SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - CHURCH  Ebenezer Baptist Church Minutes  Jul-Dec 1896

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NOTE:
I have been at this for quite a long time, but I have never
tried to interpret handwriting quite so difficult as Clerk
A(ndrew) M. Caskey's. I'm pretty sure he would be the only
one who has any idea of what he wrote. This situation is
somewhat amplified by the fact that he wrote exclusively
with a very blunt pencil. The clerk was often times chosen
for his ability to read and write. Many of the congregation
could not read or write. The ability to read and write,
frequently was based upon statement of such fact by the
individual possessing those skills. There seem to be varying
degrees of that ability. Clerk Caskey's minutes are
challenging, to say the least. I hope that I am presenting a
fair and accurate representation of what I am seeing.

Harris



page 71

July
Ebenezer church met in conference first opend the doors of
the church & invited visiting breathren seats with us call
for abtease (absentees?) non brother J.H. Tatum case was
taken up for non atendenes conference he being present
stated to the church his reason for not atending conference
and his acous? (?) was ru??? (sorry, handwritting is quite
bad. I could make no sense of this.) Sister Oneal being a
member of the church and her name was dropt from role and
was ordered put on the role Call for any bisness that come
under the head of gospel order no no other bisness being
befor the conference ajurned
J AZ Griffin mod
A M Caskey C Cl


page 72

August 8 1896
Ebenezer church met in conference first opend the doors of
the church for members non invited visiting breathering
seats with us call for abtenease non call for any bisness
that come under the head of gospel order non it being the
regular time to elect delegates to the assocation they
election the folin name Brother R M Raney Caskey W C Kelly
alternants C M Raney and J S Womack and R H Bivins being the
regular time to call a pastar for the year 1897 they went in
to the call and elected Brother Griffin younamious Brother
Griffin being notified of his call excepted the call of the
church for the year 1897
no other being before the conference ajurned
A J Griffin Mod
A M Caskey CL


Sept 12/96
Ebenezer church met in conference first open the doors of
the church for members no in vited visiting bretherm seats
with us Resulion of Brother R M Raney was ofered to the
church and adoped we have heard with pain that some of the
members of our church hav been & is walking disorderly to
wit Bro Willy Owens(?) Willim Reid & Geog Reid and knowing
that such charges is damaging to their christian character
and hurtful to the church therfor resolved that committe of
three be appointed to notify said breathern of the charges
that they be present at the next conference to answer for
themselves that the innocent may be vindicated & ther
trangresose (transgressions ?) may suport (?) wal?? worthy
of their vocation they was a move it was adopted(?) the
church agreed to election of deacons at the regular meeting
J. A. Griffin Mod
A M Caskey


page 73

Oct 10/96
Ebenezer Baptis Church met in conference first open the door
of the church for (some scribling that must be members)
invited visiting breathing seats with us call for absense
non any bisness that come under the head of immoral conduct
Brother Willy Reid case was taken up after hearing the
report of the comitty they withdrew fellow ship from him
then taken up Willi Owens case after hearing the statement
of his brother the case was continued on the next conference
taken up the case of George Reid and heard the statement of
Brother Womack and his statement continued his case on the
next conference the church went in to election of 2 deacons
elected brother R M Raney W C Kelly no other bisness being
befor the conference ajurned
J A Griffin Mod
A M Caskey Cl


page 74

Nov 14/96
Ebenezer Baptis church met in conference first open the door
of the church for members second invited visiting breathing
(to) seats with us the unfinished bisness was taken up the
case of Brother Willy Owens was taken up and continued and
the same committy continued to report at next conference the
case of brother George Reid was taken up and continued on
the next conference and appointed a committy whic comsisted
of Brother J S Womack C M Raney W C Kelly Robert Bivins and
C C Womack and make this report at next conference they
being no other bisness befor conference ajurned
J A griffin Mod
A M Caskey CL


(Undated but presumed Dec. 1896)
Ebenezer Baptist church
first open the doors of the church for members non invited
breathren seats with us the case of brother willy owens case
was taken up the comitty stated that they had failed to get
even (?) a gange him and the report was second and granted
brother willy owens a letter the case of george Reid was
taken up the committy reported that the evindense
(evidence?) was true as far as they haid found out and
recommend that fellow ship be with drawn from him and the
church acted upon the report and withdrew fellow ship from
him the minites was not read but was adopted with the ????
of ordination of brother J S Womack and R M Raney J A
Griffin in charge of church A M Caskey CL