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

	Mt. Carmel Methodist church is located two and a half miles north of Norcross
on the Peachtree road in Gwinnett county. It was organized in 1828, or probably
a year or so earlier. Mr. W. M. Hunnicutt, to whom the author is indebted for
the information given in this sketch, says there are no minutes or church
records prior to the civil war, and that the information given by him, in
addition to what he remembers himself, is gathered from old residents.

	About a dozen church members assembled together and decided to organize and
build a church, among them being Robt. McAfee, Jack Gregory, Wyley Jones, Billy
Jenkins and others. Daniel N. Pittman, though not a member of any church, but a
very liberal hearted man, bought the lot of land in 1826, gave five acres for
church purposes. He also helped with his money in various ways. He later moved
to Lawrenceville, joined the Baptist church, and later represented Gwinnett
county in the legislature.

	The first building was erected about the time the church was organized. It was
built of hewn timber after the custom of that day. The present house was put up
in 1876 under the administration of Rev. W. T. Lane, and enlarged in 1885, while
Rev. M. M. Newton was in charge.

	This church belonged to the Lawrenceville circuit until the sixties; and since
then has been in other circuits, and is now in the Norcross circuit.

	Among the ministers who served Mt. Carmel prior to the civil war, are Billy
Parks, Mr. Anthony, Windsor Graham, Morgan Bellew, Rev. Owens, Rev. Wells, Rev,
Wardlaw, Rev. Speer, Joshua Bradford, M. W. Osborn J. L. Fowler and Rev. Stipes.
J. R. Gaines was pastor in 1864; G. L. Anthony in 1866; J. M. Lowery in 1868;
George E. Graham in 1872, J. M. Lowery in 1873; C. C. Cary in 1874; W. T. Lane
in 1875-6; W. W. Lamkin in 1877; . W: A. Simmons in 1878; W. L. Yarbrough in
1879; W. P. Smith in 1880-'01; J. P. Mason in 1882; T. Winn in 1886-7-8; M. W.
Arnold in 1889; W. E. Winn in 1886-'07-'08; M. W. Arnold in 1889; W. E. Robinson
in 1890; T. M. Cobb and L. P. Neice in 1891; J. W. Quillian in 1892-'93-'94; W.
B. Dillard in 1895-‘96; C. V. Weathers in 1897; E. C. Marks in 1898-9-1900; S.
H. Braswell in 1901-'02; P. F. Connally in 1903; J. L. Hall in 1904-'05-'06; W.
T. Delph in 1907; F. A. Ragsdale in 1908-'09; W. B. Bessant and F. A. Ragsdale
in 1910; F. A. Ragsdale is the present pastor.

	The membership at present includes the following names:

