MINISTERS: Men who perfomed marriages in Bullitt Co., KY ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Transcribed by: livings1@aol.com Date: 9 Sept 2000 *********************************************************************** I have a growing list of men who performed marriages in Bullitt Co. - it is not complete by any means but might be of interest: SAMUEL D. AKIN, Methodist Episcopal Church South ( licensed in Green Co. KY) JAMES AUGUSTUS, Methodist Minister (licensed in Jefferson Co. KY) WM. P. BARNETT, Baptist Minister (licensed in Jefferson Co. KY) D. L. BROOKS, Justice of the Peace, Bullitt Co. KY WILLIAM F. CHAPPELL, Southern Methodist Episcopal Minister (licensed in Bullitt Co. KY) C. J. COOMES, Roman Catholic Priest (licensed in Nelson Co. KY) GEO. W. CRUMBAUGH, Methodist Episcopal Minister (licensed in Bullitt Co. KY) RICHARD W. DEATS, Justice of the Peace, Bullitt Co. KY) ROBERT GAILBREATH, Baptist Minister (licensed in Bullitt Co. KY) Simeon HALL, Methodist Minister J. HASELTINE, Roman Catholic Priest (licensed in Nelson Co. KY) JAMES D. HOLDING, Methodist Minister (licensed in Anderson Co. KY) BENJ. KEITH (no further information on him) COLMON/COLMORE LOVELACE, United Baptist Minister (licensed in Hardin Co. KY Rev. FRANCIS I. ) MARIA, Roman Catholic Priest (licensed in Nelson Co. KY) G. W. MILES, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church (licensed in Bullitt Co. KY) M. MILLER, Minister of the Christian Church (licensed in Jefferson Co. KY) JAMES M. MOORE, Methodist Episcopal Minister J. H. MYERS, Methodist Episcopal Minster RICHARD D. NEALE , of the Methodist Episcopal Minister WM. NEWKIRK, Minister of the gospel JAMES H. RICE, Minister of the Christian Church (licensed in Bourbon Co. KY) A. J. ROBARDS, Justice of the Peace, Bullitt Co. KY GEO. W. ROBERTSON, Baptist Minister (licensed in Jefferson Co. KY) GEORGE L. ROGERS, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church (licensed in Hardin Co. KY) JAMES SAMUELS Justice of the Peace, Bullitt Co. KY P. B. SAMUELS , United Baptist Minister (licensed in Nelson Co. KY) JOS. SCOBEE, Methodist Minister (licensed Shelby Co. KY) ISAAC SMITH, Justice of the Peace, Bullitt Co. KY J. F. SOUTH, Methodist Episcopal Church (licensed in Hardin Co. KY) SPALDING, B. J., Roman Catholic Priest (licensed in Breckenridge Co. KY) JOSEPH A. SWEASY, Minister of the Christian Church (licensed in Jefferson Co. KY Co. KY) H. C. ULEN, Methodist Episcopal Minister (licensed in Wayne Co. KY) If anything knows anything personal about any of them I would love it if you would share. I recognize some of them as being part of certain families but bet there are some interesting stories to go along with the names. ************ From Laura - JONESDOGS@aol.com ************ P.B. SAMUELS - Taken from the History of New Salem Baptist Church. P.B. Samuels was called December 1844. he was born August 3, 1816; had served as trustee in 1839; was converted under the ministry of Smith Thomas in 1840, and elected Clerk in April, 1841. In February, 1842 he was "authorized to exercise a publick gift in the bounds of this church by taking a text, preaching and commenting on the word of God as may comport with his feelings and sense of duty," and in August, 1842, was "unanimously" "licensed by this church to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ wherever his lot may be cast in the Providence of God." Arrangements were made and a presbytery invited to be present for his ordination on Friday before the first Sunday in May, 1843, but so few of the presbyters were present as to cause a postponement until the regular May business meeting. Then only Smith Thomas and Henson Thomas were present, but by unanimous vote the ordination proceeded, Bro. Smith Thomas being the chief speaker. When he was called to the pastorate, in December, 1844, there was some opposition to him, and he took a month to answer. he then accepted and entered upon the pastorate which continued, with several re-elections, until his death, January 1, 1872 --twenty-seven years, the longest pastorate in the history of the church. The membership grew from 117 to 365. ..............."He was a great favorite in marriage ceremonies, and during his ministry married about 950 couples." At the next meeting after his death the church appointed a committee to act with a similar committee from Cox's Creek, of which he was pastor at the time of his death, in the erection of a suitable monument over his grave. The tall shaft of white marble still marks his grave in our cemetery, and records the love of an admiring flock whom he led as a good shepherd.