BENEVOLENCE BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY

Contributed by Gerry Hill


Material from Rubye (Jackson) Lewis-desc. of John and Eliz.


BENEVOLENCE HISTORY (Additional to what I found)

(Have Balance of 2 pages-unknown author wrote church history)

May 17 1852  Benevolence Baptist Church dedicated w/Rev. James Matthews as pastor and Answell M. Albritton as Church Clerk. The following pioneer's names are enshrined on the aged record book as Charter Members in the order given:

Thomas Coram & Wife Deborah
William Jackson
John Jackson
G.W. King
S.D. McClendon
John Winfrey
Mrs. Eleanor Collins
Mrs. Mary Walker
Mrs. Nancy Winfrey
Sarah Stapleton
Isabella Wamble
Edith Sherman
Mrs. Elizabeth Fentress
Albert Zuber
Alfred Evans
Edy Greene
Harriet Caraway
Carolyn Hill
William Lynch
M.E. Pheps
John Copeland
Gray Harris Sr.
John M. Frazier

(John Jackson above married Elizabeth Collins dtr of Mrs. Eleanor and James Collins)

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