Polk County Texas Archives Church Records.....Bluewater Missionary Baptist Church Copyright Date April 17, 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William Dowden wdowden@angelina.edu September 21, 2014, 12:31 am "Church Organized - Bluewater, Texas" April 17, 1898 The Blue Water [sic] Missionary Baptist Church was organized April 17, 1898. With the following membwers Ruben Blankinship and wife Martha, E.P. Dowden and wife Levy Dowden, Martha Matthews, Rosie Bell Matthews, E. Hardy, JOel Matthews and wife Ansabell Matthews, and Martha Hall. Jas Fowler, Moderator, Joel Matthews, Church Clerk Additional Comments: A copy of the original church record in manuscript (hand-written) format is in the possession of the family of the daughter of one of the last pastors of the church. The father of this submitter, William Dowden, Sr., was once a church clerk in the 1920's. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/polk/churches/bluewate38gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb