Wilcox Co, AL Early Baptist Churches
(1826-1849)

Transcribed & contributed by Nancy S. Bell, MAR 2004.
nb7020@hotmail.com

Source: "Bethlehem Baptist Association Minutes 1827-1967 and Beckbe
Association Minutes 1826" on microfilm at Samford University. Microfilm can
be ordered through inter library loan.

Note: The Bethlehem Association was known as The Beckbe Association until
1827.

" Ministers, Licensed Preachers, and Messengers (delegates)":

* =Ordained ministers
**=Licensed preachers
(a)=Absent

1826: no churches from Wilcox County listed

1827: no churches from Wilcox County listed

Note: I think Wilcox County was affiliated with another Alabama Baptist
association before 1828.

1828:
1. Fellowship: K. Hawthorne*, L. Scott

1829:
1. Fellowship: K. Hawthorne*, B. Tarver
2. Bethany: J.? Bell and J.? Ray
3. Union: W. Herrinton*, A. Watson

1830:
1. Fellowship: K. Hawthorn*, L. Scott
2. Bethany: B. Deer(a), J. Ray
3. Union: Wm. Herrington*, Wm. McDaniel
4. Chalachey: J.A. Brantley(a), J.A. Butler*
5. Antioch: A. Watson*, J. Rowel

1831:
1. Fellowship: K. Hawthorne*, B.H. Tarver
2. Bethany: J. Kennedy, J.W. Bridges
3. Union: Wm. Herrington, Wm. McDaniel
4. Chalachey: J.A. Brantley, J.A. Butler*
5. Antioch: S. Jones(a), J. Rivers
6. Bethsaida: A. Popo, E. Attaway

1832:
1. Fellowship: A. Watson*, L. Scott(a)
2. Bethany: K. Hawthorn*, Bradley Dear
3. Union: Wm. Herrington*(a), C. Boutor
4. Chelachey: not represented
5. Bethsaida: J. A. Butler*, A. Pope
6. Friendship: J. Reeves, A. Bevely
7. New Providence: J. Nettles, Thomas Mason

1833: missing

1834:
1. New Providence: Adam Wiggins, Thomas Mason
2. Bethany: Kedar Hawthorn*, Nath'l Hawthorn
3. Chelachey: not represented
4. Antioch: dissolved
5. Union: William Herrington*, David Gibson
6. Bethsaida: Thomas Trowell*, Dabney Palmer
7. Fellowship: Benjamin H. Tarver**, Leonard Scott
8. Friendship: Jesse Reves*(a), Joseph Rivers

1835:
1. New Providence: Adam Wiggins, Samuel Dehea(a)
2. Bethany: Nathaniel Hawthorn(a), Martin Morgan
3. Chelachey: not represented
4. Union: William Herrington*, Henry Boulton
5. Bethsaida: Thopmas Trowell*, Dabney Palmer
6. Fellowship: Kedar Hawthorn*, Leonard Scott
7. Bear Creek: Robert Warren*, H.E. Courtney*(a)
8. Friendship: Jesse Reves*, J.F. Russel

1836:
1. New Providence: Thomas Mason(a), Jonathan Mason(a)
2. Bethany: Bradley Dear, Nathaniel Hawthorn
3. Union: William Herrington*, David Gibson
4. Bethsaida: Robert Warren, Robert Mosely
5. Fellowship: Kedar Hawthorn*, M.L. McWilliams**
6. Bear Creek: John J. Sessions*, Isaiah F. Russell
7. Friendship: Jesse Rives*, Samuel Rowell

1837:
1. New Providence: Thomas Mason, Isham Moore
2. Bethany: Nathaniel Hawthorn(a), Dennis Hawthorn
3. Union: Wm. Herrington*, M.M. Bonham, J.W. Campbell
4. Fellowship: K. Hawthorn*, M.J. M'Williams*, L. Scott
5. Bear Creek: J.J. Sessions*, H.E. Courtney*
6. Gravel Creek: Isaac Brittanham. Samuel Dehay(a)
7. Allenton: Wm. H. Lynam, P.P. Cullum(a)
8. Friendship: Jesse Reeves*, Samuel Rowell, Joseph Rivers

1838:
1. New Providence: D.N. Mayson, Wm. J. Prichett
2. Bethany: Robert Warren*, Ralph Jones
3. Union: William Harrington*, M. M. Bonham
4. Fellowship: K. Hawthorn*, M.L. McWilliams*, Wm. J. Callaway**, Jno.
Snell, and R. Mosely
5. Bear Creek: J.J. Sessions*, M.E. Courtney*(a)
6. Gravel Creek: John P. Vaughn**, James Cree
7. Allenton: Julius A. Wood, Joseph Rivers
8. Friendship: Wm. J. Reeves*(a), L.W. Lindsay*

1839: missing

1840:
1. New Providence: H.E. Coatney*, Allen Lacy
2. Bethany: A. Sale*(a), D. McMillan, N. Hawthorn
3. Fellowship: K. Hawthorn*, John Snell, H.A. Snell, John B. Scott
4. Gravel Creek: J.P.Vaughn**, J.F. Russel**
5. Allenton: J.J. Sessions*, Wm. H. Lynam
6. Canton: William H. Rogers
7. Friendship: L.W. Lindsey*, Jesse Reeves*, Samuel Rowell
8. Bear Creek: H.G. Owen**, John Watts
9. Union: M.M. Bonham, Thomas Bowman (or Rowman)

1841:
1. New Providence: Allen Lacy, Thomas Nettles
2. Bethany: H. Bussey(a), D. McMillan(a)
3. Fellowship: Leonard Scott, J.B. Scott, J.R. Yeldell
4. Gravel Creek: J.D. Pritchett, J.P. Vaughn**
5. Allenton: J.J. Sessions*, L.W. Lindsey*
6. Canton: K. Hawthorn*, J.L. Rogers
7. Friendship: Jesse Reves*, J.G. Dekel, S. Rowell
8. Bear Creek: H.G. Owen*, William Lindsey
9. Union: Thomas Stanford, E. Haddocks

1842:
1. New Providence: D.N. Mason, W.J. Pritchett
2. Bethany: Jonathan Bell, H. Bussey
3. Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson, John Snell, J.B. Scott (a)
4. Gravel Creek: J.P. Vaughn**, Thomas Blackmon
5. Allenton: J.J. Sessions*, L.W. Lindsey*
6. Canton: K. Hawthorn*, Thomas H. Cook
7. Union: John Bowman, M.M. Bonham
8. Friendship: B.W. Mathews(a), J.E. Rowell(a)
9. Bear Creek: H.G. Owen*(a), J.U. Ritchie

1843:
1. New Providence: D.N. Mason, John E. Courtney(a)
2. Bethany: Jonathan Bell (a), Durah Pilkington(a), Sterling Brown
3. Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson, Sr., J.B. Scott, John Snell
4. Gravel Creek: James Cree, J.F. Russell**
5. Allenton: L.W. Lindsey*, J.J. Sessions*
6. Canton: Kedar Hawthorn*, J.L. Rodgers
7. Union: M.M. Bonham, Billups Haddox
8. Black's Bluff: Wm. J. Pritchett, Ausburn Henry
9. Rock-west: J.E. Gullett, Jacob L. Pritchett
10. Antioch: Leonard Scott, R.A. Burson
11. Friendship: J.E. Rowell, Orlando J. Tynes
12. Bear Creek: H.G. Owen*, J.U. Ritchie

1844:
1. New Providence: L.W. Lindsey*, Thomas Mason
2. Bethany: Dura Pilkington, Sterling Brown
3. Fellowship: Silas M. Wooten, John B. Scott, John Snell
4. Gravel Creek: James Cree, Albert J. Sadler
5. Allenton: J.J. Sessions*, E.E. Kirvan, William H. Linam(a)
6. Canton: John P. Vaughn, J.L. Rodgers(a)
7. Union: Thomas Bowman(a), James W. Haddox
8. Black's Bluff: John D. Pritchett, Ausburn Hanry
9. Rock West: Kedar Hawthorn*, Malachi M. Bonham
10. Antioch: Joel Johnston, Richard A. Burson
11. Ackerville: E. J. Vernon, John Colly
12. Friendship: James U. Ritchie**, Bazil M. Burns
13. Bear Creek: Jesse Flowers, Jr., H.C. Pearson

1845:
1. New Providence: L.W. Lindsey*, D.N. Mason
2. Black's Bluff: William E. Riley, J.R. Newall
3. Gravel Creek: J. Cree, Isaac Brittenham
4. Rock West: Kedar Hawthorn*, Thomas Blackmon
5. Canton: J.P. Vaughn*, J.L. Rogers(a)
6. Bethany: S. Brown, H.P. Deer
7. Ackerville: I. Capers Jones, Taply H. Jones
8. Antioch: W.D. Hill(a), R.A. Burson(a)
9. Union: J.W. Haddox, J. Haddox
10. Allenton: J.J. Sessions*, E.H.J. Mobly
11. Fellowship: A. Jackson, J.B. Scott, S.M. Wootan(a)
12. Friendship: J.U. Ritchie**, B.M. Burns
13. Bear Creek: H.G. Owen*, J. Flowers*

1846:

Church: New Providence
Minister(s): ------
Clerk: Jas. B. Farr
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Messengers: Neither letter nor messenger.

