Lodge

Halifax No. 96 (234)

Title: Halifax No. 96 (234)
Number: 96
Status: $Chartered
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District: 37
Districts: 08; 14; 30; 26
Division: 04 - Southside
Chartered: 12/15/1813
Revived
Active: 1813-1828; 1867-
Inactive
1778
1803
1828
1853
1878
1903
1928
1953
1978
2003
2028: False; True; True; True; False; False; False; False; False; False; False
Meetings: 4th Monday 7:30 PM
Address: 123 Mountain Road
City: Halifax
County: Halifax
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Notes: Confirmed chartered as "Halifax Hiram Lodge, No. 96" on 12/15/1813. Assigned to District 8 in 1820. Assigned to District 14 in 1850. Assigned to District 30 in 1858. Assigned to District 26 in 1868. 1813 Proceedings: Resolved, That a charter do issue for the establishment of a Lodge in the county of Halifax, by the name of the Halifax Hiram Lodge, No. 96, appointing Granville Craddock, Master; William Terry, Senior Warden; and Isaac Medley, Junior Warden. Believed to have gone inactive in 1828, the year their building was completed. No records in the Proceedings. 1850 Proceedings: Not listed among active Lodges, but listed under a District. 1857 Proceedings: Listed as suspended. 1858 Proceedings: Listed as suspended. 1858 Proceedings: Resolved, That a new Masonic District be created out of the county of Halifax and such part of the county of Pittsylvania over which Roman Eagle Lodge, No. 122, and Polk Lodge, No. 61, now have jurisdiction, to be styled District No. 30. New charter issued as "Halifax Lodge, No. 234" on 12/11/1867. 1868 Proceedings: Whereas a dispensation has been issued by the M. W. G. Master for the opening of a new Lodge at Halifax courthouse, in the county of Halifax, by the name of King Solomon's Lodge, No. ---, appointing John Grammer, Jr., Master, W. H. Willingham, S. W., and John H. Powell, J. W., which has been returned with all proper documents: Resolved, That a charter do issue to said Lodge, by the designation of Halifax Lodge, No. 234, appointing the officers named. Editor: Shown as both 96 and 234 in the records.