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An edited typed transcription from microfilm from Baptist Church Records, Nashville, TN, was presented to the Choctaw County Public Library by James M. Steinwinder of Gautier, Mississippi in 1995. Transcription was by Carolyn Pearson Franklin.
I BELIEVE THE NAME TRANSCRIBED AS N. HAY SHOULD BE NATHAN SLAY. It is easy to misread handwritten names, and Slay would look like Hay. Nathan Slay was an organizer of early Baptist churches in the area.
It is stated that the church was constituted in 1836, which makes these minutes one of the earliest records of names in the Butler, Choctaw County, Alabama area.
Providence Church near Warlock/Wahalak creek was located about two miles NW of the present Butler, in a community called BERRIEN on an 1842 map. Although the church is disbanded and the building is gone, the cemetery on Sandy Cut Road is still used.
The names listed here are included in the minutes. Some were members, some were in disputes with members, some were censured or excommunicated for profanity, adultery, not keeping the Sabbath (by fishing), intoxication, gambling, and rolling in the alley. One member admitted rolling balls in the alley (bowling?) but denied it was improper conduct for a Baptist.
In all cases the church sent a committee of three members to consult the person accused, and ask him/her to attend a meeting to give his version of what happened. Always the church sought peace, fellowship and the brotherhood of the church!
These men served as Moderators or clerks or clerk pro tem: Jesse W. Bird, J. E. Scott, N. Hay (Slay), Lemuel Calloway, W. Millburn, Bro. Steinwinder, William Woodward, J. C. Macon.
1840 delegates to the Bethel? Association meeting: Francis Landry, W. L. Norman, J. E. Scott, and J. E. Steinwinder.
Slaves are listed as members in 1837 and no longer listed in 1879.
Abbreviations: ex = excommunicated dis = dismissed
Bro. = Brother Sis. = Sister
(M) = Member
This listing is incomplete.
1853 Abney, Martha
1865 Addy, Susan E. (M)
1850 Arts, J. L.
1853 Arts, Eliz. &; J.L. dis
1842 Baketh?, Elizabeth (M)
1842 Barber, Culpepper (M)
1852 Barber, J. C.
1849 Barber, J. F.
1862 Barbour, James F dis.
1843 Barber, Noah
1853 Barber, J/T? C. gone
1862 Barbour, Sarah A. dis.
1842 Batey, Arrita
1844 Batey, Mary
1836 Bird, Jesse Y.
1862 Boling, William R. (M)
1849 Boling, T. W. & Nancy
1865 Bondon? James R. (M)
1874 Boney, A.E.K.
1862 Boney, J. R. ex.
1879 Boswell, James (M)
1874 Boswell, Mary (M)
1842 Bragg, Ann (M)
1842 Bragg, Branch H.(M) to Texas
1840 Bragg, Hannah
1842 Bragg, Marg. R.J. (M)
1843 Bragg, William T.
1879 Brock, John W. (M)
1874 Brock, Missourieanne (M)
1874 Brock, Martha F. (M)
1862 Brock, Nancy (M)
1874 Brock, Sarah F. (M)
1862 Bruister, Sarah (M)
1841 Burns, Willis & wife
1862 Burris, Leah (M)
1869/70 Burris, Sarah
1850 Bush, Elizabeth
1842 Calloway, Lemuel
1843 Calloway, William J.
1843 Cammack, John L.
1842 Cammack, David N. (M) dead in 1862 list
1848 Cammack, Lutiney?
1848 Campbell, Elanor B.
1855 Campbell, Ellen
1855 Campbell, Elizabeth
1855 Campbell, Martha
1848 Campbell, Mrs. (Wm.?)
1848 Campbell, William
1842 Carter, Elizabeth (M)
1842 Carter, Elliott N (M)
1842 Carter, Epenina F. (M)
1842 Carter, James Y. (M)
1842 Carter, Franklin (M)
1842 Carter, Joel (M)
1842 Carter, Matilda (M)
1853 Cato, Virginia
1869/70 Christian, Amanda (M)
1874 Christian, Allen (M)
1879 Christian, E.M. (female)
1871/72 Christian, Surinah
1874 Christian, Wm. A. (M)
1862 Coleman, James dead
1860 Coleman, Laura
1862 Coleman, Laura A. dis.
1839 Collins, Elizabeth, wife of Claborn
1848 Collins, C. L., clerk,
Collins, C. S.