Church: Black's Bluff
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: Ausburn Henry
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Messengers: A. Henry & J.D. Pritchett

Church: Gravel Creek
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: John Cree
Post Office: Camden
Messengers: Isaac Brittenham & Rob't Henderson

Church: Rock West
Minister(s): K. Hawthorn, J.C. Jones
Clerk: John E. Gullett
Post Office: Camden
Messengers: Kedar Hawthorn & John C. Jones

Church: Canton
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: J.L. Rogers
Post Office: Canton
Messengers: J.L. Rogers

Church: Bethany
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: M. McNeil
Post Office: Camden
Messengers: Sterling Brown & Dura Pilkington

Church: Ackerville
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: C.J. Kervin
Post Office: Carlowville
Messengers: E.G. Vernon & E.D.W. Bolton

Church: Antioch
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: R.A. Burson
Post Office: Snow Hill
Messengers: R.A. Buason & W.D. Hill

Church: Cedar Grove
Minister(s): M.L. McWilliams
Clerk: James Steen
Post Office: Womack's
Messengers: M.L. McWilliams & Jas. J. Thigpen

Church: Union
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: John Bowman
Post Office: Allenton
Messengers: W.B. Marshall & T.J. Haddox

Church: Allenton
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: E.H.J. Mobley
Post Office: Allenton
Messengers: J.W. Perrin & R.B. Linam

Church: Fellowship
Minister(s): -----
Clerk: John B. Scott
Post Office: Mt. Moriah
Messengers: Silas M. Woten, Thos. Jefferson, Sen. & J.D. Thompson

Church: Friendship
Minister(s): J.U. Ritchie, a licentiate
Clerk: Dan'l G. Beard
Post Office: Allenton
Messengers: Jas. U. Ritchie & Daniel Baird

Church: Bear Creek
Minister(s): H.G. Owen
Clerk: G. Grantham
Post Office: Allenton
Messengers: M.L. Burns & H.C. Pearson

1847:

Church: New Providence
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Wm. C. Morrow
Clerk: I. Moore
Messengers: Jonathan Mason, W.D. Burt

Church: Black's Bluff
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: John C. Jones
Clerk: Ausburn Henry
Messengers: James R. Newell, Malcom Patterson

Church: Gravel Creek
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: John C. Jones
Clerk: Leroy Henry
Messengers: John Richards, Levi W. Henry

Church: Rock West
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: John C. Jones
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: J.E. Gullett
Messengers: John C. Jones, J. Edes Gullett

Church: Canton
Post Office: Canton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Platt Stout
Clerk: J.L. Rogers
Messengers: J.L. Rogers

Church: Bethany
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Enoch E. Kirvin
Clerk: -----
Messengers: D. Pilkington, S. Brown

Church: Ackerville
Post Office: Carlowville
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: E.E. Kirvin
By Whom Supplied: D.R.W. McIver
Clerk: C.J. Kirvin
Messengers: John Colly, Enoch E. Kirvin

Church: Antioch
Post Office: Snow Hill
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: M.L. McWilliams
Clerk: W.M. Watson
Messengers: Wm. M. Watson, Silas M. Wooten

Church: Cedar Grove
Post Office: Womack's
Resident Pastor: M.L. McWilliams
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: James Steen
Messengers: M.L. McWilliams, David Gaston

Church: Union
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Platt Stout
Clerk: W.B. Marshall
Messengers: W.B. Marshall, John Bowman

Church: Allenton
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Kedar Hawthorn
Clerk: E.H. J. Mobly
Messengers: Lucius Williams, J.E. Dukes

Church: Fellowship
Post Office: Mount Moriah
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Kedar Hawthorn
Clerk: J.B. Scott
Messengers: J.R. Yeldell (a), Thomas Jefferson, Jr., John B. Scott

Church: Friendship
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: Kedar Hawthorn
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: J.U. Ritchie, a licenciate
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: E. Linam
Messengers: K. Hawthorn, M. Linam, B.W. Mathews

