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Pleasant Grove (Bethel)

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Demonination

Presbyterian Church of the United States

Pastor

J.H. Handson

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

County

Walton County (Fla.)

City

DeFuniak Springs

Established

1890

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

Pleasant Grove (Bethel)

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

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

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for Pleasant Grove (Bethel) in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, established in 1890. This Presbyterian Church of the United States church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by J.H. Handson.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1890

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

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Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Presbyterian Church of the United States

County

Walton County (Fla.)

City

DeFuniak Springs

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Pastor

J.H. Handson

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Church Name

Pleasant Grove (Bethel)

Chicago Manual of Style

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Pleasant Grove (Bethel). 1890. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252263>, accessed 21 August 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Pleasant Grove (Bethel). 1890. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252263>

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(State Archives of Florida/Works Progress Administration)

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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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