1842 Collins, Claborn L. (M)
1842 Collins, Clb. R. (M)
1842 Collins, Jas. (M)
1844 Collins, James & Martha dismissed
1843 Collins, Martha
1862 Copelind, Matilda (M)
1842 Crocker, J. (M)
1842 Crocker, James (M)
1844 Crocker, James & Hannah
1842 Crocker, Josh B. (M)
1842 Crocker, Leonard (M)
1842 Crocker, Martha (M)
1849 Cross, Samuel S.
1843 Crocker, John
1850 Daniel, Benjamin
1855 Dearman, James
1850 Denmark, Mary Kizia
1862 Downes, Missouria (M)
1842 Edwards, J. (M)
1851 Edwards, John
1842 Edwards, Jos. (M)
1867-68 Edwards,Joseph dead
1850 Edwards, Josiah
1842 Edwards, Patience (M)
1848 Edwards, Sarah
1844 Evans, Thomas & Edy
1846 Foster, Elizabeth
1846 Foster, J. C.
1862 Foster, John T. dis.
1862 Foster, Mary A. ex.
1838 Fox, Celia, wife of E. G.
1836 Fox, Edwin G.
1842 Garrett, John (M)
1842 Garrett, James M.
1869/70 Gough, B. F.
1847 Goff, Jonathan
1847 Goff, That. & Alleen
1879 Goree, Alice B. (M)
1879 Goree, James L. (M)
1874 Goree, Lucinda (M)
1879 Goree, Mary (M)
1862 Gough, Aley Ann dead (Serena?) I.
1862 Gough, Enos dis.
1849 Gough, Julia Ann
1848 Gough, Mahala Jane,dead in 1862 list
1862 Gough, Thomas (M)
1838 Griffin, Sister, ex
1852 Hails(Hale?), Elizabeth
1838 Hanney, J. & wife Lady, & daughters Sarah and Rachel, dis
1836 Hannigan, Tilla?
1848 Hardy, Elizabeth
1848 Hardy, Mary
1852 Hardy, Mary I.
1842 Hardy, William (M)
1853 Hastings, Benjamin W.& Julia M. from Butler County
1867/68 Hasting, B. W. dead
1836 Hay(Slay?), N
1838 Hennigan, Lilla dis
1836 Honeycut, John & wife Francis and 3 daughters
1843 Honeycut, Mary
1836 Honeycut, Rachel, wife of Ransom
1836 Honeycut, Sarah
1849 Horn, Eliza
1842 Horn, Mary (M)
1848 Horn, Martha
1850 Hungy, Frances
1879 Hurst, Amanda(M)
1842 Hurst, Ann (M)
1851 Hurst, Aily/Ellie?
1879 Hurst, Caroline died 1844
1879 Hurst, Francis (M)
1862 Hurst, Irvin ex.
1879 Hurst, James (M)
1879 Hurst, Margaret (M)
1862 Hurst, Mary
1874 Hurst, Polly (M)
1874 Hurst, Richard E.(M)
1879 Hurst, Roseann (M)
1839 Hurst, Zilpha
1842 Hurst, Willis (M)
1853 Ingram, Lemuel
1842 Ingram, William & Mary (M)
1860 Jackson, Jesse J., moved away
1855 James, Ariana?
1842 James, Hanah B. (M)
1865 Janny, Arianna (M)
1848 Johnson, Agnes, dead in 1862 list
1862 Johnson, Emeline E. (M)
1848 Johnson, J.W.H., dead in 1862 list
1838 Johnson, Talethiel? Nathaniel? ex
1847 Johnson, Willis
1842 Jones, Ann (M)
1871/2 Jones, Catherine dis.
