Coffee Creek Baptist Church Minutes

June the first Saturday 1854
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received by letter Cornelia NEWBERRY. 2nd dismissed by letter Uriah STRIBLING and Hester Ann STRIBLING, his wife. Wm. STOUT and Hannah STOUT, his wife. Wm. ARBUCKLE and Mary ARBUCKLE, his wife. 3rd Whereas Benjamin ROBINS has joined another denomination is excluded from the fellowship of this church. 4th Thomas HILL chosen moderator and Aaron SCOTT, clerk for the ensuing year. Adjourned.
Aaron Scott, Clk
Thomas Hill, Mod

Brother Thomas COBB departed this life June 1854 in the 74th year of his age.
Brother Andrew HAYS departed this life July the 2nd 1854.

July the 1st Saturday 1854
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Brother James HILL appointed to write the letter to the association and present the same to the church at her next meeting for inspection. 2nd dismissed Brother Daniel HOLBROOK and Sister Malinda HOLBROOK his wife. No other business appearing adjourned.

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August the first Saturday 1854
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the letter to the association written by James HILL presented, read and adopted and Elders Thomas HILL and Wm. B. LEWIS and Brethren James FOWLER, Samuel MALCOMB and Aaron SCOTT appointed to bear the same to the association. 2nd Agreed to pay thirty dollars ($30) for the special aid of a minister to preach the gospel in the bounds of the Coffee Creek association. 3rd Dismissed by letter Brother Aaron Matley. Whereas Maria YOUNG has united with another denomination is therefore excluded from the fellowship of this church. No other business appearing adjourned.
Thomas Hill, mod
Aaron Scott, clk

September the 1st Saturday 1854
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing, adjourned.
Thomas Hill, mod
Aaron Scott, clk

Sunday, September 3rd 1854
Received by letter Joseph HENDRIX and Jane Hendrix.
Thomas Hill, Pastor

October the first Saturday 1854
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.
Thomas Hill, mod
Aaron Scott, clk

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November the 1st Saturday 1854
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st {space left blank or erased here}

Sally THOMSON deceased November 1854.

December the first Saturday 1854
The church met and after praise and prayer {space left blank here}

January the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Dismissed by letter Brethren Samuel TIBETS and Mary Ann TIBETS, his wife, John B. TAULMON and Susan TAULMON, his wife, Eugene TIBETS and Jefferson JUDKINS. No business appearing adjourned.
Aaron Scott, Clk.
Thomas Hill, Mod.

February the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer the church agree to call Brother Thomas HILL to preach the next ensuing year. No other business appearing adjourned.
Aaron Scott, Clk.
Thomas Hill, Mod.

March the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Dismissed by letter Brother William HILDRETH and Mary HILDRETH, his wife, Wm. Harison HILDRETH and Sarah HILDRETH, his wife.
Aaron Scott, Clk.
Thomas Hill, Mod.

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April the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received by relation Henry NEWBERRY. No other business appearing adjourned.
Aaron Scott, Clk.
Thomas Hill, Mod.

May the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer dismissed by letter Robert TAYLOR. No other business appearing adjourned.

June the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received by experience for baptism Lucy BALLENGER and by letter ELIZABETH COMPTON. 2nd Brother Thomas HILL chosen moderator and Aaron SCOTT clerk for the ensueing year. 3rd received a communication from certain brethren from Clark County for aid and council in the constitution of a church. In answer thereto the church agree to send Brethren T. HILL, James FOWLER, Josehua DEPUTY, Sidney BUTLER and Aaron Scott. No other business appearing adjourned.

Eliza Ann HEROD, formerly GADY deceased 1855.

July the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st whereas Elizabeth HIBNER has united with another denomination is considered no longer a member with us. 2nd The clerk to write a letter to the association and present the same at the next church meeting for inspection and Brethren Thomas HILL, Wm. B. LEWIS, Samuel MALCOMB, James FOWLER, Joshua DEPUTY, James HILL, and Aaron SCOTT appointed to bear the same to the association. No other business appearing adjourned.

Sanford TUEL departed this life July 1855.

August the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the letter to the association written by the clerk read and adopted. 2nd Dismissed by letter Susana BURTON (see Robbins-Burton Family Biography).

September the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.

Sister Rebeca H. LARD departed this life September 1855.

