NEAR BRADYVILLE, (CANNON CO.) TN
(1833-1851)
Extracted and transcribed from the Original Records by 
Janice M.Price
27219 La Rose Dr.
Warren, MI 48093
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CONSTITUTION

APRIL 1833, SATURDAY BEFORE THE SECOND SUNDAY
WE WHOSE NAMES ARE UNDERNEATH SUBSCRIBED, DO COVENANT TO LIVE TOGETHER AS A BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST AT HOPEWELL MEETING HOUSE. RECEIVING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT AS THE WORD OF GOD, AND THE ONLY RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE. A MAJORITY SHALL RULE IN ALL CASES, EXCEPT IN THE RECEPTION OF MEMBERS, WHICH SHALL BE DONE BY THE UNANIMOUS VOICE OF THE WHOLE.

(ORIGINAL MEMBERS)
JESSE GILLEY
DARCUS GILLEY
ELIZABETH GILLEY (MARKED DECEASED)
PETERSON GILLEY
THOMAS Y. WHITFIELD
JANE CATHRON (MARKED DECEASED)
FANNY CRITTENTON (MARKED DECEASED)
SARAH SWEET (MARKED DECEASED)
MARY JONAGAN [JERNIGAN?]
ELIZABETH GRAY

“WE WHOSE NAMES ARE ABOVE SUBSCRIBED, WERE THIS DAY CONSTITUTED A BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST AT HOPEWELL MEETING HOUSE. BY WILLIAM KEEL AND JOHN HARRIS”
(EVIDENTLY WHEN THESE PEOPLE LATER DIED THEY JUST MARKED IT HERE)

1834
WILLIS WHITFIELD
SIMEON GILLEY
JAMES SUTTON (MADE PASTOR OF CHURCH OCT.11,1834)

1835
BROTHER HARRIS
SISTER HARRIS
RALPH KNIGHT
SISTER HOLT
BROTHER WILLIAM RING
SISTER RING

1836
PRUDENCE LEWIS
ELIZABETH RING
THOMAS RING
ELIZABETH GREEN
ELIZABETH BYNUM
ELIZABETH CRITTENDON
SARAH SWEET
NANCY RING
HENRIETTA ESPY
LOUIZA BYNUM

1837
JANE BYFORD
BIDDY FORD
GORDON JONES
MARIAH JONES
ANNA JARNIGAN
JONATHON SMITH
WILLIAM RING-LETTER OF DISMISSAL NOV.1837
JONATHON SMITH -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837
FRANCES CRITTENTON LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837
ELIZABETH RING -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837
MARTHA HARRIS -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837

1838
JOHN LOW

1839
BRO. HARRIS -LETTER OF DISMISSAL MAY 1839
SIS. SWEET-LETTER OF DISMISSAL MAY 1839
JESSE H. GILLEY
JESSE JARNIGAN
(LOTTY?) TABOUR
CATHRINE BROWN
REBECCA THOWER
FANNY THOWER
NANCY THOWER
BRANSTON JAMES
JAMES BROWN
SALLY BROWN
JAMES MARSHBANKS
LUCINDA HOLT
URIAH BUSH
DAVID LAMBERT
PURITY LAMBERT
PATSY LASITER
NANCY LASITER
LIDDA WILLIAM
LORINDA LENOX
MANERVA THOWER

1840
JESSE GORDON
KIDDY GORDON
MARY ANN ELLIS
CHARLOTTE TABOUR
CATHERINE FINLEY
MARY JERNIGAN

1841
SIS. MARSHBANKS
ELIZABETH SAGELEY
RAFORD KNIGHT-EXCLUDED
MARTHA GOODIN
NANCY LOWE
NANCY HOWARD
LOUISA JANE HOWARD
ELIZABETH BYNUM (NOW PERRY)-JOINED CAMALITES

1842
STERLING (BRESER?)
RECVD. PRUDENCE LEWIS -BY LETTER
ELIZABETH B. WILLIAMS

1843
ALEZANDER HOGWOOD & WIFE
EDWARD WILLIAMS

1846
SIMEON GILLEY-BROTHER GILLEY BEING LICENSED PREACHER OF THE- GOSPEL
SARAH GILLEY
REBECCA CAROLINE GILLEY (NOW DAVIS)

