Walnut Hill Baptist Church, Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane P. McManus
Date: December 24, 2005

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WALNUT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH 
Slagle LA (Members recorded from 1866 to 1893)


BANLOCK, Mary N. – received for baptism 13 Jul 1884.

BARTLETT, Martha – no date of joining church, but listed on membership roll.  

BASS, Elizabeth (Groves) – charter member 1866, letter of dismissal 13 Sep 1884;    
born 6 Nov 1842 LA, died 21 Mar 1911 LA, buried Hemphill Star Cemetery, Hot Wells 
(Rapides), LA; daughter of James Groves Jr. and Nancy Perkins (separate write-up); 
married 1st to Gilbert Bass, born 1837 LA, killed at Vicksburg during Civil War, 
son of Dewey Bass & Susannah Bell, 2 daughters: Nancy & Susannah Bass. 
Elizabeth married 2nd to James Henry Hunt (separate write-up), 8 children.  

BASS, Elizabeth (Ventioner) – no date of joining, early member of church; born 
ca 1840 LA, died ca 1867 LA, daughter of Isaac Ventioner & Matilda Sweat; married 
Jeremiah Moses Bass (separate write-up); 3 children:  Matilda, Levi, & Minerva Bass.

BASS, Emeline (Smith) – joined the church in 1870; 
born 16 Jul 1844 FL, died 22 Oct 1928 Hicks, LA, buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, 
LaCamp, LA; daughter of William Smith & Catherine Jane Sellars; married to 
Jeremiah Moses Bass (separate write-up).

BASS, Jeremiah Moses – no date of joining, but prior to 1870; 
born 16 Feb 1838 LA, died 3 Sep 1891 LA; buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, LaCamp 
(Vernon) LA; son of James F. Bass & Emily Groves; married 1st to Elizabeth 
Ventioner (separate write-up), 3 children; married 2nd to Emeline Smith 
(separate write-up), 7 children: William James, Pollie Ann, Eliza Jane, Marion 
Columbus, Margaret Elizabeth, Catharine Lucrtia, & Moses Jeremiah Bass.

BASS, Louise (Netherland) – no date of joining, but early member; 
born 1863 LA, died 25 Oct 1889 LA, buried Smith-Brewer Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) 
LA; daughter of Stephen Benjamin Netherland and Elizabeth Massie; married 1st 
to Levi Bass, born ca 1857 LA, died before 1885 LA, buried Smith-Brewer Cemetery, 
Slagle (Vernon) LA, son of Jeremiah Moses Bass & Elizabeth Ventioner, 1 son: 
Samuel Bass.  Louise married 2nd to Marion Francis Hall, born 14 Feb 1865 FL, 
died 15 Jul 1950 LA, buried Wales Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA, 1 daughter:  
Cordie Melerine Hall.

BASS, Matilda – (separate write-up McGlothlin)

BASS, Nancy C. – baptized 21 Sep 1879; born 1858 LA, daughter of Gilbert Bass 
and Elizabeth Groves; married to Joe Siggues.

BASS, Susannah (Anna) – baptized 21 Sep 1879; born 12 Jun 1860 LA, 
died 25 Jul 1924 LA, buried Hemphill Star Cemetery, Hot Wells, LA; daughter 
of Gilbert Bass & Elizabeth Groves; married Joseph E. Kingrey.

BEDSOLE, Celia – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 17 Mar 1888.  

BEDSOLE, Callie – no date of joining, dismissal from membership 10 Oct 1883, 
restored 13 Apr 1884; born 30 Jun 1855, died 12 Feb 1910 LA, buried Mora 
Cemetery (Rapides) LA; married to T. ?F/H? Bedsole (separate write-up); 1 
known child: Leona Ada Bedsole.

BEDSOLE, Sally – baptized 8 Jul 1883, excluded 12 Dec 1885 to join Cambelites; 
married to T.C. Bedsole (separate write-up).

BEDSOLE, T.C. – no date of joining, excluded 12 Dec 1885 to join Cambelites; 
married to Sally Bedsole (separate write-up).

BEDSOLE, T.F. – joined by voucher 11 May 1884; born 3 Apr 1853, died 18 Feb 1910 
LA, buried Mora Cemetery, Rapides, LA; married to Callie (?) (separate write-up).

BEDSOLE, Travis – joined 14 Sep 1884, later excluded from fellowship, & then 
restored 15 Jun 1889.

BENNETT, Luckey – no date of joining, dismissed 16 Feb 1890.

BLACKSHER, Mintyan – no date of joining, dismissed 8 Dec. 1883.

BOLTON, Anna Coashtia (West) – accepted for baptism 6 Oct 1879; 
born 14 Mar 1860 LA, died 22 Jun 1881 LA; daughter of Madison West & Martha 
Lucretia Neal (separate write-up); buried Old West Cemetery, Leesville LA; 
married to Joseph Bolton (separate write-up); 1 known child.

BOLTON, D. J. – baptized 17 Jun 1888.

BOLTON, Ella C. – baptized 5 Oct 1879; born 1866 LA, daughter of John F. 
Bolton & Sarah A. (?).

BOLTON, Emma A. – baptized 10 Nov 1883; born 1871 LA, daughter of John F. 
Bolton & Sarah A. (?).

BOLTON, Fanny – baptized Aug 1888.

BOLTON, Francis Henry – baptized 16 Jun 1888; born 17 Sep 1867 LA, 
died 27 Jun 1942 LA, son of Frank M. Bolton & Elizabeth Grant (separate 
write-up); married to Tarney Hunt, born 22 Jun 1872, died 27 May 1955; 
both buried Mora Cemetery, Rapides LA.

BOLTON, Frank M. – no date of joining, on membership in 1872; born 10 Aug 1843, 
died 22 Jul 1917, son of John Bolton & Mary Ann (?) (separate write-up); married 
to Elizabeth Grant, born 25 May 1846 LA, died 24 Jul 1925, daughter of Stephen 
Grant & Celina Armand; both buried Mora Cemetery, Rapides LA; 13 known children:  
Mary Ann, Francis Henry, John S., James Elb, Selma J., Elizabeth Jane, William 
A., Olivia, Izelia, George, Ruth, Nan, & Jean Bolton.

BOLTON, John – Baptist Preacher, was moderator of church Sep 1870; born ca 1817 
TN; married to Mary Ann (?) (separate write-up); 3 known children:  John F. Jr., 
Frank M., and Sarah Bolton.

BOLTON, John Jr. – joined church Jun 1881, elected Deacon on that date, 
letter of dismissal on 18 Sep 1887; born ca 1839 AL, son of John Bolton & 
Mary Ann (?) (separate write-up); married to Sarah A. (?) (separate write-up); 
7 known children:  Sarah E., Ella C., Walter L., Emma A., James W., William P., 
and Mary A. Bolton.

BOLTON, John S. – baptized 16 Jun 1888; born Feb 1870 LA, son of Frank M. Bolton 
and Elizabeth Grant (separate write-up); married on 10 Sep 1891 to Margie Nessmith.

BOLTON, Joseph – no date on joining; born ca 1851 MS, married to Anna Coashtia 
West on 15 Apr 1879; 1 known child:  Mary Lucretia Bolton.

BOLTON, Louisa – joined by letter 19 Mar 1893.

BOLTON, Lydia – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 20 Oct 1888.

BOLTON, M.S. – no date of joining.

BOLTON, Mary Ann – no date of joining, early member of church; born ca 1817 
AL; married to John Bolton (separate write-up); 3 known children.

BOLTON, Sarah A. – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 18 Sep 1887; born 
ca 1841 LA; married to John F. Bolton; 7 known children.

BOLTON, Sarah E. – baptized 17 Aug 1879; born 1863 LA, daughter of John F. 
Bolton & Sarah A. (?).

BOLTON, W. E. – baptized 17 Jun 1888.

BOLY, M. L. – no date of joining, on membership in 1870, dismissed 12 Aug 1877.

BRADSHAW, Cecelia Leah [Melton] – joined by baptism on 6 Oct 1879; born Sep 1851 
TX, daughter of George & Eliza Melton; married to Thomas Bradshaw 
(separate write-up), born ca 1878; 5 known children.

BRADSHAW, Thomas – joined by baptism on 6 Oct 1879; born Feb 1852 LA; married 
ca 1878 to Cecelia Leah Melton (separate write-up); 5 known children: William 
T., Wiley S., Mary E., Henry J., & John W. Bradshaw.

BRINKLEY, Caroline – joined by baptism on 19 Oct 1890; born Jun 1845 AL; 
married ca 1889 to Thomas H. Brinkley (separate write-up); 3 known children.

BRINKLEY, Thomas H. – joined by letter on 19 Oct 1890; born Apr 1844 MS; 
married ca 1889 to Caroline Brinkley (separate write-up); 3 known children:  
Etta, Arthur, & Mourelia Brinkley.

BRANCH, Nancy – no date on joining; letter of dismissal 9 Sep 1877.

BROWN, Annis – no date on joining.

BROWN, Henry Thornton – joined by baptism 20 Sep 1890; born Sep 1866 MS, 
son of William Thornton Brown & Sarah Ann Sims (separate write-up); married 
to Martha Augusta Tinsley, born 25 Aug 1872, died 6 Oct 1913, daughter of 
Lemuel A. Tinsley & Frances Kirkpatrick; buried Ebenezer Cemetery, Hicks 
(Vernon) LA.

BROWN, Josephine (Hagan) – baptized 21 Sep 1879; born 29 Jan 1855, died 9 
Jun 1939, buried Ebenezer Cemetery, Hicks (Vernon) LA; daughter of Benjamin 
F. Hagan & Elizabeth Martin (separate write-up); married to Jasper J. Brown 
(5 Nov 1861 MS / 10 Sep 1896 LA), son of Thornton Brown & Sarah A. Sims 
(separate write-up).

