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The Baptist Church of Jesus Christ constituted on
the waters of Hickams
Creek on the 29th day of May, 1802. It being in Smith
County
of Tennessee. Dedicated by * Hightower.
Being the elder of the Baptist Faith.
The names of the Members then incorporated.
Male Members Female Members
1.James Kitchen
1. Mourning Kitchen
2.William Coats
2. Nancy Coats
3.Thomas Jordin
3. Mary Bethel
4.Sampson Bethel
4. Betsy Campbell
5.John Campbell
5. Elizabeth Hodges
6.Joshua Conger
6. Agnes Farrier
7.Francis Jordan
8.Cantrell Bethel
9.Thomas Allen
10.Nathaniel Farier
* Note: According to "HISTORY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
BAPTISTS WITH
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SALEM, NEW SALEM, ENON AND WISEMAN
ASSOCIATIONS" Written by J.H. Grime and published in Nashville, Tennessee
in 1902; This would be John Hightower who along with Alexander Devin dedicated
this church in 1802.
Articles of Faith of the Baptist Church at Brush Creek.
1. We believe in the being of one only living a ___ God
Almighty
eternal and unchangeable, of infinite Wisdom, power of
Holiness,
Justice, Goodness, Mercy, and truth, and that this God
has revealed
himself in his words under the characters of Father,
Son, and Holy
Ghost.
Article 2nd We believe that the scriptures of the
Old and new
Testaments to be the Word of God, of divine authority
containing
all things necessary to be known for the Salvation of
men and
Women, and that it is the Only infallible rules for Our
faith
and obedience.
Article 3rd We believe Adam by transgression
fell from that state
of original rectitude in ___ he was at fe__ treated.
And that he involved himself and all his ___ful pos-
terity in a state of death, and for that Or____
were
both guilty and filthy in the sight of God and _______
terly out
of the power of man and as a fallen creature so
of God perfectly repent truly for sin or believe
__vingly until drawn by the spirit of God.
Article 4th. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ
___ the adorable Trinity did in time take upon ____ ____
human
body in Which as man did perfectly keep the ___ ____,
died
__ Mount Calvery(sic) was buried, arose the ___ ____
ascended in
Heaven and is the Only Savior of ___ ___ when we
look for redemption.
Article 5th. We believe all Gods-elect are ___ ___ life
effectually
___ by his grace, ___ by the ___ ____ ___ __gh _ous_
of Christ sanctified in a measure and are so kept by
the
power of God, through faith unto eternal Salvation, and
that
____ of Regeneration is only perfected by the Holy Spirit
through means of which God hath ordained.
Article 6th. We believe that Baptism and the Lords Supper
____ __inances both belonging to the converted
___ ___ ___ that the only Scriptural mode for Baptism.
Article 7th We believe that a Gospel Church
is a collective body.
Christ’s members called by grace, changed by regeneration
of the spirit of God, justified by Christ's righteous__ss
im_____
then by adoption into the household of faith.
Article 8th. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will
descend
Whever (sic) he now Si__er glory at the general Resurrection
both
the just and the unjust to judge the world in righteousness.
Art. 9th We believe that the torment of the wicked
will ___
and that the joys of the righteous will also be eternal.
The Church Covenant
Where as much an almighty God, by his grace, had been
pleased
to call us out of darness into the marvelousa light of
the gospel
and liberty of his children, and all of us have been
regularly
_plised upon a profession of our faith in Christ and
have
given up ourselves to the Lord, and to One another to
be ___
in a gospel Church way. To be governed by a proper way
according to the Word of God . We do in the name of our
Lord
Jesus Christ, and by his assistance covenant and agree
to
keep the disciplines of the Church who are members of
it
the most brotherly affectionate way to Ward each other
.
We endeavor particularly to observe the following ____
Brotherly love to pray for one another, to watch
over one an-
other, and if need be in the most tender affectionate
way
to reprove one another according to the Gospel ___
discharge our Watch care to Ward our brethren, in ____
____ing one another in the spirit of Meekness and also
with Gods assistance to pray for our family and
___
examples before them as may through God's blessing
___ bringing them up ___ their nature and adm___
Lord. ___ to attend our Church meetings ___ ___
of God when convenient and Christ the Lords day to keep
___ to improve it to his glory and not to absent _____
the Lord’s supper without an ___pel excuse to _____ _____
(The last line is unreadable)
Minister
__ __ not to irregularly to depart from the fellowship
of
church are ____ to a disservice Without a regular ___
___
These things we do covenant and agree to observe and
keep
sacred in the name of the holy Trinity
Rules of Decorum
Rule 1st Meeting shall be opened and closed by prayers.
