History Sandy Creek, 1858-1958

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1858-1958 £3T REV. CLYDE P. STINSON

GOLDSTON, N. C.

To the memory of Rev. Clyde P. Stinson, who departed this life November

15, 1955, faithful Christian servant, loyal church member, devoted supporter of his denomination, efficient Clerk-Treasurer of the Sandy Creek Baptist Associa- tion 1947-1955, and whose interest and tireless energy were given in research and in collection of material for the publicatiion of this history, this volume is affectionately dedicated.

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HISTORY OF BUILDINGS AND PASTORS OF LOVES CREEK BAPTIST

CHURCH by H. A. TEAGUE, RT. 3, SILER CITY, N. C.

Loves Creek Baptist Church, two miles east of Siler City, North Carolina, was organized in Aug. 1825 as a branch of Rocky River Baptist Church. With 64 members.

The first deacons were Nathan Bray, Daniel Hackney, Mial Womble, and W. R. Fitts.

The church for a few years worshiped in a brush arbor built in the grove near the church, just east of the present building.

The first church was erected just west of the present church and finished in time for the Sandy Creek Association which met here in 1830. William Line- berry was moderator, Nathional Smith clerk, and Noah Richardson preached the annual sermon.

The church building was twice as long as it was wide, running east and west with a door in each end and a double door on the south front. The pulpit was on the north side of the church about midway between the west and east ends of the church—facing the double front door. In January 1897 a Building Committee was appointed—Geo. W. Womble, John D. Dorsett, and W. Dan Teague.

In July 1898 James A. Gilliland, Jack Gilliland, Geo. W. Gee, and Selma S. Edwards were added to the Building Committee.

On Wednesday Dec. 28, 1898 the Building Committee went to work. John D. Dorsett was elected Treasurer of the Building Committee.

During 1899-1900 the old church was turned around and built where the church now stands.

The last members to join the church in the first old building were baptized on Monday after the fourth Sunday in September 1899. They were R. W. Hackney, Ira D. Poe, Fletcher Teague, Willie Fox, Ida Poe, Vallie Teague, and Mary Dorsett.

Sister Rue J. Dorsett was baptized on the fourth Sunday in September 1900.

John D. Dorset died on Sunday December 23, 1900 and was buried on Christmas day 1900. His funeral was the first to be held in this church after it was remodeled and turned around.

The following were the first to join the church in 1901 and were baptized on the first Sunday in September 1901: James S. Edwards, Lucy Siler, Walter L. Hackney, Ora Gilliland, Ella Hackney, Estelle Hackney, Exie Wom- ble, Alma Dorsett, Eleanor Teague, and Minnie Smith.

The following were baptized on the fourth Sunday in September 1901 Talmage Siler, Paul Phillips, Grace Siler, Lizzie Siler, Barney Brewer, George Stanley, Elsie Stanley, Ida Stanley, Dora Hudson, and Callie Hudson.

On the fourth Sunday in October 1901 George Pickett, Bun Phillips, and Dora Johnson were baptized. This made three baptizings in 1901.

In September 1927 the church decided to build two Sunday School rooms and repair the church. Those on Building Committee were: Talmage Siler, Ed Marsh, and R. C. Fox. The Finance Committee was: Jack S. Clark, Rob Smith, Mrs. Grace Siler, Gilliland, Mrs. Georgia Womble Elder, and Miss Stannie Marsh. In October 1927 the Finance Committee reported they had $1,247.50 subscribed. On motion by Fletcher Teague the church decided on brick veneering the church. Every member present voted for this motion and the Building Committee was instructed to go to work. Bun Bray was em- ployed to lay the brick. In November the Finance Committee had collected $1,095.25 in cash and $600.00 more subscribed.

On the fourth Sunday in December the church re-elected Rev. J. C. Canipe as pastor.

On the fourth Saturday in January 1928 the Finance Committee reported the brickwork was completed, all bills paid for in full, or sufficient funds in hand to meet same. The Building Committee was instructed to go forward and repair the interior of the church. At this time Mr. Marion Dorsett announced that Lacy Short's house was on fire and the meeting adjourned without adjournment.

The church met at regular time in March and the fourth Sunday in May was the date set to dedicate the church. A large crowd was present on the fourth Sunday in May 1928 to dedicate the new church. At eleven o'clock Dr. Livingston Johnson, Editor of Biblical Recorder preached on the subject "The Purpose for which the Church Was Built." In the afternoon Rev. J. C. Canipe preached the dedication sermon from 2 Cor. 8:5. H. Adney Teague gave a history of the church. Mrs. Hamby Hilliard had loaned the church, withont any interest, enough money to pay for the metal ceiling, this note was destroyed at this time. A free-will offering was taken amounting to $150.00, to purchase new seats for the wings. In just seven months from the time the Build- ing Committee was instructed to go to work (fourth Sunday in October 1927 to Fourth Sunday in May 1928) the church was dedicated and paid for in full.

The seven Sunday School rooms were built in 1943-1944 while Alfred F. Gibson was pastor.

The parsonage was built in 1950.

These buildings were all financed by the church and community.

For the past 131 years the church has never imported to the Sandy Creek Association a church debt.

PASTORS OF LOVES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

The following 25 pastors have served this church in the order named: Job Jacks, T. D. Armstrong, T. S. Yarboro, Eli Phillips, Noah Richardson, Wil- liam Lineberry-1825 to May 1877. Stephen Gilmore 1878 to 1883, O. T. Ed- wards January 1883 to his death, August 30, 1906, G. W. Harmon Supply September 1906 to July 1907, R. H. Herring 1907-1909, Willie Poe Supply pastor April to October 1909. J. R. Edwards 1910-1911, B. Townsend 1911-1913, Geo. E. Spruill 1913-1916, A. T. Howell 1916-1917, W. O. Johnson 1917-1921, R. S. Fountain 1921-Dec. 1926, Grover C. Phillips, supply for a short time, J. C. Canipe 1927-1934, J. Louise Price 1934-Dec. 1940, Oren Bradley May 1941 Dec. 1942, Alfred F. Gibson July 1943-May 1945, J. Parks Hackney Jan. 1946, 1949, Geter R. Porch April 1950-Feb. 1955, Edward C. Elliott Sept. 1955 to the present time. O. T. Edwards was elected pastor in January 1883 when he first started to preach. He served as pastor for the remainder of his life. He died Aug. 30, 1906 and was buried at Moons Chapel. Our minutes show the following salaries he received for a year's service: $40; $60; $75; $80. The highest salary he ever received for a years service was $100. Most of his pay was collected during August and September. I remember when he called on Brother "B" to pray one day. He said "Dear God, Bless our church, have mercy on our pastor. We do not treat him with the respect of a decent dog. The dog receives his food daily at our hands, but our pastor, depending upon us for his daily bread is more than four months hungry." It worked. His salary was raised $20. If you want a raise in salary, pastors, call on the Finance Committee to pray somtimes. Prayer changes things. "The effectual fervent prayer of a rigtheous man availeth much."

In the by-gone days sinners confessed their sins to God. One day Mr. "Z" came forward for prayer, a day or so passed and he had not forsaken his sins. The pastor called on him to pray. He said (in part) "O, Lord, You know that I am the meanest man in the whole community. I am not worthy to call upon you. I have made liquor, drank liquor, committed adultry and stolen chickens—even an old setting hen and her eggs and sold them. I can't trust myself. If you will save me, save me now." God saved him, two women shouted, and the fire came down, our souls to greet and mercy crowned the mercy seat.

In Sept. 1895 thirty-three persons were baptized and one restored this was the largest baptizing in the history of the church.

In 1952 three persons were baptized before the revival in August and twenty-eight following the revival, and six joioned by letter. This was the

largest number to join the church in any associational year (October 1, 1951- September 30, 1952) in the history of the church for the past 131 years. Geter Porch was pastor.

On Saturday before the third Sunday in November 1866 Daniel Hackney was granted license to preach, and Charlie G. Smith on Sept. 4, 1909. Daniel Hackney was ordained on the fourth Sunday in Feb. 1871. William Lineberry and D. C. Murchison had charge of the ordination. In Oct. 1872 Jesse Louis Smith was ordained by William Lineberry, D. C. Murchison, Thomas G. Mat- thews, and Daniel Hackney, J. M. Pugh and J. W. Calder were ordained here at the association in 1874. On July 13, 1941 Oren Bradley was ordained, R. E. Wall delivered the charge and led the prayer. Jack Duffie was ordained on the fourth Sunday in July 1954. Rev. W. L. Lynch preached the sermon.

The Sandy Creek Association has met with Loves Creek seven times on the following dates: 1830-William Merritt, Moderator, Nathaniel Smith, Clerk, sermon Noah Richardson

1846-Eli Phillips Moderator, Noah Richai'dson Clerk, sermon Eli Phillips

1858-William Lineberry Moderator, E. H. Straughan Clerk, sermon J. C. Wilson

1874-Stephen Gilmore Moderator, E. H. Straughan Clerk, S. Gilmore Sermon 1894-0. T. Edwards Moderator, W. C. Douglas Clerk, Sermon Jesse Louis Smith

1918-R. P. Johnson Moderator, J. L. Phillips, Clerk, W. B. Waff, sermon

Warfford—text Eph. 5:27. -..:.'. .B 1941-V. M Dorsett Moderator, Walter L. Warfford Clerk, Sermon. Walter L. :

One of the outstanding dates in the history of this church is that the one hundredth anniversary of the Sandy Creek Association was held here in 1858 at which time Rev. Geo. W. Purefoy preached the Centennial sermon-text "From the Days of John the Baptist Until Now" Matthew 11:12. Matthew T. Yates a returned missionary from China also preached.

O. T. Edwards has preached more associational sermons than any other person.

It is believed that the first marriage in the church was on March 22, 1908 when Rev. R. H. Herring performed the ceremony uniting in marriage H. Adney Teague and Miss Lizzie Siler. The next church wedding was July 4, 1942. The pastor Rev. Oren Bradley was married to Miss Nadine Woodlief.

The largest baptizing in the history of Loves Creek church was September 1895. O. T. Edwards was the pastor. The following thirty-three were baptized Mattie Poe, Minnie Bray, Lona Fesmire, Henry G. Dorstt, Lizzie Poe, Lydia Smith, D. C. Campbell, Richard Smith, James Sears, E. M. Davis, Cladie Fitts, Aldine Siler, Emory Brooks, Queen Bray, Ida Jones, Euterpe Clapp, Lizzie Marsh, Swannie Teague, George Womble, J. Baile Teague, Lumma Sears, Thomas Fesmire, Tasso Siler, James K. Dorsett, W. A. Brooks, Nettie Fox, A. Bert Dark, Dena Jones. T. J. Murchison was restored, H. H. Siler was received for baptism but was not baptized at that date. The other 4 candidates were baptized, and may have joined another church as their names do not ap- pear in our church minutes.

SILER CITY BAPTIST CHURCH Siler City Baptist Church was organized in the Thompson School Academy, May 17th, 1889, as a branch of Loves Creek Church with 10 charter members as follows D. L. Webster W. L. Hudson A. D. Jordan D. R. Sears and wife A. W. Wilson J. J. Crutchfield W. A. Teague D. P. Beal J. Dan Hackney The Presbytery was composed of the following ministers: W. R. Gwaltney, J. L. Smith, J. B. Richardson, and J. Dan Hackney.

Rev. J. B. Richardson was called as the first pastor and J. Dan Hackney was elected clerk.

The Church joined the Sandy Creek Associatioon at Sandy Creek Church, October 3rd, 1889, and the right hand of fellowship was extended to her delegates.

The following preachers served as pastors in the Thompson Academy, and in the order named: J. B. Richardson, W. T. Jones, C. J. F. Anderson, C. K. Horner served from 1894 to the completion of the new wooden church building about 1900, and W. A. Teague was then Church Clerk.

R. B. Lineberry was elected delegate to the Baptist Convention at Golds- boro in 1912 with the church paying his expenses.

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On May, the 30th 1912 the Church decided to build a Sunday School room. With the following committees in charge. John Turner was the carpenter fore- man, and D. L. Webster, treasurer, J. D. Edwards, R. H. Dixon. Rev. B. Townsend was Moderator, C. N. Bray, Clerk and W. A. Headen, Assistant Clerk. HISTORY OF STALEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Staley Baptist Church was organized December 28, 1889 and united with the Sandy Creek Association in 1890. The minutes of the first meting were as follows

According to previous arrangement Rev. W. H. H. Lawhorn, W. F. Watson, W. G. King, and G. L. Merrell met at the house of J. W. Staley, and there was organized a presbytery for the purpose of constituting a missionary Baptist church at Staley. Brother W. H. H. Lawhorn was chosen chairman and G. L. Merrell. secretary. At 7 o'clock P. M. the congregation met at their usual place of worship and the organization was effected in the following manner—Rev. Watson announced the purpose of the meeting and also the presbytery. Brother Lawhon took charge of the meeting and opened the service by reading the third chapter of Colossians and had prayer.

Applicants for membership were called for, and the following presented letters which were approved: C. G. Frazier and Rachel Frazier from Sandy Creek church and J. W. Siler, J. W. Staley, C. M. Staley, Eliza Siler, and Etta Staler from Mt. Pleasant Church. The Clerk then read the articles of faith and the church covenant which was adopted, the charge given by G. L. Merrell and the light hand of fellowship given.

The church then came together in conference and chose the following officers: C. G. Frazier and J. W. Siler, Deacons; C. M. Staley, Church Clerk; and J. W. Staley; Treasurer. W. F. Watson was elected Pastor.

On the motion of J. W. Siler the name chosen for the new church was Staley Baptist Church. The meeting adjourned until 10 o'clock the next day when they met for the purpose of organizing a Sunday School. The pastors of the church were as follows: Rev. W. F. Watson, 1889-1891; J. L. Smith, 1891-1897; A. K. Scotten, 1897-1900; J. L. Smith, 1900-1909; J. L.

Soots, 1911-1913; W. H. Eller, 1914-1919; J. A. Hackney, 1919; I. P. Frazier, 1920-1922; R. P. Ellington, 1924; T. W. Siler, 1925-1927; W. J. Byrum, 1927- 1928; J. C. Canipe, 1930-1935; R. H. Weaver, 1936- 1940; O. D. Moore, 1940- 1941; Oren Bradley, 1941-1943; Alfred F. Gibson, 1943-1945; J. Parks Hackney, 1946-1949; Geter R. Porch, 1950-1955; Orlin Hefner, 1956-1957; Johnny Smith is the present pastor.

Church clerks are as follows: C. M. Staley, 1889-1898; J. W. Staley, 1898-

1901; I. P. Fraizer, 1901-1906; C. P. Fox, 1906-1933; Etta Staley Fox, 1933-1951; Annie Jane Flynt, 1951 until present.

Church treasurers are as follows: J. W. Staley, 1889-1916; H. L. Staley, 1916-1933; Etta Staley Fox, 1933-1951; Annie Jane Flynt, 1951 until present.