BROWN, Mary C. (Hicks) – joined by baptism 20 Sep 1890; born 22 Nov 1875 
MS, died 18 Apr 1962, daughter of William Thornton Brown & Sarah Ann Sims 
(separate write-up); married to James Hicks, born 21 May 1877, 
died 3 Jan 1935, son of Benjamin Hicks and Emily Frances Jackson.

BROWN, Sarah Ann (Sims) – joined by experience 19 Jun 1886; 
born 22 Aug 1843 LA, died 6 Jul 1937 LA; married to William Thornton 
Brown, born 19 Sep 1833 MS, died 11 Feb 1891 LA, both buried Ebenezer 
Cemetery, Hicks (Vernon) LA; 7 known children: Jasper J., Henry Thornton, 
Sarah Jane, Robert Lee, Mary C., William W., & Francis E. Brown.

BUSH, Emily M. – no date of joining; excluded from the church on 12 Dec 1885 
as she had joined the Cambelites.

CALHOUN, Joseph – charter member of the church in 1866, served as Deacon 
Mar 1871; born 1834 LA, died before 1900; married to Mary J. Perkins 
(separate write-up); 12 known children: Melissa, William R., Henry Mitchel, 
Louisa J., Sarah E., Lucretia, Joseph, James, Elijah, Henderson, Penderson, 
and Andrew Calhoun.

CALHOUN, Mary J. (Perkins) – charter member of church in 1866; born Nov 1844 LA, 
died after 1900; married to Joseph Calhoun; 12 known children.

CALHOUN, Sarah (Perkins) – charter member of church in 1866; 1 known child.

CANON, E. L. – joined by experience Sep 1871.

CARLOCK, John – joined by baptism 16 Sep 1888; born 20 Dec 1857 TX, 
died 25 Mar 1942 LA, buried Castor Cemetery, Leesville (Vernon) LA; 
son of Jacob Gibson & Sarah Carlock; married to Mary Amanda Hunt 
(separate write-up); 13 known children: Thomas, Annie Paula, Lethie Ellen, 
Lee, Joseph, Young Crockett, John, Mary Jane, Alva, Josephine, Lonnie, 
Lindsey, & Almon Carlock.

CARLOCK, Mary Amanda (Hunt) – no joining date, letter of dismissal 17 Aug 1889; 
married to John Carlock (separate write-up); 13 known children.

CHANDLER, Elizabeth – joined by baptism Sep 1886; letter of dismissal 20 Dec 1890; 
married to M.B. Chandler (separate write-up).

CHANDLER, M.B. – received by letter in Sep 1886; ordained Deacon of the 
church Aug 1889; letter of dismissal 20 Dec 1890.

CHESTER, Anna J. – joined by letter 9 Sep 1877; letter of dismissal 18 May 1878; 
born 1855 AL; married to William F. Chester; 2 known issue.

CHESTER, William F. – joined by letter 9 Sep 1877; letter of dismissal 18 May 1878; 
born 1852 AL; married to Anna J. (?) (separate write-up); 2 known children:  
Alma & Daizy Chester.

COLEMAN, M.M. – joined by baptism 14 Aug 1876; born 1839 FL; married to 
Arminda (?); 7 known children:  Melissa, Eliza L., Sarah Hunter, Julia W., 
Arminda, William, & Susan A. Coleman.

COLEMAN, Melissa – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 11 Jul 1885; 
born 1864 LA, daughter of M.M. & Arminda Coleman.

COLEMAN, N.A. – joined by baptism 11 Jun 1876; born 1855 MS; married to 
Sarah (?) (separate write-up).

COLEMAN, Sarah (?) – joined by baptism 9 Jul 1876, letter of dismissal 
on 12 Aug 1877; born 1860 LA; married to N.A. Coleman (separate write-up).

COLLINS, Calvin Dotson – joined by letter in 1867, served as treasurer 
in 1867, elected delegate to Associational Meeting in 1867; born Oct 1828 
LA, died 7 Nov 1902 LA, buried Collins Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 
married 1st to Martha Jane Smith (separate write-up); married 2nd to 
Queen Gilmore (separate write-up); married 3rd to Martha Garland Morse; 
5 known children:  Calvin Dotson Jr., Jesse Eli, Sarah E., Lucy Ann, & 
Martha Jane Collins.

COLLINS, Henry D. – no date of joining, letter of dismissal on 20 Dec 1890; 
born 1823 MS, son of John Palmer Collins & Cynthia Zachary; married to Mary 
A. Turner (separate write-up), 11 known children: John, Sarah Frances, Henry, 
William, Thomas J., Mary, Samuel, Cynthia, Santanna, Martha, & Clarenda Collins.

COLLINS, Jesse Eli – joined by experience in Sep 1871; born 1 Mar 1856, 
died 11 Nov 1917, son of Calvin Dotson Collins & Martha Jane Smith 
(separate write-up), buried Butter Cemetery, Forest Hill (Rapides) LA; 
married to Lucy Ann Charlotte Weeks, born 8 Feb 1861, died 19 Mar 1915, 
daughter of Benjamin Franklin Weeks & Lydia Garland (separate write-up).

COLLINS, John – joined by experience in Oct 1870, letter of dismissal in 
Nov 1873; born 1849 MS, son of Henry D. Collins & Mary A. Turner 
(separate write-up); married to Mary Ann O’banion.

COLLINS, Martha Jane (Smith) – joined by letter in 1867; born 24 Oct 1834 MS, 
died 15 Jul 1870 LA, daughter of Eli Smith & Ann Crews, buried Collins 
Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; married to Calvin Dotson Collins; 5 known 
children.

COLLINS, Mary A. (Turner) – joined by letter on 15 Jun 1879; born 1830 LA; 
married to Henry D. Collins (separate write-up), 11 known children.

CONOR, Epsy – joined by experience in Sep 1871.

COOLEY, Angeline (?) – joined by baptism in Sep 1876; born 1855 MS; 
married to John Cooley (separate write-up); 3 known children.

COOLEY, Araminta – no date of joining, letter of dismissal on 20 Apr 1889.

COOLEY, Francis Marion – joined by experience at District Meeting in Sep 1871, 
letter of dismissal on 20 Oct 1888; born 4 Oct 1854 LA, died 21 Jan 1942 LA, 
son of Stephen Cooley & Louise Ventioner; married to Martha Ann Gordy 
(separate write-up); 12 known children: Eliza Jane, Susan, Missouri, William 
Stephen, Henry Allen, Ira M., Levi M., James M., Mary, Rosa, Mattie, & John 
Cooley.

COOLEY, John – joined by baptism in Sep 1876, served as representative at 
District Meeting in 1877, letter of dismissal on 30 Apr 1890; born 1844 MS; 
married to Angeline (?) (separate write-up); 3 known children: Eugenia, 
Mary, & John P. Cooley.

COOLEY, Louisiana – joined by baptism 17 Jul 1884; possibly Louise Ventioner 
Cooley, mother of Francis Marion Cooley, no further information.

COOLEY, Martha Ann (Gordy) – joined by experience at District Meeting Sep 
1871, baptized on 16 Apr 1881, letter of dismissal on 20 Oct 1888; born 
4 Oct 1855 LA, died 6 Oct 1933 LA, daughter of William Gordy & Sarah Chism; 
married to Francis Marion Cooley (separate write-up); 12 known children.

CRAWFORD, Mary E. (Mooney) – joined church in 1882, letter of dismissal 
on 14 Apr 1888; born 2 Jul 1844 AL, died 26 Aug 1915 LA, buried Laurel 
Hill Cemetery, LaCamp (Vernon) LA; married to Thomas F. Crawford 
(separate write-up), 3 daughters.  

CRAWFORD, THOMAS F. – early minister at Walnut Hill Baptist Church, 
letter of dismissal 18 Oct 1890; born 16 Dec 1838 MS, died 6 Jun 1924 LA, 
buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, LaCamp (Vernon) LA; married to Mary E. Mooney 
(separate write-up), 3 daughters.  Thomas Crawford was a schoolteacher in 
Vernon Parish early days, and also was ordained to preach in 1883 at Laurel 
Hill Baptist Church.  

CRUMPLER, Amanda – (see Amanda Melton)

DAVIS, Irene or Ina – joined by experience at District Meeting in Sep 1871.

DAVIS, Rebecca (Tippit) – joined by letter on 14 Apr 1888, letter of 
dismissal on 18 Oct 1890; born ca 1834 AL, died 15 May 1919 LA, buried 
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Simpson (Vernon) LA; daughter of ? and Mary Tippit; 
married 5 Jul 1851 (Smith) MS to Alfred Davis; 4 known children.  

DIAL, Margaret V. – no date of joining; born ca 1846 GA; married to 
Edward Dial.

DIAL, Servine – no date of joining, left church in Apr 1885.

DERROUGH, Fannie – joined by baptism 16 Aug 1891.

DERROUGH, Minnie – joined by baptism 19 Sep 1891.

DYKES, Hanson – no date of joining, restored to membership prior to 1870, 
fellowship withdrawn in 1871; born 1835 LA; married to Sarah Hunt 
(separate write-up); 10 known children:  Frances, Thomas, Howell, Rosa E., 
Corinne Isabella, Dollie, Edmund, Charley, Jesse, & H. Clay Dykes.

DYKES, Sarah (Hunt) – no date of joining, member prior to 1870; born 1843 
LA, daughter of Edmund Hunt & Nancy Collins; married to Hanson Dykes, 10 
known children.