Church: Bear Creek
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: H.G. Owen
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: N.L. Stuckey
Messengers: H.G. Owen, M. Stuckey

1848:

Church: New Providence
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: W.C. Morrow
Clerk: J. Moore
Messengers: Isham Moore, John E. Courtney

Church: Black's Bluff
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Jno. C. Jones
Clerk: Ausburn Henry
Messengers: R.A. Burson, Thos. S. Nettles

Church: Gravel Creek
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: Jno. C. Jones
Clerk: L.W. Henry
Messengers: Jas. Cree, Leroy W. Henry

Church: Rock West
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: Jno. C. Jones
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: J.E. Gullett
Messengers: Jno. C. Jones, J. Edes Gullett

Church: Canton
Post Office: Canton
Resident Pastor: M. Bishop
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: J.L. Rogers
Messengers: Mathew Bishop, J.L. Rogers (a)

Church: Bethany
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: E.E. Kirvin
Clerk: D. Pilkington
Messengers: D. Pilkington, S. Brown

Church: Ackerville
Post Office: Carlowville
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: E.E. Kirvin
By Whom Supplied: Platt Stout
Clerk: M.B. Keiser
Messengers: John Cally, M.B. Kyser

Church: Cedar Grove
Post Office: Snow Hill
Resident Pastor: M.L. McWilliams
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: Jas. Steen
Messengers: M.L. McWilliams, James Steen

Church: Union
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: J.L. Sessions
Clerk: W.B. Marshall
Messengers: Jno. Bowman, P.C. Newberry (a)

Church: Allenton
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn
Clerk: E.H.J. Mobley
Messengers: H.M. Andrews, E.H.J. Mobley

Church: Fellowship
Post Office: Mount Moriah
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn
Clerk: J.B. Scott
Messengers: Jno. B. Scott, Jno. W. Leslie, Thos. Jefferson, Jr.

Church: Friendship
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: Kedar Hawthorn
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: E. Linam
Messengers: K. Hawthorn, M. Linam (a), K. Hardy

Church: Bear Creek
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: H.G. Owen
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: J.U. Ritchie. A licentiate
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: N.L. Stuckey
Messengers: James U. Ritchie, B.M. Burns

1849:

Church: New Providence
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn
Clerk: I. Moore
Messengers: Isham Moore (a), John E. Courtney

Church: Black's Bluff
Post Office: Black's Bluff
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: J.C. Jones
Clerk: A. Henry
Messengers: John D. Pritchett, Ausburn Henry

Church: Gravel Creek
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: J.C. Jones
Clerk: L.W. Henry
Messengers: James Cree, Robert T. Henderson (a)

Church: Canton
Post Office: Canton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: J.L. Rogers
Messengers: Neither letter nor messenger.

Church: Bethany
Post Office: Camden
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: E.E. Kirvin
Clerk: D. Pilkingon
Messengers: Drura Pilkington (a), Dennis Hawthorn (a)

Church: Ackerville
Post Office: Carlowville
Resident Pastor: E.E. Kirvin
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: M.B. Keiser
Messengers: Enoch E. Kirvin, W.J. Jones

Church: Cedar Grove
Post Office: Snow Hill
Resident Pastor: M.L. McWilliams
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: William Norris
Messengers: M.L. McWilliams, Edmund Blankenship

Church: Union
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: H.G. Owen
Clerk: -----
Messengers: Neither letter nor messenger

Church: Allenton
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn
Clerk: J.B. Sessions
Messengers: E.H.J. Mobley (a), George O. Miller (a)

Church: Fellowship
Post Office: Mount Moriah
Resident Pastor: -----
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: ----
By Whom Supplied: K. Hawthorn
Clerk: J.B. Scott
Messengers: J.W. Lealie, Thos. Jefferson, Jr., J.B. Scott (a), Jno. Snell
(a)

Church: Friendship
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: K. Hawthorn
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: -----
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: W.B. Taylor
Messengers: Kedar Hawthorn, Mathew Linam (a), Kindred Hardee

Church: Bear Creek
Post Office: Allenton
Resident Pastor: H.G. Owen
Other Ministers, Members of the Churches: J.U. Ritchie
By Whom Supplied: -----
Clerk: N.L. Stuckey
Messengers: James U. Ritchie, B.M. Burns

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Wilcox Co, AL Early Baptist Churches (1826-1849)

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