This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CLARK, CLARKE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mBJ.2ACEB/1231 Message Board Post: Perhaps someone on here could help me or refer me to someone who can. I am looking for any information on the Clark(e) family listed below in the following minutes of the Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church of Claiborne Co., Tn., which is probably the following family: 1830 census records of Claiborne Co., Tn. Joseph Clark, no wife, age 80/90 - b. 1740-1750 - head of household William Clark, age 30/40 - b. 1790-1800 - head of head of house hold wife age 30/40 - b. 1790-1800 son age 10/15 - b. 1815-1820 dau age under 5 - 1825-1830 dau age 16/20 - 1810-1815 dau age 16/20 - 1810-1815 dau age 20/30 - 1800-1810 Any help that you could provide would be very appreciated. March the 2nd Saturday 1802. Church met and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received by experience John Evans, Martin Dodson, Nancy Miller, John Harper, James Hill, Peggy Cooper, Pheby Clark, William Clark, Tilda Slate, Leah Dodson, Mary Stubblefield, Dodson's Lukey, John Neal, Jesse Dodson, Joseph Neal, William Neal, Robert Southern, Nancy Hill, Sarah Lane, Kesiah Clark and by letter John Grimes and Richard Hanes. 2nd Jesse Dodson installed pastor. April the 2nd Saturday 1802. Church met and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Chose John Cunningham Deacon. 2nd Opened a door for the reception of members and received by experience Elizabeth Lane, Mary Gibbons, Nancy Southern, Tibby Clark, Isum Clark, Thomas Gibbons, John Franklin, Elizabeth Dodson, Lucy Cogdal, Russel Morgan and by letter James Kinney. February the 8th Day 1804. Church met at Brother Harper's to labour with Brother James Hendrick and lay him under bonds and referd to March meeting. ... William Clark laid under bonds and referd to March meeting. March the 2nd Saturday 1804. Church met and after worship proceeded to business at Big Spring ...William Clark excommunicated for the charge of saying and forsaying sundry times. Second Saturday 1805. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. ...In consequence of a distress between Brother Joseph Clark and Levi Griffet concerning reports about raising of a sheep pen and contradicting himself at sundry times referd to next meeting in course ...Hannah Hill, Peggy Cooper, Mercurius Cook, Rachel Cook, Kesiah Clark, Martha Jeffries, Polly Stubblefield, Sarah Harris, Tildy Slate, Jianah Clark excommunicated for holding with Stroud and withdrawing from the church March Second Saturday 1807 ...Appointed John Cunningham, James Sims, Wm. Weaver, George Stubblefied, Jas. Hill, Jon. Evans, Joseph Clark and Thos. Jeffries to go to Holston Blue Springs with charge authority to inquire into the stand and conduct of our members there and to attend on the fourth Saturday of April. July Second Saturday 1808. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. ....Appointed a committee to labour in a difficulty between Bro. Geo. Stubblefield and Sis. Simmons and to hear Bro. Silas Clark July Second Saturday 1808. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. ....Appointed a committee to labour in a difficulty between Bro. Geo. Stubblefield and Sis. Simmons and to hear Bro. Silas Clark September Second Saturday 1810. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received Fanny Harper, Naomi Cleark, Polly Weaver and Penney Hopson by experience and Polley Fitzgarrel by letter. March Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. ....Received John Condry and James Cleark by experience. September Second Saturday 1812. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. ....Silas and Keziah Cleark, Stubblefield's King and Sarah Hale dismist by letter. January Second Saturday 1813. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. ... Dismist Naomi Cleark by letter. March Second Saturday 1816 Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Received Frances Clarke by letter. October Second Saturday 1818. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Appointed Brethren John Neil and Joab Hill to cite Brother Joseph Cleark to attend next meeting to answer a report that is circulating about him. December Second Saturday 1819. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Agreed to write to Hicary Creek Church that if they could receive Isaac Cleark we would hold no bar against them for so doing. October Second Saturday 1822. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Dismist James Cunningham by letter. 2nd Appointed Bibby Hodges and John Evans to converse with Sister Martin and make report to next meeting and also to converse with Sister Omy Cleark and make report to next meeting. 3rd Appointed Thomas Hurst and John Evans to converse with Sister Sarah Hopson and make report to next meeting November Second Saturday 1822. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. 1st Sister Frances Martin attended meeting and gave satisfaction agreeable to request. 2nd Neomy Cleark excluded for her declaring she would not sit with the church in their present standing of the church. 3rd The matter relative to Sister Sarah Hopson deferd to next meeting October Second Saturday 1828. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business. 1st George Hughs draws his experience from this church in order to join the Head of Barren Creek Church. 2nd The church agreed to send Sister Frances Cleark another letter of dismission