Deacons: J. W. Siler, 1889-1900; C. G. Fraizer, 1889-1908; A. M. Staley, 1900-1904; G. W. Berry, 1925-1932; C. P. Fox, 1925-1944; W. J. Vestal, 1932- 1941; C. A. Teague, 1925 until present; W. M. Ward 1932 until present; C. R. Moffitt, 1943 until present; Joe Flynt, 1943 until present; Calvin Davis, 1952 until present. The first place of meeting was in a store building not used as a store; then in the public school house and later in the present Methodist church.

In 1912 work began on a new church building on land given by J. W. Staley, and the first service was held in the building the fifth Sunday in August, 1913. In 1935 they enlarged the church by building seven Sunday School rooms and

a baptistery. Then on October 8, 1953, work began on the present new brick building. It is built on land purchased from G. N. Mask by Etta Staley Fox and given to the church. The first service was held in this church the first Sunday in August 1954.

Two ministers have gone out from Staley Baptist Church. A former member, I. P. Fraizer, was ordained at the Asheboro Baptist Church and later became

pastor of Staley Baptist Church. On July 5, 1925, a presbytery of Rev. R. S. Fountain, Rev. W. A. Elam, and Brother R. H. Dixion ordained T. W. Siler as minister. ROCK SPRING

The church was located two miles North of Pittsboro, in Chatham County, North Carolina. It was probably known by the name of "Haw River Church" at first, then by "Old Fork" and finally, when it moved to its present location, it took the name of Rock Spring. It was, no doubt, an arm of Sandy Creek Church at the formation of Sandy Creek Association in 1758 and was soon thereafter an independent church. Consequently, it may be considered the second oldest church in Association and Bear Creek third oldest. The church records previous to 1817 cannot be found. In 1800 or during the next year this church enjoyed an extensive revival of religion led by Elder George Pope. Elder Elnother, we pre- sume, suceeded him in the ministry at this place.

From 1816 to 1858 the following ministers in the order in which their names

occure have been the pastors of this church : Elder Robert T. Daniel, George Brown, Hezekiah Harmon, Thomas D. Armstrong, William H. Merritt, George W. Purefoy, Jesse Sowell, and William Lineberry. Deacons: Robert Ward, Blake Brantley, Stephen Moore, Richard Webster, Willie B. Straughan, Elisha H. Straughan, Ransom C. Poe, George W. Dismukes, C. C. P. Dismukes, and Guilford Petty. Clerks from 1816-1858: Basil Manly, William Lightfoot, W. B. Straughan, E. H. Straughan, S. Moore, and Joseph G. Dismukes. Basil Manly was licensed to preach by this church April 25, 1818. Edmund A. Poe and Richard R. Moore were licensed in 1854.

Wiley Straughan went along with George Dismukes and others mentioned to Association these years. In 1827 Richard Webster and Joel Horton were new delegates from Rock Spring. George Harmon's name is mentioned frequently. Stephen Moore was a new delegate in 1830—Eight new baptisms, but only 53 members in all. Charles S. Foushee. a delegate in 1833. Hatch and Ransom Poe were also delegates.

HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT TYSONS CREEK

A small group of people met in Tysons Creek school house on Saturday November 19, 1881 for the purpose of organizing a church. Present were members from several neighboring churches, Elders T. M. Baldwin from the church at Columbia, 0. T. Edwards from Moon's Chapel, J. W. Calder from Bear Creek and Brethren E. N. McMamus, N. E. Phillips, B. D. Phillips and S. A. Jones

10 from Bear Creek, Deacons, J. L. Purvis and J. A. Scott with Brethren A. G. Ellis, T. B. Kidd, N. 0. Cox, R. W. Kidd, J. W. Welch and J. W. Manus from Fall Creek, Oran Welch, A. N. Brooks and Thomas Henry from Brush Creek Chui'ch. This group formed a council and elected T. M. Baldwin chairman and J. W. Calder, secretary letters from the following were received as charter members: James Ellis, Laban Ellis, John W. Ellis, Thomas N. Ellis, Emsley Welch, Frank- lin J. Scott, George N. D. Talley, Laban Moon, Presley Moon, W. Franklin Grab- ble, all from Fall Creek Church. Burnice B. Phillips and John Grace from Bear

Creek Church. The following female members : Jermima Ellis, Nancy Nail, Martha A. Ellis, Malinda A. Moon, Lydia E. Scott, Sarah A. Ellis, Mary A. Gribble, Susan J. Ellis, Nannie E. Welch, Salena A. Ellis from Fall Creek Church, Margaret L. Phillips and Elizabeth D. Ellis from Bear Creek Church.

The newly organized church unanimously elected T. N. Baldwin to serve as their first pastor. John W. Ellis was elected church clerk and B. B. Phillips from Bear Creek Church and F. J. Scott from Fall Creek were the first deacons.

The first house of worship was dedicated on the fifth Sunday in August 1885. Elder Stephen Gilmore brought the message from 1st Kings 9:3—The school house had been used as a meeting- place until this time.

This building was later moved some distance from the original site and has been remodeled and Sunday School rooms added. Within the past five years considerable renovating has been done to the interior of the church house.

The following have served the church as pastors; T. M. Baldwin, 1881-1885; Stephen Gilmore, 1891-1894; W. H. H. Lawhon, 1894-1898; K. C. Horner, 1898- 1902; O. T. Edwards, 1902-1904; N. H. Shepherd, 1904-1906; W. T. Hurst, 1906- 1907; G. W. Harmon, 1907-1909; F. G. King; 1909-1910; B. Townsend, 1910-1912;

O. W. McManus, 1912 (Supply) ; K. C. Horner, 1912-1916; V. L. Andrews, 1916-

1919; J. S. Johnson, 1919 (Supply) ; J. L. Powers, 1919-1921; O. B. Mitchell,1921- 1923; J. H. Broome, 1923-1925; E. W. Byerly, 1925-1939; O. D. Moore, 1939- 1940; Reid R. Harris, 1940-1943; R. C. Dorsett, 1943-1945 (Supply); Claude Creason, 1945-1950; Claude Johnson, 1950—present pastor. The present membership numbers 158. A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE JONESBORO HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH

On September 29, 1869 A. D. under the direction of the Rev. Orin Churchill and the Rev. Stephen Gilmore. the Baptist church was organized with the following charter members: A. Muckle, Isaac Muckle, B. Muckle, Sarah Muckle, Jeanette Muckle, W. M. Brooks, John A. Hawley, P. C. Farrell, Alexander Hunt, Wesley Parrish, Chairity Hunt, Sarah Riddle, Margaret Tyson, Fanny Stone, Elizabeth Brooks, Nancy Wicker, Jeannah Hunt, Martha Davis, Sarah Jackson, J. A. Hawley. At the first church conference a resolution adopted by the church was: Re- solved that this body shall be known as Saint John's Baptist Church, it is to be a branch of the great body of Misionary Baptist of North Carolina and the United States of America. The name of the church was later changed from St. John's to Jonesboro. Messengers to the Sandy Creek Association in Carthage in October 1869 was duly elected as follows: W. M. Brooks, A. Hunt and P. C. Farrell.

This was a Baptist church from its inception. The members believed in free- dom in religion as well as seperation of church and state. To them the ordinance of baptism required a believer as a proper subject, immersion as a proper mode,

11 and a person authorized by a Baptist Church as a proper administrator. "The Denominational Tree" a chart prepared by George W. Purefoy of Chapel Hill was placed in many homes as a Baptist history reference.

The site of the present church property was purchased in 1869. An arbor, or shelter, was used as a place of worship while the members built the first church house on this location. It was a splendid frame building- with no class rooms. The second church house was built in 1889. New pews were installed in January, 1895. During the pastorate of the Rev. F. D. King, a baptistry and two class rooms were built. During the ministry of the Rev. Frank Hare in 1923 the annex for class rooms was erected. Then in March, 1950 the third church house was started, the dedication service was held in this church the fourth Sunday in Sep- tember, 1955. The following ministers have served this church as pastors: Rev. Orin Churchill (1869). Rev. Terrell Brooks (1876-1877), Rev. James

Coleman Marconi (1877), Rev. A. I. iohen (1881), Rev. Wm. Green King (1882), Rev. Orin T. Edwards (1884), Rev. W. Frank Watson (1885), Rev. W. T. Jones (1891), Rev. Charles Vance Brooks (1892), Rev. C. J. F. Anderson (1895), Rev. John R. Moore (1896), Rev. Charles L. Greaves (1897), Rev. Vann C. Britt (1899). Rev. C. A. G. Thomas (1902), Rev. George J. Dowell (1903), Rev. James M. Hay- more (1907), Rev. F. D. King (1908), Rev. G. B. Willis (1911), Rev. W. B. Waff (1915), Rev. Frank Hare (1918), Rev. W. P. Baxley (1919), Dr. H. W. Williams (1921), Rev. Frank Hare, a second pastorate, (1923), Rev. E. J. Isenhower (1925), Rev. O. A. Keller (1926), Rev. Frank Hare, a third pastorate, Dr. G. B. Funder- burke (1937), Rev. J. F. Stegall (1941). Rev. Robert A. Gardner (1946, Rev. John D. Smith (1955). JUNIPER SPRINGS CHURCH

Juniper Springs Church was organized in 1812 by Elders Isaac Hicks, John Culpeper, and Hezekioh Harmon. It was known as Muddy Springs located in Moore County about eight miles east of Jonesboro Heights. The first pastor was Elder Isaac Hicks.

In 1853 the church moved to its present location, one mile east of Broadway, and changed its name to Juniper Springs. In 1857 the church took a letter from the Raleigh Association and united with the Sandy Creek Association until 1875 when it united with other churches to form the Little River Association. It rejoined the Sandy Creek Association in 1926.

Juniper Springs is said to be the Mother Church of Jonesboro, Broadway, Pleasant Ridge—now Baptist Chapel. It has sent out five preachers, Samuel Brown. H. S. Judd, C. S. Harward, Lonnie Powers and Fred Womack. The first Sunday School was organized by this church in 1858. Caswell Har- ward was first superintendent. FALL CREEK CHURCH

This church is located in Chatham County North Carolina near Deep River. It was constituted in 1799. Elder Isaac Teague. who was a member of this church, was its Pastor until about 1830. In 1832 and 1833 Elder William H. Merritt was its Pastor. Several were added to the church under his ministry. At first this church was blessed with prosperity, but in 1828 a disturbance was commenced amoung the leading members and kept up for a number of years. In consequence of this, the church went almost entirely down. For a while no church meetings were held.

12 In April 1857 Elder Thomas S. Yarbro, at the request of the itinerant board visited this church and found about twelve female names on the church book. His labors have been blessed to the conversion of a number of souls. The church now has about thirty-four members. Eight or ten of whom are males.

William Carr, one of the companions of the notorious fanning- afterwards became a member of this church. His widow is now living' at the advanced age of about one hundred years.

The deacons of this church at present are J. Alfred Scott and Tyrrell Burns. Chesley Jones is their clerk.

In 1823 this body met at Fall Creek meeting house, in Chatham County, N. C. on Saturday before the fourth Sunday in October. The introductry sermon was delivered by Elder R. T. Daniel from the text, "Thy Kingdom Come.'"

This is the history of the Fall Creek Church from 1799 until 1833.

HISTORY MOON'S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH

A deed for four (4) acres and one (1) rod of land was given in 1835 by John Moon to build a Missionary Baptist Church.

Moon's Chapel Baptist Church was organized June 18, 1849, with the following as charter members:

Joshua Barker, Mathias Siler, Lane A. Hutson, Hays Louis, Elizabeth J. Vestal, Merriam Alston, Rebecca Teagne, Rachel A. Barker, Elizabeth Barker, Cammely Jourdian and Mary A. Hutson.

Thomas Marley and Thomas Matthews were ordained January 1850 to be the first deacons. The first Sunday School was stai'ted the second Sunday in April 1890.

Down through the years the church has remained loyal to the faith, courage and vision of these first members.

In denominational matters this church takes an active part. The adoption of the Unified Budget enables her to do this in a more systematic manner.

Through all the organizations of the Woman's Missionary Union the church becomes better informed on Kingdom building matters. The Vacation Bible Schools also helps do this.

The physical plant of the church has also grown. To the little one room church, a number of years ago were added two wings. Then an addition of eight classrooms and a basement were made.

In 1953 under the leadership of Rev. E. W. Turner, a heating plant was installed. The church went on full time, during this period, the lawn was graded and sown. A Training Union was organized and an organ purchased. On March 7, 1954 the church voted to go back on half time.

In 1956 the Educational Plant was brick veneered. Rev. Alden Hicks, a young man of our church, was ordained for the ministery in July 1956.

Moon's Chapel continues after a period of one hundred and seven years to do great things for the Lord. Our present membership is 155, the largest enrollment on record, our Budget is the highest in history, $3430.00.

May we attempt to do greater things for the Lord in the years to come.

13 DEED This Indenture made the first day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-five, between John Moon of the State of North Carolina and the County of Chatham of the one part and Benjamin Marley and William Rosson and John Moon, Thomas Bund, Commiss. of the other part. Witnesseth: That the said John Moon doth give and bequeath, warrant and de- fend against him and his heirs forever accepting the right as one of the Com- mmittee to a certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, for the purpose of Erecting a Church thereon for the use of the Missionary Baptist Denomination, free for all other Denominations to preach in but not to Establish a Church, Known by the name of Moon's Chapel: Beginning on a black gum on Moon's line running seventeen degrees West twelve poles to a Stake, thence North five poles to a red Oak; thence running with the road thirty one degrees North of East fourteen poles to a red oak, thence North eight poles to a Spanish Oak at the Stage road: thence East two poles with the Stage Road to his old line: thence South Sixty-Six poles to the Black Gum at the beginning. Containing four acres and one rod, more or less, containing one Spring with the liberty of others. Unto the said Committee and their Successors in office whereunto the said John Moon hath set his hand and affixed his seal in the presence of us.

,s ' John Moon (SEAL) Arch. T. Pounds James Edwards Chatham The Execution of the foregoing Deed was duly proved By the Oathe of James Edwards, a subscribing witness thereto. Let it be registered, May 11th, 1858. R. C. Cotten, C. C. C. By W. Hanks. Dept. Page 476—Record of Deeds A-K-Chatham County

A Condensation of the history of the FLAT SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH 1905-1955 The Flat Springs Missionary Baptist Church was organized on November 27, 1905. Twelve charter members constituted the first membership, coming from the Gum Springs Baptist Church of Moncure, N. C. The church building- was erected in 1906, being improved with a steeple in 1911-12, and dedicated on October 8, 1916. Services were held once a month, generally in the afternoon, until 1989, when the church became half-time. The church was engaged in a painful struggle for existence for many years. The first thirty-five years were the most difficult. The membership was small, contributions were negligible, and response was slow. However, the vision of the original twelve was not lost. Slowly and surely the church began to show evidences of the hard work and constant prayer of the painful years.