October the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer the moderator being absent Brother James B. SWINCHER was chosen moderator protem. No business appearing adjourned.
Aaron Scott, clk.
Thomas Hill, Mod.
James B. Swincher, Mod. Protem

November the first Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the church appoint the deacons to circulate a subscription in order to raise something for the benefit of the pastor, Brother Thomas HILL, for the present year, also for the home mission. No other business appearing adjourned.

December the 1st Saturday 1855
The church met and after praise and prayer no other business appearing adjourned.

January the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the church agree to call Brother Thomas HILL to preach for her the ensueing year. No other business appearing adjourned.

Sister Polly JONES departed this life January 1856.

February the 1st Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer dismissed by letter Brother Esom FOSTER. No other business appearing adjourned.

March the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.

March the 9th 1856
Dismissed by letter Sister Almira DEPUTY.

April the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received by letter Brother William HILDRETH and Mary HILDRETH, his wife. 2nd Dismissed by letter Sister Ellender SMITH and Sister Elizabeth TOBIAS. 3rd The clerk to furnish a list of absent members and present the same at next church meeting. No further business adjourned.

May the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Aaron SCOTT and Sidney BUTLER appointed to visit Lucinda HAWS and cite her to attend at next church meeting. 2nd Inasmuch as John EVELETH, Silas BYCOURT, Amos BURTON, and Orlistus R. TUEL have removed out of the bounds of this church without calling for letters of dismission are excluded from the fellowship of this church. 3rd James FOWLER and Joshua DEPUTY to visit Elias CLINES and Phebe his wife and ….. at the next church meeting. A. SCOTT and S. HALL to visit John TOBIAS . 4th The church adopt a rule that any male member not attending at her meeting of business for six months in succession shall be subject (on complaint) to the discipline of the church. On motion adjourned.

June the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st forasmuch as Elias CLINES and Phebe his wife have removed out of the bounds of this church without calling for letters of dismission are excluded from the fellowship of this church. 2nd Lucinda HAWS having advocated aniversalian doctrine and not attending meeting for a long length of time is excluded from the fellowship of this church. 3rd Thomas HILL chosen moderator and Aron SCOTT clerk for the ensueing year. 4th Dismissed by letter Brother William F. FOWLER.

July the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the clerk appointed to write a letter to the association and present the same at the next church meeting for inspection. No other business appearing adjourned.
Thomas Hill, mod
Aaron Scott, clk

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August the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer the letter to the association written by the clerk read and adopted and Elder Thomas Hill and Wm. B. LEWIS and Brethren Aaron SCOTT, James FOWLER, Samuel MALCOMB, James HILL, and Samuel HALL appointed to bear the same to the association. No other business appearing adjourned.
Thomas Hill, mod
Aaron Scott, clk

October the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer received by letter Wm. BYAS and Elizabeth BYAS, his wife. No other business appearing. Adjourned.

Brother John COX Senr departed this life September 1856.

September the first Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the church authorizes the trustees to hire some person to keep the meetinghouse the ensuing year. No other business appearing adjourned.

November the 1st Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Dismissed by letter Nathan EVELETH, Phila EVELETH, his wife, Hanah HULSE, and Jane DOTA. 2nd Whereas Elizabeth HARTWELL has united with another denomination not in union with us, she is excluded from our fellowship. No other business appearing adjourned.

December the 1st Saturday 1856
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.

January the 1st Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.
Aaron Scott, Clerk
Thomas Hill, mod.

John D. JONES departed this life January 1857.

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February the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the church agree to call Brother Thomas HILL to preach for her the ensuing year. 2nd Brethren Joshua DEPUTY and Samuel HALL to circulate a subscription in order to raise something for the benefit of Brother HILL. 3rd Dismissed by letter Grisula Jane TAULMON. No other business appearing adjourned.

March the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer the moderator being absent Brother William A. MONROE was chosen moderator protem. No business appearing adjourned.
Aaron Scott, clk.
William A. Monroe, modr. Protem.

Sunday March the 15th 1857
Dismissed by letter Sister Lucy BALLENGER.
Thomas Hill, Pastor

April the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.

May the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.

June the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st restored to the fellowship of the church Benjamin ROBINS. 2nd Dismissed by letter Benjamin ROBINS. 3rd Brethren Thomas HILL chosen moderator and Aaron SCOTT clerk for the ensueing year. 4th Whereas Jesse TAIT and Polly TAIT, his wife, William GARDENER and Aceneth (?) GARDENER, his wife, have united with another denomination they are considered no longer members with us. No business appearing adjourned.

