Eureka No. 134

Title

Eureka No. 134

Number

134

Status

Chartered

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District

10

Districts

10

Division

Chartered

12/11/1823

Revived

Active

1823-1838; 1846-

Inactive

12/29/1854

1778

1803

1828

1853

1878

1903

1928

1953

1978

2003

2028

False

True

True

False

False

False

False

False

False

False

False

Meetings

Address

City

Elk Furnace

County

Nelson

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Website

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Notes

Confirmed chartered 12/11/1823. A dispensation having been issued by the Grand Master, to authorize the opening of a Lodge at Bent Creek, in the county of Buckingham, by the name of the Eureka Lodge, appointing David J. White, Master, William W. Ferguson, Senior Warden and Dougald Ferguson, 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 Bent Creek, in the county of Buckingham, by the name of Eureka Lodge, No. 134, appointing the same persons officers 15 were named in the dispensation. Resolved, That Monroe Lodge, No. 129, be assigned to District 12; Montgomery Harmony Lodge, No. 130, to District No. 13; Amelia Washington Lodge, No. 131, to District No. 9; Mount Carmel Lodge, No. 133, to District No. 13; and Eureka Lodge, No 134, to District No. 10. 1838 Proceedings: Listed as dormant. 1846 Proceedings: A Petition was received from sundry brethren residing at and near Elk Furnace, Nelson county, praying for the revival of Eureka Lodge No. 134, and naming Edward H. Gill, Master, William Dillard, Senior Warden, and James M. Harris, Junior Warden, upon the payment of ten dollars exclusive of the Grand Secretary's ſees, and appointing the officers named in the Petition. Editor: The phrase "Resolved" was not entered in the minutes, but Eureka is listed among the active Lodges, so we will consider it revived in 1846.