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Hanging Dog Baptist Church Minutes 1847-1851
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.
Back to 1844-1846 Church Minutes
| Name | Date | Action Taken |
|---|---|---|
| 1847 | ||
| G.Y. Bergess | Jan. 16 | Ordination dismissed |
| Rebecca Rose | " | dis. by letter |
| Feb. 20 | Took Bro. Jas. Lunsford, G.Y. Bergess, Geo. Palmer out of order for being drunk. All making satisfactions. Restored to fellowship of ch. Dismissed 5 of our members Viz: A.J. Barnett, McBarnett, Wm. Briant, Mary Briant, Elizabeth McAfee | |
| Margaret Freeman | Feb. 20 | rec'd by exp. |
| Martha Brooks | " | " |
| Elender Palmer | " | " |
| Lesrany Lunsford | " | " |
| Mary Turner | " | rec'd by letter |
| Mary Turner | April 10 | exc. for dancing |
| G.Y. Bergess | " | dismissed |
| Sally Bergess | " | " |
| Riley Martin | " | " |
| Ann Graves | " | " |
| E.A. Deweese | " | " |
| Caroline Deweese | " | " |
| Jas. Thompson | " | appointed ch. clerk |
| Thomas Lunsford | May 9 | rec'd by baptism |
| Ann Lunsford | " | " |
| Annis Martin | " | " |
| Ann W. Lunsford | " | " |
| Eli Palmer | May 19 | " |
| John Barnes | " | " |
| Nancy Powell | June 12 | dismissed by letter |
| Daniel Gibby | " | rec'd by letter |
| His Wife | " | " |
| June 12 | Appointed 8 members to attend at the school house below the mount of Boiling Creek | |
| W.M. Graves | July 10 | dismissed by letter |
| July 30 Church meet. | ||
| Sept. 11 Church meet. | ||
| Oct. 9 Church Meet. | ||
| Nov | (nothing appears) | |
| Margaret Denkins | Dec. 11 | dismissed |
| Aly Brooks | " | " |
| Elizabeth Freeman | " | " |
| 1848 | ||
| G.Y. Bergess | Feb. 12 | stopped from preaching |
| Polley Bergess | " | dismissed by letter |
| Daniel Gibby | Mar. 11 | " |
| His wife | " | " |
| June 10 Church meet. | ||
| July 8 Church meet. | ||
| Bro. William Graves | Aug. 15 | rec'd by letter |
| Sat. Aug 26 | Resolved to send for Bro. Thomas Lunsford having understood that he has been intoxicated, also Bro. James Lunsford to be invited to our next meeting, also Bro. Thomas Harris be invited for encouraging a fight. | |
| Elder G.W. Lovingood | " | Elected pastor |
| Sun. Aug 27 | (nothing recorded) | |
| 1849 | ||
| Bro. James Dockery | Sat. Nov. 24 | Deacons (set apart) |
| Bro. Solomon Dison | " | " |
| Bro. James Blackwell | " | rec'd by letter |
| Bro. John Timpson | " | appointed clerk |
| Sat. Dec. 22 | Church meet in conference | |
| 1850 | ||
| Sis. Elizabeth Lunsford | Sun. Feb. 24 | dismissed by letter |
| Sis. Sarah Burgess | " | " |
| Sat. Mar. 23 | Church meet in conference | |
| Richard Roberts | Apr. 23 | rec'd by exp. |
| Bro. Elisha Thompson | " | dismissed by letter |
| Sis. Elizabeth Thompson | " | " |
| Bro. Edmond Deweese | Sun. May 26 | rec'd. by letter |
| Sis. Caroline Deweese | " | " |
| June Church meet. | (a very wet time) | |
| James Dockery, Solomon Dison, E.A. Deweese to be appointed to the Deaconship | July | Set apart |
| Bro. I.A. Peak | Aug. 24 | moderator |
| James Blackwell | " | excluded |
| Difference between this church and Beaverdam settled - Aug. 24 | ||
| Nancy Hytower | Sept. 14 | dismissed by letter |
| Joseph Wilson | " | excluded for letter holding in bounds of church |
| William Lunsford | " | excluded for theft |
| G.Y. Bergess | Nov. | restored to fellowship |
| Rev. G.W. Lovinggood | Dec. 21 | moderator |
| Lewrany Lunsford | " | dismissed by letter |
| Elizabeth Lunsford | " | " |
| Margaret Cook | " | rec'd by letter |
| G.Y. Burgess | " | Granted liberty of singing, praying in public. |
| 1851 | ||
| Cager Lunsford and wife | Jan. 25 | dismissed |
| Eli Palmer and wife | Feb. 22 | excluded |
| Simond Dison | " | dismissed by letter |
| G.Y. Bergess | " | " |
| E.A. Deweese | " | Appointed ch. clerk |
| Bro. John Timpson | " | Resigned as clerk |
| Elizabeth Lunsford | Mar. 22 | dismissed by letter |
| Richard Roberts | " | Libertated - Public gift by prayer & exhortation |
| Resolution: That if any member or members absent from the church 6 mo. without leave subject themselves to the censure of the church | ||
| Annis Martin | Apr. 26 | rec'd by exp. |
| Richard Roberts | May 24 | chosen moderator |
| Sat. June 21 Church meet. | ||
| Richard Roberts | July 26 | Resolved he be licenced to preach |
| B.R.F. Owenby | " | rec'd by letter |
| Matilda Owenby | " | " |
| Matilda S. Owenby | " | " |
| Aug. 23 Church Meet. | ||
| Sept. no meeting on account of association | ||
| Ann W. Lunsford | Oct. 26 | dismissed |
| George Palmer | " | excluded, gone from country |
| E.A. Deweese | " | Granted liberty - singing prayer, exhortation |
| Sat. Nov. | no services, bad weather | |
| Sat. Dec 27 Church meet. - Hanging Dog Creek | ||
| G.W. Lovingood | Sun. Dec. 28 | Preaching |
| Richard Cornwell | " | rec'd by letter |
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