Submitted by: Fay Kitchens ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ MARS HILL CHURCH DOWNSVILLE CIRCUIT HOMER DISTRICT, LOUISIANA CONFERENCE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH Register of Pastors Name: Date of Appointment: Term of Service: J. F. Patterson January, 1882 2 years C. R. Godfrey January, 1884 1 year R. S. Colier January, 1885 2 years E. B. Galoway January, 1887 2 years R. S. Colier December, 1888 2 years " December, 1890 2 years No. Name When Received How Received: Date of Death or Disposal: 1. F. M. Henry, L. P. (March 30, 1884, Joined Congregational Methodist) 2. Elias Taylor, C. L. 6-7-1884 By letter 3. R. H. Henry 1853 By letter Died 8-26-1893 4. S. G. Strozier 1868 By letter 5. James B. Taylor 1872 Profession Died 12-18-1888 6. J. R. Hester 7. J. L. Hodge, Trustee Died 1889 8. Wm. Wilhite Died July, 1888 9. J. S. Henry 1866 Profession 10. J. R. Henry 1871 Profession 11. T. F. Henry 1871 Profession 12. H. C. Henry(Henry Clay Henry) 13. J. F. Hodge 14. J. W. Staples 15. W. H. Hite 16. L. L. Foster 17. D. W. Strozier Letter, 5-3-1884 18. C. F. Staples 1889 19. J. T. Strozier 20. Frank McGill Died 1-20-1885 21. W. F. Wilhite 1875 Profession 22. T. M. Turbeville 23. R. S. Hester Died 11-7-1883 24. C. B. Bullock Withdrawn 11-17-1888 25. Henry Simmons 1874 Profession 26. J. M. McLeod 27. W. N. Feazel 1875 Profession 28. Alfred Rugg, Sr. Died 1-22-1889 29. Alfred Rugg, Jr. Gone to Downsville 30. R. R. Finklea Withdrawn 7-3-1886 31. D. E. Wilhite 32. Harwell Morrison 33. G. R. Aulds 1880 Profession 34. L.H. Aulds 1880 Profession 35. Linus Anthony 1880 Profession Withdrawn July 3, 1886 36. W. W. Turbeville 1880 Profession Withdrawn Jan. 1, 1887 37. J. B. Staples Gone to Downsville 38. W. A. Wallace Withdrawn 4-4-1886 39. D. W. Hicks Died August, 1899 40. J. J. Malone 1882 Profession Dismissed by Letter 41. T. J. Wilhite 1881 Profession Transferred to Wilhite Chapel 42. A. T. Dacus L. P. 1882 Letter 43. M. E. Aulds 44. M. A. Hodge Died 12-10-1884 45. M. L. Henry 46. Harriet Hite 47. Mary Strozier 48. S. F. Henry (Sara Francis Henry) Tranferred to Downsville 3-6-1886 49. Caroline Taylor Letter 6-7-1884 50. M. E. Staples 51. Margaret Turbeville Dropped from the roll 52. E. J. Henry 53. M. J. Moore Dropped from the roll 54. E. E. Morrison Letter 5-3-1884 55. S. F. E. Taylor 1870 Profession Married Ray. 1893 56. M. J. McLeod 57. E. E. Feazel 58. M. A. Hicks Died July, 1890 59. Adline Rugg 60. E. Rugg 61. Julia McLeod 62. H. E. Strozier 1870 Profession 63. Annie Henry 64. M. L. Green 65. M. P. Simmons 66. L. A. Sulivan 67. Margaret Neal 68. Caroline Wallace 1875 Profession Died 2/22/1884 69. Mary Gorman 70. S. V. Wilhite 71. Nancy Hodge 72. Caroline Staples 73. Gussie Clements 74. Adela Strozier 75. Z. A. Hester 76. M. A. Simmons 77. Sallie Staples (Acre) 78. Charlcy Tidwell Died 8-30-1885 79. M. E. Henry 1874 Profession 80. Navada Turbeville Died 1890 81. Lieu Finklea 82. Fannie Finklea 83. Ann E. Hodge 84. Rose Wilhite 85. Lieu A. Wilhite 86. Mollie Turbeville (Hester) 87. Celia Tidwell (Hester) 88. Elizabeth Hester (Custis) 89. A. B. Turbeville 90. L. E. Foster (Henry) 91. Cebel Wilhite 92. C. J. Winslett 93. Isabela Griffen 94. Florence Albritton 1880 Profession 95. Lizie Rugg 96. Arazona Acree 1880 " 97. Margaret Clements " " 98. Jennie Bryant " " 