1842 Jones, Hanah B. (M)
1842 Jones, William M.(M)
1850 Keeton, Edward, clerk pro tem; dis. 1862
1851 Keeton, Martha
1862 Keeton, Martha A., dead
1862 Keeton, S. Judson dead
1874 Kelly, Ann Eliza (M)
1853 Keley, Robert S.
1874 Kelly, Mary F. (M)
1879 Kelly, Munroe (M)
1842 Knott, Ann (M)
1839 Landry, Bro. & Sis.
1862 Lavender, Catherine (M)
1860 Lavender, Elizabeth (M)
1848 Lavender, Thomas & Nancy
1847 Lee, Bro. & Sis.
1842 Lee, Lousanna (M)
1842 Lee, William (M)
1874 Lock, George (M)
1860 Lott, Martha Jane
1869/70 Locke, Emeline E (M)
1842 Luker, Elizabeth (M)
1842 Luker, James (M)
1842 Luker, Joshua B. (M)
1848 McCommac, Frances
1847 McCormack, Levi
1842 McLane, Jos. A. (M)
1842 McLane, Josephat (M)
1843 McLane, Joseph A. & Martha A.
1842 McLean, Martha C (M)
1852 McLane, Lucindy P.
1862 Massey, Jane (M)
1879 Massey, John (M)
1869/70 Massey, Martha(M)
1869/70 Massey, Milly C.(M)
1869/70 Massey, Nancy (M)
1862 Massey, Richard C. dead
1837 Mazingo, Gillium moved to SC in 1843
1847 Melton, Robert, Elizabeth & Mary A.
1869/70 Minor, Catherine (M)
1862 Minor, Frances, dead
1842 Minor, Mrs. Frank
1862 Minor, George P.(M)
1843 Minor, James, Jr. dead in 1862 list
1869/70 Minor, Mary A. dis.
1849 Minor, Rebecca
1862 Minor, Sarah (M)
1848 Mitchell, Elizabeth
1874 Mitchell, Robt. L. (M)
1847 More/Moore, Bro. & Sis.
1842 Moore, Ann (M)
1879 Moore, Mary
1874 Morgan, Caroline (M)
1874 Morgan, Martha L. (M)
1879 Morgan, Polk (M)
1848 Needham, Mary
1863 Needham, Susan E.,unconnected
1838 Neuman, Elizabeth wife of William L.
1839 Neuman, William L.
1874 Newton, Eliz. C. (M)
1879 Newton, Salem T.
1840 Norman, W. L.
1842 Norman, William L. died
1846 Norris, W. L.
1852 Norris, Wm. R. Jr.
1852 Norris, Wm. S.
1847 Ober, Charles
1849 Ober, Elizabeth
1869/70 Oliver, Jane (M)
1874 Oslin, Clansy (female Member)
1849 Pickett, Harriet
1849 Pierce, Nancy (from Carolina)
1837 Pierce, Rachel, wife of Solomon Pierce
1844 Price, Hannah
1842 Puckett, Elizabeth
1853 Puckett, Permely
1853 Puckett, R. L. & Eliz.
1848 Puckett, R. P.
1848 Puckett, Sarahann
1842 Puckett, Wyatt W.(M)
1854 Radferd, W. T.
1853 Redden, Araana?Aaron?
1853 Redden, George & Martha
1850 Redden, A., Esther, Amy, and Mary
1862 Rhodes, James A. (M) ex.
1842 Richardson, Allen (M)
1853 Richardson, Alan & wife M. J.
1850 Richardson, Mary J.
1874 Riley, Angelina, dead
1869/70 Riley, B. M. (M)
1849 Riley, Cornelius & Francis
1850 Riley, Elihue
1862 Riley, Emily (M)
1853 Riley, Franklin, Milly, Ann & Katherine
1862 Riley, J. A. dismissed
1849 Riley, John & Sophronia
1862 Riley, Martha, dead
1852 Riley, Bro. N.
1848 Riley, Patsy
1871/2 Riley, Susannah (M)
1862 Rudder, Arohas?(male) dismissed 1862
1862 Rudder, Esther dis.
1862 Rudder, Mary dis.
1842 Ryals, Chs. L. (M)
1842 Ryals, Harriet (M)
1842 Ryan, Joseph
1869/70 Scott, Ellen (M)
