Liberty Hill Primitaive Baptist Church, Union, LA
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Records of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church
Union Parish Louisiana

Location: 
Liberty Hill Church adjoins the Taylor/Liberty Hill Cemetery. Both are
located near Bayou de'Loutre, about seven miles northeast of 
Farmerville off Louisiana Highway 33 from Farmerville to Marion, in 
the northwest quarter of Section 12, Township 21 North, Range 1 East. 

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What are Primitive Baptists?

Beginning in the early 1800s, an issue developed among the Baptist 
denomination in America that eventually ripped it apart. The issue
revolved around the question of “missions” and benevolent organizations
such as Temperance Societies, Ladies Aid Societies, Sunday schools, 
etc: should the churches support them or not? Baptist pioneers from 
the Carolinas and Georgia brought this matter into Alabama during the
early days of the state. Both sides firmly believed in their stance, 
and neither had patience with the other's views. Some churches were 
openly anti- or pro-mission, while others attempted to temporarily 
evade the issue. However, the anti-mission Baptists began to formally 
split from the missionaries during the 1830s, and they became known 
as Old-School, Hardshell, New Tests, and more formally, Primitive 
Baptists. During this time, many Alabama Baptist churches with strong
anti-mission beliefs withdrew from the associations to which they 
belonged and formed new Primitive Baptist Associations.  Further 
issues gradually developed, and before long there were significant 
doctrinal differences between the Missionary (later Southern) 
Baptists and the Primitive Baptists.

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Background on Liberty Hill Church:

Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church was originally called Pleasant 
Hill Baptist Church. We believe it was formed soon after Colonel 
Matthew Wood and his son-in-law, John Taylor, arrived in eastern 
Union Parish Louisiana from Lowndes County Alabama in early February 
1837. The Taylors belonged to an anti-missionary Baptists in Butler 
County Alabama, and apparently John Taylor helped establish a hardshell
Baptist Church near his home some six or seven miles east of what is 
now Farmerville. In the latter 1840s, Pleasant Hill Church purchased 
land from Henry P. Anderson. The church's new property adjoined John 
Taylor's plantation, and the church soon erected a building next to 
Taylor's family graveyard. This community graveyard is one of the 
oldest in Union Parish and is now known as the Taylor/Liberty Hill 
Cemetery.

In the early 1840s, many of Taylor's siblings joined him in eastern 
Union Parish, and most of them are believed to become members at 
Liberty Hill Church. In particular, Taylor's older brother, Baptist
preacher Elder James Taylor, may have served the church as paster 
prior to his death in 1852.

We have located precious little documented information on the church 
prior to the 1900s. However, we do know that by the 1890s, Liberty 
Hill Church had joined the South Ouachita Primitive Baptist Association,
an organization that included churches in north Louisiana and southern 
Arkansas.

In the latter 1930s as Union Parish geared up for its centennial 
celebration, many of the older residents were interviewed for the 
centennial issue of the Farmerville "Gazette". An article in that 
paper claims that Liberty Hill Church had existed prior to 1830. 
However, I seriously doubt this claim. We have absolutely no record of
any settlers in the Bayou d'Loutre region in which Liberty Hill is 
located prior to 1836. There is not even a record of any Baptist 
Churches in original Ouachita Parish prior to the latter 1820s, just 
a few years after the earliest recorded Baptist sermon was preached 
there in 1819 or 1820. So the little available evidence points to 
Liberty Hill Church's formation as occurring about 1837 by the settlers
who brought their hardshell Baptist faith with them from Alabama.

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Destruction of the Church & Associational Minutes:

Numerous members of my family have had close associations with Liberty 
Hill Church since those early years. In particular, my relatives Henry 
B. T. Goyne and his wife Mary Ann Murray Goyne joined the church in the
1870s. Their daughter Susannah J. Goyne and son-in-law John Thomas 
Hudson apparently joined in the 1880s, and Hudson served as church 
clerk during the 1890s and early 1900s. Most of John and Susan's family
belonged to the church, including their eldest son Charles Henry Hudson
(1873-1959). Seven of Charlie Hudson's eight children belonged to 
Liberty Hill, and his grandson Woodrow W. Hudson, Jr. (my father) has 
served as pastor of the church since 1961. 

