NOTE: The original church book from Nov. 1875 to April 1941 plus a few pictures & history of Old Friendship Church is on microfilm at Nashville – copies can be
bought from:
The Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
901 Commerce St., Suite 400, Nashville, Tn. 37203-3620
Pub. #5531.
The following was hand written and signed by William Raleigh Clack. The original is in the possession of William Baxter Clack.
Preamble, Explanation for the cause of the division of the Bethel and Sulphur Springs churches and the constitution of another church at Breeding, School house. Rhea County Tennessee. Whereas a majority of the members of Bethel and Sulphur Springs Churches have not complied with the terms of union agreed upon by the Hiwassee Baptist convention, held at Concord meeting house Meigs County Tenn. in October A. D. 1865, and afterwards ratified by the Churches of the Hiwassee Association, and; Whereas, they have served themselves and gone off from said Association in disorder; And Whereas said majority hold and teach the doctrine if a hired Clergy, claiming that it is right and Scriptural to make contracts with their Clergymen and agree to pay them a stated salary for their services as Pastor or Missionary, and; Whereas, a Minority of said Church Members dissenting there from, and desiring to respect the afore said terms of union and to live in union and fellowship with their sister Churches of the Hiwassee Association, and; Whereas, they hold that the Doctrine of a hired Clergy is absurd and unscriptural and that it is the Doctrine of men and not of Jesus Christ. Therefore said minority called for and obtained letters of dismission from their respective Churches for the purpose of being constituted a Church of Jesus Christ at this place. Third Saturday in October 1875 James Johnson, Chairman W.R. Clack, secretary.
(This was included here because this act preceded the
forming of Old Friendship Church—ECS)
Costs of the Meeting House – Contract
Article of agreement for the building of a meeting house near Dr. Wilson’s. The house is to be 37 ft long & 25 ft wide and 12 ft from sill to joist to be weather boarded & ceiled & covered with shingles using good material the floor to be tongue & grooved but laid without dressing. Now it is understood that W. R. Clack & Jas Johnson has undertaken to build said house except 2 ft in length for the sum of two hundred dollars and paid in proportion for said two ft in length payable in subscription when said house is finished in good substantial workman like manner and received by Arch McCaleb, Wm. M. Wilson & S. G. Clack the same being 3 of the 5 trustees of said house. All the building material for the house is to be delivered at the place of building. The house is to have one door at the front end double shutters about 5 ft wide and ……… windows in each side 12 lights to each 10 x 16 inches. This material also to be furnished as above. The benches are also left out of the above agreement. The corner posts door posts and all the window post are to be morticed at the bottom end in a good substantial manner and well fastened. All the weather boarding ceiling & flooring to be put down with broken joints.
(The above contract was hand written, apparently by W.R.
Clack – ECS)
Cost of Lumber, Materials, and Labor
(This is the building of Old Friendship Church before 1880–ECS)
| Amt of lumber furnished by James Johnson; | |
| 4438 feet at 1.75 per hundred delivered | 77.66 |
| 500 feet at 1.00 per hundred at mill | 5.00 |
| 184 & one half lbs nails & hauling load shingles from Newports | 10.85 |
| TOTAL | 93.51 |
| Amt of lumber furnished by W R Clack; | |
| $1.75 per hundred delivered | |
| also 1700 shingles at $4.00 | 6.80 |
| also hauling 2 loads shingles | 2.00 |
| also hauling sash & fixtures from Phillips | 1.50 |
| amt shingles furnished by S G Clack = 2500 | 1.50 |
| amt of shingles furnished by F M Clack = 2500 | 10.00 |
| amt shingles bought of A Newport | 20.50 |
| amt paid in lumber by W H Johnson delivered | 10.00 |
| amt paid in lumber by Houston Hurst | 10.00 |
| amt hauling by Granville Hurst | 5.00 |
| amt of building material furnished by Wilson | 24.00 |
| cost windows & door shuters, W R Clack & James | |
| Johnson for geting (or seting?) 9 joist | |
| at 81 and one quarter cents | 7.31 |
| for scoring & hewing 17 sleepers | 2.69 |
| for building the House under contract | 200.00 |
| for additional 2 feet in length in proportion |
We agreed to take the subscription list for amount specified above when received by Arch McCaleb, W M Wilson and S G Clack.
