CLARKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH - HISTORY - Mecklenburg County, Va. Transcribed by Bernard C. Rodenhizer and edited by JoLee Gregory Spears. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. HISTORY OF THE CLARKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH 1818-1976 By Rev. Warren Turner (Followed by: Names mentioned in the Minutes 1878 - 1888) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: This is a compilation of historical facts concerning the Clarksville Baptist Church gathered from the following sources: "Semple's History of the Rise and Progress of Baptists in Virginia" by Robert B. Semple, published in 1810. "The Baptists of Virginia 1699 - 1926" by Garnett Ryland, published in 1955. "History of the Clarksville Baptist Church" by W.W. Wootton and published in the Concord Associational Minutes of 1922 An article entitled, "Clarksville Baptist Church has Unique History of Interest", taken from the Clarksville Times an Mecklenburg County Record, dated September 10, 1948. The paper borrowed from Mr. Harrison Blanks, Sr. "History of the Clarksville Baptist Church 1945 - 1975" compiled by Fontaine Garrett. "The Concord Baptist Association Minutes from 1833 to 1975" "The Virginia Baptist Annuals from 1824 - 1975" in the Virginia Historical Society, University of Richmond. I am deeply indebted to our church secretary, Miss Lilla Herndon, who spent many laborious hours in typing the manuscript and copying Associational statistics. Warren Turner 1976 BAPTIST BEGINNINGS The first Baptist Church was organized in London, England about 1611 or 1612. They were known as General Baptists because of their view of general or unlimited Atonement. The Particular Baptist Church came into being in London in 1638. They were so called because of their belief that the Atonement was limited to those who had been particularly elected to salvation. In 1683 Roger Williams and Dr. John Clarke established the first Baptist Churches in America, both in the Colony of Rhode Island. Although the Baptist Church at Providence, established by Roger Williams, is regarded as the oldest Baptist Church in America, the claim has been rightly contested by the Newport Church which was organized by Dr. Clarke. According to Robert Semple's "History of the Rise and Progress of Baptists in Virginia, published in 1810 the endeavor to found Baptist Churches in Virginia is unique and unparalleled elsewhere in the History of Christianity on the American Continent. The causes of this may be traced in the origin and history of the colony of Virginia, the successful undertaking of which found its most zealous and effective advocate in the Established Church of England. The most zealous care of the Colonial Assembly for more than a century after the settlement was to cement the union between the government and the Church, and to make the claims and offices of the latter as binding as possible upon the people. It therefore should not excite great surprise that when the Baptists arose in Virginia with principles so antagonistic to the union of Church and State that they should have met with determined opposition, and that all the machinery of the law and the courts should have been employed to restrain and silence them. In the contest which ensued, no other parties in Virginia religious or political, saw so clearly as the Separate Baptists the stand which it was necessary to take, and the sacrifice which it was necessary to make, in order to secure perfect religious equality and freedom. Their record shows how ready they were to take the stand and to suffer the penalty. Many a rude arbor and shaded grove and private dwelling, unlicenced by the general court as places for preaching, yet used as such by the Baptist preachers, became witnesses of the stand which they took; while the jails in Alexandria, Warrenton, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Tappahannock and Urbanna, as well as those in King and Queen, Caroline and Chesterfield, became witnesses of the penalty which they endured. The Baptists of Virginia originated from three sources. The first