Death of Elder Thomas Hanks from Minutes of Primitive 
Baptist Church,  Henderson County Texas

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Fall 1979 Vol. lll, No. 3 published in the East Texas Family Records
by the East Texas Genealogical Society 

MINUTES OF THE ASSOCIATION
OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

November, 1858
MEMORIAL
On The Death Of
ELDER THOMAS HANKS


This Association being under the painful necessity to record the death of 
our much-esteemed Brother, Elder Thomas Ranks, who departed this life 
since our last Session, in the 73rd year of his age: in memory of our Brother, 
who was our Moderator for many years, we can only mourn his loss, not only 
as our Moderator, but his exemplary life as a Minister of the Gospel; and 
from the best information, he was the first Baptist that ever preached in 
Texas. From that time till his death he has met with many trials and conflicts; 
as a citizen he was honest and. upright, leaving an unblemished character; 
as a Minister of the Gospel he was unspotted from the world, and in the 
language of Job, “He has come to a full age, like a shock of corn in his 
season.’ We sympathize with our brethren and his relatives. We can say in 
truth and much confidence, that our loss is his gain. We will conclude our
memorial remarks, by appreciating his exemplary life, in honor to the same 
good cause of our blessed Redeemer, who was delivered for our offences 
and rose again for our justification. Though dead, may he ever live in the 
minds of his brethern as a pattern of a Gospel Minister in truth and verity.

Information from the church files of The Henderson County Historical Commission files.