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From: "Tammy Blankenship" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Church Minutes in Claiborne Co., TN
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 21:13:09 -0400
References: <39D7FF15.4B98039C@icx.net>


You have to understand they still are very.....formal, no nonscense. These
people's whole life circle the church, and gossip is informal. They still go
to church here 4 times a week, and thier social life is church or and
family. TT
----- Original Message -----
From: Becky Nelson <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 11:20 PM
Subject: [Melungeon] Church Minutes in Claiborne Co., TN


> Dear Cousins,
>
> I'm so glad you are all enjoying the Church Minutes, sometimes I wish
> the
> person taking the notes would have gone into a little bit more detail,
> been a
> little bit more gossipy perhaps instead of just listing that so-and-so
> had a
> problem with so-and-so, but we will take what we can get!
>
> Thanks again, and always should go to Nancy Nelson who spent many, many
> hours
> laboring over the handwritting and decipering them for us.
>
> Warmest Regards
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> MINUTES OF BIG SPRING PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
>
> Church Records for the Year 1807
>
> January Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
>
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Lifted the reference relative to Sister Harper the difficulty got
> through.
> 2nd Received James Larimoor by letter.
>
> February Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after
> worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received Thomas
> Hurst,
> John and Nancy Thurmond and Susannah Smith by letter.
> 2nd Dismist James Larimore by letter.
> 3rd George Stubblefield and John Evans appointed to converse with Sister
>
> Sarah Cloud and desire her attendance.
> 4th Joseph Clark and John Nolin appointed to converse with Sister Mary
> Green
> and desire her attendance.
> 5th Isaac Lane and Ishum Clark appointed to desire Brother John Harper
> to
> attend meeting.
>
> March Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st The citation of Sister Cloud and Sister Green referd to next
> meeting.
> 2nd John Harper met relative to citation and gave satisfaction.
> 3rd Appointed John Cunningham, James Sims, Wm. Weaver, George
> Stubblefied,
> Jas. Hill, Jon. Evans, Joseph Clark and Thos. Jeffries to go to Holston
> Blue
> Springs with charge authority to inquire into the stand and conduct of
> our
> members there and to attend on the fourth Saturday of April.
>
> April Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Received Elisabeth Rose by letter.
> 2nd The reference relative to Sister Cloud continued and Bro. Jeffries
> and
> Bro. Ishum Clark appointed to cite her to meeting.
> 3rd Bro. Peter Neal and Bro. Robert Southern appointed to cite Dobkin's
> Anthony to attend next meeting.
>
> May Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Agreed to fill up her record from the references of November meeting
> 1806
> and the reference of December meeting 1806.
> 2nd Sister Mary Green came forward and gave satisfaction.
> 3rd The reference relative to Sister Cloud referd to next meeting to see
>
> whether she would come to next meeting.
> 4th Report from Blue Springs Rachel Hase dismist by letter. William
> Rose's
> letter of dismission retained on account of reports church collected on
> Sunday and entered on the reference of Dobbin's Anthony and
> excommunicated
> him for swearing and making of fiddles on Sabbath and offering to fight.
>
> June Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Susannah Whitehead dismissed by letter.
> 2nd The church agreed to drop the charge against Sister Cloud.
> 3rd Appointed Bro. Jeffries and Bro. Peter Neal to converse with Bro.
> Jesse
> Dodson to see how his mind is.
> 4th Bro. James Sims and bro. James Hill appointed to converse with Bro.
> Thomas Cunningham and make report at next meeting.
>
> July Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Continued the reference relative to Bro. Jesse Dodson to next
> meeting.
> 2nd Referd the reference relative to Bro. Thomas Cunningham to next
> meeting.
> 3rd Brother William Jones chosen pastor of Big Spring Church.
>
> August Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Continued reference relative to Bro. Jesse Dodson to next meeting.
> 2nd Bro. Thomas Cunningham gave satisfaction.
> 3rd On account of a report concerning Bro. William Hase the church or
> any
> part of them appointed to cite Brother Hase to attend at Big Spring next
>
> meeting.
> 4th Bro. John Cunningham, Bro. Isaac Land and Bro. William Weaver
> appointed
> as delegates to Association.
> 5th The clerk appointed to write the Association letter for inspection
> at
> next meeting.
>
> September Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after
> worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Referd the reference relative to Brother Jesse Dodson to next
> meeting.
> 2nd Association letter read and approbated.
> 3rd Samuel Bristow dismist by letter.
> 4th Brother William Jones received the call of the church.
> 5th Referd the reference relative to William Hase to next meeting.
> 6th Thomas and Martha Jeffries dismist by letter.
> 7th Appointed Isaac Lane, Peter, Neal, James Sims and Elias Harrison to
> labour with Sister Nancy Harper for fellowship between her and Ransom
> Day.
> 8th Appointed the first Saturday in October for next church meeting.
>
> October First Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Dismist the reference relative to Bro. Jesse Dodson.
> 2nd Continued the reference relative to Bro. William Hase to next
> meeting.
> 3rd John and Nancy Thurmond dismist by letter.
> 4th Continued the reference relative to sister Nancy Harper and Bro. Day
> to
> next meeting.
>
> November Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after
> worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st James Going came forward and complained that he was unjustly dealt
> with
> by the force of evidence. The church agree to examine the matter and
> refer it
> to next meeting.
> 2nd William Hase excommunicated for getting drunk at several times.
> 3rd Continued the reference relative to Sister Harper and Bro. Day to
> next
> meeting.
> 4th Bro. John Neal appointed to cite Bro. John Nolen to attend next
> meeting.
>
> December Second Saturday 1807. Church met at Big Spring and after
> worship
> proceeded to business.
> 1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received Sarah
> Hodges,
> Zachariah, Sarah and Leta McCubbin by letter.
> 2nd Continued the reference relative to Sister Harper and Brother Day.
> Appointed Bro. John Cunningham, Bro. Zachariah McCubbin, Bro. William
> Weaver
> and Bro. Thomas Hurst to labour with Sister Nancy Harper and Bro. Ransom
> Day
> and make report at next meeting.
> 3rd Raised reference relative to John Nolen and Appointed Bro. Joseph
> Clark
> and Bro. George Stubblefield to cite Bro. Nolen to next meeting.
> 4th Reference relative to James Goin referd to next meeting.
> 5th Appointed Bro. John Neal, Bro. Joab Hill, Bro. James Sims and John
> Evans
> to labour in a difficulty between Bro. George Stubblefield and Bro.
> Peter
> Smith.
>
> End of Year 1807
>
>
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