were emigrants from England who, about the year 1714, settled in the southwestern parts of the state. About 1743 another party came from Maryland and formed a settlement in the northwest, A third party , from New England. By the preaching of Mr. George Whitefield through New England a great work of God broke out in that country, distinguished by the name of the New Light Stir. All who joined it were called New Lights. The hearts of the people, being touched by a heavenly flame, could no longer relish the dry parish service. The New Light Stir being extensive, a great number parish congregation, a few excepted, were far from the purity of the Gospel, determined to form a society to themselves. Accordingly, they embodied many churches. Into these none were admitted who did not profess vital religion. Having thus separated themselves from the established churches, they were called Separates. The Separates first took their name about the year 1744. They increased very fast for several years. About 1745 they organized into a distinct society at which time they were joined by Shubal Stearns. Shubal Stearns was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 28, 1706. He was for six years a minister among the New Lights. He became a Baptist in 1751 at Tolland, Connecticut. Mr. Stearns and most of the Separates had strong faith in the immediate teaching of the Spirit. They believed that to those who sought him earnestly God gave evident token of His will. Mr. Stearns, listening to some of these instructions of Heaven, conceived himself called upon by the Almighty to move far to the westward to execute a great and extensive work. Incited by his impressions, in the year 1754, he and few of his members took their leave of New England. They halted first near Winchester, Virginia where he found a Baptist Church. Here, also he met his brother-in-law, the Rev. Daniel Marshall, who after his arrival at this place had become a Baptist. Here, not meeting with his expected success, he felt restless. Some of his friends had moved to North Carolina; he received letters from these informing him that preaching was greatly desired by the people of that country; that in some instances they had ridden forty miles to hear one sermon. He and his party once more got under way and, traveling about two hundred miles, came to Sandy Creek in Guilford County, North Carolina. Here he took up his permanent residence. Soon after his arrival, about November 22, 1755, he and his companions, the number of which was sixteen, constituted a church called Sandy Creek and to which Mr. Stearns was appointed pastor. Thus organized they began their work, kindling a fire which soon began to burn brightly indeed, spreading in a few years over Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. From sixteen, Sandy Creek Church soon swelled to six hundred and six members, so mighty grew the work of God. C. Harris, J. Read, Jeremiah Walker, had proclaimed the tiding of peace in Halifax, Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Lunenburg, Amelia and almost all the counties above Richmond on the south side of the river. In many places, alarmed by the rapid increase of the Baptists, the men in power strained every penal law in the Virginia Code to obtain ways and means to put down these disturbers of the peace as they were now called. At court they were arraigned as disturbers of the peace; on their trial, they were vehemently accused by a certain lawyer who said to the court, "May it please your worships, these men are great disturbers of the peace; they cannot meet a man on the road, but they must ram a text of Scripture down his throat." Patrick Henry represented these imprisoned preachers before the court and pleaded for their release. The Baptists found in Patrick Henry an unwavering friend. After some difficulty they obtained their object and certain places were licensed accordingly. The great success and rapid increase of the Baptists in Virginia must be ascribed primarily to the power of God working with them. The Baptist preachers were, in almost every respect, the reverse of the Established clergy. The Baptist preachers were without learning, without patronage, generally very poor, very plain in their dress, unrefined in their manner, an awkward in address. On the other hand, most of the ministers of the Establishment were men of classical and scientific education, patronized by men in power connected with great families, supported by competent salaries, and put into office by the strong arm of the civil power. The force which sought to stifle them seemed to add new vigor to their life. Its growth after the Revolution became phenomenal. A letter written from Baltimore, February 4, 1790, and published in London, said: "The Gospel of Christ has obtained a glorious conquest over thousands in the United States of America. Virginia in particular is wonderfully blessed with large effusions of the Holy Spirit." Another, in a letter dated Boston, November 4, 1789, said of it: "By accounts from these parts it has seemed something like the day of Pentecost." Through a series of large ingatherings such as are here reported, the Baptist Churches of Virginia were enabled during the lifetime of many of their founders to report a membership nearly, if not quite, as large as that of all the other colonies combined." The work was remarkable not only in the manner of its increase, but in that of its depletion as well, by which its ministers by the score and its members by the thousands, were withdrawn from Virginia on the tide of southern and western emigration to find new settlements, and to rear new meetinghouses on the lains and among the valley of Kentucky, Tennessee, and other States. Thus the work in Virginia became an important factor in extending Baptist principles to the Mississippi river and beyond, and from the Ohio to the Gulf, and thereby helping to create within the territory of the Southern Baptist Convention the most numerous Baptist constituency in the world. Most of the Baptist Churches in Virginia and all of the Baptist Churches in this area of the state were established either directly or indirectly as a result of the Separate Baptists from Sandy Creek Church in North Carolina. Shubal Stearns traveled extensively in Virginia and North Carolina after he settled at Sandy Creek. Grassy Creek Baptist Church located in the northern part of Granville County, North Carolina and some two miles from the line of Mecklenburg County, Virginia was organized about 1757 by Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall. The church became a strong and flourishing body with a large membership extending in a radius of forty miles in every direction in both North Carolina and Virginia. It established branch congregations which were a company of members that held meeting elsewhere, but were not regularly organized churches. In 1760 Marshall and Philip Mulkey established a church at Dan River in Halifax County now in Pittsylvania County. Philip Mulkey and William Murphey gathered a group on Big Bluestone Creek about 1756. This was the beginning of Bethel Baptist Church. On November 28 1772 the Grassy Creek Church received a petition from the brethren worshipping at Bluestone to consider the propriety of constituting them into a church. This branch was found to be sufficiently mature to justify its organization as a church on December 6, 1772. A recent history of Bethel Baptist Church (1972) lists a number of churches that wholly or in part came out of Bethel Church. Among them is Clarksville Baptist Church in 1833. CLARKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH 1818 - 1976 List of Ministers of Clarksville Baptist Church To 1972- Date of Article Giles R. Smith 1834 Elder John G. Mills 1835 Giles R. Smith 1836-1837 C.F. Burnley 1838-1842 William H. Jordan 1843 Louis Dupre 1845 - 1846 A.B. Cabiness 1849 W.H. Jordan 1850-1851 Andrew F. Davidson 1852-1853 Aaron Jones 1855-1856 John W. McGown 1857 Thomas W. Greer 1859 John Bray 1860 Thomas Greer after 1865 A.F. Davidson 1871-1877 J.S. Hardaway, D. D. 1878-1880 St. George Abrahams 1881-1883 No record 1884-July 1886 T.L. West, a theological student 1886 J.O. Kirk Dec 1887-Jan 1891 Randsdell W. Cridlin Mar 