{"id":836,"date":"2023-07-01T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T18:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/?p=836"},"modified":"2023-07-01T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T18:16:05","slug":"members-of-the-baptist-church-at-hopewell-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/members-of-the-baptist-church-at-hopewell-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of the Baptist Church At Hopewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">NEAR BRADYVILLE, (CANNON CO.) TN<br \/>\n(1833-1851)<br \/>\nExtracted and transcribed from the Original Records by&nbsp;<br \/>\nJanice M.Price<br \/>\n27219 La Rose Dr.<br \/>\nWarren, MI 48093<br \/>\nE-mail&nbsp;<a>edge9 [at] spacewalk [dot] net<\/a><br \/>\n<em>all rights reserved<\/em><\/p>\n<hr size=\"4\" width=\"80%\">\n<p>CONSTITUTION<\/p>\n<p><strong>APRIL 1833, SATURDAY BEFORE THE SECOND SUNDAY<\/strong><br \/>\nWE 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(ORIGINAL MEMBERS)<\/strong><br \/>\nJESSE GILLEY<br \/>\nDARCUS GILLEY<br \/>\nELIZABETH GILLEY (MARKED DECEASED)<br \/>\nPETERSON GILLEY<br \/>\nTHOMAS Y. WHITFIELD<br \/>\nJANE CATHRON (MARKED DECEASED)<br \/>\nFANNY CRITTENTON (MARKED DECEASED)<br \/>\nSARAH SWEET (MARKED DECEASED)<br \/>\nMARY JONAGAN [JERNIGAN?]<br \/>\nELIZABETH GRAY<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWE WHOSE NAMES ARE ABOVE SUBSCRIBED, WERE THIS DAY CONSTITUTED A BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST AT HOPEWELL MEETING HOUSE. BY WILLIAM KEEL AND JOHN HARRIS\u201d<br \/>\n(EVIDENTLY WHEN THESE PEOPLE LATER DIED THEY JUST MARKED IT HERE)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1834<\/strong><br \/>\nWILLIS WHITFIELD<br \/>\nSIMEON GILLEY<br \/>\nJAMES SUTTON (MADE PASTOR OF CHURCH OCT.11,1834)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1835<\/strong><br \/>\nBROTHER HARRIS<br \/>\nSISTER HARRIS<br \/>\nRALPH KNIGHT<br \/>\nSISTER HOLT<br \/>\nBROTHER WILLIAM RING<br \/>\nSISTER RING<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1836<\/strong><br \/>\nPRUDENCE LEWIS<br \/>\nELIZABETH RING<br \/>\nTHOMAS RING<br \/>\nELIZABETH GREEN<br \/>\nELIZABETH BYNUM<br \/>\nELIZABETH CRITTENDON<br \/>\nSARAH SWEET<br \/>\nNANCY RING<br \/>\nHENRIETTA ESPY<br \/>\nLOUIZA BYNUM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1837<\/strong><br \/>\nJANE BYFORD<br \/>\nBIDDY FORD<br \/>\nGORDON JONES<br \/>\nMARIAH JONES<br \/>\nANNA JARNIGAN<br \/>\nJONATHON SMITH<br \/>\nWILLIAM RING-LETTER OF DISMISSAL NOV.1837<br \/>\nJONATHON SMITH -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837<br \/>\nFRANCES CRITTENTON LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837<br \/>\nELIZABETH RING -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837<br \/>\nMARTHA HARRIS -LETTER OF DISMISSAL DEC.1837<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1838<\/strong><br \/>\nJOHN LOW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1839<\/strong><br \/>\nBRO. HARRIS -LETTER OF DISMISSAL MAY 1839<br \/>\nSIS. SWEET-LETTER OF DISMISSAL MAY 1839<br \/>\nJESSE H. GILLEY<br \/>\nJESSE JARNIGAN<br \/>\n(LOTTY?) TABOUR<br \/>\nCATHRINE BROWN<br \/>\nREBECCA THOWER<br \/>\nFANNY THOWER<br \/>\nNANCY THOWER<br \/>\nBRANSTON JAMES<br \/>\nJAMES BROWN<br \/>\nSALLY BROWN<br \/>\nJAMES MARSHBANKS<br \/>\nLUCINDA HOLT<br \/>\nURIAH BUSH<br \/>\nDAVID LAMBERT<br \/>\nPURITY LAMBERT<br \/>\nPATSY LASITER<br \/>\nNANCY LASITER<br \/>\nLIDDA WILLIAM<br \/>\nLORINDA LENOX<br \/>\nMANERVA THOWER<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1840<\/strong><br \/>\nJESSE GORDON<br \/>\nKIDDY GORDON<br \/>\nMARY ANN ELLIS<br \/>\nCHARLOTTE TABOUR<br \/>\nCATHERINE FINLEY<br \/>\nMARY JERNIGAN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1841<\/strong><br \/>\nSIS. MARSHBANKS<br \/>\nELIZABETH SAGELEY<br \/>\nRAFORD KNIGHT-EXCLUDED<br \/>\nMARTHA GOODIN<br \/>\nNANCY LOWE<br \/>\nNANCY HOWARD<br \/>\nLOUISA JANE HOWARD<br \/>\nELIZABETH BYNUM (NOW PERRY)-JOINED CAMALITES<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1842<\/strong><br \/>\nSTERLING (BRESER?)<br \/>\nRECVD. PRUDENCE LEWIS -BY LETTER<br \/>\nELIZABETH B. WILLIAMS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1843<\/strong><br \/>\nALEZANDER HOGWOOD &amp; WIFE<br \/>\nEDWARD WILLIAMS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1846<\/strong><br \/>\nSIMEON GILLEY-BROTHER GILLEY BEING LICENSED PREACHER OF THE- GOSPEL<br \/>\nSARAH GILLEY<br \/>\nREBECCA CAROLINE GILLEY (NOW DAVIS)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LISTED ELSEWHERE IN CHURCH RECORDS<br \/>\n<strong>1845<\/strong><br \/>\nJOTHRAM LASITER<br \/>\nMARY LASITER&nbsp;<br \/>\nRILLY LASITER<br \/>\nMARTHA LASITER (PATSY)<br \/>\nBROTHER WILLIAM KEELE-PASTOR FOR THE YEAR<br \/>\nSILAS A. ROBINSON ASSISTANT CLERK<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1846<\/strong><br \/>\nMARY BRUCE<br \/>\nBRO. DERRYBERRY<br \/>\nLOUISA CAWTHON<br \/>\nMARY JANE HILL<br \/>\nSIMEON GILLEY MADE PREACHER BY WILLIAM KEELE<br \/>\nSILAS ROBINSON &amp; JESSE JERNIGAN -DEACONS<br \/>\nSUSANNAH GRAY<br \/>\nISAAC PARKER &amp; MARY HIS WIFE-LETTER OF DISMISSAL<br \/>\nJOHN WEBBER<br \/>\nWILLIS BUSH<br \/>\nJOHN WILLIAMS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1847<\/strong><br \/>\nJAMES MARSHBANKS &amp; ELIZABETH HIS WIFE (ELIZABETH CROSSED OUT AND HARRIET PUT IN)-LETTERS OF DISMISSAL<\/p>\n<p>MEMBERSHIP PAGES DATED JULY 1851<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>MALES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JESSE GILLEY<br \/>\nPETERSON GILLEY<br \/>\nTHOMAS Y.WHITFIELD<br \/>\nJESSE JERNIGAN<br \/>\nSTERLING BRUER?