The church added new rooms to its building in the 1930's, and increased its size again in the 1940's. The entire structure was renovated in 1952. In July, 1953, the church adopted a fulltime program. A carpet was added in 1955, and an organ purchased in 1956. The parsonage was completed in February, 1956, and the present pastor was called as its first resident minister. The Flat Springs Baptist Church has grown from a membership of twelve in 1905 to 230 in 1956. The Sunday School enrollment has increased from 62 to 176. The Training Union has been reactivated with a membership of 60. Gifts

14 to all causes have increased from $235.89 in 1905-6 to $9,614.52 in 1955-56. Nine- teen different ministers have served the church as pastor. The church has elected twenty-one different men as deacons, with eight serving on the present rotating board. Sixteen persons have served as church clerk. The office of church treasurer, united with that of clerk until 1935, has been filled by five individuals. Fourteen men and one woman have served as Sunday School superintendent. The Training Union has had four directors. Four ladies have served as president of the W. M. S.

The statistics do not tell all of the story. The vision of the charter members is still in focus. The congregation is united, seriously engaged in the work of God in the community. The first fifty years have been significant; the remain- ing years will attest to the quality of work being done. HISTORY OF OAKLEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Oakley Baptist Church was organized December 29, 1918. The organization grew out of a meeting held on September 12, 1918, when a group met at the Oakley schoolhouse to discuss the advisability of building a meeting house more conveniently located, rather than rebuild at Mineral Springs, where the church house was burned. The minutes of this meeting were as follows:

"This meeting was organized by electing J. R. Paschal. Chairman, and N. R. Dixon, Secretary.

"Interested parties were: J. R. Paschal, W. M. Johnson, N. R. Dixon, H. J. Dixon, J. W. Dixon, O. D. Clark, Ira White, J. Walter Wilson, J. M. White, John W. Wilson, J. A. Dark, Wade Dixon, and J. T. Jones, spectator.

"Various phases of building are discussed.

"J. T. Womble, a Presbyterian, has offered to give us a lot of land if we de- cide to build.

"On motion we decided to accept Brother Womble's offer of lot and build a church house.

"J. A. Dark is appointed to see if and at what price timber could be bought from Mrs. Maggie Moore.

"Bro. J. A. Dark is appointed to inform our brethren at Mineral Springs of our decision and to invite them to come with us.

"Ira White, 0. D. Clark, and J. A. Dark are elected to Building Committet. "This meeting then adjourned." (N. R. Dixon, Secretary)

J. T. Womble, H. Q. and J. T. Jones, W. M. Johnson, J. W. Dixon, and J. R. Paschal gave timber for the building. T. Ira and J. M. White, who owned a saw mill, did the sawing free of charge. When the Building Committee called for help, a number responded by cutting logs, using teams and wagons, and in other ways. The minutes of the meeting for organization were as follows:

"On Sunday, December 29, 1918, we met for organization at Oakley schoolhouse. Rev. Thomas Carrick, presiding, Dr. George W. Paschal acting as secretary.

"Object of meeting was stated by Bro. J. R. Paschal to be organization of Baptist church. N. R. Dixon stated reasons for organization of church to be for the convenience of children in attending Sunday School and members in attending church services.

15 "Bro. Carrick preceeded to organize and called for applicants. The following presented themselves with letters from Mineral Springs:

H. J. Dixon, Henry Dixon, Harry Dixon, Curtis Dixon, Fannie Dixon, Ira White, Addie White, Blanche Cooper, John W. Wilson, Daisy Wilson, J. Walter Wilson, Belle Wilson, John W. Dixon, Wade Dixon, Addie Dixon, N. A. Wright, 0. D. Clark, Rena Clark, Mary Lee Clark, W. M. Johnson, Kara Johnson, J. R. Paschal, Leona Paschal, Vera Paschal, N. R. Dixon, Lou Dixon, Bertha Dixon, Willie A. Dixon, Nellie Dixon, Carl K. Dixon, Ruth Dixon, Lila Gilliland, J. A. Dark, Mamie Dark, Edwin Dark, From Loves Creek: Ianna Hackney, Stella Hackney, J. B. Hackney. Sr., and Lillie Hackney.

"The moderator read the New Hampshire Articles of Faith and church covenant, and both were adopted. "The name CORINTH was adopted. "The charge was delivered by the moderator, Rev. Thomas Carrick. "The members then gave to each other the right hand of fellowship.

Brother H. J. Dixon, a former deacon of Mineral Springs Church, was elected deacon without ordination.

"By ballot, Brother Carrick is elected pastor. Other offices are: N. R. Dixon, Clerk, and T. Ira White, Treasurer, and O. D. Clark, Finance Committee.

"It is voted to have church services at 11:00 o'clock A. M. on each Fourth Sunday, and at 3:00 o'clock P. M. each Satui'day before. "Adjournment." (Dr. G. W. Paschal, Clerk) The minutes of the business conference held in April, 1919, reveal that "because of some dissatisfaction in regard to the name 'Corinth' which was formerly given this church, the name is changed to OAKLEY." Sunday School and worship services continued to be held at the schoolhouse until the church building was completed. Some important activities of the church: First revival held in August, 1919. Dr. Forrest Feezor was the visiting minister. The schedule for services were: Prayer meeting, 10:30 A. M., preaching 11:00 A. M., and 2:00 P. M. The first baptismal service September 1919. Oakley was received into the Sandy Creek Association in October, 1919. Dedication services were held on Sunday, May 29, 1921. Walter M. Gilmore and W. J. Todd delivered the messages. In 192fi, the Sandy Creek Association met at Oakley Church for the first time. The interior of the church was remodeled and five Sunday School rooms added in 1944. Again in 1954 a building program was launched, with four class rooms and a nursery being added.

On November 11, 1945, a presbytery composed of Rev. Hughey O. Miller, Rev. Carl Lee Ousley, Rev. James C. Edwards, Rev. Roy A. Morris, Rev. John C. Kidd, Rev. Walter L. Warfford, and Rev. George M. Graham ordained the late Claude Greason as minister.

The Girls' Auxiliary of the W. M. U. observed its first Coronation service on Sunday night, May 27, 1956.

The pastors of the church have been: Rev. Thomas Carrick, 1918-1922; R. S. Fountain, 1922-1927; J. C. Canipe, 1927-P328; R. H. Weaver, 1928-1929; D. L. Bass, 1929; J. C. Kidd, 1930-1948: J. C. Edwards, 1948 until present.

16 Deacons: H. J. Dixon, 1918-1940; 0. D. Clark, 1918 until present; J. R. Paschal, 1918-1942; J. A. Dark, 1918-1926; W. M. Johnson, 1918-1927; J. M. White, 1926 until present; J. G. Brown, 1927 until present; T. Ira White, 1943 until present; W. A. Dixon, 1943 until present; R. D. Gee, 1943 until present.

Church clerks ars as follows: N. R. Dixon, 1918-1942; H. L. Paschal, 1942- 1943; W. A. Dixon, 1943-1955; Mrs. Ray Dixon, 1955 until present.

Church treasurers: O. D. Clark, 1918-1948; Dean Thompson, 1948-1950; Royce Dixon, 1950-1951; Mrs. Carter Thompson, 1951 until present. SHORT HISTORY OF THE ROCKY RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDINGS, PREPARED FOR THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 14. 1955 By Mrs. Glenn Duncan

Rocky River Baptist Church is one of the oldest churches in the Southern Baptist Convention. There is disagreement over the date of its early beginning. Elder George W. Purefoy, who wrote the history of the Sandy Creek Association from 1758 to 1858, stated that Rocky River Baptist Church was constituted in 1757 as an arm of the old Sandy Creek Church which Elder Shuball Sterns constituted in 1755. But according to beliefs which has come down from parents and grandparents of the oldest members in this church, Rocky River Church was constituted the next year after Sandy Creek Church, which was in 1756, by the same Shuball Sterns, while he was in Sandy Creek. This seems likely to the be- lief of the oldest members since Sandy Creek Church was located west or north west of the present town of Staley, N. C. and only about three or four miles away.

There have been three buildings and two remodelings. The first church was a log structure, located in the southeast corner of the present old cemetery, and the foundation stones are still there.

The date of the second building is also unknown. It was a frame structure and faced South. This building was papered inside with wall paper in 1896 and repaired and repainted in 1897.

In May 1917, a committee composed of C. E. Duncan, J. W. Teague, W. C. Teague, S. T. Culberson, and J. J. Culberson, was appointed "for the purpose of considering what and how much improvement might be made on the old church building" (The second building). This committee reported that several improv- ments needed to be made. In September 1917 the church voted to build a new building and a special building committee was appointed. The new building, the third, was completed in 1918 at a cost of $1,685.00. It was a frame structure facing east and had a small wing on each side of the pulpit.

In 1936, this building was remodeled. The front door was changed to the west side, since the new road was on the side of the church; a porch was built; the pulpit and wings were moved to the opposite or east side (rear) of the church, and Sunday School rooms added across the back with doors entering into the Sanctuary. There were eight rooms in all. The cost was approximately $1,500.00.

The last remodeling was completed in 1955 and came about in a unique way. The Young Peoples Sunday School Class had been having monthly class meetings for several years. At these meetings a religious program was given, class business discussed, and games enjoyed and refreshments were served. The members

17 talked about and wished for a building where they could have their meetings and socials instead of using the church Sanctuary. They began to raise money and soon $2,000 was on hand to pay for a building. The plan was then presented to the church in conference in March 1948, and permission was given the Fellowship Class to build a Fellowship House.

Plans were discussed over a period of time, but nothing definite was under- taken, for the general feeling was that the church building needed improvements remodeling, more Sunday School rooms, heating system, water, kitchen, nursery, recreation room, etc. Finally, Vernon E. Lewis, young architect of Buidington, and member of the class, drew up plans for an extensive remodeling and building- program. In June 1951, the drawing presented to the church in conference and it voted to cooperate with the class in the proposed undertaking. What started out as a class project became a church-wide building program.

The following committee was appointed in May 1952: Finance, Heber Buck- ner, chairman. Raymond Clapp, Mrs. H. H. Buckner, Jr., Wrenn Brewer—Build- ing, Robert Edwards, chairman, L. D. Teague and Mrs. Glenn Duncan, (Fellow- ship Class Teacher.)

This construction was completed in 1954-1955, in two units, at a total cost of approximately $31,745.53. The first unit consisted of remodeling of the Sanc- tuary, building of choir loft, choir robes rooms, baptistry, fellowship hall, kitchen with cabinets, hot and cold water, nursery, toilets, hot air heating system, modern lighting and drilling a new well. This unit was completed and paid for by No- vember 1954. The new wing containing eight large Sunday School rooms was started early in 1955 and completed by June. The whole building was finished in brick. Memorial windows, donated by various members, added to the beauty of the Sanctuary. In order to help finance the program, three fall Harvest Festivals were held.

November 1952 $1,159.32 October 1953 528.88 October 1954 2,053.97

The Lord's Acre plan was started in the spring of 1955. There is a small amount of around $5,000.00 due on the second unit and prospects are in view for clearing of this by the end of 1955.

From the County Seat at Pittsboro records of deeds of land to Rocky River Church show that the earliest recorded deed was made in November 1843 from William Teague to Rocky River Society of Missionary Baptist Church, deed AF 447. Other deeds recorded are as follows:

December 5, 1914—Rocky River Missionary Baptist Church from Daisy V. Short, quick claim deed FB478.

December 5, 1914—Rocky River Baptist Church from D. F. Teague, deed FB 478.

June 2, 1919—Rocky River Baptist Church from W. C. Teague, deed FB200.

March 2, 1922—Rocky River Baptist Church from J. M. Hackney, deed GB88. July 13, 1951 —Rocky River Baptist Church from Daisy Short, deed. POSTSCRIPT ADDED LATER Due to unforseen circumstances, the laying of the corner stone planned for August 14, 1955 was not held. Therefore the church decided to postpone this event until the debt was paid and have it in connection with the dedication ceremony.

18 In going over the record of the last construction, it was found that Mr. Lewis Smith was a member of the original finance committee. Additional members were added later. These included Mrs. Paul Bare, Mrs. Marion Johnson and Miss Elve Jean Culberson.

In August, 1955 there was a balance of around $5,000.00 due on the second unit of construction. Extensive plans were made to clear this amount as soon as possible. In the fall of 1955 another harvest festival was held and $3,184.48 was raised. The third Sunday was still set aside as Building Fund Sunday when all collections were turned over to the building fund. This had been the practice since the beginning of the building program. By June, 1956 the last dollar of indebtedness on this program was paid. The total amount was $36,436.48, included money spent on the well, new and remodeled constructions, plus interest. The Memorial windows added in 1956 cost approximately $270.00. On August 6, 1956, the floors of the sanctuary and wings were refinished, new pews and choir chairs and pulpit furniture were installed, costing $2,933.17. The pulpit furniture was given as a memorial.

On August 12, 1956 a service, long to be remembered, was held. At 11:00 o'clock the laying of the corner stone, followed by the burning of the note and a dedication sermon by Rev. C. W. Bazemore. The annual revival services began in the afternoon.

Truly it is said, "He who labors for the Lord, labors not in vain." Two hundred years have elapsed since the placing of the corner stone of the first church. Many noble deeds have been done, many sacrifices and heartaches have been en- dured; countless saints have gone to their reward. The fields are still white into harvest. But that is a story in itself and can be found elsewhere. This story ends with a picture of a beautiful brick structure spreadout on a slight hill in a green grove, opening wide its doors to the oppoi'tunities for serving the Lord.

May the words of the song ever stand forth as a guide and challenge to all who become a part of this Rocky River Baptist Church in the years to come.

The church's one foundation In Jesus Christ her Lord, She is his new creation by Spirit and the Word. From heaven he came and sought her To be his holy bride; With his own blood he bought her And for her life He died.

BENNETT BAPTIST CHURCH

Bennett Baptist Church was organized July 20, 1911 and became a member of the Sandy Creek Association in October 1911.

After closing a revival meeting under a brush arber in Bennett, members with letters from sister churches met for the purpose of organizing a Missionary Baptist Church in Bennett. Rev. K. C. Horner was elected moderator protem and Rev. G. C. Phillips was elected clerk protem. After prayer by K. C. Horner the Conference was called together.

The following charter members were received: John M. Scott, Mrs. Eli Scott, J. H. Scott, Mrs. J. H. Scott, Edd S. Phillips, Mrs. Annie Phillips, J. A. Purvis, Mrs. J. A. Purvis, Rev. E. W. Kidd, Mrs. E. W. Kidd, Andrew Brady, Sarah Ann Kidd, John Brady, Mrs. John Brady, P. C. Brady, Mrs. P. C. Brady. Eight

19 male and eight female. Rev. K. C. Horner read the articals of faith and the church covenant which was adopted. The name Bennett Baptist Church was accepted as the name of the new church.

