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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Nancy Bell ================================================================================= March 2004 "STATE OF THE CHURCHES" report from the "Minutes of the Bethlehem Baptist Association"; 1846-1849 Source: "Bethlehem Baptist Association Minutes 1827-1967 and Beckbe Association Minutes 1826" on microfilm at Samford University. Microfilm can be ordered through inter library loan. Note: The Bethlehem Association was known as The Beckbe Association until 1827. (a)=absent 1846: Church: New Providence Minister(s): ------ Clerk: Jas. B. Farr Post Office: Black's Bluff Messengers: Neither letter nor messenger. Church: Black's Bluff Minister(s): ----- Clerk: Ausburn Henry Post Office: Black's Bluff Messengers: A. Henry & J.D. Pritchett Church: Gravel Creek Minister(s): ----- Clerk: John Cree Post Office: Camden Messengers: Isaac Brittenham & Rob't Henderson Church: Rock West Minister(s): K. Hawthorn, J.C. Jones Clerk: John E. Gullett Post Office: Camden Messengers: Kedar Hawthorn & John C. Jones Church: Canton Minister(s): ----- Clerk: J.L. Rogers Post Office: Canton Messengers: J.L. Rogers Church: Bethany Minister(s): ----- Clerk: M. McNeil Post Office: Camden Messengers: Sterling Brown & Dura Pilkington Church: Ackerville Minister(s): ----- Clerk: C.J. Kervin Post Office: Carlowville Messengers: E.G. Vernon & E.D.W. Bolton Church: Antioch Minister(s): ----- Clerk: R.A. Burson Post Office: Snow Hill Messengers: R.A. Buason & W.D. Hill Church: Cedar Grove Minister(s): M.L. McWilliams Clerk: James Steen Post Office: Womack's Messengers: M.L. McWilliams & Jas. J. Thigpen Church: Union Minister(s): ----- Clerk: John Bowman Post Office: Allenton Messengers: W.B. Marshall & T.J. Haddox Church: Allenton Minister(s): ----- Clerk: E.H.J. Mobley Post Office: Allenton Messengers: J.W. Perrin & R.B. Linam Church: Fellowship Minister(s): ----- Clerk: John B. Scott Post Office: Mt. Moriah Messengers: Silas M. Woten, Thos. Jefferson, Sen. & J.D. Thompson Church: Friendship Minister(s): J.U. Ritchie, a licentiate Clerk: Dan'l G. Beard Post Office: Allenton Messengers: Jas. U. Ritchie & Daniel Baird Church: Bear Creek Minister(s): H.G. Owen Clerk: G. Grantham Post Office: Allenton Messengers: M.L. Burns & H.C. Pearson 1847: Church: New Providence Post Office: Black's Bluff Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Wm. C. Morrow Clerk: I. Moore Messengers: Jonathan Mason, W.D. Burt Church: Black's Bluff Post Office: Black's Bluff Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: John C. Jones Clerk: Ausburn Henry Messengers: James R. Newell, Malcom Patterson Church: Gravel Creek Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: John C. Jones Clerk: Leroy Henry Messengers: John Richards, Levi W. Henry Church: Rock West Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: John C. Jones Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: J.E. Gullett Messengers: John C. Jones, J. Edes Gullett Church: Canton Post Office: Canton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Platt Stout Clerk: J.L. Rogers Messengers: J.L. Rogers Church: Bethany Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Enoch E. Kirvin Clerk: ----- Messengers: D. Pilkington, S. Brown Church: Ackerville Post Office: Carlowville Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: E.E. Kirvin By Whom Supplied: D.R.W. McIver Clerk: C.J. Kirvin Messengers: John Colly, Enoch E. Kirvin Church: Antioch Post Office: Snow Hill Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: M.L. McWilliams Clerk: W.M. Watson Messengers: Wm. M. Watson, Silas M. Wooten Church: Cedar Grove Post Office: Womack's Resident Pastor: M.L. McWilliams Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: James Steen Messengers: M.L. McWilliams, David Gaston Church: Union Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Platt Stout Clerk: W.B. Marshall Messengers: W.B. Marshall, John Bowman Church: Allenton Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Kedar Hawthorn Clerk: E.H. J. Mobly Messengers: Lucius Williams, J.E. Dukes Church: Fellowship Post Office: Mount Moriah Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Kedar Hawthorn Clerk: J.B. Scott Messengers: J.R. Yeldell (a), Thomas Jefferson, Jr., John B. Scott Church: Friendship Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: Kedar Hawthorn Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: J.U. Ritchie, a licenciate By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: E. Linam Messengers: K. Hawthorn, M. Linam, B.W. Mathews Church: Bear Creek Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: H.G. Owen Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: N.L. Stuckey Messengers: H.G. Owen, M. Stuckey 1848: Church: New Providence Post Office: Black's Bluff Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: W.C. Morrow Clerk: J. Moore Messengers: Isham Moore, John E. Courtney Church: Black's Bluff Post Office: Black's Bluff Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Jno. C. Jones Clerk: Ausburn Henry Messengers: R.A. Burson, Thos. S. Nettles Church: Gravel Creek Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: Jno. C. Jones Clerk: L.W. Henry Messengers: Jas. Cree, Leroy W. Henry Church: Rock West Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: Jno. C. Jones Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: J.E. Gullett Messengers: Jno. C. Jones, J. Edes Gullett Church: Canton Post Office: Canton Resident Pastor: M. Bishop Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: J.L. Rogers Messengers: Mathew Bishop, J.L. Rogers (a) Church: Bethany Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: E.E. Kirvin Clerk: D. Pilkington Messengers: D. Pilkington, S. Brown Church: Ackerville Post Office: Carlowville Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: E.E. Kirvin By Whom Supplied: Platt Stout Clerk: M.B. Keiser Messengers: John Cally, M.B. Kyser Church: Antioch Post Office: Snow Hill Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: M.L. McWilliams Clerk: W.M. Watson Messengers: Wm. M. Watson, Jno. Tobias Church: Cedar Grove Post Office: Snow Hill Resident Pastor: M.L. McWilliams Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: Jas. Steen Messengers: M.L. McWilliams, James Steen Church: Union Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: J.L. Sessions Clerk: W.B. Marshall Messengers: Jno. Bowman, P.C. Newberry (a) Church: Allenton Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn Clerk: E.H.J. Mobley Messengers: H.M. Andrews, E.H.J. Mobley Church: Fellowship Post Office: Mount Moriah Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn Clerk: J.B. Scott Messengers: Jno. B. Scott, Jno. W. Leslie, Thos. Jefferson, Jr. Church: Friendship Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: Kedar Hawthorn Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: E. Linam Messengers: K. Hawthorn, M. Linam (a), K. Hardy Church: Bear Creek Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: H.G. Owen Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: J.U. Ritchie. A licentiate By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: N.L. Stuckey Messengers: James U. Ritchie, B.M. Burns 1849: Church: New Providence Post Office: Black's Bluff Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn Clerk: I. Moore Messengers: Isham Moore (a), John E. Courtney Church: Black's Bluff Post Office: Black's Bluff Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: J.C. Jones Clerk: A. Henry Messengers: John D. Pritchett, Ausburn Henry Church: Gravel Creek Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: J.C. Jones Clerk: L.W. Henry Messengers: James Cree, Robert T. Henderson (a) Church: Rock West Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: John C. Jones Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: J.E. Gullett Messengers: John C. Jones, M.M. Bonham (a) Church: Canton Post Office: Canton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: J.L. Rogers Messengers: Neither letter nor messenger. Church: Bethany Post Office: Camden Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: E.E. Kirvin Clerk: D. Pilkingon Messengers: Drura Pilkington (a), Dennis Hawthorn (a) Church: Ackerville Post Office: Carlowville Resident Pastor: E.E. Kirvin Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: M.B. Keiser Messengers: Enoch E. Kirvin, W.J. Jones Church: Antioch Post Office: Snow Hill Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: M.L. McWilliams Clerk: W.M. Watson Messengers: Silas M. Wooten, John McWhorter Church: Cedar Grove Post Office: Snow Hill Resident Pastor: M.L. McWilliams Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: William Norris Messengers: M.L. McWilliams, Edmund Blankenship Church: Union Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: H.G. Owen Clerk: ----- Messengers: Neither letter nor messenger. Church: Allenton Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn Clerk: J.B. Sessions Messengers: E.H.J. Mobley (a), George O. Miller (a) Church: Fellowship Post Office: Mount Moriah Resident Pastor: ----- Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ---- By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn Clerk: J.B. Scott Messengers: J.W. Lealie, Thos. Jefferson, Jr., J.B. Scott (a), Jno. Snell (a) Church: Friendship Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: K. Hawthorn Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----- By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: W.B. Taylor Messengers: Kedar Hawthorn, Mathew Linam (a), Kindred Hardee Church: Bear Creek Post Office: Allenton Resident Pastor: H.G. Owen Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: J.U. Ritchie By Whom Supplied: ----- Clerk: N.L. Stuckey Messengers: James U. Ritchie, B.M. Burns