Hey, List! I simply must say thank you for transcribing these minutes. A lot of my family names keep popping up. But if they didnt I would still enjoy how they tried to keep each other on the straight and narrow path. lol Thanks again. Dorothy Rhodes > > From: "Harris Hill" <[email protected]> > Date: 2003/12/02 Tue PM 06:23:14 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GAMARION] Ebenezer Baptist Church Minutes 101-104 > > BlankMore minutes of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Note the reference to the > Pondtown church. Pondtown was the forerunner of Ellaville. It's all still > Sumter county at this time. Harris > > begin #101 > > May 11th 1844 > > The Baptist Church of Christ at Ebenezer met in conference, J. Howell Mod > > 1st open the door for the reciption of members, recd none > > 2nd Called for refferences, none > > 3rd the Church prefered a charge against Brother George Hughs, appointed > C.L. Battle, J. Brown, > J. Jackson a committee to wait on him and report at our next Conference > > 4th the Church prefered a charge against Brother J. L_insey and expelled > him from the fellowship of the Church > > 5th Took up and discussed the subject of Sunday School and on motion the > church elelcted Brother C.L. Battle President and A.H. Justice Vice > president to arrange and attend to the School > > A.H. Justice clerk protem > > end #101 > > begin #102 > > June 8th 1844 > > The Baptist Church of Christ at Ebenezer met in Conference, J. Howell Mod > > 1st opened the door for the reciption of members when Brother E.D. Eason > and wife Elizabeth Eason came forward and was recd by letter > > 2nd Called for refferences when the Church took up the case of Brother > George Hughs and expelled him from the fellowship of the Church > > 3rd Called for Corrispondance, recd Brethren L.B. Smith, D.M. Philips, B.T. > Smith, N. Golden and Walls from Pond Town Church . Also recd William > Holloway and Edmund Jackson with a letter from Mt. Carmel Church in Stewart > County Also, recd Brethren N. Derden from Friendship Church > > 4th _?_ Brethren to Pondtown and Friendship Churches _?_ Corrispondance > Brother C.L. Battle to rite the letter to Pondtown Church > > 5th a reconcideration of our last Conference on the case of Brother Graham > and restored him to the fellowship of the Church > > 6th Sister Sarah Jackson and daghter(daughter) _?_ Jackson called for > letters of Dismifsion which was objected to, appointed a committee to > Investigate the Matter and report at our next conference. Brethren A.H. > Justice, J. Brown, and D. Owens committee > Jeremiah Southerlin, CClk > > end #102 > > begin #103 > > July 1844 > > The Baptist Church of Christ at Ebenezer met in Conference > > 1st opened the door for the reciption of members, recd none > > 2nd Called for refferences on Motion _?_ over the refferences till next > Conference > > 3rd Called for the report of the committee that _?_ for Brother Strauders > letter and they reported they had recd a letter of Dismifsion for him from > the church he was expelled > > James Mathis Modr > Clk Protem > > _?_ 1844 > > A protracted meeting was negleced(neglected) to being recorded by the former > clerk when the church recid(recieved) by experience 10, a part of the names > not recollected > > Freeman Allen and wife > Jefse Clark and wife > Martha Clark > Garland Gauf > Fillis, a servint of E. Wells > Elisa Golding > Jefse Wadkins > > end #103 > > begin #104 > > August 10th 1844 > > The Baptist Church of Christ at Ebenezer met in Conference, J. Howell mod > > 1st opened the door for the reciption of members when Sister Mary Smith > came forward and was recd by letter > > 2nd Called fer refferences when the committee reported they had recd a > letter of Dismifsion for Brother William Strauder from the Church he was > excommunicated and was recd in full fellowhip of this church > > 3rd on Motion the church referred the case of Sister _?_ to our next > conference > > 4th Brother Chappell Hughs called for a letter of Dismifsion which was > granted > > 5th Brother John W. Jackson came forward and returned his licens to the > church from which he recd them, on motion the church reserved the right of > Brother John W. Jackson to Excercise in aney way he may fell Impressed in > his own church at Ebenezer > > Jeremiah Southerlin CClk > > end # 104 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >