Benevolent Lodge No. 34 History

• Meet at the Courthouse (perhaps earlier at inn/taverns)
• Submitted annual reports 28 of 58 years it was active 1793: grown to 36 Masons, 10 raised that year; 5 in training; 6 rejected from membership
• By 1803 had grown to 72 members
• No reports 1804-1816. Declared dormant 1816
• Rechartered in 1822 with 51 members (would decline slowly)
• Returns became sporadic after the 1831 Rebellion
• Erected a hall in 1823
• Last official report in 1842 showed only 14 members
• Declared extinct 1849
• Members tracked to formation of Berlin 42 (1850), Acacia 84 (1854), & Franklin 151 (1856)

Resources

• Virginia Lodge of Research No. 1777 for this Lodge
• History of Worshipful Masters

• History
• Courtland