Rule 2nd That moderator & clerk that is chosen
to
___ __ the family of the church ____ or
____nally.
Rule 3rd Only one person shall speak at a time then
who
shall arise from his seat and address the Moderator
when about to make his speech and the person then
speaking shall not be interrupted by any except the moderator
until he is
done speaking.
Rule 4th Every person in a public speech shall strictly
attend to the subject ___ in the ___ reflect On this
___ who speaks before him but shall duly state the
__ ___ to ___ his identi__ the subject under
consideration ___
Rule 5th Any motion made and seconded shall be decided
or refered (sic)
before another taken up unless Withdrawn by the person
who
___ it
Rule 6th ___ ___ shall ___ __ok office absent him___
___ from the church ___ ___ ___.
Rule 7th All matters in Church ___ shall be decided
___
___ majority except in receiving of ___ and
that ___ he __
Rule 8th No person shall arise and speak more than
trice times
to one subject. Without leave of the church.
Rule 9th. No person shall interrupt by whispering or
leave ___ in time of conference.
Rule 10th No person shall address another in any
other __ __ that of Brother and Sister.
Rule 11th No person shall interrupt in or prohibit
another
speaking until they have given their lights up _____
______
___ subject, and then by the Moderator Only.
Rule 12th Any Member who shall Willingly and
Knowingly break any of this decorum shall be
reproved as the Church shall think proper.
Members Names
Thomas Hooker
1 Died October 16th, 1831
Archibald AllenDeacon
2 Dismissed by letter, ___ 1830
Elijah Parkhurst Deacon
3 Dismissed by letter
Sarah Hooker
4 Dismist(sic) by letter 1853
Temperance Hooker
5 Deceased July
Susannah Parkhurst
6 Dismissed by letter ____
Sarah Allen
7 Excluded February 16th 1839
Wyly Smith
8 Dismissed by letter 1831
Polly Smith
9 Deceased 1831
Polly Davis
10 Excluded February 16th
Martha Allen Sen
11 Died December 14
Obediah Parris
12 Dismissed by letter
Martha Parris
13 Excluded February 16
Betsy Skeef
14 Dismissed by letter
Margaret Skeef
15 Dismissed by letter
Richard Duncan
16 Dismissed by letter
Benjamin Bradley
17 Dead August the 6th
Matthew Compton
18 Dismissed by letter Oct.
Nancy Compton
19 Dismissed by letter Oct.
John Deadman
20 Cen dead
Susannah Deadman
21
Jeremiah Baird
22 Dismissed by letter
William Barnett
23 Deceased
Kizia Barnett
24 Dead July 1857
Mary Baird
25 Dismissed by letter
Sarah Garrison
26 Died November 27th 1842
Dersney Brickhussnon
27 Dismissed by letter 1842
Elizabeth Morriss
25 Dismissed by letter 1838
Nancy Colley
29 Dismissed by letter 1829
Jane Parriss
30 Dismissed by letter 1829
Sally Serles
31 Dismissed by letter 1828
Sally Richards
32 Dismissed by letter 1837
Moses Allen Jun
33 Dismissed by letter 1837 p.22
Juliett Allen
34 Dismissed by letter 1837 p.22
Samuel Walker Deacon 35
Dismissed by letter 1836
Agnes Walker
36 Dismissed by letter 1836
Thomas Ashley
37 Dismissed by letter 1829
Francis Ashley
38 Dismissed by letter 1829
Henry Fry
39 Dismissed by letter 1830
Abbey Fry
40 Dismissed by letter 1830
Isaac Allison
41 Dismissed by letter 1829
Thomas Allison
42 Dismissed by letter 1831
William Lancaster Sen 43
Dead
John Duncan __
44 Dismissed by letter Dec 13, 1838
Sarah Duncan Ditto
45 Died September 11, 1831
Wiley Denney
46 Excluded 17 November, 1849
Booker Bradford
47 Died Feb.2nd 1833
F___ Bradford
(48) Died November 1831
Tucker Woodson
(49) Tucker Woodson x3 December the 2nd, 1845
Polly Woodson
(50) Dead
Nancy Trail
51 Excluded October, 1833
Agness Morriss
52 Dead
Coleman Sceales
53 Dismissed by letter 1828
Elizabeth Wood
54 and changed to Bass Dismissed by letter
--
Sept 11th, 1848
Carey Denney
55 Dead
Mary Denney
