Church and Family History Research Assistance for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
CHURCHES:JACKSON
The First Particular Baptist Church of Jackson was organized on June 24th and 25th, 1836, by brethren who had formerly been members of the Jackson and Gibson Church of the Bridgewater Association, who withdrew from that body due to its support of the modern mission system. The presbytery was composed of Elders Gabriel Conklin and Daniel Robison, and Deacon Elihu Carey and Brethren Lemuel Harding, Gardner and Northrop. The location was described as being three or four miles north of the turnpike road, leading from Cochection to the Great Bend up the Tunkhannock Creek.
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BROOKDALE
Brookdale Church was organized October 13th and 14th, 1886, during a meeting of Old School Baptists held at Osborn Hollow, by members dismissed principally from the Otego Church, of New York, viz., Henry H. Roe, William M. Bailey, Warren J. Luce, Solomon P. Allen, Davis D. Turrell, Libbie Turrell, Anna Chalker, Harriet Adams, Juliet Travis, Lydia Roe, Anna Roe, and Laura M. Bailey. The presbytery was composed of Elder Balas Bundy, moderator, and Bro. George M. French, clerk, with Elders D. M. Vail, S. H. Durand, and other deacons and brethren from several other churches of the same faith.
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