FRANKLIN, Thomas ?F/S? – joined by baptism in Aug 1886; minister of the 
Baptist Church; born 8 Jan 1826 LA, died 3 Feb 1891 LA, son of Jonathan 
and Nancy Franklin; married to Martha A. (?), born 26 Apr 1834, died 3 
Aug 1899 LA; both buried in Mitchell Cemetery, Anacoco (Vernon) LA 11 
known children.  

FRANKLIN, Sarah E. – joined by baptism Aug 1886; born 1857 LA, daughter
of Thomas & Martha Franklin (separate write-up).  

FRANKS, John – joined by experience at the District Meeting in 1871.

FREEL, Emily – no date of joining, listed on membership rolls.

FRENCH, Catharine – no date of joining, letter of dismissal in Mar 1871.

GARROTT, Simeon – no date of joining, listed on membership rolls.

GIBBS, Ella C. – no date of joining; born 7 Mar 1860 LA, died 10 Sep 1918 
LA; married to Charles M. Gibbs; both buried in Old Leesville Cemetery, 
Leesville (Vernon) LA; 10 known children: Fannie C., America, John Wesley, 
Joseph Kearney, Mattie L., Mollie, Minnie, Lillian, Charles Stanley, & 
William J. Gibbs.

GILL, Frances Hubbard (Nessmith) – no date of joining; born 4 May 1869 LA, 
died 7 Jul 1966 LA, daughter of Elander & Mahala Nessmith; married on 
1 Dec 1892 to Major Henry Gill, born 24 Jul 1871, died 31 Jul 1946 LA, 
both buried in Castor Cemetery, Leesville (Vernon) LA; 10 known children:  
Chyler, Susie, Warren, Mathew, Frances Augusta, Ruth, Maggie, Price, 
William H., & Gertie Mae Gill.

GILMORE, Queen – joined by letter Oct 1870; married on 8 Nov 1870 to Calvin 
Dotson Collins, buried Collins Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA.

GOINS, Rachel (Hillman) – joined by baptism on 15 Feb 1880; 
born 22 Apr 1862 LA, died 30 Sep 1940, daughter of Riley Hammet Hillman 
and Lucinda Perkins (separate write-up); married 1st to Jehew John Watt 
Potter, born 18 Oct 1861, died 12 Jan 1897 Pollock (Grant) LA; 4 known 
children. She married 2nd on 4 Jan 1900 to Aaron Goins, born 4 Apr 1860 LA, 
died 16 Feb 1928 LA, son of William Goins & Charlotte Nelson; 3 known 
children; both buried in Pine Island Cemetery, Simpson (Vernon) LA; issue:  
Ola, Lula Cordella, David Demsey, & Eva Ladria Potter; and George, Lucinda, 
and Josiah Goins.

GRAHAM, Anthony – joined by baptism 20 Jul 1879; born 1841 MS; married to 
Sarah (?) (separate write-up); 3 known children:  Robert, Lorenzo, & Wesley 
M. Graham.

GRAHAM, Sarah – joined by baptism on 20 Jul 1879; born ca 1844 AL; married 
to Anthony Graham (separate write-up); 3 known children.

GREEN, John – no date of joining; letter of dismissal on 8 Sep 1883; 
born Feb 1867 MS; married to Ella (?), born Apr 1875 TX.  

GREEN, N.M. – no date of joining; letter of dismissal on 8 Sep 1883.

GROVES, Elizabeth – (see Elizabeth Bass & Elizabeth Hunt)

GROVES, James Jr. – charter member in 1867, served as 1st Clerk until 
Jun 1876, elected treasurer on 19 Jun 1880, served as Deacon of Walnut 
Hill, and elected delegate to District Meeting in 1870, also to State 
meetings; born 25 Apr 1819 LA, died 25 Dec 1885 LA, son of James Groves 
Sr. & Mary Nash; married to Nancy Perkins, born 7 Oct 1820 LA, 
died 6 Aug 1902 LA, both buried Glass Window Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) 
LA; 9 children:  James Penderson, Mary C., Elizabeth, Lucinda, Sarah Massina, 
William P., Linson P., Emma, & Henry Pink Groves..

GROVES, Nancy – joined by baptism on 20 Sep 1890.

HAGAN, Elizabeth (Martin) – joined by experience in Sep 1871; 
born 28 Feb 1831 AL, died 23 Aug 1914 LA; married to Benjamin T. Hagan, 
born 1818 GA; both buried in Ebenezer Cemetery, Hicks (Vernon) LA; 8 
known children:  James T., Josephine, Louvelia, Halsel Harrell, Eugenia M., 
Cordelia, Henry I., & Ella F. Hagan.

HAGAN, Elizabeth JR. – joined as member on 20 Sep 1890, previously 
baptized, no information.

HAGAN, Josephine – joined by baptism on 21 Sep 1879; born 29 Jan 1855, 
died 9 Jun 1939, daughter of Benjamin T. Hagan & Elizabeth Martin; 
married to Jasper J. Brown (separate write-up.  

HAGAN, Louvelia – joined by baptism on 21 Sep 1879; born 6 Jun 1856 FL, 
died 8 Jun 1939 LA, daughter of Benjamin T. Hagan & Elizabeth Martin 
(separate write-up); buried Ebenezer Cemetery, Hicks (Vernon) LA.  

HAGAN, James F. – joined in Sep 1871, restored to full fellowship on 
19 Nov 1887; born 28 Dec 1848 FL, died 2 Jan 1926 LA, son of Benjamin 
Hagan & Elizabeth Martin (separate write-up); married 1st to Lucinda 
Groves, born 25 Aug 1844 LA, died 27 Oct 1895 LA, daughter of James 
Groves Jr. (separate write-up) & Nancy Perkins, 9 children; both buried 
Glass Window Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA. James Hagan married 2nd on 
11 Sep 1895 to Missouri Martha Smart Hadnot, born Apr 1859 LA, 1 daughter.  
Issue: William Penderson, Louisiana, Virginia, Florida, Sally O., Catheron, 
James Hoyt, Grover C., & Infant daughter Hagan.

HAGAN, S.F. (Bro.) – joined as previously baptized on 20 Sep 1890.  

HALL, Ferbyann (Mayo) – no dates of joining, but church withdrew fellowship 
on 13 Jun 1885 when she joined “hard-shells or so-called Primitive Baptist 
Faith”; born 20 Apr 1847 FL, died 20 Nov 1900 LA, daughter of George 
Washington Mayo; married to Louis Marion Hall, born 19 Jan 1842 GA, 
died 20 Sep 1920 LA, and at least nine children are known: John Randolph, 
P. Caroline, Elijah T., Alfred F., Mary Virginia, James M., Callie J., Ida 
E., Luke W., Ferriber A., & Emma A. Hall.

HALL, Louise (Netherland) – (see Louise Bass).

HARRISON, Catherine – no date of joining; born ca 1856 LA; married to 
Henry Harrison (separate write-up); 4 known children.

HARRISON, Henry – joined by experience in Sep 1871; born ca 1854 LA; 
married to Catherine Harrison (separate write-up); 4 known children:  
Ella A., Catharine, Mary Eliza, & Martha Harrison.

HAYS, Martha A. – no date of joining church, but excluded on 7 Feb 1885.

HICKS, Mary C. (Brown) – separate write-up under Brown.

HILLMAN, Lucinda – joined by experience in Sep 1871; born 1842 LA, 
died 13 Mar 1918 LA; married to Riley Hammet Hillman, born 13 Aug 1832 
Cohaba (Wilcox) AL, died 21 Jul 1916 Alexandria (Rapides) LA, son of 
Charles Lewis Hillman & Palatheal Ammons; both buried in Wales Cemetery, 
Slagle (Vernon) LA; 11 known children: Rachel, Charles H., Benjamin 
Franklin, Lydia Jane, Sarah C., Nancy Elizabeth, Henry Josiah, James 
Pinkney, Minnie Bell, Ida Elmira, & William Lee Hillman.

HILLMAN, Sarah Jane – joined by baptism on 16 Apr 1881; born 1862 LA, 
daughter of Benjamin Franklin Hillman & Abigail G. Mason; married in 
1882 to Jacob Gipson Carlock.

HOLLAND, E. Herrow – joined by baptism on 9 Jul 1876, served as 
Associational Meeting delegate in 1876 & 1877; born ca 1843 MS, 
died before 1900 LA; married to Martha Mozella Strickland 
(separate write-up); 8 known children: Lela C., Clarence O., Florence F., 
Queen U., DeGola, Martha J., Lillie, & Nettie Holland.

HOLLAND, Martha Mozella (Strickland) – joined by baptism on 9 Jul 1876; 
born Jul 1844 MS, died after 1900 LA, daughter of John Strickland & Nancy 
Simmons; 8 known children.

HOLLAND, J. D. – no date of joining.

HOLTON, Aderine – joined by experience Sep 1871.

HOLTON, Daniel Merida – no date of joining, was a Mason; 
born 7 Nov 1865, died 30 Oct 1939, son of William Amos Holton & Izilla 
Strickland (separate write-up); married on 12 Oct 1889 to Nancy Virginia 
West (separate write-up); 7 known children: Izilla, Martha E., Merida Neal, 
Alva, Jewel, Beulah, & Don Roscoe Holton.

HOLTON, Elizabeth J. Quintilla (Stanley) – no date of joining, letter 
of dismissal 18 Feb 1888; born 1859, died 1933 LA, buried Holton Cemetery, 
Slagle (Vernon) LA, daughter of Morgan H. Stanly; married to Young 
Crockett Holton (separate write-up).  

HOLTON, Izilla (Strickland) – no date of joining; born 5 Sep 1838 MS, 
died 11 Jul 1886, buried Holton Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA, daughter 
of John Strickland & Nancy Simmons; married 2 Dec 1852 to William Amos 
Holton (separate write-up); 5 known children.

