----- Original Message ----- From: <w.d.hill@att.net> To: <GAMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:19 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [GAMACON] Lanier - Methodist Church > Ive been trying to find any old records from the Lanier > Methodist Church that might show some of the families > that attended or recorded any marriages, deaths, > etc.....Do you have a point of contact or know if they > exist and where....my HILL line goes back to the > beginning of Macon Co and the SLAUGHTER HILL line Im > come from were devote Methodist...Thanks > > 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. > > > > >