| Amt. of lumber furnished by Jas. Johnson | |
| some 4438 ft. at 1.75 per hundred | 7.66 |
| some 500 ft at $1.00 per hundred at mill | 5.00 |
| 219 1/2 lbs nails | 10.60 |
| Hauling 1 load shingles from Newports | 2.00 |
| Total | 95.26 |
| Amt. of lumber furnished by W. R. Clack | |
| 1700 shingles at 4.00 per 1000 | 6.80 |
| Hauling 2 loads shingles | 2.00 |
| Hauling sash & fixtures from S. Phillips | 1.50 |
| 2152 ft of plank & scantling at $1.75 for 100 ft | 1.50 |
| 1193 ft sheeting at $1.25 per 100 ft (Paid) | 14.91 |
| Newport for 2050 shingles (Paid) | 7.00 |
| Wm. Bell for hauling shingles | 1.20 |
| Total | 71.07 |
| S. G. Clack made 2500 shingles | 10.00 |
| F. M. Clack made 2500 shingles | 0.00 |
| 500 ft of plank furnished by W. Johnson | |
| $2 per 100 ft | 10.00 |
| 500 ft plank furnished by Houston Hurst at | |
| $2 per 100 ft | 10.00 |
| Granville Hurst for hauling 2 loads of shingles | |
| & 1 load of plank from C. G. Gipson | 5.00 |
| W. R. Clack & Johnson for getting out joists | |
| and hewing sleepers | 10.00 |
| Window sash, blinds & c | 37.20 |
| Whole Amt | 258.53 |
| Amt. for building as per agreement | 200.00 |
| Lumber timber hauling by Wilson | 28.00 |
| Total | 486.53 |
| Expenses of building J. Johnson | |
| Paid McCain | 47.55 |
| Paid Jas.Bell for Board | 4.00 |
| Paid Mrs. Paul | 9.00 |
| Work on doors | 5.00 |
| Total | 65.55 |
| : | |
| Expenses of building W. R. Clack | |
| Paid McCain(Paid) | 10.20 |
| F. M. Clack(Paid) | 4.00 |
| George Farmer | 4.25 |
| work by self, 22 1/2 days | 22.50 |
| Total | 40.95 |
SUBSCRIPTION LIST FOR THE CHURCH HOUSE
| Wm. M. Wilson | (X) | 100.00 |
| James Johnson | (P) | 50.00 |
| Mc. Clack | (P) | 20.00 |
| Wm. R. Clack | (P) | 10.00 |
| F. M. Clack | (P) | 10.00 |
| S. G. Clack | (P) | 10.00 |
| Wm. H. Johnson | (P) | 10.00 |
| Houston Hurst | (P) | 10.00 |
| Stephen Breeding | (P) | 10.00 |
| Tho. Breeding | (X) | 10.00 |
| Evan Breeding | (P.$5) | 10.00 |
| W. S. Wyrick | (X) | 5.00 |
| Jas. P. Roddy | (P) | 5.00 |
| Maryville Hurst | (P) | 5.00 |
| Jesse Stinecipher | (P) | 10.00 |
| Hamilton Ponder | (X) | 5.00 |
| Granville Hurst | (P) | 5.00 |
| R. L. Garrison | (P) | 5.00 |
| Calvin Gipson | (P) | 5.00 |
| J. C. Abernathy | (P) | 5.00 |
| Birt Leuty | (P) | 5.00 |
| A. J. Gibson | (X) | 5.00 |
Wm. M. Wilson for the ME. Church south $100.00 paid $22.00 Jan., 1878
| Garet Tallent | (P) | 25.00 |
| Jas. L. Cash | (P) | 5.00 |
| J. Peters | (P) | 1.00 |
| J. L. McPherson | (P) | 1.00 |
| John Pyott | (X) | 2.00 |
| Wm. Gass | (P) | 1.00 |
| Wm. Cash | (P) | 2.00 |
| Coleman Smith | (P) | .25 |
| Arch Paul | (P) | 1.00 |
| Mrs. Paul | (P) | 3.00 |
| Arch McCaleb | (X) | 25.00 |
| Asa Newport | (P) | 10.00 |
| Lucinda Gillespie | (P. $5) | 10.00 |
| S. Phillips | (P) | 10.00 |
| John Hoyl | (P) | 5.00 |
| Mrs. Anderson | (P) | 5.00 |
Received of Wilson $25.00 for the ME. Church
June 19th., 1879.
Submitted by: Edna Clack
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