Ahi-beth No. 147

Title

Ahi-beth No. 147

Number

147

Status

Chartered

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District

9

Districts

09

Division

Chartered

12/11/1827

Revived

Active

1827-1838; 1840-

Inactive

12/29/1849

1778

1803

1828

1853

1878

1903

1928

1953

1978

2003

2028

True

True

False

False

False

False

False

False

True

False

False

Meetings

Address

City

Farmville

County

Prince Edward

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Notes

Confirmed chartered as "Ahi-beth Lodge" on 12/11/1827 in District 9. The name could come from the Hebrew words, Ahi ("my brother") and Beth ("house of"), meaning "Brother of the House". Later changed to simply Ahibeth Lodge? A Dispensation having been issued, signed by the Grand Master to authorize the opening of a Lodge near Hamden Sidney College, in the county of Prince Edward, by the name of Ahi-beth Lodge, appointing Reuben H. Dejernett, as Master, Booker Foster, as Senior Warden, and John Foster, as Junior Warden; and the said Dispensation being returned, with the other necessary documents, On motion, Resolved, That a Charter do issue for the permanent establishment of said Lodge, at George King's Tavern, near Hamder Sidney College, in the county of Prince Edward, by the name of Ahi-beth Lodge, No. 147, appointing the same officers as were named in the Dispensation. On motion, Resolved, That Salina Lodge, No. 145, be assigned to District No. 17; Doric Lodge, No. 146, and Ahibeth Lodge, No. 147 to District No. 9; Prince George Lodge, No. 148, to District No. 5 St. John's Lodge, No. 144, now attached to District No. 9, to District No. 8; Rockfish Harmony Lodge, No. 92, now attached to District No. 10, to District No. 11. 1838 Proceedings: Listed as dormant. 1840 Proceedings: Listed as active.