HOLTON, Lucinda L. – joined by baptism on 17 May 1890; born 20 Aug 1873 
LA, died 12 Sep 1958 LA, buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, LaCamp (Vernon) LA; 
married to E. Samuel, born 12 Feb 1879, died 7 Feb 1953 LA.  

HOLTON, Nancy Virginia (West) – joined by letter in 1890, was Eastern 
Star; born 22 Jun 1867, died 7 Feb 1907, daughter of Madison West & 
Martha Lucretia Neal (separate write-up); married 12 Oct 1889 to Daniel 
Merida Holton (separate write-up) 7 known children.

HOLTON, Sarah Jane – joined by experience at District Meeting Sep 1871; 
born Mar 1853, died 1927 LA, buried Holton Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 
married to William David Holton (separate write-up); 6 known children.

HOLTON, S. M. – joined by baptism 16 Jun 1888.

HOLTON, Walker Felder – no date of joining; born Sep 1861 LA, buried 
Harrisburg LA, son of William Amos Holton & Izilla Strickland 
(separate write-up); married to Emily Fannie Owens, born Nov 1866, 
died Jan 1930 TX, buried Beaumont TX, daughter of Rev. Barney O. Owens 
and Ann Missouri Hendrix (separate write-up); 6 known children: Annie 
Olive, William Arthur, Eva, Myrtle B., Ada, & Walker F. Holton.  

HOLTON, William Amos – no date of joining, served as delegate to Conference 
Meeting Aug 1871, Mason; born 8 Feb 1830 TN, died 7 Jan 1899 Boyce (Rapides) 
LA, buried Holton Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; married 2 Dec 1852 to Izilla 
Strickland (separate write-up); 5 known children:  William David, Young 
Crockett, Walker Felder, Daniel Merida, & Martha Jane Holton.

HOLTON, William David – joined by experience Sep 1871, served as clerk of 
church in Jun 1876, ordained as Deacon 18 Aug 1889; born Oct 1853 LA, died 
1919, buried Holton Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA, son of William Amos Holton 
and Izilla Strickland (separate write-up); married to Sarah J. (?); 6 known 
children: Lucinda L., Theodore C., Martha Jane, Elam Joe, William C., & 
John I. Holton.

HOLTON, Young Crockett – joined by baptism 18 May 1870, was a Mason at 
N.H. Bray Lodge, Walnut Hill; born 16 Jul 1859 LA, died 15 Dec 1897 LA, 
son of William Amos Holton & Izilla Strickland (separate write-up), 
buried Holton Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; married 6 Apr 1881 to 
Elizabeth J. Quintilla Stanly (separate write-up).

HUGGINS, Robert – joined by experience, baptized Apr 1870.

HUNT, Calvin Andrew – joined by experience Oct 1870, letter of dismissal 
20 Jul 1878; born 30 May 1848 LA, died 1925 LA, buried Castor Cemetery, 
Leesville (Vernon) LA, son of Edmund Hunt & Nancy Collins (separate write-up); 
married ca 1870 to Lucretia Self (separate write-up); 7 known children:  
Sidney M., Harriet L., Andrew A., Adaline A., Eliza A., Synthia L., & Nancy 
C. Hunt.

HUNT, Charles – no date of joining, restored to membership 17 Aug 1879, 
letter of dismissal 10 Jan 1886; born Sep 1859 MS, son of Edmund Hunt & 
Nancy Collins (separate write-up); married ca 1884 to Laura Cooley, 
born 4 Mar 1861 LA, daughter of Stephen Cooley & Louise Eliza Ventioner; 
6 known children:  Sarah A., Charles W., Everett D., Lula, Murray F., & 
Marion M. Hunt.

HUNT, Dora – joined by baptism 16 Aug 1891.

HUNT, Nancy (Collins) – no date of joining; born ca 1822 MS, died 1900 
LA, daughter of John Palmer Collins & Cynthia Zachery; married in 1846 
to Edmund Hunt, born 1817, died 1870 LA, son of James & Elizabeth (?) 
Hunt Jr., both buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 7 known 
children:  Sarah, James Henry, Calvin Andrew, Cynthia Corinne, Martha 
Ann, Charley A., & Francis Hunt.

HUNT, James Henry – no date of joining, delegate to District Meeting 
Aug 1871, letter of dismissal 13 Sep 1884; born 14 Nov 1844, died 1 
Jun 1915 LA, buried Hemphill Star Cemetery, Hot Wells (Rapides) LA, 
son of Edmund Hunt & Nancy Collins (separate write-up); married in 
1870 to Elizabeth (Groves) Bass (separate write-up); 8 known children:  
Sarah Massena, O.C., William P., Henry Pinkney, Tennessee, James Edmond, 
Louis Edward, & Nellie Hunt.

HUNT, Lucretia (Self) – joined by experience Oct 1870, letter of dismissal 
20 Jul 1878; born Jun 1852 LA; married to Calvin Andrew Hunt 
(separate write-up); 7 known children.

JOHNSON, James Stuart – joined by letter 14 Jun 1890; born 26 Aug 1846 
VA, died 25 Oct 1932 LA, buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 
married 23 Mar 1871 to Lydia Crews West (separate write-up); 11 known 
children: James M., John W., Sarah Lula, George D., Nannie Johnson, Edmon 
E., Sam Jefferson, Charles L., Albert W., Mary N., & Lela P. Johnson.

JOHNSON, Lydia Crews (West) – joined by letter 14 Jun 1890; born 19 Jul 1854 
LA, died 29 Jul 1916 LA, buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 
married 23 Mar 1871 to James Stuart Johnson (separate write-up); 11 known 
children.

JOHNSON, Sarah Lula – joined by baptism 16 Aug 1891; born Oct 1876, daughter 
of James Stuart Johnson & Lydia Crews West (separate write-up); married to 
William Penn Hagan.

JONES, Balum – joined by experience in Oct 1871, letter of dismissal 
18 Mar 1888; free man of color born May 1835 FL; married to Margaret 
(?) Davidson (separate write-up); 6 known children: Catherine, Charlotta, 
Nathan, Henry, Samuel, & James Jones.

JONES, Calla – no letter of joining, letter of dismissal Nov. 1870.

JONES, Margaret (?) Davidson – joined by experience in Oct 1871, letter 
of dismissal 18 Mar 1888; free woman of color born Aug 1839 MS, married 
1st to (?) Davidson, 1 child; married 2nd to Balum Jones 
(separate write-up); 6 known children.

JONES, Mollie – joined by letter 16 Aug 1891.

JONES, W. B. – joined by letter 16 Aug 1891.

JOWERS, Martha Ann (Hunt) – no date of joining; born ca 1854, daughter 
of Edmund Hunt & Nancy Collins (separate write-up); married 1st to Jasper 
Alexander Jowers, born ca 1848, died 1879; married 2nd to Congo Edwards.

KIRKPATRICK, Augus Crittenden – joined by baptism 20 Jul 1879; 
born 31 May 1852 LA, died 6 May 1935 LA, son of Samuel Alexander 
Kirkpatrick & Sarah E. Davis; married 9 Nov 1876 to Letzie A. Holton, 
born 4 Jan 1857 LA, died 11 Nov 1920 LA, both buried Fellowship Cemetery, 
Hineston (Rapides) LA, daughter of William Amos Holton & Izilla 
Strickland (separate write-up); 8 known children: Nancy Izilla, Robert 
Pinkney, William Augus, Emerson Eugene, Trenton Crittenden, Leah 
Loucetta, Solomon Edgar, & Roscoe Kirkpatrick.

KIRKPATRICK, Eliza (?) – accepted as previously baptized 20 Sep 1890; 
born ca 1863 LA; married to William Pinkney Kirkpatrick 
(separate write-up); 3 known children.

KIRKPATRICK, Nancy Izilla – joined by baptism 19 Sep 1891; 
born 14 Aug 1877 LA, died 10 Feb 1937 LA, daughter of August Crittenden 
Kirkpatrick & Letzie A. Holton (separate write-up); married in Mar 1906 
to Johnny Wesley Cranford, born 23 Jun 1873 LA, died 22 Feb 1935 LA, son 
of Thomas Jefferson Cranford; both buried Fellowship Cemetery, Hineston 
(Rapides) LA.

KIRKPATRICK, William Pinkney – accepted as previously baptized 20 Sep 1890; 
born Mar 1860 LA, son of Samuel Alexander Kirkpatrick & Sarah E. Davis; 
married ca 1886 to Eliza (?); 3 known children: Jessie, David, & Irvin 
Kirkpatrick.

KNIGHT, Elizabeth (Cooley) – joined by baptism 5 Oct 1879; born May 1845 
LA, died after 1900, daughter of Stephen Cooley; married James Knight, 
died before 1900; 2 known children:  Martha & Robert Knight.

LEWIS, Francis E. (Crawford) – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 
14 Apr 1888; born Oct 1865 LA, daughter of Thomas F. Crawford & Mary E. 
Mooney (separate write-up); married ca 1885 to Charles Lewis, 
born 14 Jan 1859 LA, died Jan 1937 LA, son of Allen Lewis & Margaret 
Nessmith; 6 known children:  Jebsey Hamilton, Thomas A., Margaret 
Ellen, Frances E., Charles Everett, & Nora Artamiah W. Lewis.

LEWIS, Mary E. (Crawford) – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 
14 Apr 1888; born Sep 1867 LA, died after 1910, daughter of Thomas F. 
Crawford & Mary E. Mooney; married 25 Nov 1886 to Jacob Lewis, 
born 2 Aug 1861 LA, died 10 Mar 1933 LA, son of Allen Lewis & Margaret 
Nessmith, both buried Zion Cemetery, Wheeling LA; 7 known children: 
Mary Frances, Martha C., Minnie Beatrice, John Edward, Jacob Fortner, 
James Thomas, Jessie Allen, Millie May Lewis.  

