CHURCH.Indian.Creek.Baptist.1858.Monroe Indian Creek Baptist Church Minutes Copyright Date 1858 Monroe County KyArchives Church Record 1858: Jan - no meeting Feb - James REGISTER, moderator, exhortation byThos SCRIVNER. Dismissed byletter Charles & Marth SMITH and Mary GUNN. Mar - no minutes Apr - Recvd by letter Meredeth MEADOR from Liberty Church in Macon Co TN. John H MEADOR, Wm NEAL and Asa YOUNG to go to Fountain Run Church on request of P DOSSEY to assist with a difficulty. William NEAL appt sexton for a yr and to be paid $4.00 for the year. The following contributed to his salary: Joel FLOWERS, Wm JOURDAN, J H MEADOR, A YOUNG, D CAMPBELL. May - Pastor choosing time as "Old Father Thos SCRIVNER having requested us to release him rom any further pastoral care of the church on account of age and infirmaty". To call Elder Levy SMITHWICK - Wm NEAL and J H MEADOR to contact him re the call. NOTE: Thos Scrivner according to the census records was 83 and had served as pastor here since 1835! Jun - Elder SOUTHWICK accepted the call and Thomas SCRIVNER resigned. Minutes shown of this process - a tribute to him which was to be published. He died sometime between and 180-1869, burial location not found. Southwick does not appear on the census records of Monroe or Barren until the 1870 census, living in Tompkinsville at age 50. He is living with an EMBERTON family. Jul - Willis M TURNER, William JOURDAN & Asa YOUNG to prepare a memorial to Thomas Scrivner. Aug - No names mentioned. Sep - no minutes Oct - no names mentioned Nov - Received by recantation George PROFFITT. Dismissed by letter Mary MOODY, Elizabeth SLAUGHTER, Jane MOODY, Berney WHITEHEAD, P H WHITEHEAD, Elizabeth JEFFERS, A S JEFFERS, Margaret PROFFITT, George PROFFITT. Recvd by experience: J F NEAL, S J NEAL, Green LEE, Jesse LAWSON, Lirey Jane STEPHENSON, Elizabeth JOURDAN and Jane LANDRUM. Dec - no names mentioned 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/