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Demonination

Primitive Baptist Convention of the United States of America, Inc.

Pastor

P.C. Turner

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

County

Walton County (Fla.)

City

DeFuniak Springs

Established

1930

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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

Saint John's

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

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

Church buildings -- Florida

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WPA Church Record for Saint John's in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, established in 1930. This Primitive Baptist Convention of the United States of America, Inc. church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by P.C. Turner.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1930

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_5375

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Primitive Baptist Convention of the United States of America, Inc.

County

Walton County (Fla.)

City

DeFuniak Springs

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Pastor

P.C. Turner

Image URL

1905241

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Church Name

Saint John's

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Saint John's. 1930. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252267>, accessed 21 August 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Saint John's. 1930. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252267>

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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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