Muhlenberg Communion Set
Files
Title
Muhlenberg Communion Set
Subject
Rites and ceremonies - Virginia - Woodstock
Religion - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Photograph of the communion set belonging to the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock. The pieces rest on a cloth embroidered in German.
The words on the cloth read: "Friederich Hengerer, Eva Margagrea Hengerin, WTSTOCK, Gottallein Die Ehre 1767". The words reference the marriage of a German Missionary couple Eva Margagre Dahengerin and Friederict Hengerer.
The communion set belonged to Peter Muhlenberg, a Revolutionary War era Lutheran/Anglican minister in Woodstock Virginia.
Following his departure from the area, the set was owned by Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock until it was stolen from the church in the 1970s. It has not been recovered.
The cloth is hanging in a frame at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock.
The words on the cloth read: "Friederich Hengerer, Eva Margagrea Hengerin, WTSTOCK, Gottallein Die Ehre 1767". The words reference the marriage of a German Missionary couple Eva Margagre Dahengerin and Friederict Hengerer.
The communion set belonged to Peter Muhlenberg, a Revolutionary War era Lutheran/Anglican minister in Woodstock Virginia.
Following his departure from the area, the set was owned by Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock until it was stolen from the church in the 1970s. It has not been recovered.
The cloth is hanging in a frame at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by James E. Morrison, Sr, who was a member of the church. Also identified by Nancy Branner Stewart who also translated the German embroidery.
Additional information from page 12, History of Shenandoah County Images of America book.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
The communion set appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002280, 027563, and 028198.
The embroidered cloth appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002280 and 027563.
Identifier
002280
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Muhlenberg Communion Set,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/26796.
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