July the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer whereas Brother James FOWLER entered a complaint against Brother Alexander ARBUCKLE for not attending church meeting, Brethren James FOWLER, Samuel MALCOMB, and Aron SCOTT were appointed to visit Brother ARBUCKLE and report the result at the next church meeting. No further business appearing adjourned.

August the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the reference with regard to Brother Alexander ARBUCKLE continued. 2nd The clerk to write a letter to the association and present the same at the next church meeting for inspection. 3rd Dismissed by letter Sally Ann DAILY. Adjourned.

August the fifth Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received by letter Nancy ROBERTSON. 2nd the reference with regard to Brother Alex ARBUCKLE continued. 3rd The letter to the association written by the clerk read and adopted and Brethren Thomas HILL, Wm. B. LEWIS, James FOWLER, Samuel MALCOMB, Joshua DEPUTY, and James W. HILL are appointed to bear the same to the association. No further business appearing adjourned.

September the 1st day 1857
Received by experience for baptism Francis ann BYAS and Luann DEPUTY.

October the 1st Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st On account of Alexander Arbuckle not attending meeting and refusing to hear the church is excluded from her fellowship.

Sunday October the 6th
received by experience for baptism Sarah COX.

October 2nd Sunday
received by baptism Polly Ann BARNES, Susan FOWLER, Sarah EBY KEITH, Cerilda GADY, and Susan BARNES.

November first Saturday
being a very wet day there was no meeting. Sunday following the church received a communication from Grassy Creek Church for council in a difficulty existing there, whereas Sidney BUTLER, Samuel HALL, and Aron SCOTT were appointed to go.

Cyrus SCOTT was born Novem the 19th 1803 and united with the Baptist Church at Coffee Creek December 1832. Deceased November the 6th 1857.

December the first Saturday 1857
The church met and after praise and prayer no business appearing adjourned.

January the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received a request from Lick Branch Church for aid and council in the ordination of a deacon at their next church meeting 2nd Saturday. In answer thereunto the church agree to send Elder Wm. B. LEWIS and Deacons James FOWLER, Sam’l MALCOMB, and A. SCOTT to aid in ordination. No other business appearing adjourned.

February the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st forasmuch as Ely HIGGINS and Oliver THOMPSON have removed out of the bounds of the church without calling for letters of dismission, they are excluded from the fellowship of the church. Lucinda SAMPSON, Sarah HILL, Eliza D. WALTON, and Archabald WOOD, having united with another denomination are also excluded from the fellowship of this church.

March the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st The clerk being absent James W. HILL was chosen clerk protem. 2nd By request a letter of dismission was granted to Clorinda BAILEY and the clerk authorized to furnish the same. Adjourned.

Katharine COGSHILL deceased time unknown.

April the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received by letter Lucy BALLENGER. Adjourned.

May the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer, no business appearing adjourned.

June the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Thomas HILL chosen moderator and Aaron SCOTT clerk for the ensuing year. 2nd dismissed by letter Elizabeth and Hariet MATLEY, John OSBOURN, Elizabeth OSBOURN, his wife, and Polly COX. No other business appearing adjourned.

July the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st received by letter Susan REDMAN. No other business appearing adjourned.

August the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the clerk to write a letter to association and present the same to the next church meeting for inspection and that Elders Thomas HILL and Wm. B. LEWIS and Brethren Aaron SCOTT, James FOWLER, and Samuel MALCOMB are appointed to bear the same to the association. 2nd Inasmuch as Mary PEREGRINE has united with another denomination she is no longer a member with us. No other business appearing adjourned.

August the fourth Saturday 1858
The church met according to previous arrangement and proceeded to business. The clerk being absent Sidney BUTLER was chosen clerk protem. 1st the letter to the association written by the clerk read and adopted. No other business appearing adjourned.

October the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st The time of the present housekeeper being expired the trustees were authorized to hire some person to keep the house the ensuing year. No other business appearing adjourned.

November the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the trustees report that they have employed James COX for the sum of Fifteen Dollars to keep the meeting house for one year commencing the first October. 2nd received by experience for baptism Martha COX, Mary BLANKENSHIP, Elizabeth HOLBROOKS, and Jane DEPUTY and by letter Wm. M. ROBINSON. No other business appearing adjourned.

