Gwinnett County GaArchives Church Records.....Meadow Methodist Episcopal (South) Copyright Date 1911
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Meadow.

	Meadow M. E. church was organized third Sunday in August, 1899, by Rev. S. H.
Braswell.

Twenty-nine were the organic members, and these are their names:

	Jno. V. Mewborn, Elisabeth Mewborn, Jno. J. Harwell, Mattie F. Harwell, Annie
M. Harwell, Henry A. Mays, Jas. F. Coggins, Mattie J. Coggins, Jno. W. Cog-gins,
Mattie L. Coggins, Virgil F. Coggins, Lillian G. Coggins, Jas. R. Morris, Laura
A. Morris, Wm. K. Brannan, Mary E. Brannan, Missoura A. Brannan, Will J.
Brannan, Mary E. Dodson, Jno. L. Mewborn, Lela Mew-born, Eliza L. Dodson, Anna
B. Dodson, Samuel G. Dodson, Leah Dodson, Thos. L. Mewborn, Hattie A. Gresham,
Saleta J. Jenkins.

	Anna A. Bracewell was the first addition, joining by certificate in May, 1900,
and received by Rev. S. H. Braswell.

	Farmers' Academy school house, in which they organized, was used as a house of
worship, they being served by the pastor from Duluth in the afternoon of each
first Sunday.

	Rev. E. C. Marks served in this way in 1900, and received into the church:
Mattie E. Brannan, Jno. T. Brannan, J. A. Coggins.

	In the summer of 1901 the first church house was built.

	"Meadow" the name assumed, came from a former post-office at this place, which
was named for Prof. B. H. Meadow, teacher here when the office was established.

	This church became a part of Norcross circuit, which was created the following
November, and Rev. S. H. Braswell was assigned to the work.

	This God loving man served this work during nineteen-one, two, and three, and
received: A. M. Quinn, Sallie P. Quinn, Evie Quinn, R. G. Hamilton, H. S. Hamilton.

	Rev. J. L. Hall came to this, his first work, to serve in nineteen-four, in
which summer he received the following: W. M. Dodson, Minnie Hamilton, Mattie
Lou Askew, Dona Askew, Ella Askew, Mamie Mays, Virginia Brannan, Nora Mays,
Hillyer Morris, B. F. Askew,. Elizabeth Askew.

	Rev. Hall succeeded himself in nineteen-five, and added to the church: Claud
Cash, Cloe Bowen, J. S. Bracewell, J. A. Hazelbrigs, Moutine McElroy, Mrs. H. E.
McElroy, H. F. McElroy, H. P. McElroy, Mrs. W. A. Street, Nora Seay, Mattie
Dodson, M. H. King, Josie Hazelrigs.

	Nineteen-six Rev. P. C. Conley served this work.

	Rev. W. I. Delph was assigned for nineteen-seven, and identified with the
church: Aver Wright, Flossie Bowen, Clifford Dyre, Ida Jones.

	To follow Rev. Delph came Rev. F. A. Ragsdale, nineteen-eight, when were added
as new members: Lee Jones, Clifford Seay, G .L. Seay., Addie Bowen, Susie
Herrington, Homer Copland, Henry Copland, Warren McGee, Clifford Herrington,
Leila Morris, Vestal Morris, Eva Atkinson, A. Partin, Mrs. A. Partin, Ben Hays,
Will Jenkins, S. J. Jenkins, Rosie Jenkins, A. W. Devore.

	Rev. Ragsdale continued the work nineteen-nine; and during protracted service
in October these were enrolled: Bessie Wynn, Maud Singleton, Bertha Wynn, Stella
Mays, Evie Wynn, Gertrude Askew, Pauline Barrett, Katie Brannan, Lily Owens,
Mary Hamilton, Lily Brannan, Hulon Mays, Homer Askew, Walter Copland, Joseph
Morris, Ollie Owens, Hulon Bracewell, Robert F. Bowen, Marion J. Bowen, J. W.
Barrett, Mrs. J. W. Barrett, May Thompson.

Nineteen-ten, Rev. Ragsdale still serving, received by certificate: M. W.
O'Kelley, Mrs. M. W. O'Kelley.

During nineteen-eleven he continues to serve this work.

	The church property consists of one-fourth acre land and house, forty by sixty,
complete, and valued at $1,200.

	J. V. Mewborn, J. F. Coggins, and H. A. Mays were first trustees. J. V. Mewborn
having moved away, J. W. Coggins was chosen and in his possession are the deeds.

	J. J. Harwell was elected church secretary when the body organized in eighteen
ninety-nine. After serving two years, he moved from the community, and E. L.
Dodson succeeded him, serving two years, when J. W. Coggins was chosen and
continues to serve.

	Total members received 110. Deaths to June 1911, five. Marriages, 11.

	Present membership:

	H. A. Mays, J. F. Coggins, Mattie J. Coggins, J. W. Coggins, V. F. Coggins, J.
R. Morris, Laura A. Morris, Misoura A. Brannan, W. J. Brannan, J. L. Mewborn,
Lela C. Mewborn, S. G. Dodson, Leah Cash, Anna Bracewell, Mattie E. Brannan,
Jno. T. Brannan, J. A. Coggins, R. G. Hamilton, H. S. Hamilton, Mattie Lou
Askew, Dora Whitehead, Ella Arnold, Nora Brannan, Virginia Brannan,B. F. Askew,
Elizabeth Askew, Claud Cash, Cloe Bowen, J. S. Bracewell, J. A. Hazeirigs,
Montine McElroy, H. P. McElroy, Nora Seay, M. H. King, Josie Hazeirigs, Aver
Wright, Flossie Bowen, Clifford Dyre, Ida Jones, Lee Jones, Clifford Seay, G. L.
Seay, Addie Bowen, Susie Herrington, Homer Copland, Henry Copland, Warren McGee,
Clifford Herrington, Leila Morris, Vestal Morris, Eva Atkinson, A. Partin, Mrs.
A. Partin, Ben Hays, Will Jenkins, S. J. Jenkins, Rosie Jenkins, Bessie Wynn,
Maud Peden, Bertha Wynn, Stella Mays, Gertrude Askew, Pauline Barrett, Katie
Brannan, Lily Owens, Mary Hamilton, Lily Brannan, Hulon Mays, Homer Askew,
Walter Copland, Joseph Morris, Ollie Owens, Hulon Bracewell, Robt. F. Bowen,
Marion J. Bowen, J. W. Barrett, Mrs. J. W. Barrett, May Thompson, M. W.
O'Kelley, Mrs. M. W. O'Kelley.

	Sunday school numbers 102. It is ever-green, and in flourishing condition.

	M. W. O'Kelley, superintendent; Clifford Seay, secretary; D. E. Withers,
chorister; Miss Ella Adams, organist; Miss Mary Hamilton, assistant. F. B.
Maddox, J. R. Morris, J. W. Coggins, Mrs. J. R. Morris, Mrs. Minnie Wynn, Mrs.
Nora Seay, Mrs. J. T. Brannan, teachers.


Additional Comments:
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GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911


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