Laurel Hill Baptist Church, Vernon Parish Louisiana Church Members Submitted by Jane McManus and Essie Parker ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Laurel Hill Missionary Baptist Church Vernon Parish, Louisiana 1869-1820 by Jane P. McManus and Essie T. Parker The Missionary Baptist Church of Christ at Laurel Hill was constituted by Elder W.S. Terrell on Saturday June A.D. 1869. Regular monthly meetings were held and on Saturday before the Third Lord's Day in April 1871, the Church called Elder Samuel Harper for annual supply, and on the third Saturday in April 1871, the Church chose and elected Brother James Bunch as Church Deacon. The names of members that constitute Laurel Hill Church on Saturday June 19th A.D., 1869: 1. John Luttrell 1. Lucretia Sellers 2. James Bunch 2. S.A. Burns 3. W.M. White 3. [Mary] Bunch 4. Marion M. White 4. Caroline Bunch 5. Levi Luttrell 5. Margaret Luttrell 6. Andrew J. Burge 6. Vasthi Mashoun 7. B.F. Mashoun 7. Helen M. White 8. W.P. Burns 8. Caroline M. McMillan 9. John L. Dryden 9. Lucinda Bradley 10. Demetress Crawford 10. Catharine J. Smith 11. J.W. Jowers 11. Frances E. Smith 12. James Terrell 12. Catherine Haymon 13. A.J. Boyd 13. Elizabeth A. Ball 14. G.S. Wells 14. Nancy A. Bennett 15. Columbus Jowers 15. Ellen A. Spurgeon 16. Jerry Bass 16. M. Jane Smith 17. R.P. Walker 17. Ava A.E. Gorum 18. Rebecca Jowers 19. Minerva J. Smith 20. [page torn, unreadable] 21. Mary Susan M. White 22. Felisha Jones 23. Martha J. Burns 24. Margaret Smith 25. Ann Crawford 26. Millie Gorum 27. Mary Gorum 28. Eliza Smith Laurel Hill Church, September 4th 1884 Roll of membership Males Females 1. James Bunch 1. A.D. Rederson 2. W. Walters 2. Virginia Gordy 3. J.F. Lowe 3. Caroline White 4. M.M. White 4. Caroline Bunch 5. D. Monk 5. Lucretia Sellers dead 6. A. Gordon 6. Lucinda Bradley 7. J.J. Burt 7. F.A. Lowe 8. A.J. Boyd 8. Julie Gordon 9. F.A. Monk 10. Am[anda] Sellers excluded 11. [blank] 12. M.S. Walker 13. F.E. Bass 14. Lola Bradley 15. Emma Burns dropped 16. Elizabeth Burns dropped 17. V.V. Ball 18. Elizabeth Boyd 19. Catherine Haymon Revised Roll of Members of Laurel Hill Church September 24th, 1887 Males Females 1. M.M. White 1. Virginia Cooley 2. J.F. Lowe 2. Catharine Smith 3. D. Monk EX 3. Lucinda Bradley dead 4. J.J. Burt dead 4. F.A. Lowe dead 5. A.J. Boyd 5. M.S. Walker excluded 6. C.M. Ingalls 6. J.F. Monk dead 7. R.M. White letter 7. F.E. Bass 8. H.H. Blackwell 8. E.J. Boyd 9. George Wells 9. Catherine Haymon dead 10. John Smith 10. Caroline Bunch 11. Jerry Bass dead 11. C.J. Smith dead 12. J.W. Jowers 12. M.E. Burns letter 13. G.W. Boswell 13. A.E. Burns 14. A.M. Kirkpatrick 14. S.V. Ingalls 15. A.D. Burns 15. Jane Smith dead 16. Antey Gordon Col. ltr 16. H.M. White 17. Jacob Lewis letter 17. Rebecca Smith excluded 18. Allen Lewis dead 18. Margaret Smith 19. Charley Lewis dead 19. Eliza Smith 20. Henry Lewis letter 20. Lola Bradley 21. Sarah Boswell letter 22. Catherine Blackwell 23. Polly Bass 24. Catherine Burns 25. Mary Lewis letter 26. Lydia Monk 27. Lucy Monk 28. Susan Wells 29. Mary Smith 30. Elizabeth Jowers 31. Georgia A.E. Boswell dead 32. Miranda Nessmith 33. Julia Blackwell 34. Jane Kirkpatrick letter 35. Narsissa Kirkpatrick 36. Celia Kirkpatrick 37. Catherine Crawford 38. Margaret Lewis 39. Virginia Blackwell Revised List of the Dead of Laurel Hill Church, January 1901 James Bunch Jerry Bass J.F. Lowe Melton Gorum H.H. Blackwell C.M. Ingalls M.M. White Polly Bunch Lucinda Bradley Catherine Smith Jane Smith Virginia Blackwell Caroline Gordy Laurel Hill Church, January 1901 C.M. Ingalls Susan Ingalls A.D. Burns Caroline Bayham M.C. Bass Elizabeth Boyd E. Spurgeon Ellen Boswell H.M. Boswell Ida Gordy W.W. Boswell Catherine Blackwell W.J. Boyd Catherine Ingalls F.M. Ingalls Lucy Monk C.M. Ingalls Mary Monk Andy Ingalls Susan Bass A.M. Blackwell Catherine Burns G.W. Boswell Elizabeth Ingalls H.M. Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell Charlie Monk Un " Blackwell David Monk Sarah White Jackson Bass Mary White Ken Ingalls Virginia Blackwell H.M. White Margaret Blackwell M.M. White Jane Monk Louis Ingalls Ina Monk Fred Blackwell Ester Hall Susan Hoyt Eliza Smith Margaret Smith Lola Bradley Emma Ingalls Mary Burns F.E. Bass Polly Gordy Julia Blackwell Caroline White Ellen White Emma Monk