1836 Scott, J. E.
1848 Scott, John A. and wife Eliza
1842 Scott, Mary A. (M)
1842 Scott, Thomas G.(M)
1862 Seale, B. F. (M)
1874 Seale, Hiram S. (M)
1862 Seale, Martha (M)
1862 Seale, Mary F. (M)
1850 Shelton, Abigail
1842 Sikes, Elijah
1850 Sikes, Elizabeth di
1844 Sikes, Sarah
1842 Skinner, James (M)
1841 Skinner, Nathan
1836 Slay, N.
1869/70 Slay, Nancy (M)
1836 Slay, Nathan
1867/68 Slay, Samuel dead
1847 Slay(Hay), William & Hanor(Hannah?)
1842 Steinwinder, Eliz. (M)
1848 Steinwinder, Keturah
1842 Steinwinder, Mary dismissed 1862
1837 Steinwinder, J. E. & wife, Susanna
1842 Steinwinder, Jas. E. (M)
1848 Steinwinder, James S.
1842 Steinwinder, Jos. R (M)
1851 Steinwinder, Ryan
1850 Steinwinder, Susanna F.
1871/2 Stone, B. F. (M)
1871/2 Stone, V. G.(female) dis
1871/2 Stone, William (M)
1846 Stricklin, C.
1848 Stricklin, James A.
1850 Strickland, Josiah & Mary Jane
1847 Strickland, Nancy
1843 Taylor/Tyler, Marvin
1854 Tracy, Sis. Alay?Allie?
1862 Tucker, Ailey, dead
1879 Tucker, Mary (M)
1879 Tucker, Thomas (M)
1842 Tyler, Francis (M)
1842 Tyler, Marvin (M)
1843 Tyler, Marvin, secretary
1847 Underwood, Bro.
1851 Underwood, Belfast
1850 Underwood, Bennett
1851 Underwood, Hector
1853 Vaughan?, Elizabeth
1843 Walker, Elizabeth J.
1842 Wallace, James (M)
1862 Ward, Eliza D. (M)
1841 Watson, Charlotte
1836 Watson, Jesse
1844 Weeks, Arrity/Amity
1842 Whitteg?, Jonathan (M)
1862 Whitted, Martha (M)
1862 Whitted, Nancy (M)
1865 Williams, Frances (M)
1842 Wilson, Elizabeth (M)
1837 Wilson, Jackson
1842 Wilson, Samuel
1849 Wilson, William
1841 Woodward, Bro.
Received in the neighborhood of Bro. Foster in 1852:
Martha Allen
William Cowart
Maria/Martha? Legrand
Isaac B. Moore & wifr Jane
Sis. Sturdivant
Dead in 1862 list:
James Coleman
Patience Edwards
Aley Ann Gough
Mahala J. Gough
Agnes Johnson
J.W.H. Johnson
Washington Johnson
Martha A. Keeton
S. Judson Keeton
Richard C. Massey
Francis Minor
James Minor, Jr.
Martha Riley
Ailey Tucker
Blacks called servants of, then slaves, received as Members:
Uty 1837
Mary 1842
George 1842
Prince 1842
Calvin 1842
Maria 1842
Violet 1845
Tom 1846
Hepolison 1862 servant of (unreadable)
George 1842 servant of Hannah Bragg
Solomon 1854 servant of J. F. Barber
Elsey 1846 B. R. Bragg
George 1846 B. R. Bragg
Tom 1847 Mr. Campfield
Malitun?1849 J. C. Carter
Rebecca 1853 John Conagin?
