Church Records:  Colquitt Baptist Church, Claiborne Parish, LA

Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Dot Wise Wirth

Date: Feb. 2000



Source: Original handwritten bound ledger in the possession of James

        Cortez Wise, Jr. of Colquitt, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, a

        descendant of Jasper Newton Wise, Sr., Church Clerk. These 

        records follow records of State Line Church, Claiborne Parish,

        Louisiana. Variations in handwriting and spelling caused some

        difficulty. Some pages are not bound in the ledger but are 

        obviously torn from this or a similar ledger. J. N. WISE was 

        clerk of State Line Church and then clerk of the Baptist Church 

        at Colquitt. 





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The Baptist Church at Colquitt met in conference and after sermon by the moderator 

H. T. B. conference met in order. ...B. BRAS???, moderator; J. F. WISE, church clerk



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Loose pages, by dates apparently for the Baptist Church at Colquitt, beginning about 

1886. By the fact that most names are entered only once, it may be that these are 

records of donations for and expenses of the construction of Colquitt Baptist Church, 

Claiborne Parish, LA. (The one-room church, built in 1886 was in use until it was 

destroyed by a falling tree over 100 years later.)



Names mentioned have associated monetary amounts that vary from fifty cents to $130.00. 

Some are obviously members making donations. Others are amounts paid to persons who may 

or may not be members, in many cases marked as construction expense for Church. Most 

notable of these are the following:



Barrow V. LSNG (?) Lumber, Lumber for church, To Barrow G. (H?) GRAY - $118.43

A. M. JARRELL paid for matching Church Lumber - $5.64, And for provisions - .50

J. N. WISE for matching lumber - 3.00, Also for shingles - 22.00

John E. GRAY paid for building purposes up to date, Collected $159.00, 

             Balance down 	$160.00, Balance due 1.00, June 18th 1887

J. N. WISE paid for building up to date - $165.00, Received - 163.40, 

             Over - 1.60, June 18th 1887

Another entry, which may indicate a death: JONES, Capt. A. C., family of, was paid 

             $20 on 27th Dec. 



Names found on these pages are listed alphabetically below:

ALLEN, B. F.

ALLEN, Willy

BAILEY, John

BLACKMAN, E. W.

BLACKWAY, John L

BOYKIN, A. B

BRENNON, W. J

BROWN, J. M

BROWNING, Ghommans (?)

BUSH, A. R

CALLANDER, F. M

CARITHERS, D

CARTER, Mrs

CARTER, P. H

CHRISTIAN, E. O

CHRISTIAN, John

COCHS (?),Wood

COLIER, Dick

COPLAN, W. S

DAWSON, G. T

ELLEN, L. W

FERGUSON, C. O

FERGUSON, Drew

FETHERSTON, L. H

FORD, A. S

FORTSON, B. W

FORTSON, Thomas

FOSTER, Brother

GANDY, Charly

GIBSON, J. S

GIBSON, W. P

GILL, G. G

GRAY, Barrow

GRAY, John E

GRAY, W. ?

GREER, B. G

GREER, C. D

GREER, G. G

HAYNES, A. H

HOOD

JARRELL, S. R

JARRELL, A. M. (listed three times)

JARRELL, S. B

JARRELL, William

JARRETT, S. R

JERREW, J. P

JINLY, J. M

JONES, A. C

JORTSON, W. R

LANGSTON, J. R

LEAK?

LEDBETTER, W. H

L-sng(?)

Barrow V

M--, D

MADSTON, J. C

MAN, Brig

MANNING, W. R

MEADOWS, A. W

MEADOWS, Alonzo

MEADOWS, J. C

MELTON, J. W

MILLSON, G. W

MITCHELL, J. B

MONK, L. B

MONK, W. B

MOORE, J. E

MOORE, W. A

MORELAND, I. N

MULLINS, J. B

NELSON, A. G

NELSON, A. J

NELSON, A. S

NELSON, G. G

NELSON, John

O'BANNON, Y. T

OAKS, J. F

OAKS, W. L

ODOM, H. P. (2 entries)

ODOM, J. H

ODOM, John

OTTS, W. P

OWENS, C. (?) P

OWENS, D. P

OWENS, J. E. D

OWENS, Wells

PALMER, A. W. (listed twice)

PALMER, J. D

RAMSEY, J. R

RASBERRY, R. J

S---, O. A

SEALS, C. W

SHEPHERD, J

SHEPHERD, J. W

SMITH, C. A

SMITH, H. D

SPEARS, Greer

TALLEY, J. G

TAYLOR, DR

TAYLOR, J. H. M

TAYLOR, J. P

THOMAS, W. A

THOMMSON, C. M

TIGNER, J. A

WALKER, J. A. (S?)

