Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2017-131

Description

A grand rally ticket for the New Bridge Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Shadeville, Florida. The ticket requests "both white and colored" to help the church.

Date

1926-07-04

Format

Broadsides (notices)

Coverage

Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)

Topic

Religion And Churches

Subjects

Churches--Florida--Shadeville
Gavin, James G., 1859-1935
New Bridge Hope Primitive Baptist Church (Shadeville, Fla.)
Religious gatherings

Geographic Term

Shadeville
Wakulla County

General Note

James G. Gavin was a prominent African-American citizen in Wakulla County, Florida. Gavin was an officer on the Wakulla County Republican Party Executive Committee. He was made executive secretary by 1900 and continued to be involved in the committee through at least 1928. The Gavin family were active members of the New Bridge Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Shadeville. Gavin served primarily as the church's clerk, though he also served as a deacon. He maintained minutes for church meetings and various committees, as well as financial records. Gavin and his family were also involved in two African-American fraternal organizations that were closely related to the church, the United Band of America and Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, where James also filled a clerical role.