99. A. J. Bryant " " 100. Rachel Acree 101. S. A. Henry 1881 " 102. Allice Dacus (Malone) 1882 " 103. Mary Malone 12-3-1882 " 104. A. J. Wallace 1883 " 105. Fannie Turbeville " 106. T. G. Smith " " 107. Mattie Richburg " " 108. Bettie Henry " " 109. Florence Henry " " 110. Adela Turbeville " " 111. R. F. Horton " " 112. Elijah Bryant " " 113. S. G. Henry " " 114. J. R. Strozier " " 115. Arry/Amy(?) Sulivan " " 116. L. C. Dacus 117. R. H. Hite 118. R. E. Hite 119. C. S. Staples 120. S. M. Auld (Owen) 121. E. D. Wallace 5-3-1884 Profession 122. Allice Henry 4-4-1884 " 123. Eugenia Hite 7-6-1884 " 124. Katie Rugg 7-6-1884 " 125. Ruth McClure 8-3-1884 " 126. William King " " 127. Mary E. Honeycutt 8/1884 " 128. Darthula Carter " " 129. Anna Turbeville " " 130. Leana Strozier " " 131. Susan Henry (Hester) " " 132. R. B. Henry " " 133. Jno. R. Henry 8-7-1884 " 134. C. B. Jones " " Died 12-22-1884 135. Cornelia J. Jones " " 136. S. L. Bailey " " Died 1887 137. Elnora Hite " " 138. Eliza A. Strozier " " 139. A. J. Owens 140. Caroline Wallace 1-4-1885 " 141. Lieu Moore 142. Sallie Horton 6/1883 " 143. F. M. Henry L. P. 8-15-1885 " 144. Eliza J. Henry " Letter 145. Charles Duke 9-6-1885 Profession 146. H. R. Davis " " 147. Sallie L. Davis " " 148. Cumy Henry " " 149. Dora Henry " " 150. Caroline M. Duke 11-22-1885 " 151. Viola Duke " " 152. Cumy Bell " " 153. T. G. Roane 154. Alfred Smith 6-6-1886 " 155. Emma Smith " " 156. Viry Hicks 9-7-1886 " 157. Margaret Carstarphener " " 158. Isabella Rugg " " 159. Joseph Smudrix " " 160. Sallie Farmer 161. S. M. Owens (Auld) 162. Mattie Wilhite 163. Isaac Patton 7-19-1887 " 164. Nannie Rierson (Carter) 7-19-1887 " 165. J. Roe Henry 7-19-1887 " 166. Parish Henry " " 167. H. Dow Henry " " 168. Lizzie Duke " " 169. J. W. W. Griffen 8-17-1887 " 170. E. W. Dansby " " 171. Luke Green " " 172. F. M. B. Moore " " 173. Fannie Moore " " 174. Epsy W. Bryant " " 175. George Owens " " 176. Maranda Owens " " 177. Lucy Owens " " 178. M. Ether Marlar " " 179. Lucy Alla Goynes " " Died May 26, 1891 180. J. J. Malone 7-7-1887 Letter 181. Mary Malone 7-19-1887 " 182. Adisa(?) Dansby (Turbeville) 183. Viny Rugg Died 7/1892 184. Allice Malone 185. C. B. Bullock 186. Nannie Carter 187. W. C. Winslett 188. Cornelia J. Welch 189. Thincy O. Carstarphen 8/1886 Profession 190. T. T. Carstarphen 191. Arry Walker 192. W. A. Wallace 8/1888 " 193. Eliza A. Carter (Tidwell) 194. Artelisia A. Wallace 4-7-1889 " 195. J. H. Nelson 1888 " Died 1/3/1891 196. W. W. Turbeville 9-3-1889 " 197. Shep. R. Henry 9-3-1889 " 198. James H. Owens " " 199. H. Eugenia Butler " " 200. Caroline Porter (Staples) 201. Florence Owens (Henry) 202. W. W. Richburg 203. J. W. Ray 4/1891 " 204. S. E. Hite " " 205. H. A. Hite " " 206. Nevada Hicks 8/1891 " 207. Nonie Taylor " " 208. Addie Taylor " " 209. Melissa Feazel 8/1891 Baptism 210. Berta Hite " " 211. Cora Feazel " " 212. Julia Henry " Profession 213. Joanna Anderson " " 214. Ralph Ray " Baptism 215. Clarence Taylor " Profession 216. James H. Taylor " 217. Nancy Whitehead " Baptism 218. Minnie Finklea " " 219. Virgil Hodge " " 220. A. R. Witcher " Profession 221. Ella Hodge " " 222. Mary Jane Richburg " " 223. Nora Whitehead 9-5-1892 Baptism 224. Alice Feazel 9-7-1892 " 225. Mattie Henry " Profession 226. Tina Strozier " Baptism 227. Minnie Tidwell " " 