December the first Saturday 1858
The church met and after praise and prayer the moderator being absent Elder John CHAMBERS was chosen moderator protem. 1st Received a request for letters of dismission for Wm. BIAS and Francis A. BIAS which was referred to next church meeting. Aaron Scott, clerk John Chambers, Mod., protem

January the first Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st dismissed by letter Sister Francis A. BIAS. 2nd The clerk appointed to write a letter to Wm. BIAS letting him know the reason for his not getting a letter of dismission. No other business appearing adjourned.

February the first Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Dismissed by letter Sister Nancy TORBET. 2nd The church to call Brother Thomas HILL one fourth of his time the ensuing year. 3rd The church agree to defray her expenses by advalorum or equalization and that James W. HILL and Samuel MALCOMB be appointed to draft resolutions to that effect and report the same the next church meeting. No other business appearing adjourned.

March the first Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the moerator being absent Sidney BUTLER was chosen moderator protem. The following resolutions drafted by James W. HILL and Samuel MALCOMB read and adopted and that the Deacons constitute a board of finance to carry out said resolutions 2nd Whereas at the regular meeting for business on the 1st Saturday of Feb. 1859 this church agreed to raise funds to defray all necessary or incidental expenses on the advalorum system. Now therefore, it is hereby further agreed that for the purpose of carrying out the above system of raising funds the church shall select three emembers and they and their successors in office shall constitute a board of finance whose duty it shall be 1st to ascertain the probably amount of funds necessary to defray the current expenses of the church for the year. 2nd ascertain the total No. of male members and the amount of taxable property held by each.

April the first Sunday 1859
Dismissed by letter Sister Jane PARSONS.

May the first Saturday 1859
No business.

June the first Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Thomas HILL chosen moderator and Aaron SCOTT clerk for the ensuing year. 2nd John HAMMOND having united with another denomination is excluded from us. No other business appearing adjourned.

July the first Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Received a comnmunication from certain brethren living three miles south of Lening, Scott County, at a place called Hebron for aid and council in the constitution of a church at that place on the last Saturday . In answer thereto we the church agree to their aid Elder Wm. B. LEWIS and Wm. LEWIS. Also, one from certain brethren and Sister living in the neighbohood of Byfield’s Schoolhouse for the same purpose and on the same day. Elder Thomas HILL and James FOWLER and Joshua DEPUTY were appointed to go there each to meet on the last Saturday in the present month (July) at eleven o’clock. 2nd Dismissed by letter Brother Daniel RECTOR and Sister Jane RECTOR, his wife. No other business appearing adjourned.

August the first Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer the moderator being absent Wm. G. MONROE was chosen moderator protem. 1st The clerk appointed to write a letter to the association and present the same at the next church meeting for inspection and that Elder Thomas HILL and Wm. B. LEWIS and Brethren Samuel MALCOMB, James FOWLER, and Aaron SCOTT be appointed to bear the letter to the association. 2nd Received by experience for baptism Sarah BUTLER and Martha BLANKENSHIP. No other business appearing adjourned.

August the 4th Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st the letter to the association written by the clerk read and adopted and Brethren James W. HILL and Handy DIXON appointed messengers in addition to those appointed at last meeting to the association in consequence of Polly C. BUCKLER united with another denomination is excluded from our fellowship. Also Adaline BARNES having removed and being absent a number of years is excluded from our fellowship.

August the 4th
received by experience for baptism Albina BUTLER and Martha Ann BARNES. Our regular church meeting is changed from the first to the fourth Saturday in each month. No other business appearing adjourned.

September 1859
Martha BLANKENSHIP baptized and received into the fellowship of the church.

September the 4th Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st dismissed by letter Sister Lucy BALLENGER. No other business appearing adjourned.

October the 4th Saturday 1859
No business.

November the 4th Saturday 1859
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Dismissed by letter Sister Cassanda JORDAN and Sister Elizabeth McLELAND. 2nd Excluded Wm. PARSONS for neglecting to attend church meeting and removing out of the bounds of the church without asking for a letter of dismission. No other business appearing adjourned.

Sister Polly Ann BARNES departed this life December 1859.

December the 4th Saturday 1859
No business

January the fourth Saturday 1860
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Dismissed by letter Sister Drusilla FOWLER 2nd the church agree to call Brother Thomas HILL as their pastor for the ensuing year. No other business appearing adjourned.

February the 4th Saturday 1860
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st dismissed by letter Jesse COX. No other business appearing adjourned.

