Primitive Baptist Church and Family History
Research Assistance for Tishomingo County, Mississippi
CHURCHES:
NEW PROVIDENCE (BELMONT)
New Providence Church was constituted about the year 1839, according to the first minutes given in the old churchbook. The pastors were Elders Gailey Jeffries, William H. Riddle, James Sparks, J. R. Burt, B. F. Casey, J. T. Blanchard, D. W. Crane, J. E. Shackelford, and J. T. Blanchard.
McKEY'S CREEK
McKey's Creek Church was constituted on August 16, 1845, with the following charter members, viz., Moses H. Allen, William H. Riddle, Joseph Allen, Sarah Allen, Georgia Lee, A. McCreary, John Allen, Francis McCreary, and Richard White. Elders Sanders Mills, Charles Riddle, James Lindsey, and Gainey Jeffries were the presbytery.
FRIENDSHIP (PADEN)
Friendship Church was constituted on August 20, 1870, with the following charter members, viz., William Honey, Ann Honey, David Driver, W. J. Stricklin, Tabitha Stricklin, and Mary Stricklin. Elders John B. Huddleston and F. Creale were the presbytery.
LITTLE FLOCK
Little Flock Church was constituted on June 11, 1892, with the following members, viz., J. R. Streetman, J. G. Stepp, Milton Hardwick, Elizabeth Streetman, J. G. Holder, Martha Holder, and Nancy Hardwick. Elders J. J. Akers, J. C. Reid and J. D. Huddleston were the presbytery.
MT. PLEASANT
Mount Pleasant Church was constituted at the residence of William Moore, in 1844. A house was built at the Moore cemetery and the church met there for a number of years, and then moved six miles north in the same county. The old records have been lost.
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