1891-Jun1894 J.S. Wharton Aug 1894-Dec 1895 George T. Watkins Jun 1896-Jan 1901 H.H.Jordan Apr 1907-Jul 1908 A.D. Davidson 1909-1912 Robert Evans Peele Nov 1913-Dec 1926 H.H. Street 1927 (died 1927) H.G. Bryant 1928-1928 D.M. Simmons 1929-1931 R. Cole Lee 1931-1934 W. J. Crain 1934-1944 Ray L. Cumbee Jun 1944-1951 Paul Lee Blevins 1952-1962 H. Shelton Patterson 1962-1966 Rev. Joel L. Morgan 1966-1971 Warren Turner 1972 According to a History of the Clarksville Baptist Church compiled by W.W. Wootton and published in the Concord Association Minutes of 1922, the Clarksville Baptist Church was organized in 1818 in a log cabin. It seems that the log cabin was not the property of the church. There is no record of the church having a place to worship of its own until the year 1832 when the first structure was erected on the present site. Ryland in his "History of Virginia Baptists" relates that in July 1832 representatives from mission minded churches met and issued a call to form a new Association called the "Concord." At its first meeting in July, 1833 at James Square there delegates from Sandy Creek in Charlotte county, Bethel, a new church at Clarksville, Concord, and Malone's. At his meeting letters from churches petitioning for admission into the Association were called for by the Moderator. George Taylor from the Clarksville Church read a letter of petition as follows: "We have just come into existence as a church, and we desire to become a member of your body, and to cooperate with you in every good word and work. We have a comfortable house of worship nearly finished, and hope and pray that the little one may become a thousand." No doubt there were a group of Baptists worshiping in Clarksville in 1818 as a branch of Bethel. By the time they had constructed their first building and petitioned for admission into the Concord association, they had become fully organized. We have record of pastors before 1834. Clarksville Church is not mentioned in the Minutes of the Meherrin Association which preceded the Concord. The first pastor mentioned is Giles R. Smith in 1834. The total membership of the church at that time was twenty-three. The ministers were referred to as Elders, Pastor and later Bishops. In the Church Letter to the Association each church was asked to give a statement as to the spiritual condition of the church. In 1835 Elder John G. Mills stated that the Clarksville Church has of late experienced a cold and trying time in religion. In 1836 and 1837 Giles Smith was once again pastor. The membership had increased to thirty-six at that time. From 1838 to 1842 Elder C.F. Burnley served as pastor. During this time he was Moderator of the Concord Association. Although the membership had increased to sixty-eight he described the spiritual condition of the church as follows: "Were we not conscious that it is our day to correspond with the churches composing the Concord Association, we should be almost induced to remain silent. Irreligion has increased so rapidly for some time past, that Christians seem to have been disarmed of that boldness and courage which should ever signalize the disciples of Jesus forgetting the high responsibilities that rest upon them. They seem to be imbibling more and more of the spirit of the world. Indeed it may be said, that they were almost entirely absorbed in secular concerns." The above was from the Minutes of 1838. A more encouraging report of revival in connection with the establishment of a Sunday School is reported in the Church Letter of 1841. "Clarksville - They say that since the last Association they have organized a Sabbath School commencing under discouraging circumstances, so as to forbid the hope of success; but by persevering effort it has prospered. Four of the scholars, since their connection with the school, have been hopefully converted, ascribing their first serious impressions to the instructions of the school. It numbers 70 - 3 officers, 9 teachers. They had a revival of religion, commencing with prayer meetings. These meetings, from having been thinly attended. Increased in interest - Christians were deeply