228. Robert E. Lee " " 229. Charles Hodge " " 230. Wesley I. Tidwell " " 231. Mollie Lee " " 232. Charlcy Tidwell " " 233. Sena Goyn 9-8-1892 Profession 234. Mary Tidwell " Baptism 235. Lizzie Henry " Profession 236. John ?ierson " Baptism 237. Robert Jackson Hester " " 238. Robert Henry " Profession Revised Roll for Mars Hill, 1896 1. S. G. Strozier 1868 Letter 2. J. R. Hester 3. J. S. Henry 1866 Profession 4. J. R. Henry 1871 " 5. T. F. Henry 1871 " 6. J. F. Hodge 7. L. L. Foster 8. J. T. Strozier 9. W. F. Wilhite 1875 " 10. T. M. Turbeville 11. C. B. Bullock 12. W. N. Feazel 1875 " 13. B. W. Hicks Died 8/1894 14. M. E. Auld (Eliz. Horton) 15. M. L. Henry (Wilhite Turbeville) 16. Harriett Hight (Horton) 17. Mary Strozier 18. M. E. Staples 19. M. J. McLeod 20. E. E. Feazel 21. Adline Rugg 22. Julia McLeod 23. Annie E. Henry 24. M. L. Green 25. Nancy Hodge 26. Adella Strozier 27. Z. A. Hester Died 6-24/1896 28. A. E. Hodge 29. Mollie Turbeville 30. C. T. Tidwell 31. Elizabeth Hester 32. A. B. Tuberville 33. L. E. Foster 34. C. J. Winslett 35. A. J. Bryant 1880 Profession 36. S. S. Henry 1881 " 37. A. I. Wallace 1883 " 38. Fannie Tuberville 1883 " 39. Florence Owens 1883 " 40. R. F. Horton 1883 " 41. Eliza Bryant 1883 " 42. Amy Walker 1883 " 43. J. C. Dacus 44. R. H. Hite 1884 Letter 45. R. E. Hite 46. S. M. Owens 47. E. D. Wallace 5-3-1884 Profession 48. Alice Henry 8-4-1884 " 49. Lena Taylor 8/1884 " 50. R. B. Henry 8/1884 " 51. Ella Nora Hite 9-7-1884 " 52. E. A. Tidwell 53. Caroline Wallas 1-4-1885 " 54. Sallie Horton " 55. J. M. Holloway 56. Ida Auld 57. Alfred Smith 6-6-1886 " 58. Emma Smith " " 59. Margaret Carstonphen(?) 9-7-1886 " 60. Alice Holloway 9-7-1892 Baptism 61. Mattie Henry " Profession 62. Tina Strozier " Baptism 63. Minni Rierson " " 64. R. E. Lee " " 65. Charles Hodge " " 66. W. J. Tidwell " " 67. Mollie Henry " " 68. Charlcey Henry " " 69. Sena Wilhite 9-8-1892 Profession 70. Mary Tidwell " Baptism 71. Lizzie Hester " Profession 72. J. H. Rierson " Baptism 73. R. J. Hester " " 74. Robert Henry " Profession 75. Pate H. Ray 9-9-1892 " 76. C. W. Hite " " 77. Nathan Hite, Jr. " " 78. Dena Henry " " 79. Alice Hester 9-10-1892 Baptism 80. Lizzie Henry " " 81. W. A. Hart " " 82. Telitha Henry " Profession 83. Ida Foster " Baptism 84. Hettie, Feazel " " 85. W. S. Hester " " 86. L. A. Rugg " " 87. John Bullock " " 88. Benny Henry " Profession 89. Daisy Bullock 90. Effie Strozier 91. Ida Lee 92. Marcus Bullock 93. Stephen Tidwell 94. Elsie Henry 95. L. C. Fuller 96. J. Parvin Henry 97. Margaret Henry 98. Zillia Calhoun 99. S. E. Owens 100. W. M. Henry 101. Allen Grayham 102. Ada Grayham 103. G. S. Bennett 104. J. W. Dozer(?) 105. Rebeca Fuller 106. Willis Hicks ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP OF PINE GROVE 1896-1897 TRANSFERRED FROM OLD MARS HILL ROLLS 1. S. G. Strozier 2. Mary Strozier 3. W. M. Feazel 4. E. E. Feazel 5. Cora Feazel 6. Malissie Feazel 7. Hettie Jane Feazel 8. J. T. Strozier 9. Ella Strozier 10. Tina Strozier 11. Effie Strozier 12. J. R. Henry, Sr. 13. M. E. Henry 14. Mattie Henry 15. Parvin Henry 16. Ben Henry 17. J. W. Dyer 18. Lucie Dyer 19. F. N. B. More 20. M. F. More 21. Mers. T. M. Henry 22. M. J. McLeod 23. S. F. E. Ray 24. A. L. Taylor 25. C. E. Taylor 26. J. H. Taylor 27. Ann Hodge 28. R. H. Hite 29. R. E. Hite 30. Elnora Hite # # #