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Hanging Dog Baptist Church Minutes 1844-1846
Data reprinted with permission from the Southwest North Carolina Genealogical Society Quarterly, now defunct, input by Diane Ramsey Miller. This data is not to be sold for any reason.
We are indebted to Reverend Garth Cook and the Hanging Dog Baptist Church for permitting us to publish the following historic records:
The church was organized May 4, 1844. Reverend George Washington Lovingood was the first pastor. He and his brother operated an iron ore forge in the Hanging Dog section in pioneer days.
| 1844 | ||
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | Sat. Mar 5 | Cherokee County |
| We the undersigned Baptist trustees set as a Pres-by-ter-y in the School House on Hanging Dog Creek when the following members of the Baptist denomination presented themselves for examination - viz: | ||
| Males | Females |
|---|
| 1. | William Dockery | 1. | Nancy Davidson | |
| 2. | Elisha Thompson | 2. | Elizabeth Thompson | |
| 3. | Jesse F. Roberts | 3. | Ann Thompson | |
| 4. | Joseph Wilson | 4. | Rachel Wilson | |
| 5. | M. Thompson | |
| Members' Names | 1. | W. M. Dockery | 1. | Nancy Davidson | 2. | James Dockery | 2. | Annis Martin | 3. | Thomas Dockery | 3. | Elender Parmer | 4. | Thomas Harris | 4. | Nancy Lovinggood | 5. | W. M. Graves | 5. | Caroline Deweese | 6. | Richard Roberts | 6. | Ann Graves | 7. | G. W. Lovingood | 8. | E.A. Deweese | 9. | John Tempson |
|---|
| Sat. May 11 G.W. Lovinggood, mod. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Date | Action Taken |
| G.Y. Bergess | May 11 | rec'd by letter |
| James Lunsford | " | " |
| Elizabeth Lunsford | " | " |
| Lovisa Hood | " | " |
| Mariann Roberts | " | " |
| Sat. June 8 | ||
| Rebecca Rose | " | " |
| Ann hightower | " | " |
| Nimrod Lunsford | Sept. 7, 1844 | Exc. by exp. |
| Jorial Barnet | Sat. June 8 | rec'd by exp. |
| Nancy Barnet | " | " |
| Sat. June 30 preaching Elder Stiles | ||
| Elizabeth Davis | Sat. June 30 | rec'd. by letter |
| James Brown | " | " |
| Sun. June 31 | ||
| Elizabeth Lunsford | " | rec'd by exp. |
| Sary Bergess | Mon. July 1 | " |
| James Tompson | " | " |
| Sat. Aug. 10 Bro. Dockery, mod. | Appointed for Deacons: Elisha Tompson, Joseph Wilson, Jorial Barnett | |
| Elizabeth Barnett | Sat. Sept. 7 | rec'd by letter |
| Wed, Sept. 11 preaching Elder John Chasteen | ||
| James Blackwell | Wed. Sept. 11 | rec'd by exp. |
| John Hood | " | " |
| Thomas Dockery | " | rec'd by letter |
| Mary Bergess | " | " |
| Samuel Bergess | " | Watch Care Church |
| Sat. Oct.12 Church meet. | ||
| Nov. 9 | ||
| Nancy Powell | " | rec'd. by exp. |
| Dec. 7 Church meet. | ||
| 1845 | ||
| Jan. 11 Church meet. | ||
| Feb. 8 Church meet. | ||
| Mar. 8 preaching Elder John Chasteen Church meet. | ||
| Sat. April 12 | ||
| Jorial Barnett | " | appointed Church clerk |
| I.A. Peak | Sat. May 10 | rec'd by letter |
| Bro. G.Y. Bergess | June 6 | moderator |
| W.M. Lunsford | June 6 | rec'd by exp. |
| I.A. Peak, I. P. Roberts | June 6 | appointed deacons |
| Sat. June 7 Church meet. | ||
| Elder John Chasteen and G.W. Lovinggood | Sun. June 8 | Preaching |
| Martha Blackwell | Sun. June 8 | rec'd. by exp. |
| Sat. July 12 Church meet. | ||
| John Cook | Sat. Aug. 9 | rec'd by letter |
| I.A. Peak | Sat. Sept. 13 | moderator |
| Joseph Wilson and James Blackwell | " | found not in fellowship |
| G.Y. Bergess | Sat. Oct. 11 church meeting | |
| Joseph Wilson | Sat. Nov. 8 | restored fellowship - agreed that the following bretheren be liberated to exercise a public gift in singing, prayse, exortation viz: Publich Gift W.M. Tompson, B.Y. Bergess, I.A. Peak, James Thompson |
| received nine by letter | Sun. Nov. 9 | (did not name them) |
| Mary Hood | Sun. Nov. 9 | rec'd by exp. |
| John Cook | " | dismissed by letter |
| Wilson-Blackwell | Sat. Dec. 13 | charge cont'd |
| Martha A. Barnett | Sun. Dec. 4 | rec'd |
| 1846 | ||
| Joseph Wilson and James Blackwell | Sat. Jan. 10 | restored to fellowship |
| Feb. 7 Church meet. | ||
| Mar. 7 Church meet. | Petitioned for Presbyter to ordain deacons. Appoint via: A.chasteen, B. Sitles, A.J. Hughes, John Chasteen | |
| Apr. 11 Church meet. | B. Stiles, A.J. Hughes formed a Presbyter and ordained G.Y. Burgess and Jorial Barnett | |
| May 9 | Deacons ordained | |
| June | Did not meet | |
| Bro. John Hood | July 11 | charged with drunkenness |
| Solomon Dison | July 28 | rec'd by exp. |
| Ann Lunsford | " | " |
| Lousia M. Barnett | " | " |
| Malinda Dison | July 31 | rec'd by Baptistm |
| Katharine Hood | " | " |
| Ruth Thompson | Aug. 1 | " |
| A.J. Barnett | Aug. 2 | " |
| Ann Graves | Aug. 6 | " |
| John Hood | Aug. 8 | exc. for drunkenness |
| G.Y. Bergess and Wm. Thompson | " | appointed to exercise the gift of preaching |
| James Dockery | Sept. 1 | rec'd by baptism |
| Caroline Deweese | " | " |
| Eas Deweese | Sept. 5 | " |
| Wm. Graves | Sept. 12 | " |
| Lazerys Hood | " | " |
| E.A. Deweese | Oct. 10 | elected Church Clerk |
| Elizabeth Barnes | Oct. 11 | rec'd by letter |
| Thomas Harris | " | rec'd by exp. |
| Elizabeth Meakin | " | " |
| Nov. 4 Church meet. | agreed to have Wm. Thompson and G.Y. Bergess ordained | |
| Dec. 12 | ||
| Received 7 members into the fellowship of the church. Viz: Riley Martin, Moagor Lunsford, George Palmer, Elizabeth Lusnford, Nancy Barns, Margaret Dinkins and Elizabeth Elizabeth. | ||
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