Freestone County, Texas Churches Researched by Paula Snider Web Editor: Eric Bonner Wood Minutes of the Trinity River Association [These are articles about the Trinity River Association which included the Baptist churches of Freestone County. These minutes were copied from documents at Baylor University. I have focused on the churches of Freestone County, Texas.] ==================================================================== [Cover page] Minutes of the Thirtieth [30th] Annual Session of the Trinity River Association held with Cedar Creek Baptist Church, Leon County Commencing: Saturday, October 12th, 1878 Ending: Monday, October 14th, 1878 Moderator: John Clabaugh Clerk: W. T. Chase The next session of the Association will be held with Prairie Grove Church, Limstone County, (eight miles S.E. of Mexia,) commencing Saturday, 11 o'clock A.M., before the second Lord's day in October, 1879. BRYAN: Printed at Office of the Brazos Pilot 1878 [Page 1] [I have only recorded the churches of Freestone County, Texas and changed their order to alphabetical.] ANTIOCH - W.B. Childs. Pastor, S.M. Hollingsworth; Clerk, J.J. Dunbar; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 4th; received by baptism, 11; by letter, 7; restored, 1; excluded, 2; died 1; total, 51; for minutes, $1.50. BREWER PRAIRIE - W.D. Williamson. Pastor, A.P. Perry; Clerk, J.W. Green; post office, Cotton gin, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 2d; received by baptism, 2; by letter, 4; total, 34; for minutes, $1.50. BUTLER - William Stephens. Pastor, W. T. Chase; Clerk, R.J. Satterwhite; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 1st; received by letter, 3; dismissed by letter, 5; total, 23; for minutes, $1.50. CALVARY - M.V. Harris; Pastor, A.F. Perry; Clerk, J.B. Ault; day of meeting, 4th; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; received by baptism, 4; by letter, 1; dismissed by letter, 1; excluded, 2; total, 15; for minutes, $1.00. COTTON GIN - E.N. Barbour, John Manning, W. T. Chase. Pastor, S.M. Hollingsworth; Clerk, R.D. Kennedy; post office, Cotton Gin, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 1st; received by letter, 3; dismissed, 4; excluded, 1; died 1; total 18[? original is hard to read]; for minutes, $1.50. FAIRFIELD - Pastor, W. T. Chase; Clerk, C. H. Graves; day of meeting, 3rd; received by letter, 1; dismissed by lettter, 5; excluded, 1; restored, 1; total, 42; for minutes, 75 cents. PISGAH - J.L. Blackwell, T.W. Johnson, John Haley. Pastor, J.L. Blackwell; Clerk, John Haley; post office, Cotton Gin; day of meeting, 2nd; number of members in organization, 7; received by letter, 3; total, 10; for minutes, $1.00 POST OAK GROVE - J.W. Wood, R. J. Hatcher, J.M. Smith; Pastor, J.W. Wood; Clerk, R. J. Hatcher; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 2d; number of members in organization, 10; received by letter, 3; by voucher, 1; total, 14; for minutes, $2.75 ROCK SPRING - F.C. Cough. Pastor, W. T. Chase; Clerk, F.C. Cough; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 2d; received by baptism, 6; by letter, 5; restored, 4; excluded, 3; total, 27; for minutes, $1.50. STEWART'S MILL - S.M. Hollingsworth, J.S. Hinton. Pastor, J.D. Williams; Clerk, J.F. Hubbard; day of meeting, 3rd; post office, Stewart's Mill; received by baptism, 1; total, 32; for minutes, 50 cents. WARD PRAIRIE - D.J. Welch. Pastor, J.D. Williams; Clerk, D.J. Welch; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 1st; received by baptism, 6; by letter, 9; dismissed, 4; excluded, 2; restored, 1; died 1; total, 58; for minutes, $2.60. .... Antioch, Beaver Dam, Bear's Creek, Friendship No. 1 (Freestone Co.), Hickory