The church then elected the following officers. Church clerk, Edd S. Phil- lips; Treasurer, J. A. Purvis; Deacons. J. H. Scott, Edd S. Phillips, J. A. Purvis, J. E. Jones, J. M. Scott, John Brady, and Fred Myrick

The church met in an old store house and School house until they got the church built in 1912.

The pastors of the church are as follows: Rev. L. P. Soots, Sept. 1911 to Dec. 1912; Rev. K. C. Horner, Jan. 1913 to Dec. 1914; Rev. D. E. Deaton, Sept. 1915 to Sept. 1916; Rev. W. H. Strickland, Oct. 1916 to Se"pt. 1918; Rev. A. G. Lasseter, Jan. 1919 to Sept. 1922; Rev. J. C. Kidd, Oct. 1922 to Sept. 1929; Rev. J. L. Mar- tin, Sept. 1929 to Sept. 1930; Rev. C. M. Strickland, Sept. 1930 to Sept. 1939; Rev. Mirritt Leonard, Sept. 1939 to Sept. 1943; Rev. Bennie Maness, Oct. 1943 to Sept. 1946; Rev. Claude Johnson, Oct. 1946 to present time.

Church clerks are as folows: Edd S. Phillips, 1911 to 1922—1924 to 1928; Lolah Smith, 1928 to 1930; J. A. Purvis, 1922 to 1924; J. H. Scott, 1930 to 1932; J. A. Tally, 1932 to 1937—1942 to 1945; Rufus Jones, 1937 to 1942—1945 to present time.

Deacons are as follows: J. H. Scott, 1911 to 1945; J. A. Purvis, 1911; John M. Scott, 1911 to 1926; Edd S. Phillips, 1911 to 1940; Fred F. Myrick, 1911 to 1814; W. W. Brady, 1938; J. E. Jones, 1911; John Brady, 1911; Lester Routh, 1943; B. H. Gardner, 1943; D. G. Jones, 1943; J. R. Peace, Sr., 1943; H. I. Carter, 1935 to 1944; W. W. Poyatte, 1949 to 1955; Arvel Lambert. 1954; Ted Welch, 1954; Floyd Honeycutt, 1955.

A building fund was started sometime in 1946 to build a new church. We saved money and increased our fund until early in the spring of 1953, then we started to build our present church. We had our first service in our new church December 20th., 1953.

Mr. J. H. Scott was the Building committee chairman. He did a very fine job looking after everything until it was finished. HISTORY OF MONCURE BAPTIST CHURCH Moncure Baptist Church was organized on the fourth Sunday in February 1913 in the old school house which was standing on the lot where the present church building now stands. The presbytery organizing the church consisted of Dr. Hight C. Moore and Rev. W. R. Beach. After the reading of the Scripture and a prayer by Dr. Moore, the meeting was called to order by Mr. Beach. Twenty-eight members presented letters of dismissal from sister Baptist Churches and became the charter members of the Moncure Baptist Church. After its organization, the church extended a unanimous call to Rev. W. R. Beach to be the first pastor, and he accepted. M. T. Wilkie was elected church clerk and C. C. Poe, treasurer.

The first revival services, held by Rev. W. R. Beach in the old school house, began the second Sunday night in August of 1913. At the close of the week's meeting, the doors of the church were opened and seventeen joined the church. Three joined by letters and fourteen by baptism.

On Tuesday evening, July 8, 1913 the church assembled in conference and decided to purchase a lot and build a house of worship. A building committee of the following men was elected: T. W. Churchill, C. C. Poe, C. D. Wilkie, John Bell, and M. T. Poe.

20 The first delegates to the Association were: C. C. Poe, T. W. Churchill and S. J. Harmon. At the session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mt. Pleas- ant Baptist Church on October 2, 1913, the Moncure Baptist Church was received into the Association. At that time the church had 52 members, showing a gain of 24 members since its organization.

At the regular church conference on January 4, 1914, the building committee reported the purchase of a lot. By February 1 a plan had been decided upon. By July the building materials had been collected, and the actual construction of the building was begun.

The first revival meeting was held in the new building in September 1914. Rev. R. R. Gordon, who was then pastor, held this meeting. In November of the same year the church extended a call to Rev. W. B. Waff. He accepted and filled his first appointment on the first Sunday in January 1915.

On the first Sunday in May 1915 at a regular conference, C. B. Crutchfield, C. C. Poe, C. D. Wilkie, C. C. Thomas, and J. H. Churchill were elected the first deacons of the church. They were ordained by Rev. W. B. Waff and Dr. E. Dod- son Poe in July 1915. Rev. Waff served the church four years. Under his guid- ance and leadership the church grew in membership and the debt was paid off. The church was then dedicated at a special service on May 4, 1918. Walter N. Johnson preached the dedication sermon. The membership had grown to 107 active members.

Following Rev. Waff as pastor was Rev. H. W. Williams. Then Rev. R. R. Gordan came back, this time as supply pastor until Rev. Jessie Blalock was called. After Rev. Blalock the following served as pastor in this order: Rev. T. Y. Sey- mour, Rev. George Griffin, Rev. 0. A. Keller, Rev. Edward Humphrey, Rev. J. L. Walter Moose, Rev. Julius H. Corpening, and Rev. V. W. Parrish. Rev. Robert Mobly, the present pastor, was called in May 1956. Of the above, several were college or seminary students while they were serving as pastor: Rev. George Griffin, Rev. Edward Humphrey, Rev. J. L. Walter Moose, Rev. V. W. Parrish, and Rev. Robert Mobley.

Many of the improvements made during the years in which these men served as pastors have come to be associated in the minds of the members with the pastor serving the church at the time the improvements were made. During the time Mr. Keller was pastor, red carpeting was bought for the aisles and the pulpit, and the first Sunday School rooms were built.

Rev. Edward Humphrey was preparing for the mission field when he came to preach at Moncure. Later he and his wife, the former Rachel Thompson, became foreign missionaries to Nigeria.

The church was painted and the roof repaired and also painted while Mr. Moose was pastor. The greatest improvement during his stay, however, was the installation of gas heating system.

When Mr. Corpening was pastor, additional Sunday School rooms, two bath- rooms, and a baptistry were planned. This work was not completed until after Mr. Parrish became pastor.

A church model Hammond Organ was purchased by the church in August 1956. A still more recent project was the improvement of the grounds surround- ing the church. Early in the spring of 1957 the lawn was leveled and sown in .grass. A brick wall was built around the church yard, and the church was under- pinned.

21 Several gifts to the church deserve recognition. Mrs. Worth Kelly and Miss Elizabeth Thomas gave a picture of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane in memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Thomas. Mrs. J. B. Powers and Mrs. J. F. Dickens gave a painting for the baptistry in memory of their husbands who had been deacons and faithful members of the church. The church has four memorial windows. Two were given in memory of J. H. Whistler and two, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Giede. Mrs. Julia Lassiter and her daughter Tamar gave the large Bible for the pulpit stand; Mrs. C. B. Crutchfield, the bell; M. T. Poe, the table; and Mrs. Joe Hackney, the lamp for the pulpit stand. Mrs. Julia Poe McMillan, a former member of the church, with her husband have made from time to time large donations to aid in the improvement of the church. Mrs. Myrtle Poe Linder, also a former member of the church, made a generous dona- tion to the Organ Fund.

The present members of the church owe much to the members who have gone before them given their gifts of money, time, and service as a worthy contribution to the Lord's work through Moncure Baptist Church.

HISTORY OF THE P1TTSBORO BAPTIST CHURCH

In 1847 a few brethren of the Baptist faith in the community banded together and resolved to organize a church. Under the leadership of William Line- berry and George Purefoy plans for the erection of a meeting house were made. R. C. Poe, John Thompson and P. W. Dowd constituted the building committee. Several months after the church was completed a severe windstorm raised the roof of the church. Not until 1878 did the church recover; the church being re- organized and remodeled. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Foushee, and three eldest daughters, Emma, Annie, and Susie, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Henley and two daughters, Nannie and Ella were the only members at that time.

In 1898 a Woman's Missionary Society was organized by Miss Fannie E. S. Heck, WMU president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Mrs. H. T. Chapin was the first WMS President. William Straughan was the first Sunday School Superintendent. Several men have followed Mr. Straughn as Superintendent of Sunday School. Miss Ella Hendley was the first Organist, and seven Organists have served the church. The first pastor was Rev. Elias Dobson in 1878; the Rev. Cihen, 1879; Rev. Moses Baldwin, 1883-88; The Rev. Barrett; The Rev. Wil- liam Watson; The Rev. D. T. Edwards; The Rev. F. M. Royal; The Rev. N. B Cobb, 1892-96; The Rev. C. L. Greaves, 1897-99; The Rev. D. C. Britt, 1899-01 The Rev. W. E. Woodriff. 1901-02; The Rev. W. L. Hayes, 1903; The Rev. E. Y Pool, 1904-05; The Rev. L. M. Hobbs, 1906; The Rev. R. B. Lineberry, 1907-12 The Rev. F. B. Raymond, 1913-16; The Rev. W. B. Waff; The Rev. R. R. Gordon 1923-26; The Rev. R. Paul Caudle, 1930-32; The Rev. T. Y. Seymour, 1933-36; The Rev. George J. Griffin (few Months); The Rev. W. W. Finlator, 1937-41; The Rev. K. E. Bryant, 1942-54; The Rev. Harold W. Tribble, Jr., 1954-57. A member of the Pittsboro Baptist church, Miss R. Pearl Johnson served as a foreign Mis- sionary in Shanghai, China. Victor R. Johnson served as Moderator of the Sandy Creek Association for a number of years.

The church held its Centennial Celebration on June 29, 1947 with appropriate services.

In 1948 the old church building was torn down, and a new modern church sanctuary and educational plant was erected. The dedication service was held September 25, 1955.

22 At present, 1957, Fred Nooe is serving as Superintendent of Sunday School; Mrs. Will Bland as Organist; G. H. Andrews as Chairman of Board of Deacons; Mrs. Sam Beard as President of the WMS, and Mrs. C. E. Jones, Church Clerk.

By Mrs. C. E. Jones

Commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church August 29, 1954.

Hickory Grove Baptist Church was organized December 10, 1911 with the following officers elected: Church Clerk, Franklin Phillips; Treasurer, G. H. Hancock; Deacons, B. A. Brewer and Berry Tally; Trustees, C. M. Andrews; G. H. Hancock; Jessie Phillips; B. A. Brewer; Berry Tally. Building Committee, Jes- sie Phillips; G. H. Hancock; G. M. Andrew. Pastor called for the year 1912—L. P. Soots.

Members of our church bought timber from Mrs. Paralee Hancock and cut and sawed logs themselves to build the church.

When the committee appointed went to find out about obtaining timber, snow covered the earth. The few members (about six) who cut and sawed the logs had lumber at the church site before the snow melted.

Work on the church building was begun in January 1912, and by early summer, Sunday school was being held in the new building.

Hickory Grove Baptist church was built by free labor and cash and other donations by the members and well-wishing friends. No financial assistance came from other churches. Finished lumber for the inside work was hauled on wagons from South Carolina and donated by John Dunlap.

With the labor, cash and some materials being donated, the church was completed debt-free. We are grateful that the Lord has blessed us to keep this same record of not placing our church in debt until this day.

Our church women also showed their interest in the work by making quilts and selling them to raise money for the building.

The four members of our church who have answered the call to God to preach the Gospel are: William F. Hancock; Ernest D. Hancock; Colon C. Hancock and Claude Johnson. We thank the Lord for these who are still preaching the true Gospel of our Lord.

Several other preachers preached their first sermon in the Hickory Grove Baptist church. We are grateful for them also.

May we the present membership of this church continue to humble ourselves so that the Lord may continue to bless us for His glory.

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Psalm 91:1.

EMMAUS BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY Mrs. Ava Bray Church Clerk

Emmaus Baptist Church was organized July 26, 1833 with 30 members. The organization of the church came as a result of a revival held in the community in 1832 by Elder William Merritt of Rock Springs Church. Rock Springs is therby the mother church.

The church was constituted by Merritt William Hooper and Thomas Weaver and had 30 charter members. (Websters, Clarks, Smarts, Stones, Pettys, De-

23 Graffenreidts, Elmores, Foushees, and Moores). The record shows that there were also some colored slave members. Ann Y. DeGraffenreidt gave the land for the church.

In the latter part of the nineteenth century a new building was needed. Some material was provided, but due to unfavorable circumstances the lumber was mis- placed. Pastor L. R. Dixon saw the need and urged the people to build a new church. He appointed a building committee and the new church was completed around 1901. The membership grew and some years later four Sunday School rooms were added.

In the spring of 1948 the church voted to build a new buildin,g. The foundation was laid on July 7, 1948 at a service conducted by the Pastor. R. R. Gordon. The first service was held in the new building the first Sunday in May, 1949.

The church has been paid for and an organ has been purchased since that time. In early spring of 1956 a new well was drilled to furnish water for the present building.

In recent years the church has sent out three young men into special fields of Christian Service. On February 20, 1955, Brother Robert Bouldin, present pastor of the Rives Chapel Church, was ordained at Emmaus to preach the gospel of Christ. On September 9. 1956, Brother Bruce Clark was licensed by the church to preach. He is presently enrolled at Campbell College. Brother Lester Lindley is also enrolled at Campbell preparing himself for religious education.

The pastors of the church have been: William Merritt, (Founder), Enoch Crutchfield, Thomas Weaver. William Dupree, William Brooks, William Lineberry, J. M. Holman, John C. Wilson, R. A. Moore, Moser Baldin, J. L. Smith, 0. T. Ed- wards, Stephen Gilmore, William Smith, L. R. Dixon, R. P. Ellington, W. H. H. Lawhorn, C. E. Byrd, R. R. Gordon, G. C. Primm, Harry E. Byrd, B. G. Camp- bell, Jr. (present pastor).

HISTORY OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

SANFORD, N. C.

On December 3, 1893, under the direction of a "presbytery consisting of

Elders I. T. Newton, J. V. Devenny and C. J. F. Anderson," the Sanford Baptist Church was organized. There were fifteen charter members, coming by letter from the Cool Springs and Apex Churches: Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bell, Mrs. Emma Watson Dodd, Mr. and Mrs. Giles Foushee, Mrs. Sarah Mann, Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Moore, Mr. Joe Rogers, Miss Alice Weatherspoon, Mr. J. R. Weatherspoon, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Weatherspoon, Miss Sue Weatherspoon and Mr. Walter Moore.

During the first decade the membership, increased to more than 100. The records show that on August 1, 1904, there were 106 members, three of whom are still resident members: Miss Florence Glass, W. T. Glass and Mrs. Lee G. Mclver.

The first house of worship was erected about 1896 under the ministry of Dr. C. L. Greaves who was pastor of the church during the years 1896-1898. This church building was located on the site now known as the Masonic Temple Build- ing at the corner of Cartage and Steele Streets.

As the town of Sanford continued to grow and the membership of the church increased, it soon became evident that this location and the capacity of the house of worship could not long adequately serve the best interests of this worshipping congregation and the work of the Lord which it sought to maintain and promote.

