Selected Abstracts from
Saline Creek Baptist Church
Stewart County, Tenn
Records, 1810 - 1964
4 Vols, & 1 Item
Microfilm Accession No. 710
Entries enclosed in brackets
[ ]
are notes entered by the transcriber, Duane Hargis.
Unusual spellings are as they appear in the books.
18 April 1812
[A letter of petition was
written to the Dry Creek Church in Christian Co, KY to obtain letters of
dismission for members of the Saline Creek Baptist Church in order to form a
new church]
Thomas Ross Elizabeth
Hook
Asa Biggs Penny
King
Jno Ferrill Rebecca
McKinney
Robert Warren Mary
McKinney, Junr
John Biggs Nancy
Biggs
Isaac McKinney Amy Wallace
Robert McKinney Mary Anderson
Henry King William
Hubbard
Nathan Ross Sally
Hubbard
John Stancil Elizabeth
Neville
Cornelius Anderson Mary McKinney,
Senr
Wynia Biggs Boatswain
Volentine
Elizabeth Williams
p. 31
Membership List 1816
Thomas Ross Wm
Hubbard
Asa Biggs Sally
Hubbard
John Ferrill Penny
King
John Biggs Elizabeth
Hooks
Robert Warren Mary
Anderson
Isaac McKinney Mary
McKinney snr
Robert McKinney Jesse
Jackson
Henry King Elizabeth
Jackson
John Stancil Nathan
Ross
Cornelius Anderson Moses
Jones
Wynia Biggs Rebecca
McKinney
Mary McKinney Jnr Nancy
Biggs
Boson Volentine
p. 255 - 256
September 14, 1841
Agreeable to and order of the
baptist Church on Saline Creek at thare agust meatin we your Committee appointed
to make out a list of the Members names of Said Church do make out the
followinge list as including all thare names
Male Members Females
Samuel Ross Pastor 1 Elizabeth McKinney 1
Ewin McKinney Decon 2 Anna Cobb 2
Jesse Lassiter Clerk Dec* 3 Salley McKinney 3
Edwin Barnes dismist 4 Rebecha
Ellis Excluded* 4
by leter* Anna
Whithead Decd* 5
John Leggate Excluded* 5 Lyda
Leggat 6
Edwin Whithead 6 Delilah Wallace 7
Henry Cheary Excluded* 7 Cory
Morgan Excl* Dcd* 8
David Leggete 8 Polley Morris Decd* 9
Joseph McKinney DC?* 9 Nancy
Morris 10
James Nelson Excl* 10 Fanney ?elmes 11
Joseph B Harges Dism* 11 Penny
Biggs 12
John Stancil Decd* 12 Mary Barnes Dismisst* 12
Henry Bell Decd* 13 Wineford
Rogers Decd* 13
Robert B Dudly Dismisd* 14 Elizabeth
Ross 14
John Scott 15 Henritta Wallace Exc* 15
William H Allen 16 Nancy
Cunton Exclud in 1841* 16
Mary
Rodgers 17
Susana
Nelson Dismist* 18
Mary
Nelson Dismist* 19
Sarah
Cunagham 20
Mahulda
A Hargus Dismis* 21
Elmitta
Cunagham Dist* 22
Polly
Bell Dec* 23
Rebeca
Taylor Excl* 24
Polly
Allen 25
Anny
Scott 26
[signed] Elizabeth McKinney
[Entries marked with a * are
in a different handwriting suggesting they were entered at a later date]
Vol II , 1850 - 1883
Agreeable to an order of the
Church I proceed to give the date of the Constitution of the Saline Creek
Church of Predestinarian Baptist, agreeabel to the Date given, was on Saturday
the 20th June 1812 the ministers who assisted was Elders, Dudley Williams
Reuben Ross & John Mallory and after examining the Confession of Faith
& Church Covenant they Constituted the Church on the same
Male Members Females
: Names
1st El. Samuel Ross dcd* Ann Cobb decd* 1st
2nd Ewin McKinney dcd* Elizabeth Ross Dead* 2nd
3rd Edward Whitehead Decd* Elizabeth
McKinney Decd* 3rd
4th John Scott Excluded* Nancy Morris Excluded* 4th
5th William H Allen Dis* Penny Biggs dead* 5th
6th David Legate Excld* Ann Scott Excluded* 6th
7th Robert B Dudly Dismisd* Mary Rogers Decd* 7th
David Legate Dismissd* Sarah McKinney Dismissd* 8th
8th O Wells Lisenby Dismissd* Mary Allen Dismissd* 9th
9th William H Allen Exc* Delilah Wallace Decd* 10th
10th Guy H McKinney dead* Elizabeth McKinney 11th
11th A. S. Wallace Sarah
Cunagham Decd* 12th
12th M. S. Ross dead* Francis Williams Exclu* 13th
13th J. H. MacKinney Excl* Lucy Sills Dismissd* 14th
14th W. g. H Walker Drusilla Hargis Decd* 15th
15th John Cott dismiss* Sarah Dudley Dismissd* 16th
Mary
Allen Dismissd* 17th
Mary
J Allen Dismissd* 18th
Nancy
Morris Decd* 19th
Rebecca
Cherry Dead* 20th
Nancy
McKinney dead* 21th
N.
