Primitive Baptist Church and Family History
Research Assistance for Leake County, Mississippi
CHURCHES:
ZION HILL
Zion Hill Church was constituted at the residence of E. T. Horn, in 1857, with the following members, viz., T. A. Ray, J. B. Alderman, Thomas Horn, E. T. Horn, Priscilla Horn, and others whose names are not on record.
NEW BETHEL (CARTHAGE)
New Bethel Church was constituted at the residence of Roderick Fortson on July 2, 1836, with the following members, viz., Isaac Parker, Ann Parker, Matthew Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilkinson, John Wilkinson, William Wilkinson, Mollie Wilkinson, Sarah Wilkinson, Amos Parker, and Elizabeth Wilkinson. Elders Stephen Berry and Shadrach Jones formed the presbytery.
The Bethany Association was organized at this church in August 1844, with seven churches.
BIG SPRINGS
Big Springs Church was constituted on Saturday before the first Sunday in October 1877, with the following members, viz., John I. Roberts, Creasy Roberts, Nancy McKay, Mary Carpenter, Jesse Sumners, Elizabeth Sumners, J. N. Moore, Cinda Moore, John A. Dorsey, Nicy Kitchens, and Elizabeth Croxton. Elders A. G. Oden and J. R. Willis formed the presbytery.
EBENEZER
Ebenezer Church was constituted in a residence in Leake County, on September 16, 1865, with the following members, viz., John Fisher, Susan Fisher, Wiley Pitman, Levy Moore, Elizabeth Moorehead, and E. B. Moorehead. Elders W. C. Burks, A. G. Oden, and Ezekiel Lofton formed the presbytery.
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