<br \/>\nSAMUEL GRAY<br \/>\nJAMES WHITFIELD<br \/>\nWILLIAM WHITFIELD<br \/>\nTHOMAS MCCULLOUGH<br \/>\nSAMUEL M. GRAY<br \/>\nJAMES BURK<br \/>\nJAMES CAWTHON<br \/>\nROBERT GORDON<br \/>\nJOSEPH GORDON<br \/>\nJACOB DERRYBERRY<br \/>\nWILLIAM BALTIMORE<br \/>\nWILLIAM BALTIMORE, SR.<br \/>\nICAAC WIMBERLEY<br \/>\nBENJAMIN SMITH<br \/>\nJOHN BRUCE<br \/>\nSILAS A.ROBINSON<br \/>\nGEORGE GORDON<br \/>\nSAMUEL EADS<br \/>\nELIJAN ATHA<br \/>\nIVY BUSH<br \/>\nANDERSON LAMBERT<br \/>\nLIMUEL D. BUSH<br \/>\nCALEB BOND<br \/>\nASA LEMMONS<br \/>\nSIMEON GILLEY<br \/>\nWILLIAM GRAY<br \/>\nARCHABALD LEWIS<br \/>\nWILLIAM S. BROWN<br \/>\nJACKSON BROWN<br \/>\nJOHN THOMAS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>FEMALES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DARCUS GILLEY<br \/>\nMARY JERNIGAN<br \/>\nPRUDENCE LASITER<br \/>\nNANCY RING<br \/>\nHENRIETTA ESPY<br \/>\nANNA JERNIGAN<br \/>\nMARTHA LASITER<br \/>\nLIDDY WILLIAMS<br \/>\nKATHERINE FINLEY<br \/>\nMARY JERNIGAN<br \/>\nMARTHA GOODIN<br \/>\nDARCUS GILLEY, JUN.<br \/>\nMARY MOORE<br \/>\nSARAH GILLEY<br \/>\nLUCINDA SMITH<br \/>\nKATHERINE GILLY<br \/>\nMARY CURTICE<br \/>\nSARAH BUSH<br \/>\nSOPHRONO ESPY<br \/>\nRHODA ALLEN ROBINSON<br \/>\nNANCY GREEN<br \/>\nBELINDA WHITFIELD<br \/>\nRACHEL MCCULLOUGH<br \/>\nSARAH ANN LOWE<br \/>\nSEVINA GORDON<br \/>\nANNA WILLIAMS<br \/>\nEMMA WEBBER<br \/>\nMARY BURK<br \/>\nNANCY LASITER<br \/>\nELEANOR SAGELEY<br \/>\nMATILDA C. LONG<br \/>\nMARY E. LOWE<br \/>\nMARY GRAY<br \/>\nMANERVA TODD<br \/>\nSUSANNAH CARNAHAN<br \/>\nELIZABETH DERRYBERRY<br \/>\nURSLEY T. GORDON<br \/>\nELIZA M. GORDON<br \/>\nNANCY BALTIMORE<br \/>\nMARY LASITER<br \/>\nFERRIBA SMITH<br \/>\nJEMIMA GRAY<br \/>\nLOUIZA J. GRAY<br \/>\nUNICE TABOUR<br \/>\nMAHALA TENN\u2026\u2026.?<br \/>\nMILLY BRUCE<br \/>\nRILLY LASITER<br \/>\nELIZABETH E. ROBINSON<br \/>\nSARAH ATHA<br \/>\nMARY BYNUM<br \/>\nSARAH MARSHBANKS<br \/>\nMARY BROWN<br \/>\nMARGARET BULLARD<br \/>\nLOUIZA JERNIGAN<br \/>\nAQUILLA BUSH<br \/>\nJANE BUSH<br \/>\nNANCY BROWN<br \/>\nBETHENA JERNIGAN<br \/>\nJANE GILLEY (<em>A BLACK<\/em>)&nbsp;<br \/>\nMARGARET BROWN<br \/>\nSISTER CROSLIN<br \/>\nREBECCA LAMBERT<br \/>\nZILPHA WILLIAMS<br \/>\nNANCY SMITH<br \/>\nHANNAH BRUER<br \/>\nREBECCA MCCULLOUGH<br \/>\nBELINDA MOORE<br \/>\nLUIZA J. CAWTHON<br \/>\nMATILDA S. CAWTHON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; NEAR BRADYVILLE, (CANNON CO.) TN (1833-1851) Extracted and transcribed from the Original Records by&nbsp; Janice M.Price 27219 La Rose Dr. Warren, MI 48093 E-mail&nbsp;edge9 [at] spacewalk [dot] net all rights reserved 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&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/members-of-the-baptist-church-at-hopewell-2\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religious-groups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cannon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}