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

	Midway church is located near Carl in Ben Smith's district. Mr. W. J. Ethridge,
the church's secretary, who furnished the facts contained in this short sketch,
was unable to determine just when the church was organized; but from the best
information he could get, its organization occurred in 1846. The deed conveying
the land on which the church stands bears this date, the trustees mentioned
being Adam Robinson, Hosea Camp, J. Thornton, James Wilson and Johnathan Betty.

	The first building was erected in the year of its organization. The present
church was built in 1875.

	From the organization of the church to 1872, it is impossible to give with
accuracy the names of the various pastors on account of the records being lost.
But beginning with 1872, the several ministers who have served the church are
given: M. L. Underwood, 1879.; W. E. Shackelford, 1873; B. T. Thomas, 1874; S.
J. Bellah, 1875; Robert Rogers, 1876; J. H. Mashburn, 1877-81; B. Sanders, 1882;
H. M. Newton, 1883; L. W. Rivers, 1884; S. D. Evans, 1885; J. M. Venable,
1886-7; B. F. Trammell, 1888-9; H. M. Newton, 1890; W. R. Stillwell, 1891-2; G.
W. Morgan, 1893; A. C. Cantrell, 1894-5; T. J. Edwards, 1896; J. M. Fowler,
1897-8; W. L. Single-ton, .1899-00; Lucian Roper, 1901; E. C. Marks, 1902;
Lucian Roper and S. H. Braswell, 1903; H. W. Morris and R. D. Smith, 1904; H. W.
Norris, 1905; J. S. Askew, 1906-09; T. M. Luke, 1910; R. P. Jackson is the
present pastor.

	There are seventy-five enrolled in the Sunday school. T. G. Chapman is
superintendent, W. J. Ethridge, assistant superintendent, M. C. Tanner, Rosa
Tanner, Susie Tanner and Lula Ethridge, teachers.

	The present members of Midway church are Robt. Ethridge, Jackson Hutchins, M.
C. Tanner, E. W. Phillips, G. W. Rooks, W. J. Ethridge, James Tanner, John
Martin, Walter Pitman, W. T. Hutchins, C. J. Bowen, S. S. Bowen, M. J. Ethridge,
M. W. Ethridge, James Rutledge, M. J. Tanner, Harriet Vanderford, Martha Kircus,
Charlotte Hutchins, M. C. Kennedy, Mary Tanner, Elizabeth Phillips, J. F.
Tanner, Amanda Gilbert, Elizabeth Rooks, Ella Dillard, Ella Giles, Patsy
Kennedy, Missouri Wages, Estella Wages, Mollie Ethridge, Matilda Mote, Sarah
Phillips, Janie Wages, N. A. Kennedy, Etta Hutchins, Mary Hunnicutt, M. A.
Phillips, Mattie L. Bowen, Jennie Tredwell, Lillie Tanner, Janie Everett, E. E.
Wright, Ella Everett, Lulie Pierce, Dora Higgins, M. A. Martin, Ida Wages,
Maranda Wages, Georgia Pitman, Ola Hutchins, Etta Pierce, Nancy Greeson, Alma
Pierce, Etta Franklin, Sarah Butler, Mrs. C. J. Kennedy, Joe Everett, Isaac
Ethridge, J. A. Ethridge, J. R. Rooks, J. W. Phillips, A. C. Tanner, Susie
Tanner, Lon Everett, Carrie Freeman, Lola Ethridge, Rosa Tanner, Ella Rutledge,
S. M. Kilgore, C. J. Hunnicutt, Alma S. Kennedy, H, J. Kennedy, R. L. Kennedy,
Malvin Kennedy, Susie Rutledge, Susie Ethridge, Alma Rockmore, Anna Ethridge,
Missouri Kennedy, Janie Kennedy, Ellen Butler, J. H. Whitley, Ethel Higgins,
Fred Hutchins, E. L. T. Day, Carl Tanner, May Ethridge, Rebecca Kennedy, Maggie
Hutchins, Bessie Ashworth, Albert Kennedy, M. E. Kennedy, Lessie Kennedy, Ila
Kennedy, Maud Vanderford, Sam Rutledge, Herschel Hutchins, Oscar Brownlee,
Aurbus Kennedy, Lillie Potter, Bertha Patton, Maud Kennedy, Addie Kennedy, John
Kennedy, J. H. Dillard, R. L. Pierce, Sam Kennedy, J. T. Everett, J. F. Kennedy,
Edgar Ethridge, T. W. Ethridge, Ruth Tanner, D. F. Wages, Wiley Wages, W. T.
Chandler, Susie Chandler, Martha Kennedy, Maggie Wages, Sidney Wages, Charlie
Brown, M. A. Brown, Martha Vanderford, Lee Ethridge, Mollie Daniel, W. C.
Franklin, Gainam Wages, A. C. Chandler, J. H. Park, Altha Knight, Lula Watkins,
Nettie Ethridge, Pearl Peevy, T. G. Chapman, Aurelius Chapman, Mamie Chapman,
Boss Peppers, Pearl Ethridge, Essie Daniel, Hoyt Daniel, Clifford Hutchins,
Herschel Rooks, Hennus Rooks, Alfred Dillard, Ezra Brown, Irene Daniel, Maggie
Kennedy, James Daniel, S. C. Wages, Almon Chandler, Gideon Kennedy, Martha
Kennedy, Willie Wages, J. H. Knight, Annie Knight, Oma Brown, Adella Ethridge,
Mrs. M. A. Chapman, Mrs. Bobie Chapman, Thomas Pepper, Thomas Coker, Dewy
Ethridge, Paul Dillard, Dewy Tanner, Jewell Hutchins Bertie Rooks, Esther
Ethridge, Essie Brownlee.


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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