minutes of this committee, recorded on both sides of four loose sheets, include the dates of meetings, members present, and committee work discussed, including registering deeds, paying leases, collecting interest on accounts, and consolidating records.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1760-1761.01.Recto.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church finance]]> Church buildings]]> Church discipline]]> Church membership]]> Church management]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Pews and pew rights]]>
There is an alphabetical index of church members' names at the back of the book.]]>
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First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church management]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Church fund raising]]> Church discipline]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1771-1775.01.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church membership]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1779-1786.001.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church membership]]> Church discipline]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1786-1791.01.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church membership]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1792-1795.01.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church membership]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church discipline]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church fund raising]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1795-1806.001.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church management]]> Church fund raising]]> Church discipline]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMinutes1806-1813.001.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]>
An alphabetical index starts on image 24, although most of the entries are struck through, likely as remains were moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery in 1860. Three additional pages of names are entered upside down from the back of the notebook; these appear to be decedents from different congregations.]]>
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These pages contain a list of graves, by range, including the stone number, name of the interred, date buried and age at time of burial. Entries are marked with an "X," presumably meaning those remains were successfully identified and removed.

Note: The final page is an invitation to a mock trial hosted by the Young People's Working Association of First Baptist Church in 1890, which includes handwritten notes about unmarked graves on the back.]]>
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First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Marriage records]]> Baptists]]> Church finance]]> Registers (Lists)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMarriageRegister1791-1894.001.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptismal records]]> Church membership]]> Baptism and church membership]]> Baptists]]> Burial records]]> Registers (Lists)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCRegister1746-1824.001.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Marriage records]]> Baptismal records]]> Baptism and church membership]]> Baptists]]> Church membership]]> Burial records]]> Registers (Lists)]]> Manuscripts]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMarriageRegister1772-1844.001.FrontCover.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Manuscripts]]> Records (Documents)]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMiscBurialGroundRecords.001.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Manuscripts]]> Account books]]> https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/common/get-jpeg-small.cfm/ABHS.FBCMtMoriahBurialGroundBook1860.001.jpg]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Church committees]]> Corporate minutes]]>
This notebook contains the "Minutes of the Committee on the New Burial Ground of First Bapt. Church of Phil. appointed by the Trustees." The committee was charged with "presenting a suitable plan for the arrangement of the ground into burial lots, and of presenting to the Church such suggestions and recommendations as may be found necessary in preparing the way for the removal of the dead from our old ground." The first meeting was recorded on October 31, 1859. The November 11, 1859 entry spans five pages and documents a detailed plan proposed to the church. The Church moved quickly in resolving various concerns, and the minutes conclude in March of 1860.]]>
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First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Deeds]]>
Deed from the Mount Moriah Cemetery Association of Philadelphia to the First Baptist Church of the City of Philadelphia, for lot 112, containing approximately 25,600 square feet, at the cost of $5,760, dated September 26, 1859.]]>
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Note: The meeting minutes between March 1796 and February 1798 are missing from the original manuscript, which is why they do not appear in the digital version, and why the page numbering skips from page 8 to page 11. Also, page numbering on the original manuscript starts over at a new page 1 following page 89. To identify page numbers in citations, researchers can use the image number in combination with the page number.]]>
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