LONG, Jane (Gordy) – joined by baptism 9 Oct 1882; born ca 1821 GA); 
married to P.C. Long (separate write-up); 4 known children.

LONG, Perritt Cerillio (P.C.) – joined by baptism 9 Oct 1882; 
born 1834 AL, died 16 Jun 1909 LA; married to Jane Gordy 
(separate write-up); 4 known children:  Mary Ann, Mary Jane, 
Perritt Maicaga, & Brittan L. Jackson Long.

LOTTIE/LOTTY, Idabell (Holland) – no date of joining; daughter of 
Thomas J.R. Holland & Mary J. (?); married to Joseph Lottie, born 
1858 Ind. Terr.

MAYO, Elsie Ann – joined by baptism into church on 16 May 1880, 
church withdrew fellowship on 13 Jun 1885 when she joined “hard-shells 
or so-called Primitive Baptist Faith”; born ca 1848 FL, 
died 20 Nov 1919 LA; daughter of George Washington Mayo & Adeline Combie.

McALLEN, Andrew – joined by experience at District Meeting Sep 1871; 
born ca 1812 TN; married 1st to Alice (?) born ca 1825 MS, died before 
1870, 5 known children; married 2nd to Martha Knapp (separate write-up); 
1 known child:  (1st) William, Sarah, James, Louisa, Lucinda McAllen; 
and (2nd) Charles McAllen.

McALLEN, James – joined by experience at District Meeting Sep 1871; 
born ca 1851 MS, son of Andrew & Alice McAllen (separate write-up); 
married to Mary S. (?), born ca 1851 LA.

McALLEN, Jane – joined by baptism 14 Aug 1876.

McALLEN, Lydia Ann (L.A.) – joined by baptism 15 Jun 1890; 
born Oct 1870 LA, daughter of William McAllen & Sarah Francis Collins 
(separate write-up).

McALLEN, Martha (Knapp) – joined by letter 20 Jul 1878; 
born ca 1831 MS, daughter of Cary & Lucinda (?) Knapp; married to 
Andrew McAllen; 1 known child:  Charles McAllen.

McALLEN, Mary Ann – joined by baptism 21 Sep 1890; 
born Jan 1873 LA, daughter of William McAllen & Sarah Francis Collins 
(separate write-up); married to Preston Muse.

McALLEN, Sarah Francis (Collins) – joined by experience in 1870; 
born Apr 1850 LA, daughter of Henry D. Collins & Mary A. Turner 
(separate write-up), buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 
married to William McAllen (separate write-up); 8 known children.

McALLEN, William – no date of joining, but was restored in 1870; 
born Jan 1847 MS, son of Andrew & Mary McAllen (separate write-up), 
buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; married Sarah Francis 
Collins; 8 known children:  Lydia Ann, Mary Ann, Henry A., Francis E., 
William J., Clarinda A., Louis E., & Thomas W. McAllen.

McDANIEL, Mary Jane (Long) – joined by baptism 16 May 1880; 
born 9 Sep 1859 LA, died 13 Jul 1932 LA, daughter of Perritt Cerillio 
Long & Jane Gordy (separate write-up); married 22 Jan 1895 to Henry 
L. McDaniel, born Aug 1860 TX, died 1928 LA; 2 known children: Ellen 
J. & L.C. McDaniel.

McGLOTHLIN, Matilda (Bass) – joined by experience at District Meeting 
Sep 1870; born Feb 1855 LA, died 1935 LA, daughter of Jeremiah Moses 
Bass & Elizabeth Ventioner; married ca 1876 to Benjamin Franklin 
McGlothlin, born 20 Feb 1849, died 20 Nov 1924 LA; 7 known children:  
Alice, Minerva, Lottie, William, Rosa Josephine, Cora, & James B. 
McGlothlin.

MARTIN, Pearlie (Hillman) – no date of joining; 
born 22 Sep 1871 LA, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Hillman & Abigail G. 
Mason; married on 22 Dec 1892 to Nathan Martin.

MARTIN, Elizabeth (?) – joined by letter in 1871; born 18 Feb 1839, 
died 29 Dec 1923; married in 1856 to Simeon Martin, born 21 Mar 1832, 
died 18 Nov 1927 LA, son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Martin; no known issue.

MASON, Morris – joined by letter on 11 May 1884; born ca 1835 MS; 
married to Mary C. (?) (separate write-up); 1 known child: Clara 
Eleanor Mason.

MASON, Mary C. (?) – joined by letter on 11 May 1884; born ca 1839 MS; 
married to Morris Mason (separate write-up).

MAYO, D. L. – no date of joining, dismissed Oct 1873.

MAYO Elijah (Light) – joined by letter 16 Jul 1887; born 6 Aug 1853 FL, 
died 31 Jan 1928 LA, son of George Washington Mayo & Adeline Combie; 
married to Elizabeth Ann Bryant (separate write-up); buried Glass Window 
Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 10 known children: Charlotta, Daisy, Jessie 
Ann, James, John Robert, Joseph O., Willie T., Mary Ada, Elijah V., & 
Napoleon B. Mayo.

MAYO, Elizabeth Ann (Bryant) – joined by letter 16 Jul 1887; born 20 May 1853 
FL, died 21 Sep 1942 LA, daughter of William & Samantha Bryant; buried Glass 
Window Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; married to Elijah (Light) Mayo 
(separate write-up).

MAYO, Faty – joined by letter on 17 Jul 1886, dismissal letter 18 Jun 1887.

MAYO, Luckey – joined by baptism on 15 Sep 1888.

MELTON, Amanda Ann – joined by baptism 6 Oct 1879; born 1862 LA, 
died 13 Oct 1916 LA, buried Lake Charles (Calcasieu) LA, daughter of 
George & Eliza Jane Melton; married 1st to Archie Crumpler; 4 known 
children; married 2nd to William Wiley, 1 known child:  Nora, Lola, 
Arch, & George Crumpler; and Amanda Wiley.

MELTON, J.E. – First appointed pastor of Walnut Hill Baptist Church, 
served as 1st delegate to LA Associational Meeting in 1867-8.

MITCHAM, Francis (Fanny) Hunt – joined by baptism Sep 1879, dismissal 
letter Oct 1884; born 10 Jun 1863, died 10 Jun 1900, buried Walnut Hill 
Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA, daughter of Edmund Hunt & Nancy Collins; 
married to Francis Mitcham; 9 known children: Minnie, Tealy, Jessie, 
Rosa, Arthur, Dave, Luther, Clifford, & Amelia Mitcham.  

MITCHELL, Eliza Jane (Melton) – no date of joining; born ca 1857 LA, 
daughter of George & Eliza Melton; married 21 Oct 1880 to John R. Mitchell.

MONK, Lydia J. (Hillman) – no date of joining; born 12 Sep 1870 LA, 
died 1915 LA, daughter of Riley Hammet Hillman & Lucinda Perkins; 
married in 1884-5 to Steve Abraham Monk, born Dec 1865 LA, died 1941 
LA, son of Richard Monk & Martha Jane Cooley; both buried at Laurel 
Hill Cemetery, LaCamp (Vernon) LA; 10 known children:  Lillie, Carrie, 
Dixon, Almon, Nettie, Irish, Charity, Lettie, Dutch, & Edith Monk.

MONK, Martha (Cooley) – no date of joining; born Dec 1846 LA; married 
to Richard Monk; 1 known child:  Jessie Monk.

MONK, Callie (Mitcham) – no date of joining.

MONK, Steve – no date of joining.

MONTGOMERY, Elizabeth – no date of joining.

MOON, Ann – baptized 17 Jul 1884.

MOORE, C.E. – joined by letter 19 Mar 1887, dismissal letter 18 Aug 1888.

MOORE, Lethy Ann (Cooley) – joined by baptism 17 Jul 1884; born 15 Jan 1857 
LA, daughter of Stephen Cooley & Louise Eliza Ventioner (separate write-up); 
married Chris C. Moore, born ca 1854 LA; 6 known children: Stephen Monroe, 
Mary Ida, Henry E., Christopher C., Charles L., & Bertha M. Moore.

MOORE, W.Y. – joined by letter 19 Mar 1887, dismissal letter on 18 Aug 1888.

MULLINS, Sarah – joined by experience Sep 1871.

MULLINS, William – joined by experience Sep 1871.

MUSE, James M. – joined by letter 21 Jul 1878; born ca 1847 AR, son of Daniel 
Muse & Sarah Baldwin (separate write-up); married to Nancy A. (?); 3 known 
children:  William P., Chancy C., & Sarah E. Muse.

MUSE, Nancy A. (?) – joined by letter 21 Jul 1878; born 1854 LA; married to 
James M. Muse (separate write-up).

MUSE, Sarah (Baldwin) – joined by letter 21 Jul 1878; born 15 Mar 1811 
OH, died 5 Feb 1880 LA, buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 
married to Daniel Muse; 2 know children:  James M. & William R. Muse.

NESSMITH, Chyler – no date of joining, was a Mason; born 13 Jan 1838 
(Bullock) GA, died 26 Jan 1905 (Natchitoches) LA, son of Elander Nessmith 
and Celity An Cannon; married on 5 Dec 1863 to Martha Ann Martin, born 
28 Jan 1838 AL, died 5 Nov 1922 LA, both buried Ebenezer Cemetery, Hicks 
(Vernon) LA.