During the 1930s and early 1940s, my great-uncle Charles Henry Hudson,
Jr. (called "June" or "Bud" by the family) served Liberty Hill Church 
as church clerk, and he also served as the clerk of the South Ouachita 
Association in the early 1940s. His wife Vivian Love had died following
the birth of their only child in 1938, and he had moved back in with 
his parents. Thus, Uncle Bud had both the church and the association 
minutes at the home of his parents, Charlie and Docia Ward Hudson, 
during this period. Tragically, the Hudson home burned in 1945, 
destroying all its contents, including the minutes.

For some unknown reason, the book recording the church minutes from 
the period 1870 - 1877 were in someone else's possession in 1945, as 
they survived the 1945 fire that destroyed the majority of the minutes. 

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A Few 1870s Members of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church:

The minutes abstracted below reveal the names of only a few members of
the church in during the 1870s. Unfortunately, the majority of the 
membership, especially the female members, were rarely mentioned in 
the minutes other than when they joined or requested dismissal. The 
few names below constitute only a fraction of those who belonged to 
the church during this time. Between 1890 and 1920, the church had 
between 30 and 40 members. 

The following people were mentioned in the surviving minutes as members
of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church during the 1870s:

Elder Henry Archer - pastor of the church in the 1870s
J. H. Patterson - clerk of the church in the 1870s
Martin Batte Lee
M. Armstrong
Enoch Richard Albritton
James M. Armstrong
Albert Phillips
J. L. Tugwell
Mr. Osburn (listed in the minutes as "colored")
Riley Agerton
Robert Mathes
F. M. Armstrong (perhaps the same man as M. Armstrong)
F. M. Perdue or Pardue
E. J. Armstrong
Sandy Head
Gaby Bledson
Mr. Solomon
Henry B. T. Goyne
John Russell
J. L. Taylor

Sally Stokes
Mary Doster
Mary Cooper
Ms. Jincy or Finley
Catherine Taylor Rabun
Mrs. Head, wife of Sandy Head
Mrs. Solomon
Martha Ross 
Mary Ann Murray Goyne, wife of Henry B. T. Goyne
M. E. Russell
Sarah Taylor

Records from later years prove that many Pattersons, Taylors,
Albrittons, Scarboroughs, and Hudsons also belonged during this 
time period.

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The Surviving Minutes:

As standard for Baptist churches in that era, Liberty Hill Church in 
the 1870s held services one weekend per month, with preaching on both 
Saturday and Sunday. After preaching on Saturday, the church held 
conference, presided over by a moderator, ordinarily the preacher. 
The standard format of the minutes is:

"After worship the Church went in conference.
1.  Invited visited Brethren and Sisters to seat with us.
2.  Open the doors of the church for the reception of members.
3.  Inquired for the health of the church and peace.
4.  Inquired for reference.
5.  Called for misc. business.
Done by the order of the church in conference.
Elder H. Archer, Mod.
J. H. Patterson, Clk."

As the above is repeated verbatim at practically every conference, I
have omitted it from the abstracts below and only included entries 
that mention other people by name. The minutes begin with the 
conference held on Saturday, 26 February 1870, and run through the 
conference held on Saturday, 23 June 1877 (with a few omissions). 
Throughout this period, Elder Henry Archer served Liberty Hill Church 
as pastor, and J. H. Patterson as church clerk, and as such their 
names are recorded each month. 

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Abstracts of the Liberty Hill Church Minutes, 1870 - 1877:

In many cases, only the standard format listed above was recorded 
during a church conference with no additional information. In that 
case, I have merely listed "standard" after the date of conference
below. 

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26 Feb 1870 - standard

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26 Mar 1870 - standard

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(no mention of an April meeting)

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21 May 1870
"5.  Misc. Business. Move and second the church appoint delegates to 
the district meeting to be held at New Hope Church, Louisiana - which
will convene Friday before the Second Sunday in July. Delegated 
Brethren M. B. Lee, Bro. J. H. Patterson."

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25 June 1870
"4. Inquired for reference.
There being a reference of a letter to the District meeting. Moved and
second, the letter was read, and was received by the church.

5.  Misc. business.
By motion and second, the church agreed to have a three (3) day meeting
at our July meeting."

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23 July 1870 - standard

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29 Aug 1870 
"2. Open the door of the church for the reception of members. And by 
experience of grace, the church received Sally Stokes.