Mary 1865 (dead) N. B. Carter (dead)
Simon 1862 J. B. Cousins
Malinda 1862 Joseph Edwards
Alfred 1847 Stephen Edwards
Flora 1849 Tho. Evans
Jim 1852 Thomas Evans
Ted 1853 M. P. Hal
Fred 1863 W. P. Hall
Edny 1865 W. P. Hall
Edna 1853 Wm. N. Hall
Anthony 1865 H. Horn
Sherrod 1847 Verry? Horn
Haywood 1847 William Horn
Willis 1847 William Horn
Mariah 1849 Bro. Johnson
Harry 1862 G. Wash. Johnson, dead
Jane 1862 J. C. Knott
Beok? 1848 (woman) L. Landry
Solomon 1862 T. J. Lott
Jane 1853 McCord
Harry 1849 John McCord & J. Edwards
Bilber? 1847 Melton
Greey? 1849 servant of estate of Bro. R. Melton
Jufinnia 1865 Minor
Charity 1865 Moss
Molly 1865 Moss
Fred 1862 W. L. Neall
Edmis 1862 W. P. Neall
Green 1847 Bro. Norris
Green 1851 runaway slave of Norris
George 1853 Mr. Pope
Gorde 1849 Jess J. Pope
Edward 1865 J. A. Ray
Rachael 1862 J. A. Ray
Michael 1852 I. M. Rushing
Mary 1862 J. E. Scott
Prince 1862 J. E. Scott
Belfast 1850 J. G. Slater
Hector 1850 W. Slay
Moses 1865 J. B. Ulmer
Rose 1862 J. B. Ulmer
Margaret 1865 W. Williams
Thomas 1865 Williams
Colored Members 1867-1868
Males
- Wash. Bush
- John Campbell
- Alfred Edwards
- Fred Hall
- Anthony Horn
- Willis Horn
- Richard Lott
- Jim Moss
- Alex O'Hara
- ____ Puckett
- E. Puckett
- Edward Ray
- Prince Scott
- Thomas Williams
- Jacob Wimberly
Females
- Rose Bush
- Augusta Ray
- Sarah Ann Brister
- Eliza Ray
- Mary Carter
- Kitty Ray
- Nancy Coleman
- Lizzie Ray
- Francis Cook
- Margaret Ray
- Amy Edwards
- Rachael Ray
- Matilda Edwards
- Susan Ray
- Ediny Hall
- Tisby Ray
- Jane Knott
- Mary Scott
- Lucy Lott
- Catherine Turnstall
- Charity Moss
- Rose Ulmer
- Molly Moss
- Susan Ulmer
- Betsy Nelson
- Emeline Wahaw?
- Susan Ranch?
- Martha Wilcox
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- Margaret Williams
- Mary Wimberly
Colored Members (Incomplete) 1869-1870
- Wash Bush
- Martha Moss
- Lizzie Turner
- Edmond Bush
- Henry Puckett
- Ann Wilcox
- Amanda Bush
- Phillis Rush/Bush?
- Nancy Wimberly
- Adaline Graham
- Peter Slay
- Sarah Horn
Colored Members (Incomplete) 1871-72
- Edward Bush
- Henrietta Coleman
- John Coleman
- Gilda Carter
- J. Margaret Coleman
- James Williams
- Ned Carter
- Mariam Coleman
- James Willis
- William Carlisle
- Permilia Coleman
In 1849 an arm of the church was established in Tishlarka. Tishlarka Creek is North of Ararat. Bogalusa and Womack Old Field are mentioned in the minutes.
Bro. James Luker attached himself to the "Methodist Society"in 1852.
J. Gough confessed that he rolled a few balls through the alley without it being improper conduct.
Willis Hurst excluded for intoxication in December 1861.
Bro. W. L. Norman, deceased, 1842 list.
Nancy Thompson, was Nancy Edwards, became an Episcopalian in 1860.
Bro. William Campbell was licensed by Providence Church: "On motion Br. Campbell was liberated to exercise in any public way within the bounds of the Association and out of it when he has a witness with him." (January 1849 Minutes)
The church had motions to considered ordaining him several times in the following years. Requests for Campbell's ordination came from Harmony Church in 1852 and Black Creek Church in 1853. It was not until June 1853 that the church acted: "Upon motion it was resolved unanimously that Br. Campbell
be set apart for the ministry. Resolved that a presbytery be called and that the ordination take place on a Sabbath morning of our next meeting and the Presbytry consist of Bro. N. Hay (Nathan Slay), Scott, Daughty and Ghigren(Cliett?)"
The Minutes of the Mount Sterling Baptist Church list him as its first Minister in 1850. He also served these Baptist Churches: Black Creek (Bogueloosa?), Bladon Springs, Center Ridge (Nicholson's Store) and others.
Letters of dismission called for and granted in 1850:
Elizabeth Bush, Claborn and Elizabeth Collins, Joseph & Martha McLane, Nancy Pearce, Harriet Pickett, Sarah Sikes, Elizabeth Sikes, Susana F. Steinwinder, Adeline Wilson, William Wilson
1851: Mary Denmark, Elizabeth Ober, William & Hanor Hay(Slay?), Belfast, Bennett & Hector Underwood, and Jackson & Elizabeth Wilson.
1855: Martha H., Ellen, Elizabeth Campbell and Ariana James
1871: John Campbell
copy of Church record book at
Choctaw County Public Library, Butler, AL
indexed by Ann H. Gay July 3, 2000
Also consulted Church Histories of Choctaw County, AL
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