engaged in prayer - backsliders turned their feet to the ways of holiness and sinners began to cry for mercy. They have in the town a temperance society numbering 105." Clarksville was among the first to organize a Sunday School in the Association in 1840. It is the oldest continuous Sunday School in the Concord Association. "So far as we have been able to learn, there are but three schools connected with our churches. But from them we learn that much good has been done, and we are sorry that such little effort has been made in so good a cause. We trust that for the future every church connected with this body will use its utmost endeavors to organize a Sabbath School. At one of our schools 5 should have been converted; at another, 2 teachers are mourners and some scholars serious. The churches which have schools are: Mount Lebanon in Nottoway, Cedar Grove a branch of James, and Clarksville." It has been very difficult to obtain information concerning the pastors. A search of the records at the Virginia Historical Society at Richmond has yielded some information. A brief biographical sketch is furnished where information is possible. In 1843 William H. Jordan was pastor. He was born in Bertie County, North Carolina in 1803 and educated at Chapel Hill. He professed a hope in Christ on the 9th of December 1823, preached his first sermon on the 25th of December of the same year, and was baptized January 25, 1824. Mr. Jordan was induced by the pressure of his brethren to preach before he was baptized. This was always a source of sorrow to him, but it may be doubted whether it should have been, since it is said a great revival began from his preaching, spreading over several counties and resulting in the conversion of 2000 souls. He pastored churches in Raleigh, Wilmington, Lilesville and Wadesborough in North Carolina, Clarksville and Petersburg, Virginia, Norristown, Pennsylvania and Sumter, South Carolina. The church membership at this time was sixty-one. The church was without a pastor in 1844. Louis Dupre became pastor in 1845 to 1846. In 1845 the membership was sixty-seven of which twenty-one were colored. Prior to the Civil War, it was quite common for churches of all denominations to have colored members. A.B. Cabiness was pastor in 1849. End ---------- CLARKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH Names mentioned in the Minutes 1878 - 1888 6 April 1878 Hardaway Rev. J.S. Harris, Charlotte, Sister Chandler Seymore Finch Jno R. Finch Fanny ? July 1878 Hardaway, Rev. J.S. Clark Betty Clark Henry Clark Thornten Scott R.M. Williams E.A. Overbey R.? Terrall D. Falkner J.B. 11 Oct 1878 Williams E.A. Scott R.M. Gilliland G.W. Hagan R.E. Davidson A.R. 2 Nov 1878 Scott R.M. Daughety Tho Hardaway Rev. J.S. ? Nov 1878 Williams E.A. Scott R.M. Falkner J.B. Hardaway 4 Dec 1878 Hardaway Rev. J.S. Allcott P. Dabbs I. Hagan R.E. 1 Feb 1879 Hardaway J.S. Gilliland G.W. Hagan 1 Mar 1879 Morton Walter J. Serf?tort Willie Hagan May 1879 Hardaway J.S. Allcott Scott R.M. 25 June 1879 Hardaway J.S. Mc Farland Mrs. Amanda Baptism 5 July 1879 Bugg Miss Lora Baptism 5 July 1879 Soun Miss Grace Baptism 5 July 1879 17 Dec 1879 Overbey R.C. Liipfort W.J. Dabbs Bro. Hardaway Bro. Gilliland L.B. Barnett Graham J. Allcott Philo Hagan R.E. Haskins Mrs. Richard Granted a letter of dismission 31 Jan 1880 Hardaway J.S. Scott R.M. Allcott Philo 6 March 1880 Hardaway J.S. Allcott Philo 7 April 1880 Scott Bro. Allcott Philo 26 May 1880 Scott Bro. Hardaway J.S. Hagan R.E. 30 June 1880 Hardaway J.S. Resigned Ky Scott Bro. Allcott Philo 28 July 1880 Scott R.M Allcott Philo Gilliland G.W. Lipfort Willie Dabbs G.I. Hagan R.E. 2 Oct 1880 Abrahams Bro. Allcott Bro. Hagan Bro. Gilliland L.B. Dabbs Overbey R.C. Allcott Philo 5 Feb 1881 Abrahams Bro. Gordon Mrs. Wm A. Letter of Dismissal requested Gordon Mr. Wm A. Letter of Dismissal requested Hagan Scott Dabbs Allcott Gilliland G.W. Overbey W. Jr. Haskins H.S. Requested name be taken off of church membership list Blanks John Joined Church 20 Feb 1881 Blanks John M. Baptised 5 March 1881 Abrahams G.T. Allcott Mrs. B. Received letter form Buffalo