24 So, about 1917, many members became conscious of the need of a new church building, or a new church building on an altogether new site, and obligated themselves to purchase and maintain shares of stock in the Sanford Building and Loan Association as an accumulating fund wherewith to build a new house of worship. Now, faithfully and regularly these members continued their contributions for more than eight years before the building was begun, and by 1925 these contributions amounted to more than $25,000. In the course of time, a Building Committe consisting of W. A. Crabtree, Charles C. Cheek, D. B. Teague, Mrs. J. U. Gunter and Mrs. P. H. St. Clair was appointed by the church, a new site at the corner of Summitt Avenue and Steele Street was agreed upon, and the contract for the erection of the present building was let on June 15, 1924. The Rev. R. H. Herring was then pastor, and the first service in the new church was held Sunday, June 28, 1912. The initial cost of this church property, included pews and the organ, was about $110,000.00 so, after the proceeds of the sale of the old church building, and the real estate owned by the church, and cash contributions and building and loan funds, and income from all other sources were gathered together and applied toward the cost of the new church building and grounds, it was found that the church still owed $40,500. The story of how the church for the next seventeen years (at least seven of them being very lean years) maintained the regular worship services of a full-time pastor, made regular contributions to benevolences, and liquidated in full this principal church indebtedness of $40,500 plus all ac- cumulated interest without default of a single installment when due, is the story of self-denial and of faithful and sacrificial giving on the part of the church membership. The entire church indebtedness was paid on January 29, 1942, and on April 12, 1942, the church held an appropriate dedication service. With the growth of the Sunday school, in January, 1953 a Building Com- mittee was elected to secure plans and make plans for an educational building to be built adjoining the church building on Steel Street. D. C. Holler was named as Chairman of that Committee. In March, 1956, the educational building was completed at a cost of approvimately $125,000 including furnishings and equip- ment.

The Sunday School, which had its beginning with 15 members about a year after the church was established, now, 64 years later, has an enrollment of a 1,000; and the church library, opened on the last Sunday in July, 1942, has more than 4,000 volumes. The Woman's Mission Union enrollment numbers around 350 with the Training Union enrollment of 170. The following ministers have served as pastor of the church: Rev. C. J. F. Anderson (1893); Dr. C. L. Greaves (1895-1898); Rev. C. A. G. Thomas; Rev. W. L. Hayes; Rev. E. Y. Pool (1904-1905); Rev. J. N. Haymore (1906-1907); Rev. J. R. Edwards (1908-1911); Rev. J. B. Willis (1912-1917); Rev. Walter M. Gilmore (1918-1923); Rev. R. H. Herring (1924-1927); Rev. Frank C. Hawkins (1928-1934); Rev. Ronald E. Wall (1935-1943); Rev. Yancey C. Elliott (1943- 1951); Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins (1951-).

100th 125 Sessions SHUBAL STEARNS—SANDY CREEK'S SEPARATE BAPTIST LEADER By Henry S. Stroupe, Wake Forest College

Note: This historical sketch was read by Dr. Stroupe at the 200th anniversary celebration of Sandy Creek Church, November 13, 1955.—EDITOR. The most significant landmark in North Carolina Baptist history in the eighteenth century was the founding of Sandy Creek Church in present Randolph

25 County in 1755 by Shubal Stearns and his band of Separate Baptist immigrants from New England. We are indebted for most of our information concerning Stearns to Morgan Edwards, Baptist minister from Philadelphia who traveled in North Carolina in 1771-1772 and left a manuscript entitled Materials Toward the History of the Baptists of North Carolina.

Other early works used in this paper include Robert B. Semple, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810), and David Benedict,

A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America . . . (1813). The best recent works are Hugh T. Lefler and Albert Ray Newsome, North Carolina (1954), for general history, and George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists (1930), for denominational history.

The Historical Setting

At the time of Stearns' arrival, North Carolina was still a British colony, with Arthur Dobbs serving as His Majesty's governor for the province. Dobbs had arrived at Newbern on October 31, 1754, at which time North Carolina was in a state of vigorous growth in wealth, production, and population. The inhabitants numbered not less than 100,000, of whom four-fifths were white. Immigrants were pouring into the central and western sections where from twenty to thirty thousand colonists had established homes.

Of the first settlers in the Piedmont area a considerable portion came in well- defined religious groups—Quakers to New Garden (now Guilford College), Mor- avians to Salem, and Lutherans and Presbyterians to the Yadkin and Catawba River county. The settlers in the present counties of Randolph and Chatham were predominantly English and nominal adherents of the Anglican Church. Among the early arrivals in the Piedmont was a colony from New Jersey which occupied lands on the Yadkin in the present county of Davidson. Known as the Jersey Settlement, this community included several Particular or Calvinistic Baptists, who shortly before Stearns arrival had established worship.

War and Controversy Unfortunately for the peace and security of a portion of the province the French and Indian War broke out the same year that Dobbs arrived. North Caro- lina was totally unprepared for war and at first could do little besides call on the King for aid. In 1759 many murders were perpetrated by the Indians along the Catawba and Yadkin. In fact, many settlers were forced to seek refuge to the eastward in the present counties of Guilford, Alamance, Chatham, and Randolph, where some made their permanent homes. John Gano, who had been sent in 1754 by the Philadelphia Association as a missionary to North Carolina, fled from the Jersey Settlement and returned to his home in New Jersey. Finally, in 1761 an army of some 2,600 men subdued the Cherokees in a fierce battle fought near the present town of Franklin. During the 1750's and 1760's the sectional controversy between the East and the back country that culminated in the Battle of Alamance also raged in North Carolina. There were fundamental differences between East and West. The East was settled largely by Englishmen who had come from Virginia and by Scotch Highlanders from the old country; its plantation economy was based on Slave labor. The West was largely of Scotch-Irish and German stock, with an economy which emphasized small farms and free labor. Religious differences also existed, for the Anglican Church was relatively strong in the East but almost nonexistent in the back country. A controversy arose over the location of the colonial capital, with Governor William Tryon, Dobbs' successor, deciding the issue by recommending Newbern.

26 The assembly passed, in spite of violent opposition from the inland counties, an act for erecting in Newbern an official residence for the governor. The fact that a poll tax of eight pence was levied to pay for the structure made it the more odious in the West, where money was scarce. The assembly was able to control the government in the interest of the East because the older eastern counties, despite their smaller populations, had five representatives each to the two allowed each western county. The dispersion of the Separate Baptists which resulted from the defeat of the Regulators at Alamance will be referred to later.

Religious Conditions in North Carolina

Prior to 1750, organized religion had made little progress in North Carolina. The governors had made repeated efforts to establish Anglican churches but with slight success outside the coastal plain. The Church of England made little appeal to the common people and had few ministers. The significant develop- ment in the religious life of colonial North Carolina was the growth and spread of dissenting groups, notably Quakers, Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Mor- avians, German Reformed, and Methodists. The attitude of at least one Anglican clergyman toward these people was indicated by Parson Reed's statement written from Newbern in 1760: "The anabaptists are obstinate, illiterate and grossly ignorant, the Methodists ignorant, censorious and uncharitable, the Quakers rigid, but the Presbyterians are pretty moderate except here and there a bigot or rigid Calvinist ... I have esti- mated the number of Infidels and Heathen to be about 1,000." According to Morgan Edwads, there had been some individual Baptists in North Carolina since the province began to be settled, which was about 1660. But no congregation is known until 1727, when the Chowan Church, near present Cisco in Chowan County, was founded by Paul Palmer, the earliest recorded Baptist minister in North Carolina. Two years later Shiloh Church in present Camden County was begun by Palmer. For several years this "Baptist teacher," as Governor Everard called him, traveled, preached, baptized, and held meetings "daily in every part of this Government." The Anglicans tried to stop Palmer's religious activities, but he appealed to the English Toleration Act and was granted a license to preach by the governor. During the next two decades, other Baptist missionaries, notably Joseph Parker, Josiah Hart, Robert Williams, and William Sojourner carried on the work which Palmer had so effectively begun. All of these ministers were General Baptists, who preached the Arminian doctrine of "a salvation free to all, asking no other evidence of repentance than a desire to be baptized." Their major activity was in the Albemarle Sound region and the lower Roanoke Valley. So successful were they that by 1752 they had established 16 congregations and claimed several hundred members. About the middle of the eighteenth century, the Particular Baptist who emphasized Particular election" and other Calvinistic doctrines, became active in the colony, primarily through the activities of John Gano and the other missionaries sent to North Carolina by the Phildelphia Association. During the 1750's most of the General Baptists in North Carolina were transformed into Particular Baptists. Both Gano and Robert Williams, a staunch Calvinist from Welsh Neck in South Carolina, enjoyed considerable success in gaining adherents throughout Eastern Carolina. The Kehukee Church in Halifax County was the first to em- brace the "doctrine of grace" and was soon followed by most of the other General Baptist churches.

27 A necessary step in the trasnformation of a General church into a Particular body was its adoption of a church covenant, the first part of which was a statement of a system of Calvinistic theology in its most rigid form, and the second part a covenant proper in which the strictest discipline was prescribed. The doctrines accepted were those contained in the Confession of Faith adopted in 1742 by the Philadelphia Baptist Association. Those few ministers and members who clung to the practices of the General Baptists became the forerunners of the present Freewill Baptists of the state.

The Arrival of The Separates The most significant event, however, was the founding of Sandy Ci'eek Church by the Separate Baptists. Who were the Separate Baptists The term "New-Light" or "Separates" was applied about 1740 to the New Englanders who became followers of George Whitefield, the celebrated English religious reformer. The expression "New-Lights" came from their emphasis upon the possibility of individual inspiration and enlightenment through the Holy Spirt.

They were called "Separates" because of the desire to separate themselves from the Congregational Church, which at that time was established by law in the New England colonies, and organize separate societies. Their religious views were characterized by an intense devotion to evangelism. Many of these reformers adopted Baptist practices and thus became known as Separate Baptists. Although bred a Presbyterian, Shubal Stearns fell under the influence of Whitefield's evangelical zeal and became first a New-Light, then a New-Light or Separate Baptist. Within a short time Stearns emerged as the recognized leader of the Separate Baptists.

Only a few facts about Stearns' early life are known. He was born January 28, 1706, in Boston, the son of Shubal Stearns and Rebecca Larriford Stearns. He married Sarah Johnstone but left no isue. Already a New-Light, he became a Baptist in 1751 and was baptized by Wait Palmer at Tolland, Connecticut. On March 20 of that year he was ordained in the same town by Palmer and Joshua Moss (or Morse). Stearns emphasized in his preaching the doctrine of the new birth, believer's baptism, free justification, and the autonomy of each congregation.

According to Benedict, Stearns believed that to those who sought him earnestly, God often gave clear indications of his will. Listening to some of these instructions of heaven, as he called them, Stearns believed himself called to move far to the west to undertake an extensive work. Accordingly, in 1754 he and a few of his members moved to Opeckon, Berkley County, Virginia, where he found a Baptist church in eixistence. Here also he met his brother-in-law, Daniel Mar- shall, who had just returned from a mission among the Indians. Stearns and Marshall joined companies and settled for a short time in Hampshire County, where they did not, however, meet with the expected success.

Stearns soon learned from friends who had moved to the Piedmont section of Noi'th Carolina that preaching was greatly desired, that in some instances the people rode horseback for 40 miles to hear one sermon, that for a hundred miles there was no meeting house of any kind. Thus motivated, Stearns and his party got under way once more and traveled to Sandy Creek in present Randolph County. They arrived November 14, 1755. The company included eight families, of which the following were the adult members: Shubal Stearns and wife, Peter Stearns and wife, Ebenezer Stearns and wife, Shubal Stearns, Senior, and wife, Daniel Marshall and wife, Joseph Breed and wife, Enos Stinson and wife, Jonathan Polk and wife.

28 Stearns home was probably on the new road from Cape Fear to the Mora- vian settlement. Within a few weeks this closely knit .group of immigrants had completed a small meeting house, which they called Sandy Creek, and formed themselves into a Separate Baptist church of sixteen members, with Shubal Stearns as pastor and Daniel Marshall and Joseph Breed as his assistants. In 1762 a larger building, 26 feet by 30 feet, was erected near the first. This second building was located on the land of Seamore York.

The inhabitants around this colony knew little of the principles of the Christian religion. The Separates brought strange things to their ears. To be born again appeared as absurd to them as it did to the Hebrew doctor when he asked if he must have a second physical birth. They could not comprehend how it should be necessary to feel conviction and conversion, points which were strenuously advo- cated by the new ministers.

The Separate Baptists practiced the nine following rites: baptism—the Lord's Supper—love feasts—laying on of hands—washing feet—Anointing the sick—right hand of fellowship—kiss of charity—and devoting children. But their manner of preaching was, if possible, more novel than their doctrines. The Sep- ai*ates in New England had developed a warm and emotional address, accompanied by strong .gestures and a singular nasal tone of voice, the so-called "holy tone." Being deeply affected themselves when preaching, they often induced in their hearers feelings expressed by ears, trembling, screams, and acclamations of grief and joy.

Morgan Edwards tells us under the heading "Sandy Creek" that "the neigh- borhood was alarmed and the Spirit of God listed to blow as a mighty rushing wind in so much that in three years time they had increased to three churches, consisting upwards of 900 communicants, viz: Sandy Creek, Abbot's Creek, Deep River. The most remarkable events are these. (1) It is a mother church, nay a grandmother, and a great grandmother. All the separate baptists sprang hence: not only eastward towards the sea, but westward towards the great river Missis- sippi, but northward to Virginia and southward to South Carolina and Georgia. The word went forth from this sion, and great was the company of them who published it, in so much that her converts were as the drops of morning dew. The first church that sprang hence was Abbot's Creek, then Deep River, Little River, New River, Southwest, Trent, Staunton-river, Va., Fall-creek, Va., Dan-river, Va., Grassy-creek, John Waller's church, Va., Amelia, Va., Fair-forest, S. C, Conga- " ree, S. C, Stephens-Creek, S. C, Shallow-fords, etc. . . In the seventeen years between 1755 and the date Edwards wrote his account, 42 churches and 125 ministers had "sprung from the parent church," which was indeed "the mother of all the Separate Baptists" in the South.

To amplify Edwards' accounts, Abbott's Creek, in present Davidson County, was at first only an arm of Sandy Creek, but it developed so rapidly that within a year the people petitioned the mother church for independent status and for Daniel Marshall as their pastor. After some difficulty in finding an ordained minister to assist Stearns in the ordination of Marshall, the petition was granted. Marshall later preached effectively in Virginia and South Carolina also. Still later he moved to the vicinity of Augusta, Georgia, where he was joined by a group of Separates from North Carolina led by the ministers Joseph Breed and Phillip Mulky.

