FREE INDIVIDUAL STATE HISTORIES OF BAPTISTS

Jim Curran Admin · 20 hrs November 10, 2019

FREE INDIVIDUAL STATE HISTORIES-

Previously I had listed general Baptist History books available online. When doing research state histories are often more specific. These are the ones I have found. In addition there are also many other histories of individual associations and churches available on www.archive.org (Not to mention individual biographies)

There is a tremendous amount of smaller historical pieces for states on Baptist History Homepage at http://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/histories.html (Canada is also on this page) More information is also available on their homepage http://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/ On these books below I have not reviewed each one- (with some exceptions) there may be issues with perpetuity in some of these but they are valuable resources. ALABAMAA history of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama Hosea Holcombe https://books.google.com/books?id=K-4pAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&focus=viewport&dq=holcombe+baptists+alabama&output=htmlCONNECTICUTHistory of Connecticut Baptist State Convention- Phillip Evans https://archive.org/details/historyofconnec00evan/page/n6DELAWAREEarly and Later Delaware Baptists Richard Cook- https://archive.org/details/earlylaterdelawa00cook/page/n6GEORGIA
History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia- https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist00atla/page/n4Georgia Baptists Historical and Biographical Jesse Campbell- https://books.google.com/books?id=2ziArrmD4UIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+Baptist+Denomination+in+Georgia&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vZ0DUsLAC-SwyQG9wIDYDg&ved=0CGkQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=History%20of%20the%20Baptist%20Denomination%20in%20Georgia&f=falseINDIANAIndiana Baptist History- William Stott- https://archive.org/details/indianabaptisthi00instot/page/n4Excellent state history.IOWAHistorical Sketches of Iowa Baptists- SH Mitchell- https://books.google.com/books?ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&id=2iKQYKGme6IC&dq=iowa+baptists&jtp=1KENTUCKYKentucky Baptist History- William Nowlin https://archive.org/details/kentuckybaptisth00nowl/page/n6LOUISIANAA History of the Baptists of Louisiana- JT Christian- https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist00chri_0MAINE
A History of the Baptists in Maine- Joshua Millet- https://archive.org/details/ahistorybaptist00millgoog/page/n7MARYLANDHistory of the Baptist Churches in Maryland- John Weishampel https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist00weis/page/n8History of Baptist Churches in Maryland- George F Adams- https://archive.org/details/historybaptistc00adamgoog/page/n14MASSACHUSETTSHistorical Sketch of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society and Convention William Eaton- https://books.google.com/books?id=b18sAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=falseMICHIGANHistory of Baptists in Michigan- Mary Trowbridge- https://archive.org/details/cu31924006724375MISSISSIPPIA Complete History of Mississippi Baptists- Zachary LeavellVolume one- https://archive.org/details/completehistoryo01leav/page/n6Volume two- https://archive.org/details/completehistoryo02leav/page/n6MISSOURIA History of the Baptists in Missouri- Robert Duncan- https://archive.org/details/historyofbapti00dunc/page/n6Historical Sketches of the Baptists of Southeast Missouri HF Tong- https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00tong/page/n6NEW JERSEYA History of Baptists in New Jersey Thomas Griffiths https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist00grifiala/page/n4NEW YORKReminiscences of Baptist Churches and Baptist Leaders in NYC and Vicinity George Hansell https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofb01hans/page/n6NORTH CAROLINAHistory of North Carolina Baptists George W Paschal (excellent book)Volume one- https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthca11pascVolume Two- https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthca21pascA History of the Baptists in North Carolina- Charles Williams https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist01will/page/n4OREGONThe Baptist Annals of Oregon-Volume two- https://archive.org/details/BaptistAnnalsOfOregonVolumeII18861910/page/n2As a note it appears that volume one is mot available online.RHODE ISLANDAn account of the Churches in Rhode Island (unfortunately leans more on Providence being older than Newport) Henry Jackson- https://archive.org/details/accountofchurche00jack/page/n5SOUTH DAKOTAThe Baptist History of South Dakota- TM Shanafelt https://archive.org/details/baptisthistoryof00shanrich/page/n10TENNESSEEHistory of Middle Tennessee Baptist JH Grime- https://archive.org/details/historyofbapti00rile/page/n4TEXASHistory of Texas Baptists- BF Fuller https://archive.org/details/historytexasbap00fullgoog/page/n9History of the Baptists of Texas- BF Riley- https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist00rile_0/page/n6VIRGINIAA history of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists of Virginia Robert Semple- https://archive.org/details/ahistoryriseand00sempgoogEarly Baptists of Virginia- Robert Howell- https://archive.org/details/earlybaptistsofv00howe/page/n8Note: the books below were a series that was started by James Taylor and was continued by George Braxton Taylor about 40-50 years later.Virginia Baptist Ministers James B Taylor-First Series (volume) https://archive.org/details/virginiabaptistm01tayl/page/n6Second Series (volume) https://archive.org/details/virginiabaptistm02tayl/page/n6Virginia Baptist Ministers George Braxton TaylorThird Series https://archive.org/details/virginiabaptis1912tayl/page/n5Fourth Series- https://archive.org/details/virginiabaptis1913tayl/page/n3Fifth Series 1902-1914- https://archive.org/details/virginiabaptistm00taylrich/page/n2WASHINGTON DCHistory of the Baptist Institutions of Washington City- Andrew Rothwell- https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist00roth/page/n6REGIONALNORTH PACIFIC COAST-(WASHINGTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA)Baptist History of the North Pacific Coast JC Baker- https://archive.org/details/baptisthistoryof00bake/page/n8NEW ENGLAND-A History of the Baptists in New England- Henry Burrage- https://archive.org/details/ahistorybaptist00socigoog/page/n8SOUTHA History of the Baptists in the Southern States Est of the Mississippi- Benjamin Riley- https://archive.org/details/historyofbapti00rile/page/n4MIDWESTA History of the Baptists in the Western States East of the Mississippi Justin Smith- https://archive.org/details/historyofbaptist00smitOne other note I will make- in researching churches in a specific area. County histories found at www.archive.org or google books can be very valuable in finding histories of churches within the county. Look for the religion selection in the book. I have located churches whose location was forgotten and pieced together history when I used these in conjunction with my other Baptist history materials. (Find a Grave online is also useful in locating a former church cemetery) One other resource that I might mention that is not online but is very useful in regional use is your local library. They often have county histories (and even state or associational Baptist histories) that can be invaluable. The county histories will often have histories on churches that you will not find elsewhere.