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First Baptist Church of Freeport

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Demonination

Southern Baptist Convention

Pastor

P.M. Woodall

Race/Ethnicity

White

County

Walton County (Fla.)

City

Freeport

Established

1875

Editor's Note:

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

First Baptist Church of Freeport

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

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

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for First Baptist Church of Freeport in Freeport, Walton County, established in 1875. This Southern Baptist Convention church served a mainly white congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by P.M. Woodall.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1875

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

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Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Southern Baptist Convention

County

Walton County (Fla.)

City

Freeport

Race/Ethnicity

White

Pastor

P.M. Woodall

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Church Name

First Baptist Church of Freeport

Chicago Manual of Style

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. First Baptist Church of Freeport. 1875. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252214>, accessed 21 August 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. First Baptist Church of Freeport. 1875. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252214>

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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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