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Rich Bay Church

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Demonination

African Methodist Episcopal

Pastor

J.W. Branton

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

County

Gadsden County (Fla.)

City

Havana

Established

1895

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On many of the scans, text appears to bleed through from the reverse page as survey workers often used recycled paper printed on one side with unrelated material. Users should be aware that the bleed-through is not a missing page.

Title

Rich Bay Church

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for Rich Bay Church in Havana, Gadsden County, established in 1895. This African Methodist Episcopal church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by J.W. Branton.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1895

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_1814

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

African Methodist Episcopal

County

Gadsden County (Fla.)

City

Havana

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Pastor

J.W. Branton

Image URL

0702150

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Church Name

Rich Bay Church

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Rich Bay Church. 1895. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248491>, accessed 3 August 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Rich Bay Church. 1895. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248491>

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For FY2026-27, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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