----- Original Message ----- From: "Crilley" <crilley@eramp.net> To: <GAMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 3:37 PM Subject: [GAMACON] Lanier - Methodist Church > Sybil shares information she found about the Lanier Methodist church which > is located south of Reynolds, but actually in Macon County today. > > This made me curious to know if any of you might know more about these > ministers....especially Wyatt Brooks who served several years and is in our > 1860 Taylor Co Census. They're buried in the Butler Baptist Cemetery. (I > think this just happened to be the cemetery next to where the Baptist > Church relocated, and was once the Butler City Cemetery. Please correct me > if I'm wrong) > > Columbus District > Lanier > The first mention of Lanier in the Minutes of the Methodist Church is in > 1850. > 1850-Charles W. Hayes > 1852-John M. Marshall > 1853- Josiah H. Clarke > 1854-Wyatt Brooks > in 1855, Lanier drops off the list and Butler is listed for the first time > Butler > 1855-Wyatt Brooks > 1856- Smith Davenport > Flint River Mission is listed under Butler with Wyatt Brooks as the pastor > Butler > > 1857-John M. Marshall, Edmund W. Reynolds, sup'y > Flint River Colored Mission-Wyatt Brooks > </pre> > <P> > In 1857 many colored missions were listed. In the Columbus District, > Cusseta, Buena Vista, Talbot Circuit, Upson, and Hamilton list colored > missions. > > Every year, there were memoirs (obits) of the ministers who had died that > year. The books are not indexed, so you just about have to know when a > minister died to find him. This applies to all of the conferences (states). > > 1878. "Two new churches have been built in Butler Circuit, one at Butler, > costing two thousand dollars, and one at Carsonville costing about one > thousand dollars, one parsonage at Geneva costing seven thousand dollars." > ===== > Brooks, Mrs. Margaret > 07 Mar 1807-19 Aug 1888 > (wife of Rev. Wyatt Brooks) > > Brooks, Rev. Wyatt > 30 Sept 1805-16 Aug 1878 > (Methodist Minister. Served Lanier and Butler Churches) > > Virginia > > > ==== GAMACON Mailing List ==== > Let's all work to keep the old cemeteries well groomed. If you know of a cemetery that is not being kept up? Let the list owner know and hopefully we can get some help to get it cleaned up. > > >