Church Allcott Mr. B. Received letter from Buffalo Church Hagan Barbour Bro. Dabbs Allcott Philo 9 March 1881 Abrahams G.T. Gilliland G.W. Overbey R.C. 23 March 1881 Abrahams Geo. T. Hardaway Jno. S. Gilliland L.B. Overbey R.C. Scott R.M. 2 Apr 1881 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Called as pastor Hagan R.E. Overbey R.C. Scott R.M. Dabbs Geo. I. Allcott Philo Gilliland 8 June 1881 Dabbs Overbey W. Jr. Johnson Sister To Warrenton Baptist Church Laswater Sister To Warrenton Baptist Church 2 July 2 1881 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Hagan Mr. R.E. To Danville Baptist Church 1 Aug 1881 Hagan Mrs. L.T. Not granted a letter to Danville Baptist Church Overbey R.C. Dabbs G.I. Overbey W. Sr. Gilliland L.B. Scott R.M. Allcott Philo Sizemore H.D. Barnett I.G. Gilliland G.W. Barbour S.H. 7 Aug 1881 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Hagan Mr. R.E. Hagan Fello Hagan Mrs. L.T. Fellowship Gilliland L.B. Scott R.M. Dabbs Miss Addie Love Miss Pela Barbour S.H. 1 Oct 1881 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Hardaway Rev. Jno. S. Dabbs Addie Blanks W.D. 5 Nov 1881 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. 7 Dec 1881 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Greer Bro.. Gray Bro. 8 Feb 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Hardaway Rev. Jno. S. Scott Bro. Barbour Bro. Allcott Bro. 22 Mar 1882 Gilliland G.W. Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Davidson Rev. A.F. Only vo Scott R.M. 5 Apr 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Scott Bro.. 5 July 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Gilliland G.W. Scott Bro.. Barbour Bro. Gilliland L.B. Sizemore H.D. Dabbs Bro. Blanks Bailey 6 Aug 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Overbey W. Jr. To Hunting Baptist Church 6 Sept 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Barbous Bro. Dabbs Geo.I. Allcott P. Scott R.M. Gilliland L.B. Gilliland G.W. Barbous S.H. Love J.J. Blanks W.D. 6 Sept 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Barbous Bro. Gilliland G.W. Love J.J. 8 Nov 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Vaughn Bro. Letter granted Vaughan Mrs. Letter granted Ternell D.S. To Buffalo Baptist Church Gilliland G.W. 15 Nov 1882 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Gilliland G.W. 14 Feb 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Dabbs Deacon Williams E.K. To join Church of same faith 21 Mar 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Gilliland L.B. Dabbs Deacon Requested to have name dropped Scott Bro. Blanks W.D. 3 Apr 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. 3rd Sunday in Apr 1883 a series of meetings Sydnor Rev. Dr. T.W. Allcott Mattie M. 1st Sunday in May was Baptised Love Gracie H. 1st Sunday in May was Baptised Dabbs Anna S. 1st Sunday in May was Baptised 9 May 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Haskins R.E. Letter from New Hope Church 16 May 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Scott Deacon Sizemore H.D.Dropped from book at his request 4 July 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Scott Bro.. Allcott Bro. Dabbs Deacon 18 July 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. 10 Oct 1883 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Morgan Reuben Baptism Newton Mrs. Wm H. To Buffalo Baptist Church Newton Sally To Buffalo Baptist Church 20 Apr 1884 Abrahams Rev. St. Geo. Scott Bro. 23 July 1884 Betts C.H. Barbous Bro. Allcott P. Blanks L.B. Scott Bro. Overbey W. Allcott Philo 6 Aug 1884 Scott R.M. Allcott Philo 27 Aug 1884 Scott R.M. Betts C.H. Received Va 10 Sept 1884 Scott R.M. Betts C.H. Allcott Philo Overbey R.C. 8 Sept 1884 Scott R.M. Leslie Rev. I.A. Betts C.H. Allcott Philo Overbey Wooton Peladove Sister Gilliland Dabbs Addie 15 Oct 1884 Scott R.M. Leslie Rev I.A. 5 Nov 1884 Scott R.M. Betts C.H. Sister R Va 12 Nov 1884 Scott R.M. Leslie Rev. I.A. Allcott Philo 17 May 1885 Scott R.M. Chandler R.R. Letter to Buffalo Baptist Church Betts Bro. Drake Bro. Allcott Bro. Powell I.G. Davidson Rev. A.F. Barbous Bro. Allcott Philo 