5.  Misc. business - By move and second, the church went into the 
choice of delegates to the Association, and chose Brethren M. B. Lee, 
H. Archer, J. H. Patterson, and M. Armstrong in case of absence.

Done by order of the church in conference.
Elder R. Roler, Mod.
J. H. Patterson, Clk."

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24 Sept 1870
"2. Open the door of the church for the reception of members. By move 
and second the church received Enoc Albritton by an experience of Grace."

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22 Oct 1870
"2. Open the doors of the church for the reception of members. By 
motion and second the church received James M. Armstrong by an 
experience of Grace."

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29 Nov 1870
"5. Called for Misc. business. By move and second the church chose 
Bro. Archer again to serve us the incoming year."

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24 Dec 1870
minute entry incomplete

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21 Jan 1871 - standard 

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25 Feb 1871
"5.  Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second that Bro. Albert
Philips be granted a letter of dismission."

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March - April 1871 - one page of the original papers was missing that 
apparently contained the minute entries for these conferences

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29 May 1871
"5. Called for misc. business - By motion and second the church granted
Sister Mary Doster letter of dismission."

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24 June 1871
"4. Inquired for reference. And by motion and second, the church went 
into the choice of her delegates to the District meeting to be held 
with Good Hope Church commencing on Friday before the first Sunday in 
August. She chose Elder H. Archer, M. B. Lee, J. H. Patterson, and 
J. L. Tugwell in case of absence."

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22 July 1871
"5. Inquired for misc. business. 
By motion and second, the church took up the case of Bro. Osburn in 
relative to his preaching. The Church has silenced him from preaching."

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29 Aug 1871
"2. Open the doors of the church for reception of members. And by 
motion and second, the church received Elijah J. Armestrong by letter.

5. Called for misc. business. By motion and second the church appointed
a committee of three to cite Bro. Osburn to appearance before the 
church - The committee M. B. Lee, J. H. Patterson, J. M. Armestrong."

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23 Sept 1871
"4. Reference. There being a letter to the Association, the letter was
read and adopted. The committee reported and Bro. Osburn (colored) is 
presence. By motion the church took up the case of Bro. Osburn for 
doctrine, for cursing, and whoremonger. By motion and second the 
church took the vote on Bro. Osburn's case. The church declared 
nonfellowship for him for whoremonger, for doctrine, and for cursing. 

By motion and second, the church granted Sis. Mary Cooper a letter of 
dismissal. 

Done by the order of the church in conference.
F. M. Armestrong, Md.
J. H. Patterson, clk.
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21 Oct 1871 - standard

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25 Nov 1871
"2. Opened the doors of the church for the reception of members. By 
motion and second, the church received Bro. Riley Agerton by experience
of grace.

5. We next call for misc. business. Bro. Archer agrees to serve us for
the next year."

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23 Dec 1871 - standard

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no record of January 1872 meeting

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24 Feb 1872
"5. Inquired for misc. business. 
By motion and second, the church finds a charge against Sister Jincey
(Finly ?) for whoredom. Also, the church has excluded her."

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23 Mar 1872 - standard

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27 April 1872 
"2. Opened the doors of the church for reception of members - And, by 
motion and second, the church received Sister Catharine Raburn by 
experience of grace."

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25 May 1872
"5. Misc. business - By motion and second the church received Bro. 
Robert Mathes by acknowledgement. By motion and second the church went
into the choice of her delegates to the District meeting which will 
being Friday before the fourth  Sunday - She chose Brethren Archer,
Lee, Armstrong, and J. H. Patterson alternate."

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22 June 1872 - standard

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27 July 1872
"5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church 
granted Bro. Robert Mathes a letter of dismissal. By motion and second
the church agreed to go into communion and footwashing tomorrow."

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24 Aug 1872
"5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church went
into the choice of her delegates to the Association which terminated 
in the choice of Brethren Archer, J. L. Tugwell, J. H. Patterson, and
F. M. Armstrong, alternate."

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21 Sept 1872
"2. Open the door of the church for reception of members. By motion and
second the church received F. M. Perdue by an experience of grace."

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26 Oct 1872 - standard

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23 Nov 1872
"5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church called
Bro. Archer to the care of the church for the next year. Bro. Archer 
agreed to serve the church."

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The minutes of the meetings between December 1872 and April 1873 were 
not recorded in the minute book; no pages appear to be missing, so 
their omission cannot be explained.

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24 May 1873
"5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church 
requested the rules of decorum be read at our next conference. By 
motion and second the church went into the choice of her delegates to 
the District meeting which terminated in the choice of Elder H. Archer,
M. B. Lee, F. M. Armstrong, and J. H. Patterson, alternate."

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21 June 1873
Elder Archer was apparently not present at church on this day, and the
conference was presided over by F. M. Armstrong, "moderator protem"

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26 July 1873
"By motion and second of the church the rules of decorum be read."

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29 Aug 1873
"5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second, the church went
into the choice of her delegates to the Association and determined in 
the choice of Brethren M. B. Lee, H. Archer, F. M. Armstrong, and 
J. H. Patterson, alternate.

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No record of the September 1873 minutes. Probably the association 
meeting was held on the fourth weekend of September, so there was no 
regular meeting at Liberty Hill Church.

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25 Oct 1873 - standard

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22 Nov 1873 
"5. Inquired for Misc. business. By motion and second the church called
Bro. Archer."

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No record of December 1873 minutes.

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24 Jan 1874 - standard

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29 Feb 1874 - standard

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No record of the minutes of the March and April 1874 conferences.

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23 May 1874
"4. Inquired for reference - Had the rules of the decorum read.

5. Inquired for misc. business - By motion and second, the church went 
into the choice of delegates to the District meeting which terminated 
int he choice of Brothers Archer, F. M. Armstrong, J. H. Patterson."

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27 June 1874
"4. Inquired for reference - By motion and second the letter to the 
District meeting was read and received... Done by order of the church 
in conference. 
W. A. [or Willie] Taylor, Md.
J. H. Patterson, clerk"

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25 July 1874 - standard

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22 Aug 1874 
"5. Inquired for misc. business - By motion and second, the church went
into the choice of her delegates to convene with the members composing
the Ouachita Association at New Harmony Church, Claiborne, Louisiana 
on Saturday before the 1st Sunday in Oct - which terminated in the 
choice of Elder H. Archer, F. M. Armstrong, J. H. Patterson, and Riley 
Agerton...

6. By motion and second a committee was chosen - F. M. Armstrong, E. J.
Armstrong, F. M. Perdue to cite Sandy Head and wife, Gaby (Saby ?) 
Bledson, and Mary Cooper and inquire whether they are found in an 
orderly church - and if not cite them to the church for trial."

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29 Sept 1874
"2. Opened the doors of the church for reception of members. By motion
and second the church received H. B. Goyne by experience of Grace...

4. Inquired for reference - There being a reference of a letter to the
Association - Also, a committee was appointed to determine whether 
those black members had put their letter into Orderly Churches. Also, 
received Bro. Gaby Bledson, Solomon (?) and his wife by 
acknowledgments, and Sister Martha Ross by experience of Grace."

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24 Oct 1874
"2. Opened the doors of the church for the reception of members. By 
motion and second the church received Bro. John Russell and Sister 
M. E. Russell and Sara Taylor and also Sister M. D. Goyne by 
experience of Grace."

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25 Nov 1874
The first portion of the standard format of the minutes, Numbers 1, 2,
3, and 4 were left blank. Apparently Elder Archer was not present this
day and perhaps there was no preaching. It also appears that the 
conference was not conducted as usual or else the clerk failed to 
record those standard items in the minutes of this day. Here is what
Mr. Patterson recorded:

"5. Inquire for Misc. business. By motion and second, the church 
agreed to extend an arm to Walnut Hill schoolhouse near Bro. H.
Armstrong. 
Done by order of the Church in conference.
J. L. Tugwell, Md.
J. H. Patterson, clerk."

Note: An "arm" was the Baptist term in those days for the members of a
church to assist in the formation of another church nearby, perhaps 
closer to a large portion of the member of the existing church. 
Services at the "arm" would be held on a different Sunday of the month,
and many members of the existing church would try to attend services 
at the arm to help support it.

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26 Dec 1874
"5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church went
into the choice of her supply for the coming year which terminated in 
the choice of Bro. Archer."

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23 Jan 1875 - standard

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21 Feb 1875 - standard

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There is no reference to the conferences of March or April 1875.

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22 May 1875 - standard

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26 June 1875
"5. Inquired for Misc. business. By motion and second, the church went
into the choice of delegates. It terminated in the choice of Bro. 
Archer, F. M. Armstrong, J. H. Patterson, and Riley Agerton."

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24 July 1875 - standard

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21 Aug 1875
"2. Opened the doors of the church for the reception of members. By 
motion and second the church received Sister Mary Hester (Hicks?) by 
an experience of Grace...

5. Inquired for misc. business - By motion and second the church went
into the choice of delegates of her association which will convene
with Ephesus Church near Nevada County, Arkansas commencing on 
Saturday before the 1st Sunday in Oct 1875 - which terminated in 
the choice of Elder H. Archer, F. M. Armstrong, J. H. Patterson and
Riley Agerton in case of failure."

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25 Sept 1875
"7. By motion and second, the church appointed H. Archer to write a 
letter to Cool Springs Church for a letter for Sister Dean. By motion
the church went into the choice of her pastor for the coming year." 

Note: The minutes stop there for this conference. The outcome of the 
choice of pastor for 1876 was not stated. However, clearly from the 
1876 minutes the church again chose Elder Henry Archer as their pastor.

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23 Oct 1875 - standard

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27 Nov 1875
"5. Inquired for Misc. business. By motion and second the church 
struck out the 8th article of the decorum."

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25 Dec 1875
The format of the minutes during this conference was different,
probably due to the absence of Elder Henry Archer. The moderator for
this conference was Martin Batte Lee, who was then nearly seventy-eight
years old:

"After worship the church met in conference.
1. Invited visiting Brethren to seats.
2. Inquired for peace and fellowship including acknowledgments.
3. Give opportunity for reception of members.
4. Call for reference.
5. Misc. Business.
M. B. Lee, Md.
J. H. Patterson, clerk."

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22 Jan 1876 - standard

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26 Feb 1876 
The minutes of this conference were not completely recorded, but it 
appears to have been a standard conference.

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There is no record of minutes of the March 1876 meeting.

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22 April 1876
"5. Call for Misc. business. By motion and second the church appointed
a committee of four (4) to examine the church books which consist of
Brothers Tugwell, Agerton, Russell, and H. Archer."

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21 May 1876
"5. Inquired for misc. business. By motion and second the church went 
into the choice of her delegates to the District meeting which 
terminated in the choice of H. Archer, M. B. Lee, J. H. Patterson, and
F. M. Armstrong and alternate - J. L. Taylor."

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24 June 1876 standard

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22 July 1876 - standard

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29 July 1876 
Note: This was a fifth Sunday meeting, and the minutes were only
partially recorded:

"July the 29 AD 1876
After services by Brother Dean and Brother M. Chandler
1. Invited visiting Brothers and Sisters to seats.
2. Inquired for peace and fellowship..."

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26 Aug 1876
"5. Misc. business - By motion and second the church went into the 
choice of her delegates to the Association which will convene with 
Bethandy Church, Ouachita County Arkansas, convening on Saturday
before the 1st Sunday in October, 1876. Delegates are H. Archer, 
J. L. Tugwell, J. H. Patterson."

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23 Sept 1876 - standard

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There is no record of the minutes of October, November, and December
1876 in the minute book.

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28 Jan 1877 - standard

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There is no record of the minutes of February, March, or April 1877
in the minute book.

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26 May 1877
"5. Misc. Business - By motion and second the church went into the 
choice of delegates to the district meeting which terminating in the
choice of H. Archer, J. H. Patterson, J. L. Tugwell, F. M. Armstrong
which will convene with Union Church, Union Parish Louisiana on 
Friday before the 3rd Sunday in July 1877."

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23 June 1877
"After services by Brother Dean, the church met in conference...
1. Invite visiting Brethren and Sisters to seats.
2. Inquire for peace and fellowship including acknowledgments.
3. Give opportunity for reception of members.
4. Inquired for reference - There being a reference of a letter to the
district meeting by motion and second letter was read and received.
5. Inquired for Misc. Business. 
Done by order of the church in conference.
Elder H. Archer, Md.
J. H. Patterson, Clerk

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This concludes the pre-1945 extant minutes of Liberty Hill Primitive
Baptist Church.