NESSMITH, Elijah – joined by baptism 31 Sep 1890; born 8 Aug 1867 LA, 
died 17 Dec 1959 LA, son of Elander Nessmith Jr. & Mahala Martin, buried 
Ebenezer Cemetery, Hicks (Vernon) LA; married to Sarah Janie Brown 
(separate write-up); 5 known children:  Hattie, Mattie, Callie, Maudie, 
and Tessie Nessmith.

NESSMITH, Fannie – joined as previously baptized 20 Sep 1890.

NESSMITH, Margaret – joined by baptism 31 Sep 1890.

NESSMITH, Sarah Janie (Brown) – joined by baptism 31 Sep 1890; 
born 9 Aug 1869, died 17 Dec 1929, daughter of William T. Brown & Sarah 
Ann Sims (separate write-up); buried Ebenezer Cemetery, Hicks (Vernon) 
LA; 5 known children.

NETHERLAND, Benjamin – joined by letter Oct. 1870, served as Deacon Nov 1870; 
born 23 Nov 1853 MS, died 1929 LA, son of Stephen Netherland & Elizabeth 
Massie, buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Simpson (Vernon) LA; married to Melissa 
Simmons (separate write-up); 1 known child:  Lula Elizabeth Netherland.

NETHERLAND, Elizabeth Jane (Weeks) – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 
9 Feb 1878, restored 17 Aug 1879; born ca 1876 LA, daughter of Charlie Weeks 
and Lucy Collins (separate write-up); married to James Netherland 
(separate write-up); 10 known children.

NETHERLAND, James – joined by letter in 1870, served as delegate to 
Associational Meeting Nov 1870; born 15 Sep 1867, died 21 Jan 1911 LA, 
son of Stephen Netherland & Elizabeth Massie; married to Elizabeth Jane 
Weeks; 10 known children: Bennie, Joseph, Neal, Louise, Celia, Lydia, 
Laura, Pearl, Scott, & Jimmie Netherland.

NETHERLAND, Levi – no date of joining; letter of dismissal Jun 1872, 
re-joined by letter 10 Nov 1883, served as Deacon; married to Martha (?).

NETHERLAND, Martha (?) – no date of joining, letter of dismissal Jun 1872, 
re-joined by letter 10 Nov 1883; married to Levi Netherland (separate write-up).

NETHERLAND, Melissa (Simmons) – joined by letter Oct 1870; born 8 Jun 1850 LA, 
died 15 Jun 1884 LA; married to Benjamin Netherland (separate write-up); 
1 known child.

NETHERLAND, Minda – joined by baptism 17 May 1890.

NORRIS, Daniel D. – joined by baptism 4 Jul 1880, letter of dismissal 
18 Dec 1886; born ca 1839 AL; married to Elizabeth Mayo (separate write-up); 
7 known children:  Daniel D. Jr., Mary Elisabeth, George Washington, Adaline, 
Hastings, Sandy, & Ernest Norris.

NORRIS, Elizabeth (Mayo) – no date of joining, dismissal letter 18 Dec 1886; 
born 1847 FL, died 1925, daughter of George Washington Mayo & Adeline Combie, 
buried Comrade Cemetery (Vernon) LA; married to Daniel D. Norris 
(separate write-up); 7 known children.

ODOM, Annie M. (Owens) – joined by baptism 5 Oct 1879, letter of dismissal 
20 Jul 1889; born 13 Oct 1867 MS, died 28 Jan 1946 TX, daughter of Barney O. 
Owens & Ann Missouri Hendrix (separate write-up); married ca 1889 to James 
Sim Odom, born Aug 1864, died 13 Mar 1942 TX).

OWENS, Ann Missouri (Hendrix) – joined by letter 19 Jan 1879, member at her 
death; born 8 Feb 1841 AL, died 3 Apr 1890 LA, daughter of William Hendrix & 
Mahala Massey, buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; married to 
Barney O. Owens (separate write-up); 12 known children.

OWENS, Barney O. (Rev.) – was pastor of Walnut Hill Baptist Church from 1877 
to his death in 1890; born ca 1823 MS, died 8 Apr 1890, son of Charles P. 
Owens, buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; married 4 Nov 1860 to 
Ann Missouri Hendrix (separate write-up); 12 known children: Mejamine Jimmy, 
Barnabas O. Jr., Emily Fannie, Annie M., William Hendrix, Susan Isabelle, 
Candace P., Edmond Vernon, Elizabeth (Bessie), Nathaniel Theodore, Izilla, 
and Oliver Owens.

OWENS, Louvenia (Lucy) (Holton) – no date of joining; born 20 Aug 1873 LA, 
died 12 Sep 1958 LA, daughter of William D. & Martha Jane (?) Holton; 9 
known children.

OWENS, William Hendrix – joined by baptism at 10 years on 6 Oct 1879; 
born 17 Aug 1869 MS, died 10 Feb 1910 LA, son of Rev. Barney O. Owens & 
Ann Missouri Hendrix (separate write-up), buried Holton Cemetery, Slagle 
(Vernon) LA; married 16 Nov 1892 to Louvenia Holton (separate write-up); 
9 known children: Izilla Jane, Amos P., Almon J., Theodore, David Everett, 
Edna, Emma, William Hendrix Jr., & Lucinda Owens.

PALMER, Elizabeth – joined by baptism Sep 1871, dismissal letter 9 Feb 1878; 
born ca 1853 LA, daughter of John & Mary Ann Palmer. 

PARKER, Delilah Jane (Weeks) – joined by experience Oct 1870; born 17 Oct 
1854 LA, died 13 Mar 1934 LA, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Weeks & Lydia 
Garland (separate write-up), buried Dark-Neal Cemetery, Hot Wells (Rapides) 
LA; married to James Jefferson Parker (separate write-up); 14 known children.

PARKER, James Jefferson – joined by experience Sep 1871, excluded Jun 1872; 
born 30 May 1852 LA, died 4 Sep 1926 LA, son of Isaiah Parker & Dicey Ann 
Calcote, buried Dark-Neal Cemetery, Hot Wells (Rapides) LA; married to 
Delilah Jane Weeks (separate write-up) on 13 Oct 1870; 14 known children:  
Lydia L., Benjamin Isiah, Joseph M., Mary Ollie, Lotty Jane, James Redell, 
Laura Adelaide, John W., Delilah C., Alice V., Florrie Blanche, William 
Penn, Annie P., Audrey Emma Parker.  

PARKER, Susan Isabell (Owens) – joined by baptism 5 Oct 1879; born 22 Dec 
1871, died 31 Mar 1929 LA, daughter of Rev. Barney O. Owens & Ann Missouri 
Hendrix (separate write-up), buried Welcome Cemetery, Simpson (Vernon) LA; 
married on 15 Nov 1896 to William Clinton Parker (separate write-up); 
5 known children.

PARKER, William Clinton – joined by baptism 15 Jun 1890; born 24 Jun 1873 
LA, died 24 Jul 1956 LA, son of Henry Clay Parker & Martha J. Kirkpatrick, 
buried Welcome Cemetery, Simpson (Vernon) LA; married 15 Nov 1896 to Susan 
Isabelle Owens; 5 known children: Maudie Leah, Edna Gertrude, Beulah, Willie 
Eva, & Earl Edwin Parker.

PATTERSON, C. J. (Sister) – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 30 May 1885.

PATTERSON, Lilly C. – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 30 May 1885.

PATTERSON, Z. S. (Bro.) – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 30 May 1885.

PEAVY, E. V. (Sister) – joined by experience 21 Apr 1889.

PEAVY, Gilliann (Brewer) – no date of joining, restored to membership 
10 Mar 1881; married to John Peavy (separate write-up), buried in Brewer 
Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 1 known child.

PEAVY, John – no date of joining, left church 12 Sep 1885; married to 
Gilliann Brewer (separate write-up); buried Brewer Cemetery, Slagle 
(Vernon) LA; 1 known child:  Lawrence Peavy.

PERKINS, Fannie (?) – joined by voucher 15 Jun 1889, dismissal 19 Oct 1890; 
born ca 1852 LA; married to Joseph Perkins (separate write-up); 2 known 
children.

PERKINS, James – no date of joining, restored 18 Aug 1888; born ca 1852 LA; 
married to Martha (?) (separate write-up).

PERKINS, James A. – no date of joining, letter of dismissal 19 Oct 1889; 
born ca 1850 LA; married to Mary L. (?) (separate write-up); 5 known 
children: Joseph W., Elisabeth, Shirley C., Sarah C., & Martha A. Perkins.

PERKINS, Joseph – no date of joining, restored to membership 17 Jun 1888, 
letter of dismissal 19 Oct 1889; born ca 1854 LA; married to Fannie (?) 
(separate write-up); 2 known children:  William Jesse & Nancy J. Perkins.

PERKINS, Martha (?) – joined by experience Mar 1871; born ca 1856 LA; 
married to James Perkins (separate write-up).

PERKINS, Mary L. (?) – joined by experience Mar 1871; born ca 1851 LA;
married to James A. Perkins (separate write-up); 5 known children.

PERKINS, Nancy – joined by experience Sep 1871.

PERKINS, Reese & wife – no date of joining, letter of dismissal Aug 1872, 
restored to membership, letter of dismissal 17 May 1890.

PERKINS, W. B. – listed on membership rolls 1872.

PERRY, E. V. – no date of joining.

POLLARD, Lucinda (Stroud) – no date of joining; born Jul 1836 LA, 
died 1908 LA, buried McAllen Cemetery, Leesville (Vernon) LA; married 
to Caswell F. Pollard, born ca 1836, died 1908 LA, buried National 
Cemetery, Chalmette (St. Bernard) LA, son of F.H. & C.H. Pollard; 2 
known children: Nancy Jane & Caswell Frederick Pollard.

