Saturday before the third Sabbath in December one thousand eight hundred
and forty three. The Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Invited Brethren of Sister Churches to take a seat with us.
2nd Opened a door for the reception of members and received Mary
Parks by experience.
3rd Called for references and none.
4th Sister Matilda Freeman, Brother Matthew Shipman
& Brother Handy Desheals applyes for letters of dismission and
granted.
5tth It is motioned and seconded that we declare an unfellowship to the home
and foreign missionary principals and all its various branches and all other
unscriptural constitutions and referred until next meeting.
William P Stroud, Ch Clk
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Saturday before the third Sabbath in January 1844. The Crooked
Creek Church met at their meeting house and after worship proceeded to
business.
1st Appointed Brother Thomas Willis Moderator Protem.
2nd Invited Brethren of Sister Churches to a seat with us.
3rd Called for references and took up the reference of declaring a
nonfellowship to the home and foreign Missionary Principals and all its various
branches and all other unscriptural institutions. The questions charged to the
Missionary Society and all other unscriptural institutions and decided in favor
of declaring unfellowship to the Missionary Society and all other unscriptural
institutions.
William P Stroud, Church Clerk
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February 1844 Note: January 1844 & March 1844 are on the same page so
the minutes from February 1844 were never entered into the book or were not
taken.
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Saturday before the third Sabbath in March One Thousand Eight Hundred and
forty four. The Church met and after Worsh proceeded to business.
1st Invited Brethren of Sister Churches to a seat with us.
2nd Opened a door for the reception of members and received none.
3rd Motioned and seconded that George W Baines, Guy Ross, Angus
Ross, Asher Hardin, Leonard Huff, Thomas Hutchinson, Mary Griffin, Malissa Ann
Baines, Elizabeth Butler, Mary Ross, Jennette Petty, Sarah Beck. Be excluded
from our fellowship holding the doctrine of the Missionary and advocating the
same and carried. William P Stroud, Ch Clrk
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Transcribed by Reta Parton, September
30, 2002