	E. P. Brooks, Mrs. Maggie Brooks, J. N. Baker, Mrs. M. E. Baker, Mrs. Eliza
Bolton, Miss F. R. Bolton, Mrs. Carrie Bently, H. T. Bolton, B. R. Bolton, Mrs.
Lizzie Bolton, J. V. Bolton, Mrs. L. E. Bolton, W. H. Bolton, Mrs. H. A. Bolton,
Miss Lizzie Bolton, C. J. Bolton, Miss B. M. Brewer, Miss R. E. Brewer, L. L.
Brewer; Telfair Bolton, B. O. Bolton, I. V. Bolton, Claud Baker, B. Brewer, Mrs.
S .E. Britt, Calvin Bush, Jr., L. E. Brannon, Mrs. N. G. Brown, E. G. Barnett,
Mrs. Dollie Barnett, J L. Goza, W. M. Hunnicutt, Mrs. Alice Hunnicutt, W. R.
Hunnicutt, A. M. Hamilton, Mrs. E. J. Hamilton, Miss Claud Hamilton, Miss Ollie
Hamilton, Miss Lizzie Hamilton, A. S. Hamilton, Mrs. A. H. Hamilton, Miss laud
Hamilton, Leo Hamilton, W. A. Henderson, Mrs. Dina Henderson, Mrs. Cloe Hopkins,
Mrs. Emma Head, Mrs. Luella Harper, J. H. Ivy, Mrs. M. M. Ivy, Clarence Ivy, H.
B. Ivy, M. H. Ivy, Mrs. L. S. Ivy, Glenn Ivy, T. G. Ivy, E. L. Ivy, Mrs. Ada
Ivy. Will Ivy, Mrs. Ozella Ivy, Albert Barnett, Miss Sula Carroll, G. A.
Clement, Mrs. Josaphine Clement, Miss Oppie Clement, Miss Carrie Clement, Miss
Lizzie Clement, Jessie Clement, Mrs. A. M. Carrol, Mrs. A. M. Cathey, Mrs. O. B.
Cornett, Mrs. M. E. Duncan, Mrs. Alice Duncan, Mrs. Arminta Duncan, Mrs Van
Duncan, J. H. Duncan, Mrs. A. J. Duncan, Mrs. L. S. Dean, M. B. Duncan, Mrs.
Clara Duncan, Claud Duncan, Miss Clyde Duncan, J. E. Ford, Mrs. C. J. Ford, Miss
Leila Ford, Mrs. M. F. Grogan, Mrs. Elizabeth Grogan, Mrs. Sarina Grogan, R. A.
Greer, Mrs. S. E. Greer, A. M. Green, Mrs. Anna Jackson, R. H. Jones, Mrs. L. B.
Jones, H. M. Jones, Mrs. Lizzie Jones, Mrs. M. C. Kirk, Miss Lou Kirk, Mrs.
Hannah Kent, J. L. Lankford, Miss Ludie Lankford, Mrs. Amanda Massey, Miss
Fannie Martin, Mrs. M. P. Morgan, Mrs. Misouri Martin, Mrs. Floy Mitchell, I. C.
Medloe, Miss Nona Medloe, R. J. Miller, Mrs. Saphrona Miller, Mrs. Dora Magness,
Monroe Miller, Mrs. Ludie Miller, Mrs. Clara Michem, A. J. Mewborn, Mrs. M. N.
Mewborn, Mrs. Victor Mewborn, Mrs. Maggie Martin, Mrs. M. M. Martin, J. H.
Owens, F. L. Owens, Mrs. Lena Rainey, C. R. Ross, Mrs. Z. J. Ross, Mrs. Clara
Ross, J. F. Ross, Mrs. Lou Ross, I. W. Robinson, Mrs. M. A. Robinson, Bryant
Robinson, Dr. O. O. Simpson, W. A. Saunders, Mrs. H. E Saunders, Mrs. E. J.
Simpson, Mrs. Addie Simpson, Mrs. L. G. Singleton, Mrs. L. E. Steel, G. W.
Scott, Mrs. Kate Scott, Wayman Scott, W. O. Satterfield, Mrs. M. J. Sargent,
Mrs. Lala Summerour, Mrs. M. A. Singleton, A. R Smith, Mrs. Henrietta Smith,
Miss N. B. Smith, Miss F. B. Smith, Bishop Smith, John Scott, Mrs. Amanda Scott,
Mrs. Lena Singleton, Mrs. Darling Singleton, Miss Alice Owens, Lemuel Owens,
Miss Jessie.B. Bolton, Miss Pearl Martin, Tilly Smith, Clifford Mewborn, George
Hamilton, Ray Jones, Mrs. Levi Delay, Ray Ivy, John W. Turner, Mrs. John W.
Turner, Mrs. M. C. Brock, Mrs. Ida Nation, Miss Annie Lowery, Miss Zannie A.
Lowery, Clement Young, Mrs. Bessie Bolton, David Bolton, Mrs. Lillie Bolton,
Lewis Smith, Miss Bernice Ivy, J. F. Johnston, Mrs. Lillie McGinnis, Robert
Duncan, F. M Mills, Mrs. E. L. Smith, Mrs. Mamie Bailey, A. R. Smith, Mrs. A. A.
Smith, J. S. Turner, Mrs. Mary Turner, Miss Dessie Turner, Mrs. Mattie Turner,
C. M. Vaughn, Mrs. N. E. Vaughn, Mrs. Almeada Vaughn, B. F. Walker, Mrs. I. H.
Walker, Mrs. Annie Welch, W. H. Welch, Mrs. F. A. Welch, J. W. Westbrooks, Mrs.
J. W. Westbrooks, Wylie Westbrooks, Mrs. Cora Westbrooks, Mrs. Lucinda Waits, R.
A. Youngblood, Mrs. Emma Herrington, Mrs. Hattie McDaniel, F. A. Tatum, Mrs. M.
S. Singleton, A. J. Douglass, Mrs. M. E. Douglass, Miss Minnie Douglass, Miss
Clyde Douglass, Miss Stella Douglass, Mrs. Nancy McCurley, Mrs. Mamie Thomas.


Additional Comments:
From:

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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