March the 4th Saturday 1860
April the fourth Saturday 1860
May the 4th Saturday 1860
No business

June the 4th Saturday 1860
The church met and after praise and prayer Thomas HILL chosen moderator and Aaron SCOTT clerk for the ensuing year. No other business appearing adjourned.

July the 4th Saturday 1860
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Received a communication from First Marion for a council to meet at Daniel LEWIS’s on the Wednesday after the 4th Saturday in July for the purpose of settling a difficulty existing between Daniel LEWIS and that church whereby Aaron SCOTT, James FOWLER, and Samuel MALCOMB are appointed to a committee to meet with them at the time and place appointed. 2nd Dismissed by letter Elizabeth BIAS. 3rd Sidney BUTLER appointed to write a letter to the association and present the same at the next church meeting for inspection. No other business appearing adjourned.

August the 4th Saturday 1860
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st The letter to association written by Sidney BUTLER read and adopted and brethren Elders Thomas HILL, Wm. B. LEWIS, and Brethren Joshua TIBBETS, Benjamin GADY, Sidney BUTLER, Samuel HALL, and Handy DIXON are appointed to bear the letter to the association. 2nd Excluded Henry NEWBURY for unchristian conduct and refusing to hear the church. 3rd Excluded Wm. BIAS for unchristian conduct. No other business appearing adjourned.

Sept the 4th Saturday 1860
Oct the 4th Saturday 1860
November the 4th Saturday 1860
No business.

December the 4th Saturday 1860
The church met and after praise and prayer the church agree with W. JONES to keep the meetinghouse one year for the sum of $14.00. No other business appearing adjourned.

January the 4th Saturday 1861
No business.

Joseph WAINSCOTT died January 1861.

February and March being rainy days, the church failed to meet.
A. Scott, Clerk.

April the 4th Saturday 1861
The church met and after praise and prayer 1st Received a communication from Bethany Church, Jefferson County, for aid and council in the ordination of a Deacon on the 3rd Saturday in May next in answer thereto, the church agree to send Brethren Elders Thomas HILL, Wm. B. LEWIS and Deacons Samuel MALCOMB, James FOWLER and Aaron SCOTT to meet with them at that time. 2nd Dismissed by letter Sister Cornelia NEWBURY. No other business appearing adjourned.

April the 4th Sunday 1861
Dismissed by letter Sister Maria Jane LETT, formerly HOLBROOKS.

August the 4th Saturday 1861
The church met and after praise and prayer first appointed Brethren Thomas HILL, Wm. B. LEWIS, Aaron SCOTT, Samuel MATLEY, James FOWLER, Joshua TIBBETS messengers to association. 2nd the letter written by the clerk adopted. 3rd Excluded Mary Jane BOTTS. Sunday Mary Elen DEPUTY was displeased with their adjournment.
Sidney BUTLER, clk
Thomas Hill, Mod.

October 4th Saturday 1861
The church met and after praise and prayer proceeded to business. 1st Heard a complaint against Brother .... HALL ... was taken up and brother Joshua TIBETS was appointed to see him and let him know that his case will be acted on at the next meeting. 2nd Heard a complaint against Sister Susan FOWLER and Brethren Aaron SCOTT, Sidney BUTLER appointed to see her and report at the next meeting. 4th The church voted her disaprobation to the practice of plays and dancing and then adjourned.
Sidney Butler, clk
Thomas Hill, Mod.

November 4th Saturday 1861
The church met and after praise and prayer the case of Brother Abner HALL was again taken up, and he is excluded. 2nd The committee that was appointed to see Sister Susan FOWLER reported favorably, and she is relieved from senshure. (sic)
Sidney Butler, clk
Thomas Hill, Mod.

December the 4th Saturday 1861
The church met and after praise and prayer, no business appearing adjourned.

* Susanah Burton² was the daughter of Susannah Chaney and William T. Burton. When William died, Susannah¹ moved with her 5 children to Paris Crossing and she, Susannah Burton¹, joined the church in 1835. Her mother was Susannah Hill who married John Chaney.
Benjamin Robbins rafted down the Ohio River from NY in 1836 with his second wife Mary. Benjamin and Mary Rob(b)ins joined the church in 1837. Mary died in Nov 1838. Benjamin Rob(b)ins married a third time to the widow lady Susannah Burton¹ in 1839. Susannah Chaney/Burton/Robbins died Sept 1852. The daughter Susanah Burton² was dismissed by letter in 1855 just before they moved to Davis County Iowa. (Thanks to Lanny A. Robbins for this information.)

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