From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 7:33 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: CHURCH.Beaver.Dam.Baptist.1837.Edmonson Beaver Dam Baptist Church Copyright Date 1837 Edmonson County KyArchives Church Record Minutes for 1837: Jan - Jessey MOON moderator. No business. Feb - John JONES moderator. No business Mar - John JONES moderator. Levi MOORE to be sent for to see why he isn't attending; Austin CLAYTON & Ritchard RAY to see him. Rachel PASE? to attend to show cause why she allowed dancing at her house; Henry B BLARE & John B BLARE to see her. Apr - John JONES moderator. MOORE's case continued, same for PASE. May - Levi MOORE case continued. Sister PSE appeared & gave satisfaction. Dianah RAMEY (nee JONES) excluded for grave offense. Jun - Jessey MOON moderator. Levi MOORE's case taken up - continued again. Agreed to purchase locks for the church door. Table to be made for the church and a seat for the pulpit. Jul - Jessey MOON moderator. MOORE to be visited again; J C ROWNTREE & David CUTLIP to do same. Aug - no meeting - association time Sep - John JONES modesrator. Levi MOORE present, refused to give satisfaction, excluded. Letter of dismission granted to Patsy G TILATHY, E MOORE. Oct - John JONES moderator. Received Nansey RAY by experience, Litisha JAMES by experience; Henrretta STROWD by same, Sintha Ann RAY same, Asa CAPPS by same; Mirana CAPPS by same; John B BLANE by same. Nov - John JONES moderator. Recvd Wm CAPPS by experience; Andrew CLATON same; Jessey CAPPS same. Dec meeting to be at Ritchard RAY's. Feb to meet at James STROWD'S. March meeting at Warren MOORE's. Joseph P POLLARD to be given bond by Warren Moore for the work done on the church. Subscriptions to be raised to buy a stove for the church. Recvd Mariah, slave of J C ROWNTREE; Eliza M MOORE by experience; George Ann ROWNTREE, Jinny CUTLIP, Sarah Ann MOORE by same. Dec - John JONES moderator. Recvd Aaron SHORT, Elizabeth SHORT, John WOOLSEY, Sarah Ann GARDNER, all by experience. At another meeting received: Elizabeth BLARE by experience. Stove subscriptions raised $39.75. Polley BLEDSO's behaviour to be investigated; excluded for living with a man contrary to the word of God and rules of the church. . At another meting recvd Hyram H CAMPS by experience and Wm CLAYTON by same. At the next meeting recvd: Henretta CAPPS by experience, JulyAnne RAGSDAL by same, Eliza Jane SMITH by same. Aron SHORT & wife excluded (no charge shown). Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/