Primitive Baptist Church and Family History
Research Assistance for Pike County, Mississippi
CHURCHES:
NEW BETHEL (TYLERTOWN)
New Bethel Church was constituted at a schoolhouse near Tylertown, Mississippi, on May 31, 1885, with the following charter members, viz., John C. Rushing, Jonas L. Rushing, Matthew N. Rushing, James B. Johnson, James Obreant, Norrel E. Rushing, William A. Rushing, Wiley Rushing, Margaret A. Rushing, Martha E. Rushing, Sarena L. Rushing, Laura J. Obreant, and Rebecca J. Smith.
UNION
Union Church was constituted on the Topaaw River in Pike County, on September 24, 1887, with members from a Baptist Church in which a division over missions had taken place. These were examined on the Primitive faith and covenant and found orthodox: J. A. Raiborn, Harvey Boyd, H. S. Boyd, J. M. Boyd, C. F. Thornhill, J. M. Dunaway, Newton J. N. Brewer, Winston McCullough, Lydia Raiborn, Casander Boyd, Teney Boyd, Abia Boyd, Laura Thornhill, Susan Greer, Coly Greer, Docia Thornhill, and Martha Brewer. Elders W. J. Lewis, A. C. Lewis, T. W. Wilkinson, J. C. Wilkinson, and deacons Newel Rushing and Jones Rushing formed the presbytery.
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