ky-footsteps Sunday, 1 March 1998 Volume 01 : Number 381 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nrowland@sdcoe.k12.ca.us Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:09:08 -0800 Subject: KY-F: Dutch Reformed Church vs. Christian Church, Mercer Co, KY Mercer County Deed Book 12, pages 363 and 364 Dutch Reformed Church vs. Christian Church Whereas the congregation called the Low Dutch Reformed Church did heretofore to wit about the year 1802 purchase a piece of land on the dry fork of Salt river in Mercer County of David ADAMS for the express purpose of building a house on said land for a meeting house for the public worship of God and the said congregation did at their expense erect a meeting house thereon for the purpose aforesaid called and known by the name of the mud meeting house and for the want of a preacher of their own denomination mutually procured the Reverend Thomas KYLE as their preacher who continued to labor as such for several years and whereas a considerable proportion of said congregation was desirous to have public worship held in said mud meeting house by the Reverend Joel H. HAYDON to whom a number of the old congregation had strong objections which caused a great split among the members of the said church insomuch that a most unhappy contention arose one party wishing HAYDON to be permitted to preach in said house and the other refusing it until the party they then called Haydonites to obtain the use of said house for the purpose of admitting HAYDON to preach therein did by James WESTERFIELD one of the friends to that party break the lock of the door of said meeting house and so obtained admittance that violence produced a lawsuit which however has at length been happily discontinued by the mutual consent of both parties and the said parties further have happily and mutually agreed and now do agree that each of the said parties shall have and enjoy an equal moiety of the free use of said meeting house and land to wit, that part of said congregation still called the Low Dutch Reformed Church is to have the entire use of said house the first and third Sabbaths in each month and the society called Christians or Haydonites are to have the free and entire use of said meeting house the second and fourth Sabbaths in each month and when it shall so happen that any month shall have five Sabbaths the first thereof shall be for the use of the Low Dutch Reformed Church and next for the Haydonites and so on forever and the parties further mutually agree that when any repairs or alterations shall be necessary to said house they shall be done by the mutual consent of both parties. In testimony whereof the parties viz Isaac VANARSDALL Peter HUFF and Peter VANNICE on the part of the Low Dutch Reformed Church and Peter BONTA Garret COZINE and Malachi RANDOLPH on the part of the Christian Church termed Haydonites have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals this 20th day of May 1822.Signed sealed and acknowledged in presence of: Jacob CAJAT Isaac VANARSDALL (seal) Pleasant (his mark) HARPER Peter HUFF (seal) William TEUME Peter VANNICE (seal) Henry BONTA Peter BONTA (seal) Garret COZINE (seal) Malachi RANDOLPH (seal) Mercer County ScT June 7th 1822 The within indenture was this day proven before me in my office to be the act and deed of Isaac Vanarsdall Peter Huff Peter VANNICE Peter BONTA Garret COZINE and Malachi RANDOLPH parties thereto by the oaths of Henry BONTA and William TUMEY two subscribing witnesses therefore I have made the same of record. Attest Tho ALLIN CC ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #381 *************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.