RITTER, Rachel – no date of joining, dismissal letter 13 Sep 1884.

ROBERTS, Ellen – joined by letter Jun 1881.

RUDISILL, Joseph W. (Elder) – early minister at Walnut Hill Baptist 
Church; born 24 Aug 1848 Geneva AL, died 26 Jun 1926 LA; married to 
Miranda Maddox, born 1838 AL, died 1915 LA, both buried in Blue Branch 
Cemetery, Pitkin (Vernon) LA; 3 known children: William Green, James O., 
and Joseph W. Rudisill Jr.  

SANDERS, Mary Ann (?) – no date on joining; letter of dismissal 8 Sep 1883; 
born ca 1836 GA, buried Whittaker Cemetery (Vernon) LA; married to T.C. 
Sanders, born ca 1823 GA; 5 known children: James J., John T., Eugene, 
Mary Ella, & Robert A. Sanders.

SAVORCE, E. P. – no date of joining, restored to membership 10 Mar 1881, 
letter of dismissal 30 May 1885.

SELF, Amanda – joined by letter 8 Apr 1877.

SHILLINGS, Amanda – no date of joining, letter of dismissal Nov 1870.

SHOEMAKE, A.E. or A.C. – joined by letter 8 Jun 1884, served as Deacon 
17 Apr 1886, letter of dismissal Aug 1888.

SHOEMAKE, C.M. (Sister) – no date of joining, restored and letter of 
dismissal 18 Jan 1890.

SHOEMAKE, Catherine – no date of joining, withdrew her fellowship 
8 Mar 1885.

SHOEMAKE, James – joined by letter 13 Apr 1884, letter of dismissal 
7 Nov 1885.

SHOEMAKE, John – no date of joining, served as Deacon 12 Jul 1884, 
letter of dismissal 18 Feb 1888.

SHOEMAKE, N.B. (Sister) – joined by letter13 Apr 1884, letter of 
dismissal 7 Nov 1885.

SHOEMAKE, Nancy – joined by letter 8 Jun 1884, letter of dismissal 
Aug 1888.

SIMMONS, Louizan – joined by letter 21 Apr 1878.

SIMMONS, Melissa – joined by baptism 5 Oct 1879; born 9 Oct 1865 LA, 
died 1 Mar 1920; married to John Greer, both buried Castor Cemetery, 
Leesville (Vernon) LA; 2 known children:  W.N. & Dora Mable Greer.

SLONE, Dixon – joined by letter in 1867, elected delegate to LA Baptist 
Associational Meeting in 1867, asked to serve as Deacon in Mar 1871, but 
was dismissed May 1871; born ca 1826 GA; married 1st to Isabel (?), 
born 1823 GA; and 2nd to Elizabeth (?), born 1829 GA; 9 known children:  
Louisa, Emanuel, Amanda, Rachel, John, Fabian, Abel, Elizabeth, & Matilda 
Slone.

SMITH, Francis – baptized 6 Oct 1879.

SMITH, John R. – no date of joining; died 10 Apr 1914 LA, son of Samuel & 
Mary (?) Smith, married to Nancy Jane Pollard (separate write-up), buried 
McAllen Cemetery, Leesville (Vernon) LA; 6 known children:  William N., 
James David, Flementine, Daniel Merida, Martha, & Frances F. Smith.  

SMITH, Nancy Jane (Pollard) – no date of joining; born 7 May 1858 LA, 
died 1 Mar 1933 LA, daughter of Caswell F. Pollard & Lucinda Stroud 
(separate write-up); married to John R. Smith (separate write-up), 
buried McAllen Cemetery, Leesville (Vernon) LA.

STANLEY, M.S. (Sister) – no date of joining, dismissed 8 Mar 1885.

STAPLETON, M.A. (Sister) – joined by letter 16 Apr 1887.

STEPHENS, America Clarinda (Melton) – joined by baptism 5 Oct 1879; 
born 6 Apr 1860 LA, died 11 May 1933 LA, daughter of George & Eliza 
Jane (?) Melton; married to Willis Henry Stephens, born 28 Nov 1858, 
died 1 Jul 1905 LA, both buried Silver Creek Cemetery, Leesville (Vernon) 
LA; 8 known children:  Callie Ann, Eliza Lucinda, Sarah Elizabeth, Henry 
Cleveland, William Daniel, Thomas Washington, Steve William, & Alfred 
Roy Stephens.  

STEWART, Keziah – joined by experience Oct 1871.

STEWART, Thomas – no date of joining, letter of dismissal Nov 1885, 
restored 16 May 1886; born ca 1855 LA.

STRICKLAND, Luvecy (?) – no date of joining; dismissed 12 May 1883; 
married to Solomon Strickland (separate write-up); born ca 1853 IL; 
6 known children.

STRICKLAND, P.M. (Bro.) – no date of joining, dismissed 1 Oct 1884.

STRICKLAND, Solomon – joined by letter 8 Apr 1877, appointed Deacon 
17 May 1879, dismissed 12 May 1883; born 1827 MS; married to Luvecy (?) 
(separate write-up); 6 known children: James M., John, Daniel S., David R., 
Ida J., Emma G. Strickland.

ST. JOHN, Rachel – no date of joining; born ca 1805; married to Josiah St. 
John, born ca 1803.

STROUD, Elizabeth (?) – joined by letter at District Meeting Sep 1871, 
excluded Jun 1872; born ca 1833 LA; married to Alfred Stroud, born ca 
1817 LA; 4 known children:  Lawrence, Goville, John, & David Stroud.

SWEAT, Ella B. (Wales) – joined by baptism Jul 1876; born 25 Aug 1859 LA, 
died 5 Nov 1915; married to James Henry Sweat, born ca 1860, died 1935 LA, 
buried Hemphill Star Cemetery, Hot Wells (Rapides) LA; 5 children: Gracy 
Berton, Nettie, Daisy, William Leonard, Levin Lockwood Sweat.

SWEAT, Leonard Covington – charter member of church, Mason; born 8 Dec 1835 
LA, died 18 Dec 1931 LA, son of Leonard Covington Sweat & Elizabeth Burgess; 
married to Mary Groves (separate write-up), buried Glass Window Cemetery, 
Slagle (Vernon) LA; 11 children:  James Henry, Emma E., Lee, Laura V., William 
Pendleton, Nancy Elizabeth, Almarinda E., Mary Cordelia, Ida Annette, Leonard 
Covington, & Andrew Jackson Sweat.  

SWEAT, Mary (Groves) – charter member of church; born 21 Sep 1840 LA, 
died 24 Oct 1902 LA, daughter of James Groves Jr. & Nancy Perkins 
(separate write-up); buried Glass Window Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 
married to Leonard Covington Sweat (separate write-up; 11 children.  

THOMPSON, Susan (Miller) – joined by letter in 1872; born ca 1822 MS; 
married to William F. Thompson; 8 children.

THOMPSON, William F. – joined by voucher Oct 1871; born ca 1821 LA; 
married to Susan Miller; 8 known children:  William A., Asa B., John M., 
Nelson F., Dempsey, Jefferson, Nancy E., & Susan Elizabeth Thompson.  

TINSLEY, Mary A. – joined 20 Sep 1890 as previously baptized.

TINSLEY, Sarah Catherine – (see Elijah Williamson)

TURNER, Eliza – no date of joining.

TURNER, Priscilla – no date of joining, letter of dismissal Oct 1873

TURNER, Mary C. (Weeks) – joined by experience Sep 1871; born 2 Sep 1849 
LA, died 28 Oct 1931 LA, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Weeks & Lydia 
Garland (separate write-up); married to William Robert Turner, born 30 
Aug 1845 FL, died 16 Mar 1948 LA, son of William Wayne Turner & Sarah 
Holmes Crumpler, both buried Silver Creek Cemetery, Leesville (Vernon) 
LA; 6 known children:  Lydia, Mary Jane, Sarah C., James W., Alice E., 
and William Wesley Turner.

TURPIN, Mary A. (?) Moore – joined at District Meeeting Sep. 1871, 
letter of dismissal 20 Oct 1888; born ca 1827 AL; married 1st to (?) 
Moore, then as a widow married 2nd to (?) Turpin; 3 children:  
Catherine, Martha, & Lydia Moore.

VENTIONER, Matilda (Sweat) – no date of joining; born ca 1812 MS, daughter 
of Gideon “Gadi” Sweat & Lettitia Johnson; married 3 Dec 1826 LA to Isaac 
Ventioner, born ca 1780 PA, died bef. 1850 LA; 3 known children: Matilda, 
Louise, & Elizabeth Ventioner.  

WALES, Amelia (Millie) Bass – no date of joining, left to join Methodist 
Church 12 Sep 1885, restored to membership 18 Mar 1888; born 5 May 1835 
LA, died 16 Aug 1909 LA, daughter of James F. Bass & Emily Groves; married 
to William Burton Wales, born ca 1827 LA, died 1888 LA, both buried Wales 
Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 12 known children:  Emma, Ella, William, 
Lester, Edith, Henry, Alice, Susan, Pierre, Matilda, Mary F., & William 
Burton Wales Jr.

WALKER, Francis (?) – no date of joining; born Aapr 1864 LA; married ca 1882 
to John M. Walker, born Jan 11862 LA; 9 known children: Wesley W., Nancy M., 
Mary L., Laura E., Addie M., Lee A., Evaline, Lilly A., & Jesse A. Walker.

