This refers to the Joseph Clark family of Halifax Co., Va. who migrated to Claibourne Co., TN. One son continued on to Smith Co., TN. Jim > CLARKE-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 225 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CLARKE] Clark family of Big Sprin [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > List address is [email protected] > Admin address is [email protected] > > Message Board > Clarke - > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke > > To unsubscribe from CLARKE-D, send a message to > [email protected] > with the word unsubscribe in the body. > > ++ Please, customize your subject lines. ++ > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CLARKE] Clark family of Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church Claiborne County Tennessee > Date: 14 Jul 2002 17:34:29 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 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