Others who were inspired by either Stearns or Marshall to become itinerant preachers included James Reed, Dutton Lane, founder of the first Separate Bap- tist church in Virginia, and the distinguished Samuel Harris of Virgina. In Stearns, Marshall, and Harris the Separates had three especially outstanding

29 leaders, men who were not so much distinguished for intellectual attainments, but for purity of life, godly simplicity, fervor, boldness, and perseverance in their

Master's service. Founding of Sandy Creek Association While his followers were working elsewhere, Stearns maintained his station at Sandy Creek. Often, however, he traveled a considerable distance in the country around to assist in organizing and regulating the churches which he and his associates founded. In a few years the Separates became truly a great people, with churches scattered from the Potomac to the Savannah. Although not a Separate himself, Morgan Edwards was convinced that the activities of the Sandy Creek men were without parallel among instances of the success of the gospel anywhere in the world in modern times.

In 1758 Stearns, almost entirely by his own efforts, founded the Sandy Creek Association. The only Baptist association in the South prior to that time was the Charleston, which had been established in 1751. Although different dates for the founding of the Sandy Creek Association are given by Semple, Backus, and others, Morgan Edwards wrote convincingly in 1772 that the organization was formed "in 1758, in June 2nd Monday, at Sandy Creek, and therefore called the Sandy Creek Association."

Professor Paschall presents strong indirect evidence in support of the 1758 date. Soon after Steams' followers began to multiply, he reached the conclusion that an association composed of delegates from the churches and their branches would tend to further the object of their labors. Accordingly, "he visited each church and congregation, and explaining to them his contemplated plan, induced them all to send delegates to his meeting house in January, 1758, when an association was formed." and called Sandy Creek.

It appears, therefore, that there was a preliminary meeting in January, 1758, attending by delegates from Sandy Creek, Abbott's Creek, and Deep River, and a larger gathering in June to which came also delegates from Little River, Neuse River, Black River, Dan River, Grassy Creek, and Pittsylvania City and Lunen- burg City in Virginia.

For twelve years all the Separate Baptists in Virginia and the Cai*olinas remained in this association, most meetings of which were held near where it origin- ated. To quote Benedict: "By the means of these meetings, the gospel was carried into many new places, where the fame of the Baptists had previously spread; for great crowds attending from distant parts, mostly through curiosity, many became enamoured with these extraordinary people, and petitioned the association to send preachers into their neighborhoods."

The central figure in the preaching, exhortation, singing, and conversation engaged in during associational meetings was Shubal Stearns. James Read, who was present at the first regular meeting, wrote: "We carried on our association with sweet docorum and fellowship to the end. Then we took leave of one another, with many solemn charges from our reverend old father Shubal Stearns to stand fast unto the end." In 1770, largely as a matter of convenience, the Sandy Creek Association was divided into three distinct bodies, the General Association of Virginia, the Sandy Creek in North Carolina, and the Congaree in South Carolina.

Most that is known about Stearns as a person comes from Morgan Edwards. He tells us that Stearns was small in stature, personable, and sound in judge- ment. "Of learning he had but a small share, yet was pretty well acquainted with books. His voice was musical and strong, which he managed in such a manner as

... to make soft impressions on the heart, and fetch tears from the eyes . . .

30 All the Separate ministers copy after him in tones of voice and actions of body . . . His character was indisputedly good, both as a man, a Christian, and a preacher. In his eyes was something very penetrating, which seemed to have a meaning in every glance, of which I will give one example; and the rather because it was given me by a man of good sense, I mean Tidence Lane.

"When the fame of Mr. Stearns' preaching (said Mr. Lane) had reached the Yadkin, where I lived, I felt a curiosity to go and hear him. Upon my arrival, I saw a venerable old man sitting under a peach tree with a book in his hand, and the people gathering about him. He fixed his eyes upon me immediately, which made me feel in such a manner as had never felt before. I turned to quit the place, but could not proceed far. I walked about, sometimes catching his eyes as I walked. My uneasiness increased and became intolerable. I went up to him, thinking that a salution and shaking hands would relieve me; but it happened otherwise . . . When he began to preach, my perturbations increased, so that nature could no longer support them, and I sunk to the ground."

In such ways as these the influence of Stearns and the Separates spread quickly from Sandy Creek to Abbott's Creek, Deep River, Little River, Grassy Creek, Shallow Ford and beyond until the Piedmont area of the Carolinas and Virginia was dotted with churches. The Separates also made missionary Journeys into the territory east of the Haw and south of the Neuse, where a half dozen churches were founded by 1762.

Stearns himself journeyed repeatedly to eastern Carolina, and was often accompanied by Daniel Marshall. In the Colonial Records of North Carolina they are contemptuously referred to by James Reed as "strolling preachers imported from New England." Anglican clergymen reported the people "almost bewitched" by the preaching of the Baptists.

Regulators Leave North Carolina The most important single step in the spread of the Separate Baptists was the Exodus of the Regulators from North Carolina after the Battle of Alamance. Edwards is the classic authority.

He wrote regarding the Sandy Creek Church: "It began with 16 souls; and in a short time increasel to 606 (which included its arms), spreading its branches to Deep River and Abbott's Creek, which branches are gone to other provinces; and most of the members of this church have followed them, in so much that in seventeen years it is reduced from 606 to 14 souls, and is in danger of becoming- extinct. The cause of the dispersion was the abuse of power which prevailed in the Province and caused the inhabitants to rise in arms, and fight for their privil- eges; but being routed (May 16, 1771), they despaired of seeing better times, and therefore quitted the Province. It is said that 1,500 families departed since the battle of Alamance; and, to my knowledge a great many more are only waiting to dispose of their plantations in order to follow them."

These people established Baptist churches on the new frontiers in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia. Joathan Mulky, a close follower of Stearns, became the early leader in Tennessee.

Conclusion Stearns remained at Sandy Creek for sixteen years until his death, November 20, 1771. He was buried at Sandy Creek. These years had been devoted to preaching, sending forth his fellow ministers to preach, organizing churches, ordaining their ministers, and with a proper discipline seeing that all those gathered into churches were taught in all things that the Lord had commanded. He

31 understood both discipline and church government well. His greatest general contribution was the contagious enthusiasm with which he inspired his followers to carry the gospel into the wilderness near and far.

By the outbreak of the Revolution in 1775, the Baptists of one type or another had come to be the most numerous religious denomination in the Province of North Carolina, and are said to have had at least one church in each county, with a total of more than 40 churches. "The Baptists," wrote Professor Lefler, "had become the leading opponents of the Established Church. Their democratic organization and government, their local autonomy and religious democracy, had a great appeal to the common people and a marked influence on the growth of political democracy."

With the passage of time the distinction between Separate and Particular, or Regular as the Particular Baptists began to call themselves, was forgotten or disregarded. After the Revolutionary War the name Separate, which had never been used by Stearns' followers themselves, and the name New-Lights, which up until that time had been their more usual designation, were both allowed to fall into disuse. "And," to cite Professor Paschal, "such was largely the fate of all other distinguished words to denote Baptists. They were Baptists and nothing more."

Edwards noted that between Separate (Arminian) and Particular (Calvinis- tic) Baptists there had come to be little difference. "The faith and order of both are the same, except some trivial matters not sufficient to support a distinction, much less a disunion; for both avow the Century Confession and the annexed discipline." Thus Baptists have drawn their doctrines and practices from many sources.

Stearns, fresh from the revivalistic preaching of such Calvinists as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, sought with remarkable success to combine evangelistic zeal with modified Calvinistic doctrines. We honor him today for his work in making religion vital and real in a frontier region where religious in- fluences had been little felt prior to his time.

Wake Forest, N. C.

January 29, 1951 Mr. Clyde P. Stinson, Goldston, N. C.

My dear Mr. Stinson: This is in reply to your letter of January 25. It is pleasing to learn that your interest in the continuation of Purefoy's History continues and that you are active in that matter.

You make special inquiry about Dr. George W. Purefoy. Today I got from the College Library the enclosed statement, which is taken from Cathcart's Bap- tist Encyclopedaedia. It is rather brief but it contains the essential information you desire. It was written by Dr. T. H. Pritchard about 1883. I will add the following. Rev. John Purefoy, long lived near Wake Forest, and was instrumental in the formation of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and in the formation of Wake Forest College. It was on his advice that the College was located at Wake Forest, and the original College farm of 615 acres bought from Dr. Calvin Jones in 1833. His son, James S. Purefoy, made his home all his life at Wake Forest, and for many years was Treasurer of the College. After the Civil War he made a trip to New York and Boston and collected much money for the endowment of the College, He built the College Hotel about 1858. He died in

32 March or April, 1889. George W., the oldest of the three sons, was an alumnus of the University of Noi'th Carolina at Chapel Hill and it was that institution, not Wake Forest, that conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. After the death of Elder William H. Merritt, who willed his farm just this side of Chapel Hill on the Pittsboro road, on Morgan Creek, to Wake Forest College in 1850, Elder G. W. Purefoy bought that farm from the College and lived there the remainder of his life. All his life Dr. G. W. Purefoy was an ardent Baptist, and greatly interested in Baptist history. Of the nature of that interest you may see something in Chapter I of his history of the Association, because of that interest he was chosen to preach the centennial sermon at the meeting of the Association at Love's Creek in 1858. That sermon was published in a separate volume, and contained about the same matter that is in Chapter I of the history. A copy of it was in my father's home. Rev. Lemuel Dixon, whom perhaps you remember, told me that he as a boy five years old attended that Association, heard that sermon, a very long one, and saw Missionary M. T. Yates there. Dr. Purefoy had a son named Pryor, I believe, who was a physician, and lived in Asheville. I will add this: Purefoy's ancestor was a Baptist preacher living in or near New Burn, where he was imprisoned about the year 1740, when he had presented a petition, he and several others, to be allowed to build a Baptist Church in New Burn. You may find an account of this inmyHistory of North Carolina Baptist.

I am glad to hear that you hope to be in Wake Forest soon, and talk over with me your work on this important undertaking. With the surgon's permission and the exercise of caution I am beginning to do limited walking now. I can not climb steps yet, but I am sure that I can help you in finding material in our Library and that we can be of help to one another in this undertaking.

With all good wishes, anl heartiest greetings to the ministers if the Associa- ion when you meet them.

Truly yours, George W. Paschal.

Purefoy, George W., D. D.

The Rev. John Purefoy, a wise and good man, gave three sons to the Baptist ministry of North Carolina—George W., James S., and N. A. Purefoy. George was the oldest of them, and was born in 1889, was baptized in 1830, and began to preach at once. In early life he preached much, but for many years before his death his health did not allow him to preach often. He was the author of the "History of the Sandy Creek Association" and of several works on the baptismal controversy. He died in 1880. The State University at Chapel Hill gave him the title of D. D. in 1870.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 —Historical Address—-Shubal Stearns—Sandy Creek's Separate Baptist Leader and the Founding of Sandy Creek Baptist Association by Dr. Henry S. Stroupe, Professor of History, Department of Social Science, Wake Forest College.

2—A letter received by the late Clyde P. Stinson. Written by the late Dr. George Paschal of Wake Forest College, giving the History of George W. Pure- foy, D. D. and his three sons.

3—History of Sandy Creek Baptist Association for the Second Hundred years. 1857-1958 taken from the minutes of that body, in which is shown for each year, record of the 100 Churches. Giving the name of the messengers, Church where the Association met, date, who acted as moderator, clerk, preached the annual Sermon and his text when given. Also the number baptized and church membership.

4—History of the present local churches in the Sandy Creek Association 1958. 5—Summary for the past two hundred years by H. Adney Teague, Historian of the Sandy Creek Association.

Siler City, N. C.

Route 3 HISTORY WRITING COMMITTEE

1950 L. P. Dixon Chairman H. A. Teague Clyde P. Stinson Yancey Elliott K. E. Bryant Roy A. Morris J. H. Scott

1953 L. P. Dixon Chairman Clyde P. Stinsin Clerk Roy A. Morris K. E. Bryant W. L. Lynch H. A. Teague J. H. Scott

1954

L. P. Dixon - Chairman Clyde P. Stinson Clerk Roy A. Morris Ernest Brewer W. L. Lynch H. A. Teague J. H. Scott

1956 H. A. Teague Chairman George Graham Clerk Jack Duffie Ernest Brewer Roy A. Morris Ike Andrews J. H. Scott

The Committee met in Siler City, Saturday, October 20, 1956 and elected H. A. Teague to go ahead and complete the History.

CONTENTS 1858

The one hundredth annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association was held with the Loves Creek Baptist Church in a four day session beginning on Friday October the first through the fourth 1858. Three services were held each day at 9 a. m., 2 p. m., and 7 p. m. William Lineberry was elected Modera- tor. E. H. Straughan, clerk. John C. Wilson preached the annual sermon from John 3:16. That who-so-ever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life.

34 MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—A. P. Strowd, Alvis Durham, J. R. Ward, 16-137 BRUSH CREEK—R. B. Paschal, Oren Welch, R. T. D. Foushee, 2-55 BEAR CREEK—Solomon Ellis, Larkin Loyd, Terrell Brooks, 1-145 BETHLEHEM—P. Caddie, R. W. Barrett, S. P. Phillips, 14-124 BETHEL—N. C. Cates, R. S. Andrews, A. J. Loyd, 0-112 CEDAR FALLS— S. L. Cox, P. M. Baldwin, W. B. Marley, 2-107 COOL SPRINGS—L. Homeday, J. J. Gilmore, J. A. Phillips, 4-47 COLUMBIA—J. A. S. Whitehead, J. G. Marsh, J. E. Teague, 0-58 CHAPEL HILL—P. H. McDade, W. J. Headen, N. Cheek, 19-162 CRANE'S CREEK—W. C. Rogers, Hiram Rogers, T. Savage, 1-54 EMMAUS—C. Justice, R. Webster, Brantly Clark, 0-119 FRIENDSHIP— E. Q. Sowell, B. H. Short, J. C. Dowd, 0-36 FAYETTEVILLE—James McDaniel, T. J. Johnson, J. F. Marsh, 40-402 GUM SPRINGS—Elder J. C. Wilson, George Moore, J. S. Lasater, 5-107 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. S. Harwood, H. B. Thomas, 10-55 LOVES CREEK—D. Hackney, J. J. Hackney, Miles Womble, 1-98 LYSTRIA—A. J. Rigsbee, A. Ellis, J. L. Dodd, 0-94 MINERAL SPRINGS—Elder T. S. Yarbro, R. P. Jones, A. J. Emerson, 1-72 MAYS CHAPEL—Elder S. Gilmore, Wm. White, W. A. Lindsay, 0-124 MOONS CHAPEL—T. W. Matthews, M. Edwards, G. C. Underwood, 5-43 MOUNT GILEAD—J. W. Hackney. M. Temple, William Griffin, 1-70 MOUNT CARMEL—J. Edwards, J. M. Cheek, S. T. Lindsay, 2-35 MOUNT ZION—Elder O. Churchill. H. Kivett, D. Teague. 0-49 MOUNT OLIVE—Eller Levi Andrews, G. Moore, W. Ellington, 0-60 MECHANICS HILL—L. C. Stuttz, 0-27 PLEASANT GROVE—J. M. Stone, L. Burgess, T. W. Womble, 0-34 PITTSBORO—John Thompson, 0-14 RIVES CHAPEL—J. R. Marsh, B. N. Watson, J. Temple, 2-83 ROCK SPRINGS— S. P. Moore, A. Eubanks, J. G. Dismuke, 0-48 ROCKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, D. F. Teague, W. Duncan, 0-42 SANDY CREEK— S. S. Siler, L. York, S. Staley, 0-47 FALL CREEK—C. Jones, J. A. Scott, William Stokes, 12-27 CARTHAGE—No Delegates 0-20

Baptisms Total 101

Membership Total 2706

Noah Richardson, J. S. Lasater and J. F. Marsh was appointed a committee to arrange the business of this Association. The Pastor and Deacons of Loves Creek Church were appointed a committee on religious exercise. The Association then adjourned till 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Prayer by Elder J. C. Wilson.

