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Subject: Re: [GACLARKE] NEED LIST OF CHURCHES IN THE WATKINSVILLE AREA OFCLARKE CO GA ABOUT 1805
Date: 7 Sep 2006 20:14:31 -0600
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Keep in mind there is not a comprehensive list of members for Mars Hill Baptist Church. We are very fortunate the first book is available. It's a transcript by Frances W. Reid, from a copy of the church minute books (which were later destroyed by fire).
There's a list of the initial members when the church was constituted on 1 June 1799, and some names as folks joined, or were mentioned for some infraction of church rules, but it is not comprehensive. For example, on 8 Aug 1802 and 10 Sept 1802, it's mentioned that about 20 members were added, and 29, respectively -- but no names were given in the church minutes. Also, other folks are mentioned in the book who had not been named anywhere as new members -- so there were a number of others.
In my opinion, when folks lived in the immediate Mars Hill area, and some of the family is named in the Mars Hill Church book, I feel fairly sure that other family living in that area were members or attendees of that church.
I don't have info on any other churches that might have been in the area, but generally for Baptist and Methodist churches, very few early records survived. (I'm in another state, and just very grateful that my library has the Mars Hill Church book.
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