WEEKS, Benjamin Franklin – joined early in 1868, served on advisory committees, 
delegate to LA Dist. Meeting Sep. 1870; born 10 Dec 1821 MS, died 7 Feb 1906 LA, 
son of Wiley Weeks & Delila Scott; married to Lydia Garland, born 1 Aug 1830 SC, 
died 23 Aug 1886 LA, daughter of Erasmus Hambleton Garland & Celity An Canon, 
both buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 6 known children:  
Mary C., William Hamilton, Charles W., Delilah Jane, Benjamin Franklin Jr., 
and Lottie Weeks.

WEEKS, Charles W. – joined by experience at LA Dist. Meeting Sep 1871, restored 
to fellowship 10 Mar 1881; born 6 Jan 1853 LA, died 8 Dec 1923 LA, son of 
Benjamin Franklin Weeks & Lydia Garland (separate write-up); married to Lucy 
Ann Collins, born 3 Feb 1860, died 17 Oct 1938 LA, daughter of Calvin Dotson 
Collins & Martha Jane Smith (separate write-up), both buried Walnut Hill Cemetery, 
Slagle (Vernon) LA; 11 known children:  Elizabeth Jane, Massina, Lucyann C. 
(Lottie), Mary Roseanna, Naomi, Jesse J., Delia Elizabeth, Alice, Charles F., 
Frank, & Lula Weeks.

WEEKS, William Hamilton – joined by experience in 1871, served as delegate to LA 
Dist. Meeting Aug 1873; born 19 Jun 1851, died 1 Jun 1923, son of Benjamin Franklin 
Weeks & Lydia Garland (separate write-up); married to Sarah Massine Groves, born 
29 Apr 1846, died 10 Feb 1905, daughter of James Groves Jr. & Nancy Perkins 
(separate write-up), both buried Glass Window Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 11 
known children: James Benjamin, Andrew A., William Hamilton Jr., Emma Cordelia, 
Charles H., Mary Magdaline, Everett Edward, Ida Massina, John Dewey, Oscar, & 
Audrey Weeks.

WELDON, Alice (?) – joined by letter Nov 1871, dismissed 15 Jun 1879; deceased 
by 1900; married to Elias Weldon; 2 known children.

WELDON, Elias – joined by letter Nov 1871, served as Alternate Delegate to LA 
Assoc. Meeting 21 Sep 1878, dismissed 15 Jun 1879; born Jun 1832 AL, married to 
S. Alice (?); 2 known children:  Barney & Melvin Weldon.

WEST, Alice (?) – joined by experience at Dist. Meeting Sep 1871; born ca 1840 
AR; married to E. Jackson West, born ca 1835 AL; 8 known children:  James L., 
Wiley, Jackson, Willie H., Elmina S., Samuel, Allen T., & Josephine West.

WEST, Catherine – joined by experience Feb 1870.

WEST, Martha Lucretia (Neal) – joined by voucher Jan 1870, letter of dismissal 
9 Sep 1883 to join Silver Creek Baptist Church; born 3 Dec 1829 LA, died 7 Apr 
1903 LA, daughter of Mitchell Neal & Nancy Henderson; married 29 Jun 1852 to 
Madison West, born 22 Feb 1822 SC, died 3 Dec 1880 LA, son of William & Lydia 
(?) West; both buried Collins Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 10 known children:  
William James, Lydia Crews, Mitchell Neal, Minerva Calvit, Anna Coashtia, Thomas, 
Madison Jr., Nancy Virginia, Harold, & Lucretia Neal West.  

WEST, Mary Ann – no date of joining.

WEST, Sandy – no date of joining.

WHITMORE, Manuel – joined by experience Sep 1871.

WILEY, Amanda Ann (see Amanda Ann Melton).

WILLIAMS, Rachel Amelia (Williams) – no date of joining; born 18 Apr 1863, 
died 3 Feb 1955 LA, daughter of Silvestin Williams (separate write-up) & 
Vina Bass; married 16 Jan 1878 to Henry Newton Williams (separate write-up); 
14 known children.

WILLIAMS, Henry Newton – joined by baptism by Rev. Barney Owens on 15 Jul 1883; 
born 23 Jan 1853 TX, died 28 Apr 1932 LA, buried Wales Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) 
LA; married to Rachel Amelia Williams (separate write-up); 14 known children:  
Sarah Adley, Ellen Reyoure, Mell Viney, Isaac Jasper, Vashti Settey, Henry 
Nickademas, Sophia Almirinda, Doshey Rebecca, William Harold, John R., Samuel, 
Frances Laura, Adam Albert, & Rachel Annabel Williams.

WILLIAMS, J. F. (Bro.) – joined Sep. 1871.

WILLIAMS, Roseanna – no date of joining, excluded 16 Jul 1887.

WILLIAMS, Susie – joined 20 Sep 1890 as previously baptized, dismissed 
by letter.

WILLIAMS, Silvestin F. – no date of joining, church withdrew fellowship 
17 Dec 188?; born ca 1829 LA; married 1st to Vina Bass (separate write-up) 
& 2nd to (?) Harrison; 7 known children:  Artimessy, Rachel Amelia, 
Couzetta, John R., Buddy, Randy, & Viola Williams.

WILLIAMS, Vina (Bass) – no date of joining, church withdrew fellowship 
17 Dec 188?; married to Silvestin F. Williams (separate write-up).

WILLIAMS, Minerva (Bass) – no date of joining, fellowship withdrawn 
16 Apr 1887; born Aug 1861 LA, daughter of Jeremiah Moses Bass & Elizabeth 
Ventioner (separate write-up); married 1st to (?) Beason, and 2nd to Warren 
Williams, born Feb 1862; buried Wales Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 6 known 
children:  Joseph A. Beason, Alpha R., Rachel, Warren L., Alfred B., & 
Sarah R. Williams.

WILLIAMS, William W. – joined by experience at LA Dist. Meeting in 1870; 
born Aug 1834 LA; married to Elizabeeth (?), born Feb 1853 LA; 5 known 
children:  John W., Elizabeth J., Mary A., Samuel B., & Eliza Williams.  

WILLIAMS, Wilson W. – joined by experience Sep. 1871, excluded Jun 1872.

WILLIAMSON, Sarah Catherine (Tinsley) – joined by baptism 31 Sep 1890; 
born 19 Jun 1876 LA, died 23 Dec 1960 LA, daughter of Lemuel A. Tinsley 
and Frances A. Kirkpatrick; married 7 Nov 1894 to Elijah Williamson, 
born 16 Mar 1870 LA, died 24 Aug 1958 LA, son of Samuel D. Williamson 
and Nancy Mason, both buried Pine Island Cemetery, Simpson (Vernon) LA; 
9 known children:  George L., Rufus Samuel, Eugene L., Frances Effie, 
E.P., Charley Edgar, Bertha Naomi, Eula, & Leon Borden Williamson.  

SWEAT, Nancy Elizabeth (Deak) (Sweat) – no date of joining; born 21 Feb 1872 
LA, died 23 Apr 1943 LA, daughter of Leonard Covington Sweat & Mary Groves 
(separate write-up); married to Charles Stephen Wise, born 26 Aug 1879 LA, 
died 27 Nov 1940 LA, son of William Marion Wise & Corinne Hunt (separate 
write-up); both buried Glass Window Cemetery, Slagle (Vernon) LA; 5 known 
children:  William Celle, Daisy Mae, Blanche, Hazel, & Roy Sweat Wise.  

WEEKS, Francis Collins Wise – joined by experience Oct 1870.

WISE, Cynthia Corine (Hunt) – joined by experience at LA Dist. Meeting Sep 
1870; born 22 Jul 1852 MS, daughter of Edmund Hunt & Nancy Collins (separate 
write-up); married 21 Apr 1872 to William Marion Wise (separate write-up); 
12 children.

WISE, William Marion – no date of joining, but early member; born 4 Oct 1846 
LA, died 7 Dec 1923 LA, son of William Wise & Louise Ventioner; married 21 
Apr 1872 to Cynthia Corine Hunt (separate write-up); 12 known children: 
James Leonard, William Leon, Charles Steven, Francis Addie, Nancy Rose, 
Edmond Wesley, Mary Etta, Houston Henry, Jane Lena, Olivia Louise, Louis 
Harold, & Daisy May Wise.

YOUNGBLOOD, Lilly C. – joined by letter 17 Apr 1887.

References:
1860, 1870 US Population Census, Louisiana (Rapides Parish) 
1880, 1900 US Population Census, Louisiana (Vernon Parish) 
McManus, Jane, "L'est We Forget Cemetery Records of 
Vernon Parish", Vol. 1-3, 1995-7 
Partain, Mary, "Gone But Not Forgotten Cemetery Records of 
Rapides Parish", Vol. 1-4, 1992-5 
McManus, Jane, "Pioneers West of Appalachia", 1986 
McManus, Jane, "A Backward Glance," 1986 Kirkpatrick, "Descendants of Valentine Kirkpatrick" 
Parker, Annie, "Zachariah Collins History" 
Wise, Erbon, "Tall Pines II" 
Wise, Erbon, "Sweat Family History" 
Wise, Erbon, "Wise Family of Louisiana" 
"A Pioneer Mother" (loaned from Erbon Wise) 
"Hendrix Kith & Kin" (loaned from Billy Parker, Simpson) 
Bible Records of F.M. Cooley 
Bible Records of Martha Lucretia West 
Personal Daybook of Catharine Sellars Smith, 1885. 
Personal records of Annie Parker, Genealogical Library, Alexandria. 
Personal records of Jack Hadnot (research papers in Leesville Library 
Personal records of Pearl Cooley (deceased) 
Personal information: Maysel Lea Duvall (Simpson), 
Lula Martin (Simpson), Gene Stephens (Simpson), 
Gordon Monk (Baton Rouge) 
Baptist Associational Records, Baptist History Library, Alexandria LA 
Leesville Leader, Leesville Louisiana