Session Record Of The Clear Creek Presbyterian Church Jessamine County Kentucky Near Troy

Author : Presbyterian Church (China Grove, N.C.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of China Grove, Harnett County, No. Car., Organized in March 1836 written by Presbyterian Church (China Grove, N.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printed record book of 1859, containing the ms. minutes from 1836-1894 of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of China Grove, N.C., and the church register for the same dates. In 1859, the Presbyterian Church Board of Publication in Philadelphia printed a "model volume", containing blank pages for keeping Session Records, and a church register as well, in order to promote neatness, legibility, and uniformity among records kept by Presbyterian Churches. The Board even included a sample entry, illustrating the proper method of recording minutes for inexperienced clerks. Minutes for the China Grove Session begin on May 27, 1860, and run through Nov. 11, 1894, recorded by a series of clerks, including John Elliot (1860-1874), David Fairley (1875-1878), J.T. McCorquodale (1883), and G.A. McFarland (1884-1894). The Sessions were mainly concerned with the acceptance and transfer of members, with an occasional censure. Following the minutes is a church register, which, as the printed instructions make clear, is to be kept carefully and punctually by the pastor of the church. The register is arranged in seven parts, with pages designated for the register of elders, deacons, communicants, colored communicants, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Admissions of both white and black members of the congregation are recorded between March 1836 and Sept. 30, 1894. White members are listed in alphabetical order, along with additional information such as date of admission, method of reception, dismissals (often transfers to other congregations), deaths, and remarks; while black members are listed by first name and the name of their owner, with the exception of the last three, admitted in 1870 and 1873, for whom both given and surnames are listed. Some baptismal records are included for 1862-1894, although the sections for marriages and deaths are blank.