>Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 18:41:35 -0500 >To: [email protected] >From: "JEFFREY A. TREON" <[email protected]> >Subject: MORE from what I received- Bonnie > >This was a MOBILE GEN.SOC.QUARTERLY, VOL IV,no.2 > >ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE HOLY CONCEPTIO, MOBILE- 122 >This was abstractd by: Miss Eleanor M. Kilduff > >Excerpted as follows: > >Source: Probate records, Misc.BK A, pp 92-95: >"ARTICLES OF GOV'T & CONSTITUTION of the ONGREGATION of the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH of the HOLY CONCEPTION in the CITY of MOBILE made and entered into the twenty first day of NOV in the year of OUR LORD, One Thoughsand Eight Hunded and Twenty Two." > >Says there are 4 handwritten legal sized pages which are difficult to read. They cover 8 articles of GOV'T "in accordance with an ACT of the State Legislature of AL for incorporating religious societies of every denomination in handling their temporal concerns." > >FIVE turstees were to be elected yearly and the 1st 5 were appointed and are >as follows: >JOHN D. HOGAN >LEON NICHOLAS >DIEGO MACBOY(MCVOY--my 3rd great uncle/brother of GUILLERMO MCVOY) >DANIEL DUVAL >JOHN B. CUMMING. > >The article goes on to say that "all freee male memb. of the church, over 21 yrs, and were "pew holders" were allowed to vote for the trustees at the next yearly election. The following names were listed as being signed to be qualified to vote in the election according to the article: > >*the above was from page 789 and is continued here starting at page 790: > > >JOHN B. HOGAN, J.B.CUMMING, DIEGO MACBOY(MACVOY/MCVOY), BAPTISTA L. SOTO, GENTRY MAYENT/MAXENT, J.WILLIAMS, V.MILLS, THOS.BLAIR., JOS.T.KENNEDY, VALERIO JULY,PEDRO PANIGAO?,RAMON SALS,A.HENDEMBERG, JOHN SOTO, JUAN BARTISTA EUXENE?SR, JUAQUINE ANTUNEZ, JAIME-NINHI?, J.C.LIEVIN, SILVAIN NICHOLAS, BETOZAN LALAND, JOS.ALEXANDRE, C.H.CHEMPENOIS, GUPIEN? BIDIER, G. CHIGHIZOLA, CHAS?KANGES?, SIMON MARCHAND, PANNIA ? CALAN, JNO ELLIOT, RICHD TANKERSLEY, ANTONIO ESPEJO, J.B.TANKERSLEY, D. DUVAL, TOMAS BATRE, PHILIP MCLOSKEY, A.FOLEY, L.DABAS, JN RONDEAU, PIERRE DAVID, SIMON CHASTANG, JOS.KREBS, JAS. CUNNINGHAM, PHILIP CUNNINGHAM, JOLAU/JOHN? NEVIRE/MEVIRS?, PETER LAWRENCE, A. BATRE, MIGUEL ESLAVA, JNO BYINS, WM. HIGGINS, DENIS O. KEIFFE, ANTONNI KREBS, VICTORIA GANNARD, CHAS. DOMINGUE?, JOS.ALEXANDRE BEAUDIN, ???COLLIN, EDW.JOHNSTON, STEPHEN DEMPSY, PATRICK O.CONNER, DAVID DALY, JAS. BREWER, JAS. BRADY, JAS GERARD BY TE & TBH, TH. S. MCNAMARA, LUIS BOULAU?, FRANCIS MITCHELL, FAUSTIN COLLIN, REGISTE BERNODY, PIERRE REGISTE, ETIENNE REGISTE, F. MOSELEY, F. BARNARD, L.CHAMPENOIS, DGUE SALLES, PATRICK HOGARTY. > >My 3rd Great Uncle, DIEGO MCVOY, is also listed here. He was born circa 1791 >supposedly in SCT and was the brother of my ancestor (3rd great grandfather, >GUILLERMO/aka WILLIAM MCVOY, b. 7-1776 in SAVANNAH GA. > >Hope sharing this info from DIEGO will help other researchers. Bonnie >*************************************************************end