56 Dismissed by letter 1832
Elizabeth Alloway
57 Died November 1830
Ruth Moore
58 Dismissed by letter Sep 1837
Agnes Allison
59 Dismissed by letter
Susanna Oakley
60 Dead
Sarah Williford
61 Dismissed by letter Oct 1838
Martha Moore
62 Excluded February 16th 1839
C____ Hugh
63 Dismissed by letter 16 Feb 1850
Margaret Allen
64 Dismissed by letter 1830 p 51
Elizabeth Hancock
65 Dismissed by letter A. 1829 P.4
Nancy Lancaster
66 Dismissed by letter Aos (?) 1838
Sarah Odum
67 Died July 1835
Elizabeth Lankford
68 Ded (sic) 1852
Delaney Harrison
69 Dismissed by letter A. 1828
Elizabeth Fare
70 Excluded February 16th 1839
Sarah Osttin
71 Dismissed by letter B. 1828
Auney West
(Lined Through) (Blank)
Susannah Davis
72 Dismissed by letter B. 1830
Nancy Hunt
73 Dismissed by letter A. 1828
Mary Atwood
74 Dismissed by letter B. 1830
Alice Turner
75 Dismissed by letter October 1830
Lucy Rodgers P1st
76 Ded (sic) July 1868
Margaret Elliot
77 Dismissed by letter November 1830
Elizabeth Guill
78 Dismissed by letter A. 1829 P.4
Mary Bilshow
79 Dismissed by letter A. 1829 P.4
Mary Ellison
80 Dismissed by letter 1834
Rhoda Sceales
81 Dismissed by letter B. 1828
Nancy Arill
82 Excluded February 16th 1839
Phebe Coambs
83 Dismissed by letter A. 1829 P.4
Margaret Wood
84 Died 1834
Mary Fuller
85 Excluded February 16th 1839
Rebecca __immon_
86 Dismissed by letter A. 1829 P.4
Margarett Wood
87 Excluded for none atendence (sic) Ded (sic) --
dead September 1865
Margret Burchett
88 Dismissed by letter 1836
Ann Perkins
89 Dieds (sic) May 1829
Mary Lawrence
90 Excluded May term 1847
Moses Allen Sen
91 Dead
Benjamin Dening
92 Deceast (sic) June the 16th 1844
Elizabeth Guill
93 Dismissed by letter A. 1829 P.4
Malvinah Cambell
94 Dismissed by letter A. 1828
Lycetty Pettsworth
95 Dismissed by letter 1834
Charlotte Nixon
96 Dismissed by letter April 1846
Lewis Blackman
97 Dismissed by letter January 19th 1844
Richard Blackman
98 Excluded for _______
Frances Blackman
99 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
Neley Blackman
100 Dismist (sic)
Polly Allison
101 Dismissed by letter
Isham Wood
102 Died 1831
Moses Allen 3rd
103 Excluded February 16th 1839
Edmond Turner Deacon 104 Excluded February
16th 1839
Shadrach Duncan P2
105 Dismissed by letter
Elizabeth Duncan Do
106 Dismissed by letter
Charlotte Kepley P3
107 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
Jane Briant P3
108 Died June the 3rd 1842
General (Black) man
109 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
William Allen P
110 Dismissed by letter
Black Bette P
111 Dismissed by letter Baw 1832
Zachariah Worley P
112 Died October 15th 1837
Wiatt Coleman
113 Dismissed by letter January 1832 Recv'd back --
to the church
William Nunn
114 Dismissed by letter Dec 15th 1838
Selah (Black) woman
115 Dismissed by letter February 1832
Mary Pickeral P
116 Dismissed by letter 1830
Mary Lancaster
117 Dismissed by letter 1836
Lorenzo D. Hartwell P.7 118 Dismissed by
letter October 1838
Elijah A. Write P.7
119 Excluded October Term 1836 PW
Jane Parris P.7
120 Dismissed by letter March 1854
Mary Belshaw P.7
121 Dismissed by letter June 17th 1848
Abner Reed P.8
122 Dismissed by letter 1834
Abel White P.8
123 Excluded 1833
Elizabeth White P.8
124 Dismissed 1835
Fanney Denny P.8
125 Deceased May the 9th 1847
(Woodson is written above Denny)
Nancy Denny P.8
125 Dismissed by letter 1840
Judy Allen P.8
126 Dismissed by letter
Elizabeth Allen P.8
127 Dead
Harris Fuller P.8
128 Dismissed by letter Nov 1838 (recieved back)
John Rodgers P.8
129 Excluded August 1853
John Hooker P.8
130 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
Samuel Springfield P.8 131 Dismissed
by letter 1836
Amy Smith P.8
132 Dismissed by letter 1866
Patsy Laskill P.8
