CHURCH: Spring Bayou Baptist Church Organizational Meeting Minutes
January 14, 1843, McCracken Co., Kentucky

Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by:
Richard Davis <eagle6@brtc.net> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:35:55 -0500

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Here is an exact transcription (grammar errors and all) of the organizational
meeting minutes dated January 14, 1843, for Spring Bayou Baptist Church in 
McCracken County. The church carried an original name of Newton's Creek
Church until April of 1847 when a site located near Spring Bayou Creek was
found to build the first house of worship. Up until that time they met in
members homes. Thanks!!!

Richard B. Davis

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Ballard County, State of Kentucky, January 14, 1843

     We whoes names are hereunto subscribed having been Baptised upon a
profession of our faith in Christ Jesus our Lord and having belonged to
Baptist Churches, but in the providence of God we have settled in the North
of Ballard and west of McCracken Counties far from any Church or so far as
not to enjoy the benefits of a Church as often as we desire and our families
can seldom attend on the administration of the word of Life. Therefore we
have made arrangements to form ourselves into a Church having obtained
letters of dismission from our respective Churches and invited ministering
Brethren and others to attend here at the House of Brother Ferney B.
Martin's and on the day Being Saturday the 14th Day of January 1843 all
being now present and the Elders and Deacons with us, we therefore covenant
and agree to give ourselves to each other in the fear of the Lord having
given ourselves to God to live together in a church capacity to act together
as members of one body, holding Christ our Lord as our head in which
capacity we agree and promise to live in love endeavouring to keep the unity
of spirit in the bonds of peace we will (by the help of God) do all we can
in our different sphears to promote the cause of our dear redeemer by
watching ours and this admonishing and counselling each other we promise to
support the cause of God by our pecuniary aid in the upholding a preached
word amongst us and the other ordinary expenses of the Church as the Lord
shall give us ability in testimony of which we have hereunto sett (or caused
to sett) our names this day and state above written.

Charter Members:

    Ferney Martin
    H. S. Edwards
    Elyah Edwards
    Wilford Edwards
    Hawkins C. Pitt
    Jonathan D. Martin
    Issac B. Edwards
    Elbert Werten
    Walter W. Lovelace
    Michael Robertson
    Sarah Y. Edwards
    Martha Pitt
    Naney Edwards
    Marion Edwards
    Marian Martin