Saturday, October 2, 1858

The Association met according to adjournment. Prayer by O. Churchill. Visitors welcomed from the Raleigh Association—Asa. Wilson, Wm. Yates, and Matthew T. Yates. From Beulah Association—C. W. Cheek, T. D. Oldham, and J. Moore.

Ministers present were invited to seats with us—Elder G. W. Purefoy, accepted the invitation.

35 A newly constituted church at Carthage, Moore County, was admitted and the right hand of fellowship was extended to her delegates. On motion agreed that the Centennial Sermon by Elder Purefoy be delivered tomorrow, Sunday October 3rd. at 3 o'clock.

The following ministers were appointed to attend the Bethel Church for the purpose of ordaining Brother Manly Andrews to the gospel ministry, G. W. Purefoy, Levi Thorne, 0. Churchill, William Lineberry, Samuel Baldwin, and Levi Andrews. Matthew T. Yates, a returned missionary from China was appointed to preach tomorrow morning. On motion adjourned to 7 o'clock this evening. Prayer by William Lineberry.

Saturday Evening, 7 P. M. Met according to adjournment. Prayer by Elder M. T. Yates. Interesting addresses were made by Elders M. T. Yates, J. C. Wilson, P. H. McDade, William White and others. Meeting adjourned to meet Sunday morning at 9 a. m. Prayer by J. C. Wilson.

Sunday October 3rd Met according to adjournment. Matthew T. Yates, a returned missionary from China, preached. His text was, "But when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted and were scattered abroad —as sheep having no Shepherd." Mat. 9:36. Elder James McDaniels followed with a missionary sermon from Psalms 72:19 "And let the whole earth be filled with his Glory-" A collection was taken for the Baptist State Convention. ($135.00)

Sunday Afternoon—October 3, 1858 The largest congregation ever assembled in this part of the country were present. Elder George W. Purefoy preached the Centennial Sermon from Mat. 11:12. "From the days if John the Baptist until now." An enlargement of the Centennial Sermon and delivered by G. W. Purefoy is found in his History in Chapter 1 and covers 23 pages. A few of his quotations are given:

By the "Kingdom of God" and "Kingdom of Heaven" as applied to the Gospel organization is meant the institution of Christianity as established by Christ. All that are truly regenerated are in the invisible Kingdom—Only true believers that have been baptized belong to the visible Kingdom—The invisible Kingdom is merely an ideal assembly, but the visible Kingdom is a thing that has a visible existence and was set up as such by Christ and his apostles. When the word Church is used in a more extended view than merely to express a local "Assembly of believers" it is used as the general title of the Christian institution—Sec. Mat. 16:18.

The Church is a local assembly to execute the laws which Christ has given. The Churches are the executive department of "The Kingdom" of God. A scripturally organized Church of Christ is an assembly of those who have been baptized. Meeting to-gether, in one place for divine worship and to observe all things that Christ the Law giver of zion has commanded. Every such local assembly is a church of Christ. This is evident from the great Commission Mat. 28:19-20. Those who are taught and believe are to be baptized and they are to observe all things that Christ had Commaded. There was a tremendous awakening under the preaching of Peter. They that gladly received his word were baptized.

36 They were thereby added to the church and they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers and all that believetd were together.

Here we are clearly taught that an asembly of baptized believers continuing steadfastly in doctrines of the apostles is a Church of Christ.

A Church of Christ is a local and independent assembly. Each church is a separate organization and is a full and complete church, in its government, and discipline, and is independent of all other churches, and ecclesiastical bodies.

The churches in their individual capacity are empowered by Christ.

1 —To receive members. Rom. 16:1 Acts. 2:41

2—To excommunicate unworthy members. Mat. 18:17. 1 Cor. 5:5-13. 2nd Thes. 3:6 3—To restore the penitent 2nd Cor. 2:7-8 4—To set apart ministers. Acts. 1:2-3 5 —To select Deacons. Acts. 6:5 6—To send out missionaries. Acts. 8:3 7—To mark and avoid those that cause dissension in or of the church. Rom. 16:17 1—That the Baptist were in existence long before the Reformation.

2—That the Baptist Church is the only denomination that has existed ever since the apostles.

3—That they have preserved the pure Gospel through all ages.

4—That the Baptist church is older than the Catholic. 5—That the Baptist churches are of apostolic origin, we think has been clearly proven and also that they have existel in every age of the Church. "From the days of John the Baptist until now."

Sunday 7 P. M. At night Elder Noah Richardson preached from Hebrews 2:3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation.

From the deep seriousness and attention of the vast multitudes that attended these services we believe that great good will result from them.

Monday October 4th The association met according to adjournment. Religious exercises by Elder J. C. Wilson.

Appointed the following delegates to sister Associations.

BEULAH—T. S. Yarbro, E. Crutchfield, Wm. White, E. H. Straughan, Alvis Durham.

RALEIGH—Stephen Gilmore, A. J. Gilbert, Wm. Lineberry, J. S. Lasiter, W. A. Lindsay, William Burns.

LIBERTY—N. Richardson, 0. Churchill, H. B. Marley, Henry Kivett, Thos. Matthews.

PEE DEE—James McDaniels, J. C. Wilson, T. J. Johnson, W. D. Dowd, A. J. Emerson.

Elder McDaniel and Yates and others made interesting speeches on the Bap- tist State Conveulion report.

37 Monday Afternoon

Met according- to adjournment. The following resolution was adopted: That the association earnestly request each church to send to the next association what they can for the purpose of erecting a suitable tombstone in the memory of our departed brother, S. Stearns, who was under God the honored instrument in plant- ing this association. RESOLUTION Resolved that the trustees of the Mount Vernon Seminary be respectfully requested to furnish the Association with a report of the progress and prospects of the seminary. Appointel R. H. McDade, G. W. Purefoy, and N. Cheek to draft a constitution for a Sabbath School Society and report same at the next session.

Resolved that Elder R. H. McDade be requested to visit all the ctnvrches in the Association and speak on subject of the Sabbath Schools. Resolved that the hearty thanks of this Association be and are here by tend- ered to the Church and friends of this vicinity for the abundant hospitality af- forded the very large delegation and attendants on this session. Appointed the next association to be held with the Mt. Gilead Church, Chat- ham County. To commence on Friday before the first Sunday in October 1859.

Adjourned till 7 o'clock p. m. Prayer by W. White.

Monday Evening, 7 P. M. Met according to adjournments. Prayer by the Moderator William Lineberry. Appointed the following persons—Life Members of the Baptist State Con- vention Elder Wm. Lineberry and Matthew T. Yates.

The following delegates were appointed delegates to the Baptist State Con- vention. N. Richardson, J. C. Wilson, E. Crutchfield, W. D. Dowd, A. J. Emerson, E. H. Straughan, Terrell Brooks. Resolved that the Centennial Sermon be published by the following Com. G. W. Purefoy, Levi Thorn, and P. H. McDade. On motion adjourned. Prayer by Elder James McDaniel. Thus closed the one hundredth session of this body—a most harmonious and we trust profitable meeting. William Lineberry Moderator E. H. Straughan Clerk

1859 The one hundred and one session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association was held with the Mount Gilead Church. September 30-October 3, 1859.

William Lineberry was moderator. E. H. Straughn was clerk. Elder A. Weaver preached the annual sermon. Text Mat. 21:3. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—J. R. Ward, A. P. Strowd, T. J. Strowd. 7-137 BRUSH CREEK—B. M. Stinson, R. B. Paschal, Robert Lambert. 3-90 BEAR CREEK—Elder A. J. Gilbert, James Gilbert, N. E. Phillips. 18-162 BETHLEHEM—Nathan Fry, J. M. Hannon, W. H. H. Lawhon. 15-136 BETHEL—Elder Manly Andrews, A. J. Loyd, J. Q. Loyd. 0-91 CEDAR FALLS—Eli Coble, P. M. Baldwin, H. B. Marley. 0-92

38 COLUMBIA—J. Whitehead, J. E. Teague, J. G. Marsh. 1-50 CHAPEL HILL—P. H. McDade, W. B. Harrel, J. L. Stuart. 6-151 COOL SPRING—G. Temple.. J. J. Gilmore, D. 0. Bryan. 1-53 CRANE'S CREEK—Joseph Rogers, W. C. Thagard, H. Rogers. 0-14 EMMANS—C. Justice, E. H. Straughan, W. A. Lineberry. 0-93 FRIENDSHIP—E. Q. Sowell, W. D. Dowd, J. C. Dowd. 0-36 FAYETTEVILLE—Elder James McDaniel, J. F. Marsh, J. H. Taylor. 0-402 GUM SPRING—G. Moore, A. M. Harwood, J. S. Lasiter. 0-106 JUNIPER SPRING—C. S. Harwood, A. Mucle, H. B. Thomas. 0-50 LOVES' CREEK—D. Hackney, N. B. Bray, N. H. Dixon. 15-101 LYSTRIA—A. J. Rigsbee, Allen Ellis, A. J. Robertson. 2-94 MINERAL SPRING—R. P. Jones, A. J. Emmerson, W. J. Lambert. 0-70 MAYS' CHAPEL—Elder Stephen Gilmore, J. Tyser, Wm. White. 1-117 MOON'S CHAPEL—T. W. Matthews, G. C. Underwood, M. Siler. 3-46 MOUNT GILEAD—A. S. Garner, John Hackney, H. Bryan. 3-71 MOUNT CARMEL— S. T. Lindsay, J. M. Cheek, R. Daniel. 8-44 MOUNT ZION—Elder E. Crutehfield, J. H. Butler, H. Kivett. 15-53 MOUNT OLIVE—Wm. Robertson, Samuel Lewis, G. Moore. 0-53 MECHANICS HILL— Elisha Cagle. B. Manus, G. W. Davis. 3-29 PLEASANT GROVE—T. W. Womble, J. L. Stone, J. Dowdy. 19-62 PITTSBORO—Benjamin Gilbert, Hasten Poe, J. Thompson. 0-16 RIVES CHAPEL—R. D. Burke, J. E. Watson, J. R. Marsh. 7-86 ROCK SPRING—R. C. Poe, J. C. Dismukes, S. Moore. 0-47 ROCKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, W. A. Duncan, W. Jones. 2-46 SANDY CREEK—Zale McDaniel, L. York, S. S. Siler. 0-45 FALL CREEK—C. Jones, S. H. Jones, T. Brewer. 14-42 CARTHAGE—Elder N. Richardson, J. H. Warner, B. P. Person. 0-20 Baptisms Total 142

Membership - Total 2705

Elder W. Lineberry was elected moderator.

Carthage Church was added to the third section.

At the request of the Cedar Falls Church the Association appointed the following presbytery to ordain brother P. M. Baldwin to the Gospel Ministry; Elders Levi Thorn, G. W. Purefoy, N. Richardson, J. C. Wilson.

On Sunday a collection was taken which amounted to $87.60. This offering was equally divided between the four objects of the Convention.

A letter of dismission was granted to the Fayetteville Church. The time for the next meeting of the Association was set for "Tuesday before the first Sunday in October." E. H. Straughan, Clerk

1860 The one hundred and second session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with the Gum Springs Church, October 2nd-6th, 1860. G. W. Purefoy was moderator. E. H. Straughan, Clerk. Sermon—Stephen Gilmore—Gal. 4:18. MESSENGERS ANTIOCH—A. Durham, A. P. Strowd, D. M. Durham. 9-141 BRUSH CREEK—R. B. Paschal, Robert Lambert, H. B. Welch. 1-53 BEAR CREEK—Elder A. J. Gilbert, Oren Andrews, S. Ellis. 0-161 BETHLEHEM—JesseMu se, J. J. Mcintosh, J. J. Richardson. 88-200

39 BETHEL—Elder Manly Andrews, A. J. Loyd, M. Cheek. 21-117 CARTHAGE—Elder N. Richardson, J. H. Warner, W. W. Hunsucker. 0-27 CEDAR FALLS—Elder P. M. Baldwin, T. Baldwin, J. Dupre. 1-90 COLUMBIA—J. R. Pugh, W. F. Love, A. J. York. 2-46 CHAPEL HILL—P. H. McDade, W. B. Harrell, W. G. Weaver. 4-138 COOL SPRING—W. Bryan, G. Temple, L. Horuiday. 0-50 CRANE'S CREEK—Thomas Thagard, T. J. Johnson, W. C. Rogers. 0-16 EMMAUS—C. Justice, J. B. Clark, W. Elling'ton. 0-95 FRIENDSHIP—W. D. Dowd, J. C. Dowd, W. J. Webster. 0-35 GUM SPRING—Elder J. C. Wilson, H. Lasater, Edmond Waldon. 5-102 JUNIPER SPRING—A. Muckle, J. C. Harward, W. J. Thomas. 2-51 LOVES CREEK—J. J. Hackney, J. T. Womble, A. J. Gilland. 2-102 LYSTRIA—A. J. Robertson, Allen Ellis, J. J. Rigsbee. 0-97 MINERAL SPRING—W. P. Wrenn, J. H. Crutchfield, W. J. Lambert. 26-94 MOUNT ZION—Elder A. Weaver, H. Kivett, E. G. Brothers. 0-55 MOUNT OLIVE—Elder Levi Andrews, Wm. Robertson, S. Lewis. 7-58 MOUNT GILEAD—J. W. Hackney, Wm. Griffin, A. S. Garner. 9-80 MECHANIC'S HILL—G. W. Davis. 0-29 PLEASANT GROVE—Elder O. Churchill, G. Tedder, M. T. Horton. 7-75 RIVE'S CHAPEL—E. W. Webster, B. N. Watson, W. H. Burke. 1-86 ROCK SPRING—C. P. Dismukes, J. G. Dismukes, W. J. Eubanks. 0-48 FALL CREEK—J. A. Scott. Chesley Jones, W. Brewer. 2-44 MAYS CHAPEL—0-117 MOONS CHAPEL—3-48 MOUNT CARMEL—2-40 PITTSBORO—0-16