13 Jun 1885 Scott R.M. Blanks Mr. L.B. Sr. To Buffalo Baptist Church Blanks L.B. Jr. To Buffalo Baptist Church Graham Sue H. By letter to Clarksville Baptist Allcott Philo 8 July 1885 West Rev. T.L. Wooton Henrietta W. By letter to Clarksville Baptist Ch Allcott P. Blanks W.D. Barbous S.H. Betts C.H. Blanks L.B. Allcott Philo 9 Sept 1885 West Rev. T.L. Tarwater S.A. Granted letter to join Baptist Church Betts C.H. Allcott Philo FIX WD Blanks Betts Sister Wootton Sister 23 Sept 1885 Davidson Rev. A.F. Reese I.X. Baptism Powell Jas? Granted letter of Dismission to Grassy Creek Church Allcott Philo 14 Oct 1885 Scott Deacon Wooton Mr. W.W. Received by letter form Ash Camp Church Sydnor R.A. From Musterfield Church Newbill Rev. Allcott Philo Called Meeting (No Date but book is in date order) Scott R.M. Blanks Bro. Maxey I.W. Was received by letter Allcott Philo 28 Oct 1885 Scott R.M Patterson V.P. Received by letter Wootton Bro. Newbill Rev Haskins Bro. Dabbs Addie Allcott Philo 4 Nov 1885 Scott R.M. Wootton Bro. Barbous S.H. Allcott Philo 9 Dec 1885 Wootton W.W. Harwell Rev. Allcott Philo 30 Dec 1885 Patterson V.P. Harwell Rev Bibb Rev. Dabbs Sister Davidson Rev. A.F. Allcott Philo 6 Jan 1886 Patterson V.P. Davidson Rev. A.F. Barbous Bro. Wootton Bro. Allcott Bro. Bibbs Rev Reese Bro. 13 Jan 1886 Patterson V.P. Wootton Bro. Davidson Rev. Mr. Reese Bro. Barbour Bro. Harwell Rev. 20 Jan 1886 Drake Bro. Wootton Bro. Davidson Rev Mr. Haskins Robt Allcott P. Allcott Philo 10 Feb 1886 Drake I.A. Received in Church right-hand of fellowship Davidson Rev. A.F. Wootton W.W. Allcott P. Blanks W.D. Allcott M.B. Sister Dabbs Addie Sister Haskins Minnie Sister Patterson V.P. Davidson Bro. Allcott Philo 10 March 1886 Drake I.A. Blanks Jno. M. Blanks W.D. Haskins Miss Minnie Graham Sister Patterson V.P. Allcott Philo 7 Apr 1886 Drake I.A. Patterson Bro. Davidson A.F. Scott R.M. Allcott Philo Barbour S.H. Blanks W.D. Dabbs G.I. Wootton W.W. Overbey R.C. Haskins Robt Reese I.A. Maxey I.W. Blanks L.B. Jr. Overbey Mr. Warren Letter to Oxford N.C. of Same faith and order Overbey Elisa Letter to Oxford N.C. of Same faith and order 26 Apr 1886 Drake Dr. J.A. Wootton Bro. Barbour Bro. Patterson Bro. West Rev. T.L. Blanks W.D. Maxey Griffen Kate Davidson Bro. Allcott Philo 5 May 1886 Drake Dr. J.A. Wootton W.W. Blanks W.D. Patterson V.P. Letter 21 April 1886 on Past Due Payment to Rev. St. Geo. T. Abrahams Scott R.M. Davidson Rev. A.F. Dabbs G.J. Allcott Philo Barbour S.H. Wootton W.W. Blanks J.W. Blanks L.B. Jr. Patterson V.P. West Rev. T.L. Haskins Bro. Drake Dr. J.A. 9 June 1886 Drake Dr. J.A. Wootton Bro. Pixley Nannie To join any church of same faith and order Barbour Bro. West Rev. T.L. Davidson Rev. T.L. Wootton W.W. Allcott Philo Blanks W.D. Haskins Robt. Patterson V.P. 7 July 1886 West Rev. T.L. Davidson A.F. Patterson V.P. Allcott Philo Maxey J.W. Blanks W.D. Barbour S.H. 9 July 1886 Scott R.M. Died Resolution for his memory 25 July 1886 Day M.E. By letter from South Boston Baptist Church West T. Leigh Paster 4 Aug 1886 Drake Dr. J.A. Wootton W.W. Blanks W.D. Haskins Robt. Patterson V.P. Allcott Philo 6 Sep 1886 Wootton W.W. Barbour Bro. Allcott Philo 4 Oct 1886 Drake Dr. J.A. Overbey R.C. Wootton W.W. Blanks L.B. Jr. Barbour Bro. Dabbs G.J. Allcott Philo Maxey J.W. Reese J.A. Patterson V.P. 8 Nov 1886 Allcott Philo 6 Dec 1886 Allcott Philo 20 Dec 1886 Drake Dr. J.A. Grigg Mrs. To church at Stuart Barbour Bro. Blanks W.D. Wootton Bro. Haskins Bro. Patterson V.P. Newbill J.H. 3 Jan 1887 Drake Dr. J.A. Grigg Mrs. To Join Church at Stuart Patterson Bro. Perry Rev. J.M. Of Wylli Va Allcott Philo Maxey J.W. Patterson V.P. Wootton Bro. Wootton W.W. Graham S. Sister Allcott Sister Dabbs Addie Barbour Bro. 7 Feb 1887 Allcott Philo Drake Dr. J.A. Perry J.M. Newbill J.H. Barbour Bro. Wootton Bro. Blanks W.D. 30 Mar 1887 Drake Dr. J.A. Wootton Bro. Newbill J.A. Allcott Philo 4 Apr 1887 Wootton W.W. Newbill J.H. Bingham Ralf For lecture Patterson V.P. Haskins Bro. Blanks Bro. Allcott Philo Magu A.W. Perry J.M. Barbour S.H. 2 May 1887 Allcott Philo 9 May 1887 Drake Dr. J.A. Patterson V.P. Wootton