Grove, Leona, Lost Prairie, Mt. Zion, Springfield, Union Hill and Zion were not represented. ==================================================================== [Cover page] Minutes of the Thirty-First [31st] Annual Session of the Trinity River Association held with Prairie Grove Church, Limstone County Commencing: Saturday, October 11th, 1879 Ending: Monday, October 13th, 1879 Moderator: T.F. Waller, Prairie Grove P.O. Rec. Sec'y: W. T. Chase, Buffalo Cor. Sec'y: S.M. Hollingsworth, Fairfield Treasurer: John Manning, Mexia The next session of the Association will be held with Bethel Church, Leon County, Texas, commencing Saturday, 11 o'clock A.M., before the second Lord's day in October, 1880. HOUSTON: Printed at Office of the Texas Baptist Herald 1879 [Page 1] [I have only recorded the churches of Freestone County, Texas.] ANTIOCH CHURCH - Messengers: J. Ivy, Lee Eubanks, W.B. Childs. Pastor, S.M. Hollingsworth; Clerk, J.J. Dunbar; post office, Fairfield, Freestone county; day of meeting, Saturday before the second Lord's day; received by baptism, 45; dismissed by letter, 2; excluded, 2; total, 52; for minutes, $1.50; pledged for Home Missions, $10.00. BREWER PRAIRIE - Messengers: R.J. Cook, J.S. Thomas; Pastor, J.L. Blackwell; Clerk, J.W. Green; post office, Cotton gin, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 2d; received by letter, 5; dismissed, 10; excluded, 1; died, 1; total, 24; for minutes, $2.00. CALVARY - Messenger, John Taylor; Pastor, W.B. Childs; Clerk, M.V. Harris; day of meeting, 1st; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; baptized, 1; by letter, 3; total, 15; for minutes, 50 cents. COTTON GIN - Messengers: J.R. Johnson, R.D. Kennedy, John Manning. Pastor, S.M. Hollingsworth; Clerk, R.D. Kennedy; post office, Cotton Gin, Freestone County; day of meeting, 1st; baptized, 1; received by letter, 10; dismissed, 6; deceased, 1; total 43; for minutes, $1.50; pledged for Home Missions, $8.50. HICKS' SPRING - Messengers: A.F. Perry, C.R. McCormick, A.R. Cox; Pastor, A.F. Perry; Clerk, C.R. McCormick; post office, Fairfield, Freestone County; day of meeting, 3d; baptized, 2; by letter, 8; deceased, 1; total 13; for minutes, $1.00. PISGAH - Messengers: J.L. Blackwell, John Haley, O.W. Burleson. Pastor, J.L. Blackwell; Clerk, John Haley; post office, Cotton Gin, Freestone County; day of meeting, 3d; baptized, 8; by letter, 4; total, 22; for minutes, $1.50. POST OAK GROVE - Messengers: R. J. Hatcher; Pastor, J.D. Williams; Clerk, L.B. Vernon; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 3d; baptized, 6; by letter, 5; dismissed, 6; total, 13; for minutes, $1.00. ROCK SPRINGS - Messengers: W.H. Crawford, John Hill, T.Y. Logan; Pastor, W.T. Chase; Clerk, John Hill; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 3d; received by letter, 2; total 25; for minutes, $1.50. SALEM - Messengers: George McDonald, John Gilmore, A.A. Richardson; Pastor, J.D. Williams; Clerk, C.C. Stubbs; post office, Woodland, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 4th; baptized, 1; by letter, 1; total, 14; for minutes, $1.00. STEWART'S MILL - Messenger: J.S. Hinton. Pastor, E.J. Brown; Clerk, J.F. Hubbard; post office, Stewart's Mill; day of meeting, 3d; baptized, 1; by letter, 8; dismissed, 5; died, 1; total, 35; for minutes, 50 cents. WARD PRAIRIE - Messengers: J.D. Williams, Coleman Talley. Pastor, J.D. Williams; Clerk, W.R. Isby; post office, Fairfield, Freestone Co.; day of meeting, 1st; received by letter, 6; dismissed, 11; excluded, 3; deceased 1; total, 47; for minutes, $2.00. .... Butler, Red Oak Springs, Friendship No. 1 (Freestone Co.), Zion, Union Hill, Shiloh, Trinity and Fairfield were not represented.