H. Wallace Dead* 22th
J.
A. Ross Dead* 23th
Nancey
R Walker dead* 24th
Manervy
McKiney dismiss* 25th
Luisa
McKiney dismiss* 26th
Ann
Cott dismiss* 27
[Entries marked with a * are
in a different handwriting suggesting they were entered at a later date]
Vol III , 1884-1925
From several Churches in
North Carolina Met in the Saline Creek School house -
Branch of Dry Creek Baptist
in May 19, 1810
(first minutes Christian County)
March 14, 1812 petitioned the
Church to become a constituted body
June 13, 1812 made
preparation for constitution
Members of 18th of April 1812
May 23, 1812 permission
granted to become a constituted body
June 20, 1812 pronounced a
constituted church (Saline Creek Church)
p. 10
Male members
A G Wallace dead*
T H McKinney Excluded*
W G H Walker dead*
Dewitt Morgan dead*
Julius Buchhanan Ross dead*
Georg Newberry dead*
Thomas J Chandler dismist by letter*
B L Bibb dead*
S N Vick Exclued* dead*
Petter Salliers dead*
J F Morgan dead*
F M Morgan Dead*
Burley B Bibb Dcd*
p. 11
Females Names
Elizabeth Ross dead*
Elizabeth McKinney dead*
Nancy McKinney dead*
M M Wallace dead*
Polly Ross dead*
Etnie Walker dead*
Agnes Naomey Ross Excluded*
Susan Burke dead*
Emer Green Vick Excluded*
Georgan Miles Dead*
Saly Newbery Dead*
Marel Jane Ross dead*
Annie Chandler dismist by letter
Eliza Bibb dead*
S F Greenhill Dead*
Estellar Hyer Dead*
Edna Brwon Dead*
Marey Write dead*
Mollie Feltner dead*
Rose Ellis Dead*
Fanie Wall Dead*
Mollie Shaw dead*
[Entries marked with a * are
in a different handwriting suggesting they were entered at a later date]
Vol IV, 1926 - 1964
Male members Female
members
D M Morgan dead* Rose Ellis Dead*
B L Bibb Dead* Mollie Feltner dead*
F M Morgan Dead* Estellar Hyer dead*
J F Morgan Dead* S F Greenhill dead*
G W Newbery dead* Ednar Brown dead*
S N Vick Died 11/29/63 Faney Wall dead*
Harvey Vick Mollie
Shaw dead*
Georgey Miles dead*
Sallie
Newbery dead*
Lula
M Brown dead*
Blanche
Gilliam Dead*
Ruth
Vick
Eula
Moore Dead*
Bettie
Haggard joined 2/16/64
Male Members Female
Members
Dewit Morgan Dead* Georgan Miles Dead*
F M Morgan Dead* Saly Newberry Dead*
George Newbery Dead*
Male Members Female
Members
-----tter Salliers Dead* Mollie Shaw Dead*
[Entries marked with a * are
in a different handwriting suggesting they were entered at a later date]
[The following deaths were
recorded in the Church books]
Name Date
Elizabeth Manning 15
Sep 1811
Martha Luten 7
Feb 1813
Elizabeth Neville 30
Jan 1814
Sally Brewer 23
Dec 1820
Susanna Ford 30
Jun 1821
Humphrey Cherry 10
Aug 1822
Henry Bragg 2
Nov 1823
Annis a servant of Sister
Wallace 28
Feb 1824
Sallay Williams 5
Oct 1830
Zilpha Ferril 14
Aug 1831
William Reddak 19 May 1832
Betsey Williams wife of Berry
Williams Nov 1835
Mary McKinney, born 11 Dec
1757 29 Jun
1836
Polly McKinney, aged about 85
years 21 Sep
1836
Dempsey, a collerd man 17
May 1838
Susana Wallace 6
Feb 1838
Elizabeth Page 30
Aug 1838
Frances Stalls 6
Dec 1839
Thomas, a man of coller,
property of S K Vollentin 28 Dec
1839
Charlotte Dunlope about
24 Feb 1841
Joseph McKinney 14
Jun 1843
Lidda (?) Legget 11
Aug 1843
Jesse Lassiter Dec
1843
John Stancil 24
May 1844
Polly Morris 19
Sep 1845
Polly Bell 13
Sep 1846
Wineford Rogers 12
Nov 1847
Delilah Wallace 7
Apr 1851
Drucilla Hargis 19
Aug 1852
Cloe the property of Mrs
Lassiter July-Aug
1855
Elizabeth McKinney wife of
Ewin
McKinney, aged 61 years
lacking 12 days 17 Oct
1855
Sarah Cunagham Feb
1857
Mary Rogers 15
Sep 1858
Nancy Morris 3
May 1861
Ewin McKinney 11
Nov 1862
Samuel Ross 15
Apr 1863
Ann Cobb 26
Sep 1867