SPURLIN
BAPTIST CHURCH
1914--1928
Spurlin
Baptist Church was
admitted to the Hamilton County Baptist
Association on 12 August, 1914, and served its community until
about 1928 when the town of Spurlin was abandoned. Spurlin
may have originally been called Bethlehem
Baptist Church which disappeared from the minutes of HCBA in 1914.
Early pastors included:
H. L. Blair, 1914
H. Blair, 1915
John Paul GillIam, Sr.,
1916
R. J. Fletcher,
1917--1918
B. F. White,
1919--1922
R. L. Day, 1923
Early church clerks included:
E. A. Oats,
1914
M. E. Barnett,
1915--1918, 1921
J. T. Childress, 1919
Early messengers to the annual
association meeting were:
1915--Robert
Jeff and Ida Rose Anna (Grisham) Fergusson, Walter Holloway
1916--J. M.
Carruth, Robert Jeff Fergusson, Eva Barnett
1917--Mrs. May
Barnett, Mrs. Eva Barnett, R. Adams
1918--Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. Thompson, G. Whitehead, M. Adams
1919--Mr. and
Mrs. Egbert Barnett, Mrs. Heathe Adams
1920--Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Holloway, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Thompson
1921--Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Barnett, Emma Adams, Mrs. J. W. Russell
1922--Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Thompson, G.
F. Kavanaugh, Marion Adams
1923--J. N.
Longino, Susie Longino, Mrs. M. M. Adams.