WALLER, W(?) N

WALTERS, Dock

WELDER, Add

WILLET, Grice(?)

WILLIAMS, W. H

WILLSON, T. W

WISE, J. N

WISE, Jesse

WISE, L. B

 

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Detail of some earlier transactions:

Another loose page, by dates apparently for Baptist Church at Colquitt:



On the 17th day of Oct. 1886 J. N. WISE, Received of S. R. JARRETT, Church money-$27.00; 

Also the same date recd'd of John E. GRAY Church money - $20.00; J. N. WISE has collected 

on his subscription in cash A. W. PALMER Paid $10.00 To J. N. WISE; G. G. GREER paid J. N. 

WISE $5.00.



On Oct. 25, 1886, J. N. WISE paid to A. C. JONES $75.00; Paid to L. B. WISE 22.00; Paid to 

Jesse WISE 21.00; Rec'd of J. E. GRAY 38.85.



Received Six Dollars From Brother FOSTER on the Church 3rd Sunday Dec. $6.00; 

Same Date rec'd from John E. GRAY Fifteen Dollars $15.00. 

Rec'd $5 from A. M. J. of D. M. 5.00; J. E. GRAY $10. 50

H. P. ODOM - P - 27.00; Dr. TAYLOR - P - 24.75; J.E.G. 5.00; J. E. G. 10.00; 

J. E. G. - P to me - 10. 50; H. P. ODOM 2.00; S. B. JARRELL collected 2. 50; 2. 50 From 

J. C. MEADOWS; J. N. WISE - P - 4.00; J. N. WISE - P July 26th	- 5.00.



Another loose page:

J. A. (S?) WALKER - .50; Mrs. CARTER - .25; A. B. BOYKIN - 1.00; W. H. LEDBETTER - 1.00; 

HOOD - 1.00; HOOD - 1.00; G. G. NELSON, Nails, 1.00; Grice? WILLET, Nails, 1.00; 

C. O. FERGUSON, Nails, 1.25; G. G. GILL, Nails, 1.25.



Records 1887 - Colquitt Baptist Church

Next loose page:

W. S. COPLAN - $5.00; F. M. CALLANDER - 1.50; Ghommans (?) BROWNING - 1.00; J. F. OAKS- 1.00; 

W(?) N. WALLER - 1.00; C(?) P. OWENS - .50; William JARRELL - .50; J. W. MELTON - 1.00; Dock 

WALTERS - 1.00; A. G. NELSON - 5.00; A. J. NELSON - 5.00; B. F. ALLEN

		

($2.50 listed by each of the following names) Willy ALLEN; A. S. NELSON; Alonzo MEADOWS; 

J. H. M. TAYLOR; John NELSON; A. W. MEADOWS; Thomas FORTSON; W. B. MONK; L. B. MONK; G. W. 

MILLSON.



(The amounts listed by the following names were $1.00 or less) 

Wood COCHS (?), Brig MAN, Add WELDER, J C MADSTON, Wells OWENS, Charly GANDY, J. B. MULLINS, 

J. M. JINLY, W. R. JORTSON, W. H. WILLIAMS, G. T. DAWSON, Y. T. O'BANNON, D. CARITHERS, 

A. H. HAYNES, J. G. TALLEY, J. B. MITCHELL, H. D. SMITH, J. SHEPHERD, W. A. MOORE, 

J. W. SHEPHERD, L. W. ELLEN, P. H. CARTER, J. P. JERREW, W. A. THOMAS.



Reverse side of same page:

M. JARRERLL - $20.00; J. N. WISE - $25.00; John E. GRAY - $25.00; J. P. TAYLOR - $24.75; 

S. R. JARRELL - $25.00; W. ?. GRAY - 20.00; D. P. OWENS - 15.00; R. J. RASBERRY - 2.00; 

A. W. PALMER - 10.00; B. G. GREER - 5.00; J. R. LANGSTON - 5.00; J. M. BROWN - 5.00; 

H. P. ODOM - 5.00; E. W. BLACKMAN - 5.00; Greer SPEARS - 2.50; LEAK? - 2. 50; 

John L. BLACKWAY - 2.50; T. W. WILLSON - 5.00; E. O. CHRISTIAN - 5.00.



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