LISTED ELSEWHERE IN CHURCH RECORDS
1845
JOTHRAM LASITER
MARY LASITER 
RILLY LASITER
MARTHA LASITER (PATSY)
BROTHER WILLIAM KEELE-PASTOR FOR THE YEAR
SILAS A. ROBINSON ASSISTANT CLERK

1846
MARY BRUCE
BRO. DERRYBERRY
LOUISA CAWTHON
MARY JANE HILL
SIMEON GILLEY MADE PREACHER BY WILLIAM KEELE
SILAS ROBINSON & JESSE JERNIGAN -DEACONS
SUSANNAH GRAY
ISAAC PARKER & MARY HIS WIFE-LETTER OF DISMISSAL
JOHN WEBBER
WILLIS BUSH
JOHN WILLIAMS

1847
JAMES MARSHBANKS & ELIZABETH HIS WIFE (ELIZABETH CROSSED OUT AND HARRIET PUT IN)-LETTERS OF DISMISSAL

MEMBERSHIP PAGES DATED JULY 1851

MALES

JESSE GILLEY
PETERSON GILLEY
THOMAS Y.WHITFIELD
JESSE JERNIGAN
STERLING BRUER?
SAMUEL GRAY
JAMES WHITFIELD
WILLIAM WHITFIELD
THOMAS MCCULLOUGH
SAMUEL M. GRAY
JAMES BURK
JAMES CAWTHON
ROBERT GORDON
JOSEPH GORDON
JACOB DERRYBERRY
WILLIAM BALTIMORE
WILLIAM BALTIMORE, SR.
ICAAC WIMBERLEY
BENJAMIN SMITH
JOHN BRUCE
SILAS A.ROBINSON
GEORGE GORDON
SAMUEL EADS
ELIJAN ATHA
IVY BUSH
ANDERSON LAMBERT
LIMUEL D. BUSH
CALEB BOND
ASA LEMMONS
SIMEON GILLEY
WILLIAM GRAY
ARCHABALD LEWIS
WILLIAM S. BROWN
JACKSON BROWN
JOHN THOMAS

FEMALES

DARCUS GILLEY
MARY JERNIGAN
PRUDENCE LASITER
NANCY RING
HENRIETTA ESPY
ANNA JERNIGAN
MARTHA LASITER
LIDDY WILLIAMS
KATHERINE FINLEY
MARY JERNIGAN
MARTHA GOODIN
DARCUS GILLEY, JUN.
MARY MOORE
SARAH GILLEY
LUCINDA SMITH
KATHERINE GILLY
MARY CURTICE
SARAH BUSH
SOPHRONO ESPY
RHODA ALLEN ROBINSON
NANCY GREEN
BELINDA WHITFIELD
RACHEL MCCULLOUGH
SARAH ANN LOWE
SEVINA GORDON
ANNA WILLIAMS
EMMA WEBBER
MARY BURK
NANCY LASITER
ELEANOR SAGELEY
MATILDA C. LONG
MARY E. LOWE
MARY GRAY
MANERVA TODD
SUSANNAH CARNAHAN
ELIZABETH DERRYBERRY
URSLEY T. GORDON
ELIZA M. GORDON
NANCY BALTIMORE
MARY LASITER
FERRIBA SMITH
JEMIMA GRAY
LOUIZA J. GRAY
UNICE TABOUR
MAHALA TENN…….?
MILLY BRUCE
RILLY LASITER
ELIZABETH E. ROBINSON
SARAH ATHA
MARY BYNUM
SARAH MARSHBANKS
MARY BROWN
MARGARET BULLARD
LOUIZA JERNIGAN
AQUILLA BUSH
JANE BUSH
NANCY BROWN
BETHENA JERNIGAN
JANE GILLEY (A BLACK) 
MARGARET BROWN
SISTER CROSLIN
REBECCA LAMBERT
ZILPHA WILLIAMS
NANCY SMITH
HANNAH BRUER
REBECCA MCCULLOUGH
BELINDA MOORE
LUIZA J. CAWTHON
MATILDA S. CAWTHON