Bro. Reed Rev. T.A. Of Ashla Va. Letter from Sydnor Rev. Dr. Referred to in Letter Gordon Rev. Referred to in letter of New Hope Church Dabbs Bro. Pritchard Bro. of Chase City Church Newbill Rev. J.H. Wootton Bro. Blanks W.D. Allcott Bro. 6 June 1887 Allcott Philo Patterson V.P. Barbour Bro. 11 July 1887 Patterson V.P. Drake Dr. J.A. Allcott Philo Tomkies Rev. Mr. Daughety? Rev. G.S. Hack Ditto 8 Aug 1887 Nethery Sarah A member of years ago either during or before war. Letter of Dismission to Boydton Church Drake Dr. J.A. Patterson Bro. Barbour Bro. Wootton Bro. Maxey J.W. Pitcher Rev. Of Petersburg in letter Haislip Rev. Of Keysville in letter Allcott Philo 8 Aug 87 Letter to Concord Baptist Association Drake Dr. J.A. Allcott Philo Wootton W.W. Maxey J.W. West T.L. Pitcher Rev. J.M. 31 Aug 1887 Drake Dr. J.A. Barbour Bro. Allcott Bro. Patterson Bro. Kirk Rev. J.O. Allcott Philo 5 Sep 1887 Patterson V.P. Kirk Rev. J.O. Drake Dr. Nethery Sarah C. Letter granted Patterson V.P. Allcott Philo Coodle H.J. Letter from Clerk of Mr. Vernon Baptist Church 3 Oct 1887 Patterson V.P. Allcott Philo Kirk Rev. J.O. Letter from Palls Jas. L. Letter from Wootton Bro. Drake Dr. Williams Mrs. For church expenses Tomkies Rev. Barbour S.H. Ligon W.H. & Co. 7 Nov 1887 Patterson V.P. Kirk Bro. Allcott Philo 5 Dec 1887 Drake Dr. J.A. Maxey J.W. Patterson Bro. Kirk Bro. Allcott Philo 2 Jan 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Maxey J.W. Barbour S.H. Patterson V.P. Allcott Philo Wootton W.W. Drake Dr. J.A. Graham Mrs. S. Allcott Mrs. Philo Dabbs Miss Addie Morgan W.E. 6 Feb 1888 Patterson V.P. Drake Dr. J.A. Wootton Bro. 13 Feb 1888 Drake Dr. J.A. Wootton W.W. Patterson V.P. 5 Mar 1888 Drake Dr. J.A. Patterson V.P. Kirk Rev J.O. Letter Approved from Shilo Baptist Church King George Co. Va. Kirk Mrs. J.O. Letter Approved from Shilo Baptist Church King George Co. Va. Liipfert Frank J. Letter o N.C. Luck Rev. J.A. Letter from paster of So. Boston Baptist Church Sydnor R.A. Letter to So. Boston Baptist Church Reese J.A. Letter of dismission to So. Boston Baptist Church Young Emma L. Letter t N.H. Allcott Philo Barbour Bro. 2 April 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Drake Mrs. Euphemia Baptised Drake Dr. J.A. Young Emma L. Patterson V.P. Randolph J.W. Kirk Mrs. J.O. Allcott Philo Webb W.P. 7 May 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Patterson Bro. Young Emma L. Name dropped Allcott Philo 27 May 1888 Drake J.A. Ordained Deacon Patterson V.P. Ordained Deacon Wootton W.W. Ordained Deacon Davidson Rev. A.P. Allcott Philo 4 June 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Maxey Bro. Patterson Bro. Davidson Rev. A.F. Letter of dismission to Liberty Baptist Davidson Jennie F. Letter of dismission to Liberty Baptist 2 July 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Drake Euphemia A. Report of June 4 1888 Harris Charlotte Name to back list Tarwater J.G. Name to back list Morgan Ruben Name to back list Gilliland G.W. Dropped Barnett Samuel Dropped Kirk Rev. J.O. Drake Dr. J.A. Allcott Philo Barbour S.H. Wootton W.W. Patterson V.P. Ryland Norvell 23 July 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Drake Dr. J.A. Patterson V.P. Liipfert Willie To back list Wilborne Sister Robt. To back list Bolling Baily Haskins Richard E. Love J.J. Pool E.S. Liipfert T.J. Sr. Love Pela Withdraw church fellowship Keniball Mrs. Withdraw church fellowship Allcott Philo Barbour S.H. Wootton W.W. Norvell Ryland 6 Aug 1888 Drake DR. J.A. Love Pela Mrs. Kinball Allcott Philo Barbour Bro. Patterson Bro. Wootton Bro. 8 Oct 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Drake Dr. J.A. Patterson V.P. Allcott Philo McFarland W.H. Blanks L.B. Sr. Blanks Mrs. L.B. Drake Mrs. J.A. Maxey J.W. Betts C.H. Norvell Ryland 5 Nov 1888 Drake Dr. J.A. Kirk Rev. J.O. Barbour Bro. Patterson Bro. Bolling Baily Love J.J. Blanks L.B. To Buffalo Baptist Church Blanks Rebecca To Buffalo Baptist Church Allcott Philo 3 Dec 1888 Kirk Rev. J.O. Drake Dr. J.A. Drake Mrs. J.A. Liipfert F.J. Barbour Bro. Allcott Philo Patterson V.P. End of entries in this book SEE PART II