133 Excluded February 16th 1839
W____ Denning P.8
134 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
______ Christy P.8
135 Excluded March 1852
Betsey Rich P.8
136 Dismissed by letter 1836
Judith Lancaster P8
137 Died
Mandy Casky P8
138 Dismissed by letter November 18th 1848
Rebecca Nun P8
139 Dismissed by letter
John Powell P8
140 Dismissed by letter 11 April 1846
Polly Hooker P8
141 Dismissed by letter November 1840
Elizabeth Gill P8
142 Dismissed by letter 1836
Elizabeth Gill P8
143 Dismissed by letter 1836
Sam Hooker P8
144 Dismissed by letter 1835
Nathan Hickerson P8
145 Dismissed by letter 1833
Mary Fry P8
146 Dismissed by letter October 1838
Jane Davisson P8
147 Dismissed by letter Jan 1838
Karen Woodson P8
148 Died July 1838
Daniel Smith P8
149 Dismissed by letter 1866
Elizabeth Write P8
150 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
Nancy Fuller P9
151 Dismissed by letter October 1838
Elizabeth White P9
152 Dismissed by letter August 1834
Thomas White P9
153 Dismissed by letter August 1834
Wartzel Rodgers P9
154 Excluded for leaving of us
William Caskey P9
155 Dismissed by letter November 18th 1848
Wilson Burnet P9
156 Dead
Jane Fuller P9
157 Dismissed by letter October 1838
John Coleman P9
158 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
P____ Fuller P9
159 Excluded February 16th 1839
Willis White P9
160 Excluded January the 19th 1850
_iley Black P9
161 Dead
Aunney Black P9
162 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
Iri__e Black P9
163 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
Rachel Black P9
164 Excluded for none atendence (sic)
Robert B. Williams P9
165 Excluded July 1833
Jane Williams P9
166 Excluded October 1833
Abraham Roby P9
167 Dismissed by letter 1833
Mary Roby P9
168 Dismissed by letter 1832
Lucy Belshaw P9
169 Dead
Rhoda Paschal P9
170 Dismissed by letter _____
Mary Barnett p9
172 Dead
Hassy Fuller p9
173 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Elizabeth Fuller p9
174 excluded February 16th, 1839
Sarah Fuller p9
175 Dismissed by letter 1838
John Johnson p9
176 Excluded
John Dedman Jr p9
177
Bob Blackman p9
178 Excluded for none (sic) attendance
Cathy Duncan p9
179 Dismissed by letter 1837
Sarah Paschal p.9
180 dismissed by letter 1835
Susannah Paschal p9
181 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Kitty Whorley D____ p9
182 Excluded February 16, 1839
William Lancaster p9
183 Died December the 28th, 1839
Wilson Coats p9
184 Excluded for none (sic) attendance
Littleton Chandler p9
185 Dismissed by letter
Henry Fry p9
186 died Sept. 1862
Ally Fry
p9
187 died December 1868
Elizabeth Turner p9
188 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Caroline Williams p9
189 Excluded 1836 July p 19
Nancy Fuller p9
190 Excluded February 16th 1839
Mary Fuller p9
191 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Fanny Turner p9
192 Excluded Februay 16th, 1839
Hezekiah Turner p9
193 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Tolaver Turner p9
194 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Iris Paskill p9
195 Dismissed by letter
James Briant p9
196 Excluded 1834 March
Tellisy__ Moore p10
197 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Sarah Wilkerson p10
198 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Matilda Paschal p10
199 Dead 1874
Harriet Trail p10
211 Excluded April 1834
Mary Overton p10
211 Dismissed by letter
Susannah Garrett p10
212 Dismissed by letter 1835
Mary Hicks p10
213 Dismissed by letter 1836
Nancy Gill p10
214 Dismissed by letter 1838
Mary Fuller p10
215 Excluded February 1839
Daniel Paskill p10
216 Excluded February 16th, 1839
Anderson Paskill p10
217 Excluded May 1858
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