Monroe County KyArchives Church Records.....Indian Creek Baptist Church Minutes Copyright Date 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 February 27, 2005, 8:07 am 1879 minutes: Jan - L A SMITHWICK moderator. J T DOWNING, R L LANDRUM, W J DOSEY a committee to settle with sexton of last year & find another one. Feb - No minutes Mar - J A REGISTER, moderator. Paid old sexton $6.65 for the year; hired T B NEAL for this year. He to be paid $16.45. Apr SMITHWICK moderator, no business. May - F C CHILDERS moderator. Church to make the preacher an evangelist to preach in the destitute portions or sections in the vicinity of the church. Mt Pleasant Church in Barren Co seeking the services of C C CARTER as their pastor. Agreed. Letter of dismission granted Wm D JOURDAN. Jun - Ellis RIGGS, moderator. L A SMITHWICK tendered his resignation as pastor, received. By private ballot J M NEAL, Ellis RIGGS, D E DOWNING and alternate H S EVANS messengers to the assocciation. Jul - H S EVANS preached. Donations for printing the Barren River Association minutes in pamphlet form, contributors: Ellis RIGGS, J M NEAL, Wm JORDAN, W J DOSEY, D E DOWNING, W P NEAL, Solimon JORDAN, E F JORDAN, J A GOODALL, J T DOWNING, J T JONES, I N JOHNSON, H S EVANS, W L BURKS - total raised: $3.50. Church by private ballot to call John PATTERSON, pastor of the Fountain Run Church as pastor; J A GOODALL, J M NEAL & D E DOWNING to deliver the message. Discussion on raising aid to pay the pastor; every member who may feel disposed to sustain the pastor to give their name and pledge for the next 12 months. The following pleged: $1.00 a year: G W SHIVE, J S JONES, I N JOHNSON, Solimon JORDAN, W B JORDAN, O D JONES, T B NEAL, J S GREMAN, F B JOHNSON, J T DOWNING, J H NEAL, Wm RIGGS. For 50 cents a year: H S EVANS, Ellis RIGGS, George MATHANY. For $1.50 a year: E F JORDAN, W P NEAL. For $2.00 a year: R L LANDRUM, D E DOWNING, W J DOSEY, J A GOODALL. For $2.50 a year: D N JOHNSON, Wm JORDAN, J M NEAL. Total pledged for a year's pastoral assistance: $33.00. R L LANDRUM, D M JOHNSON & J M NEAL a committee to solicit the pledges and turn over to treasurer. Aug - no meeting, association. Sep - John PATTERSON moderator. Recvd by letter Elizabeth CREAK [CREEK].John PATTERSON released by Fountain Run Church to pastor at Indian Creek. Oct - Devise of James BRANDON (decd) to go towards home missions ($5.00). D E DOWNING, M M NEAL & Sister L M GRAGES to employ an Avangalist (evangelist) to preach in the destitute places within the bounds of the church. Nov - E RIGGS preached. Protracted meeting, following received by experience: Joseph W BOYD, George C DOWNING, Sarah Emaline EMBERTON, Joseph Black JOHNSON. A B BROWN & wife placed under watchcare of the church. Dec - John PATTERSON preached. J B CARTER came forward & acknowledged a wrong he had done, church received and granted him letter of dismission. R L LANDRUM, E F JORDAN & James JONES to hunt for a sexton for next year. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/