MOUNT ZION METHODIST CHURCH CLASS BOOK-1885 Grant Parish, LA Contribute by Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. MOUNT ZION CLASS BOOK-1885 The Class Book at Mount Zion on the pages 14-18 was transcribed on 7 May, 1885 by J. M. P. Hickerson, President (name, date joined, general information) Mrs. Moley Hicks, 1857 Wiley J. Wilson, 1857 Mrs. Mary Wilson, 1873 Elmore Wilson, 1876, dismissed by letter 1885 Isaac N. Hicks, 1865 Mrs. Laura D. Hicks, 1864 Felix M. McCain, 1865; circuit steward Mrs. Sarah E. McCain, 1864 Mrs. Mariah Jane Curry, 1864 Mrs. Rebecca L. McCain, 1873 William Yancey McCain, 1873; circuit steward and secretary quarterly conference Mrs. Roberter McCain, 1873 Bedford E. Woods, 1876; dismissed by letter 1891 Mrs. Jennie Woods, 1877; dismissed by letter 1891 Seborn Megison, 1875 Joseph Crew, 1876 Mrs. Virginia McCrackin, 1874 Mrs. Rebecca Shumate, 1858; died July, 1887 Lawrence Wilson, 1873; transferred to Gum Springs Church Mrs. V. A. Mitchell, 1877 William J. Shaw, 1877 S. Greenberry Rodgers, 1877 Miss Lillia Shaw, 1877 Miss Eliza Mitchell, 1877 Mrs. Martha Freeman, 1877 Mrs. Nancy Shaw, 1877 William P. Luther, 1877 Mrs. Martha Strickland, 1873 James Strickland, 1874 Mrs. Josie Cook, 1873 Miss Permelia Isaac Strickland (Fowler), 1874 Miss Lizzie Strickland, 1874 Jefferson Shaw, 1859 Mrs. Sarah J. Shaw Mrs. Martha Shaw, died 1890 Miss Janie Shaw, 1876 David Shaw, Jr., 1873 John F. Shaw, 1857; circuit steward Mrs. Martha E. Shaw, 1857 Miss Laura Shaw, 1876; died 9-11-1904 Mrs. Janie Phillips, 1864 Mrs. Elizabeth Haddox, 1874 Mrs. Eliza Prince, 1876 James Mitchell, 1873; died 1894 Mrs. Catharine Mitchell, 1857 Mrs. Emily Weaver, 1873 Mrs. Mary Starks, 1860 Francis M. Bostick, 1873 William Sheffield (elder), 1877; local eldeer; dismissed by letter Jeremiah Dixon, 1878; trustee Ephraim A. Tilton, 1878; trustee Jabe B. Wilson, 1878; transferred to Gum Springs Church Mrs. Martha Tilton, 1878; died 12-9-1885 Mrs. Liddia Ann Shumate, 1876; granted letter 1885 Mrs. Abigal Morrison, 1876; moved 1885 Joseph P. Cook, 1878; died Miss Sallie M. Mitchell (Presley), 1878 Mrs. Emeline Mitchell, 1878; died John H. Neal, 1878; transferred to Gum Springs Church Mrs. Isabella J. (Reams scratched out) Stroud, 9-2-1878; died 1878 Mrs. M. A. Hoy, 1879 Mrs. Ada Reams, 1879 Jack Shaw, 1879 Samuel Shaw, 1879 Miss Susan Shaw, 1879 Lewis G. Bird, 1880; expelled Lewis Shaw, no date Mrs. Donia Starks, no date Mrs. M. E. Shaw, 1858 Mrs. V. S. Stroud, no date Mrs. Edith Garner, 1882 James Hoy, 1882 Miss Jane Shaw, 1858 Mrs. Molcy Octavia Fitz, 1879 Mrs. Pheba E. Gardner, 1879 Louis W. Fitz, 1882 Mrs. Josephine Neal, 1882 Mrs. Jane Horn, 1882 Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, 1882 Mrs. Emma Fitz, 1882 John Allen, 1882 William Tyson, 1882 Mrs. Ada Stroud, 1882 John Wilson, 1882; died 1887 Miss Fannie Mitchell (Harland), no date James Luther, no date J. D. Miller, no date W. D. McCullum, no date John S. Moore, 1882 George Neugent, 1882 Mrs. Mary Neugent, 1882 Augustus Fitz, 1882; granted a letter 8-4-1886 Andrew Fitz, 1882 Mrs. Corine Luther, 1882 Jasper Miller ("absent" written by name), 10-5-1884 J. D. Campbell, 10-5-1884 John W. Babers, by letter, 10-5-1884 Mrs. M. E. Babers, by letter, 10-5-1884 Miss S. E. Babers, by letter, 10-5-1884 Mrs. Anna Allen, 1882; died 1-25-1914 Miss Oneter Shaw, 1882; died Miss Alabama Shaw, 1882 Mrs. Mary Thomas Pharris, 1-7-1885 Miss Emma Beatrice Strickland, 8-4-1885 Miss Martha Elizabeth Pharris, 8-4-1885 Miss Ella Fitz (Hargis), 8-4-1885 Miss Ida Wunita Shaw, 1885; died 2-28-1888 Miss Eula Strickland, 1885 Miss Mary Lucy Pharris, 1885 Mrs. Elizabeth Babers, 1885 John T. Tilton, 1878 Miss Jessee Wilson, 1882 Mrs. O. V. Mitchell, 1886 Mrs. Emma Carter, 1886 Miss Nora Tyson, 1886 Miss Mollie Babers, 1886 Miss C. J. Wilson, 1886 Clarence McCain, 1886 Miss W. C. Shumate, 1886; joined the Baptist 1898 Miss Chuletta McCain, 1886 Miss L. O. Babers, 1886 Henry H. McCain, 1886 Willie Shaw, 1886 Tobe Robbins, 1886 ? Grigsby, 1886 Miss Janie V. Shaw, 1886 Miss Lula E. Shumate, 1886 Miss Lizzie Woodard, 1886; dismissed by letter Miss Martha Woodard, 1886; dismissed by letter Mrs. James Woodard, 1886 Thomas W. Bird, 1886 John T. Sandidge, 1886 Miss Ella D. Shumate, 1886; joined the Baptist Church, 1896 Barnie Tyson, 1886 Miss Edna McCain, 1886 Miss Bessie Curry, 1886 Miss Hattie McCain, 1886 Solomon Teddlie, 1886 (The above was copied from an untitled document found in the belongings of my late grandmother, Nena Plunkett Davies, born 1891 in the Wheeling/Kadesh Community, Winn/Grant Parish line. Submitted to USGENWEB by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, La.)