Elias, Martha & Rhoda Harrison. i am not kin that i know of - hope this helps someone, let us know on the list. josie >Source: TNCLAIBO-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNCLAIBO-L] 1811..........Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church >Minutes >per: PBurne1063@aol.com > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >MINUTES OF BIG SPRING PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH > > >Church Records for Year 1811 > > >January Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Received Elisabeth Shipley by experience. > >February Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Received James Edwards by experience and Sarah Harper by experience. >2nd Granted Bro. Wm. Jones a letter or recommendation. > >March Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Received Zachariah Austin by experience. >2nd Dismist Elias, Martha and Rodah Harrison by letter. >3rd Received John Condry and James Cleark by experience. > >April Second Sunday 1811. Church met and after worship proceeded to business. >1st The matter lifted relative to Brother Thomas Cunningham and referd to >next meeting. >2nd Received Martha Austen as a transient member til a letter of dismission >can be obtained. >3rd The church appoints George Stubblefield, Joab Hill, Ritchard Harper and >Isam Cleark them with others to labour in a difficulty between Bro. Hidgman >Eathey and Bro. Peter and make report to next meeting. > >May Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Received Jesse Gouge by experience. >2nd The difficulty relative to Bro. Thomas Cunningham got through. >3rd The difficulty relative to Bro. Hedgeman Eathy and Bro. James Peter >according to report of committee appointed last meeting got through. >4th June meeting appointed for communion season. >5th Received Sarah Hale by letter. > >June Second Saturday 1811. Church met and after worship proceeded to business. >1st A distress lifted with Bro. Jordan Mathis and referd till meeting in >course. >2nd Brethren John Neal & Harvy Cunningham appointed to cite Brother William >Cunningham to next meeting. > >July Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st The reference relative to Brother Jordan Mathis continued. >2nd William Cunningham excommunicated for saying and forsaying and for >neglecting to provide for his household. >3rd Received Oliva Sanders and Nancy Bartlett by experience. > >August Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Appointed Brethren John Neal. Mercurius Cook and Joab Hill to labor with >Bro and Sis Constant and Bro. Jordan Mathis and make report. >2nd Appointed delegation to the Association namely John Evans, Zachariah >McCubbin and Jonah More. >3rd Henry Holt excommunicated for leaving the church in disorder. >4th Report of committee no satisfaction gaind the difficulty referd to next >meeting in course. >Thomas Cunningham excommunicated for drinking too much spiritous liquor. > >September Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Association letter read and approbated. >2nd The reference relative to Jordan continued. >3rd Sunday Morning. Received Graham's Stephen by experience. > >October Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Received John and Elizabeth Crouch by letter. >2nd The reference relative to Jordan Mathis continued and appointed Brother >John Neal, Thomas Whitehead, Bibby Hodge and Isaac Lane to labour with him >and William Constant and make report. >3rd. Martha Austin's letter received.. > >November Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring and after worship >proceeded to business. >1st Excommunicated William Constant and Jordan Mathis for contradicting each >other and holding each other at a distance. >2nd Ishum Cleark dismist by letter. >3rd Tibby Cleark and Jonah More excommunicated for the sin of whoredom by >confession from the evidence of Brother George Stubblefield. > >December Second Saturday 1811. Church met at Big Spring. > >End of Year 1811 ___________________________________________________________________ josiebass@zxmail.com 216 Beach Park Lane Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-5003 Home of the *HARRISON* Repository http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/ My Southern Family WWW: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/ LINDSAY & HARRISON Surnames & CSA-HISTORY Roots Mail List GENCONNECT: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html Data Managed by beautiful daughter Becky Bass Bonner and me, Josephine Lindsay Bass