Transcribed from handwritten Bethany Baptist Church records by Eddie Mikell, all rights reserved. E-mail mikell@virginia.edu for purchasing information on Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County publications available on CD and hard copy. Now available on e-bay! Saturday before the 3rd Sabbath in June, 1829 A sermon by Brother J. P. Martin. A door was opened for the reception of members. None offered. Resolved that the committee appointed at last Conference to devise the plan of building an addition and Conference make their report, who reported they agree to build the plan of the additional plaza to Hepsiba with such dedication from said plan as Brethren Granberry, Baggott and Richards on examination may think proper to make, and ordered that they make out and lay in a bill of lumber for said building. Ordered that Brother James Baggott visit Brother Levi Noble and request him to furnish our clerk with the Church book on or before our next Conference. Ordered that Brother Sparks be appointed for his kindness and service in keeping the meeting house. Saturday before the 3rd Sabbath in July, 1829 After a sermon, a door was opened for the reception of members. None offered. Received of Brethren Noble and Baggott a transcript of the names of the members of this Church drawn by them from the Church book of records which was read and corrected. On application, ordered that Sister Margaret Allen and Brethren William Ellington and Eleazar Nelson have letters of dismission. Brother Elias Mullens came forward and stated that a report had circulated that he had a difference with his neighbor, in which he had used improper expression touching his neighbor's character and good standing, which he acknowledged apparently with godly sorrow. Brother Granberry reported that he had laid in a bill of lumber to the sawyer for building the addition to the meeting house. Appointed Brethren George Granberry and Wylie White deligates to the Association and in case of failure, James Baggott and ordered that we send five dollars for the Association fund and call for thirty copies of the minutes. Appointed Brother William Sparks to procure nails for the additional building. Fryday before the 3rd Sabbath in August, 1829. After a sermon by Brother Martin, a door was opened for the reception of members. None offered. Ordered Brother Wylie White prepare a subscription to raise a sum of money sufficient to defray the expenses of the additional building to the meeting house, payable on the first day of January 1830.