Baptisms Total 190

Membership ....Total 2408

1861 The one hundred and third session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with Mineral Springs Church. October 4-7, 1861. G. W. Purefoy Moderator. E. H. Straughan, Clerk. G. W. Purefoy preached. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—H. M. C. Stroud, J. R. Ward, W. H. Straughan. 9-141 BRUSH CREEK—Robert Lambert, R. Welch, R. M. Stinson. 0-52 BEAR CREEK—Elder A. J. Gilbert, Nathan Brafford, Thomas Womble. 19-178 BETHLEHEM—Jesse Muse, W. R. Barrett, C. Seawell. 0-194 BETHEL—Elder Manly Andrews, Ruffin Andrews, J. Q. Loyd. 0-112 CARTHAGE—Elder N. Richardson, J. H. Warner, J. B. Richardson. 0-33 CEDAR FALLS—Eli Cobb, Triam Baldwin, J. Winningham. 0-88 COLUMBIA—W. P. Fox, J. E. Teague, Elder P. M. Baldwin. 4-53 CHAPEL HILL—Elder G. W. Purefoy, Elder N. W. Wilson, J. L. Stuart. 3-141 COOL SPRING—J. D. Henley, Green Temple, W. B. Petty. 0-60 CRANE'S CREEK—J. C. Rogers, Hiram Rogers, T. J. Johnson. 0-17 EMMAUS—Richard Webster, T. J. Clark, E. H. Straughan. 0-92 FRIENDSHIP—W. D. Dowd, W. J. Webster, J. C. Dowd. 0-31 FALL CREEK—J. A. Scott, E. C. Brewer, John Kidd. 18-61 GUM SPRING—Elder J. C. Wilson, A. M. Harward, J. R. Thomas. 7-105 JUNIPER SPRING—J. C. Harward, A. Muckle, C. S. Harward. 9-58 LOVES CREEK—D. Hackney, J. J. Hackney, S. T. Gee. 1-99 LYSTERIA—A. J. Rigsbee, A. J. Robertson. A. Ellis. 0-96

40 MINERAL SPRING—J. A. Jones, W. P. Wreim, S. C. Forester. 0-88 MAY'S CHAPEL—Elder Stephen Gilmore, Wm. White, J. Tysor. 32-136 MOON'S CHAPEL—T. W. Matthews, Maloy Jordan, M. Edwards. 0-45 MOUNT GILEAD—No Delegates. 0-80 MOUNT CARMEL—J. M. Cheek, J. Edwards, R. Daniel. 0-37 MOUNT ZION—Elder A. Weaver, Elder E. Crutchfield, H. Kivett. 5-58 MOUNT OLIVE—Elder Levi Andrews, David Russell, W. G. Cheek. 0-58 MECHANIC'S HILL—T. W. Davis, L. Manes, A. Coble. 3-31 PLEASANT GROVE—Elder O. Churchill, Kelly Mitchell, J. R. Churchill. 0-74 PITTSBORO—No Delegates. 0-16 RIVE'S CHAPEL—John Burke, J. R. Marsh, B. N. Watson. 3-84 ROCK SPRING—J. G. Dismukes, J. A. Dismukes, A. Eubank. 2-49 ROCKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, S. White, W. A. Duncan. 0-43 SANDY CREEK—Wm. Kirkman, S. Staley, S. S. Siler. 0-43

Baptisms Total 115

Membership Total 2453

Missionary collection on Sunday amounted to $52.38.

1862 The one hundred and fourth session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Brush Creek Church. October 3-5, 1862. G. W. Purefoy Moderator. E. H. Straughn Clerk. J. D. Huffham preached. Text Mark 8:36. MESSENGERS ANTIOCH—R. A. Patterson, H. M. C. Strowd, W. H. Straughan. 2-136 BRUSH CREEK—Robert Lambert, R. T. D. Foushee. 0-46 BEAR CREEK—Elder A. J. Gilbert, Thomas Womble, Solomon Ellis. 3-179 BETHLEHEM—Jesse Muse, Thomas Fry. 0-194 BETHEL—Elder Manly Andrews, R. S. Andrews, A. J. Loyd. 1-110 CARTHAGE—Elder Noah Richardson. 0-33 CEDAR FALLS—Eli Coble, J. Campbell, H. B. Marley. 1-82 COLUMBIA—Elder P. M. Baldwin, W. P. Fox, J. Kivett. 7-52 CHAPEL HILL—Elder G. W. Purefoy, P. H. McDade, J. L. Stuart. 7-135 COOL SPRING—W. B. Petty, Levi Gunter, Sidney Weatherspoon. 0-62 CANE'S CREEK—T. J. Johnson, W. C. Rogers, Hiram Rogers. 0-17 EMMAUS—E. H. Straughan, W. Ellington, Green Clark. 0-92 FRIENDSHIP—C, M. Seawell, D. Short, W. D. Dowd. 9-38 FALL CREEK—Eli Lambert, H. B. Scott, Terrell Brewer. 10-70 GUM SPRING—Elder J. C, Wilson, A. Lasater, George Moore. 0-106 JUNIPER SPRING—No Delegates. 0-58 LOVES CREEK—D. Hackney, H. Dorsett, N. H. Dixon. 0-98 LYSTRIA—J. J. Rigsbee, A. J. Rigsbee, 0-92 MINERAL SPRING—J. A. Jones, W. P. Wrenn, Atlas Dowd. 0-80 MAY'S CHAPEL—Elder S. Gilmore, Jordan Tyser, H. W. Peoples. 0-134 MOONS CHAPEL—Maloy Jordan, S. W. Matthews. G. C. Underwood. 2-46 MOUNT GILEAD—Wm. Griffin, J. W. Hackney, M. Temple. 0-65 MOUNT CARMEL—No Delegates. 0-37 MOUNT ZION—Elder E. Crutchfield, D. Teague, H. Kivett. 0-66 MOUNT OLIVE—Elder Levi Andrews, P. Ellington, Wm. Robertson. 0-58

MECHANIC'S HILL—No Delegates . 0-31 PLEASANT GROVE—T. W. Womble, Elder O. Churchill, S. Eubanks. 0-71 PITTSBORO—No Delegates. 0-16

41 RIVES CHAPEL—Elder R. R. Moore, B. N. Watson, J. R. Marsh. 0-72 ROCK SPRING— S. P. Moore, J. G. Dismukes, R S. Eubanks. 0-49 ROCK RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, D. C. Murehison, W. Duncan. 0-39 SANDY CREEK—Solomon Staley, Wm. Kirkman, G. S. Siler. 0-47

Baptisms Total 41

Membership . Total 2408

On motion ordered the clerk to have 800 copies of the minutes printed.

Committee reported that $44.55 had been received from the chui'ches for printing the minutes.

1863

The one hundred and fifth annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mount Gilead Church. October 2-5, 1863. P. H. McDade was Modera- tor. E. H. Straughan Clerk. J. W. F. Rogers preached. Luke 18:8.

MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—Elder Samuel Baldwin, Elder R. A. Patterson, H. N. C. Strowd. 23- 158 BEAR CREEK—Elder A. J. Gilbert, D. C. Murehison, A. B. Bright. 0-168 BETHEL—Elder Manly Andrews, A. J. Lloyd. 0-107 BRUSH CREEK—Robert Lambert, Sal Ellis, R. T. D. Foushee. 1-50 CEDAR FALLS—N. Kivet, J. Campbell, Eli Coble. 0-86 CHAPEL HILL—Elder N. W. Wilson, P. H. McDade, J. L. Stewart. 37-160 COLUMBIA—Elder P. M. Baldwin, James E. Teague, Jef Kivett. 3-57 COOL SPRING—E. S. Mclver, A. Mclver, D. C. Gilmore. 3-63 CRANE'S CREEK—T. J. Johnson, Hiram Rogers. 0-16 EMMAUS—E. H. Straughan, R. Webster, H. P. Straughan. 14-101 FALL CREEK—Chesley Jones. 0-68 GUM SPRING—Elder J. C. Wilson, W. C. Thomas, J. S. Lasater. 12-112 JUNIPER SPRING—C. S. Howard, A. Nuckle, J. Thomas. 5-62 LOVES CREEK—Daniel Hackney, Henry Dorsett, N. B. Bray. 0-91 LYSTRIA—J. J. Riggsbee, A. J. Riggsbee, A. J. Roberson. 10-102 MAY'S CHAPEL—Elder S. Gilmore, William White, J. Tyser. 9-139 MINERAL SPRING—J. A. Jones, W. P. Wrenn, J. Crutchfield. 0-76 MOONS CHAPEL—Maloy Jordan, T. W. Matthews, G. C. Underwood. 0-48 MOUNT GILEAD—Wm. Griffin, J. L. Hinton, N. Temple. 0-64 MOUNT OLIVE—Wm. Roberson, David Russell. 0-56 PITTSBORO—Elder A. J. Emerson. 5-18 PLEASANT GROVE—Elder O. Churchill, F. W. Womble, Jno. Dowdy. 5-76 RIVES CHAPEL—Elder R. R. Moore, B. N. Watson, J. R. Burke. 0-79 ROCK SPRING—C. P. Dismukes, R. Poe, G. W. Dismukes. 0-45 RICKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, Wm. Duncan, Wm. A. Duncan. 1-30 SANDY CREEK—Solomon Staley, M. D. Kivett, S. S. Siler. 0-44

There were no letters from Bethlehem, Carthage, Friendship, Mount Carmel, Mount Zion, and Mechanic's Hill. BETHLEHEM—0-194 CARTHAGE—0-33 FRIENDSHIP—0-31

42 MECHANIC'S HILL—0-31 MOUNT CARMEL—0-37 MOUNT ZION—0-56 Baptisms Total 128 Membership Total 2459

1864 The one hundred and sixth annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Rock Springs Church. September 30th and October 3rd 1864. G. W. Purefoy was Moderator. E. H. Straughan Clerk. S. Gilmore preached. Text Mat. 5:47. MESSENGERS Baptisms Membership

ANTIOCH—H. M. C, Strowd, W. H. Straughan. A. Durham. 11-147 BRUSH CREEK—W. Ellis, Levi Welch, H. B. Welch. 7-56 BEAR CREEK—Elders A. J. Gilbert, W. Coggins, D. C. Murchison. 7-169 BETHEL—Elders Manly Andrews, A. J. Lloyd, R. Andrews. 23-132 CEDAR FALLS—Eli Coble, Isaac Camel, T. M. Baldwin. 34-114 COLUMBIA—Elder P. M. Baldwin, Thomas Rose, J. Kivett. 29-79 CHAPEL HILL—Elders N. W. Wilson, G. W. Purefoy. 14-163 COOL SPRINGS—Giles Foushee, W. B. Petty, W. Bryant. 21-78 CRANE'S CREEK—T. J. Johnson, W. C. Rogers, H. Rogers. 0-14 EMMAUS—E. H. Straughan, R. Webster, H. P. Straughan. 4-103 GUM SPRINGS—J. S. Lasater, W. Poe, A. Lasater. 3-110 LOVES CREEK—J. Q. Smith, H. Dowdy, W. H. Fitts. 22-111 LYSTRIA—A. J. Riggsbee, W. C. Cole, A. S. Riggsbee. 5-66 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. P. Wrenn, J. H. Crutchfield, J. A. Jones. 0-71 MAY'S CHAPEL—Elder S. Gilmore, Wm. White, H. B. Marley. 12-114 MOONS CHAPEL—M. Edwards, J. C. Underwood, G. W. Bowen. 10-60 MOUNT GILEAD—J. W. Hackney, A. S. Garner, M. Temple. 0-63 MOUNT ZION—Elder E. Crutchfield, D. Teague, E. G. Brothers. 1-50 MOUNT OLIVE—Elder Levi Andrews, D. Russell, W. Glosson. 0-55 PLEASANT GROVE—Elder O. Churchill, K. Mitchell, T. W. Womble. 0-76 PITTSBORO—John Thompson. 0-18 RIVES CHAPEL—B. N. Watson. J. R. Burke, J. R. Marsh. 23-102 ROCK SPRINGS—G. W. Dismukes, R. Eubanks, C. P. Dismukes. 0-45 ROCKY DIVER—Elder W. Lineberry, S. Carter, W. A. Duncan. 1-30 BETHLEHEM—0-194 CARTHAGE—0-33 FALL CREEK—0-68 FRIENDSHIP—0-31 JUNIPER SPRINGS—0-112 MOUNT CARMEL—0-37 SANDY CREEK—29-71 MECHANIC'S HILL—0-31

Baptisms .._ .___- Total 256 Membership Total 2597

1865 The one hundred and seventh annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with Rives Chapel Church. September 29th and October 1-3, 1865.

43 G. W. Purefoy was Moderator. E. H. Straughan Clerk. N. W. Wilson preached. 1 Pet. 2:9. MESSENGERS Baptisms Membership

ANTIOCH— A. P. Strowd, Alvis Durham, William Andrews. 8-147 BRUSH CREEK—W. H. Ellis, J. J. Lambert, J. A. Brooks. 3-52 BEAR CREEK—Elders A. J. Gilbert, D. C. Murchison, A. B. Bright. 10-177 BETHEL—R. S. Andrews, A. J. Lloyd, Ruffin Andrews. 0-119 CEDAR FALLS—N. Kivett, Eli Coble, John Pugh. 1-114 COLUMBIA—J. Kivett, J. E. Teague, Alfonzo Ingole. 4-71 CHAPEL HILL—Elder G. W. Purefoy, W. G. Weaver, N. Cheek. 0-159 COOL SPRINGS—J. G. Foushee, D. W. Mcintosh, D. 0. Bryan. 15-92 CRANE'S CREEK—T. J. Johnson, H. Rogers. 0-14 EMMAUS—C. Justice, H. P. Straughan, C. Daffron. 25-105 GUM SPRINGS—Elder J. C. Wilson, A. Lasater, G. P. Moore. 11-114 LOVES CREEK—D. Hackney, H. Dorsett, J. D. Dorsett. 0-110 LYSTRIA—George Coble, William Oldham. 23-83 MINERAL SPRINGS—Elder A. J. Emerson, W. P. Wrenn, W. J. Lambert. 0-67 MAY'S CHAPEL—Dr. H. B. Marley, Wm. White. J. Tyson. 6-145 MOONS CHAPEL—G. C. Underwool, S. E. Teague, T. W. Matthews. 17-63 MOUNT GILEAD—J. W. Hackney, Wm. Griffin, J. J. Hackney. 0-70 MOUNT ZION—Elder E. Crutchfield, H. Kivett, E. G. Brothers. 0-55 MOUNT OLIVE—Elder Levi Andrews, P. Ellington, D. Russell. 0-54 PLEASANT GROVE—Elder O. Churchill, J. Dowdy, J. Churchill. 0-77 PITTSBORO—No Delegates. 0-18 ROCK SPRINGS—C. R. Poe, J. Eubanks, W. W. Dismukes. 2-42 ROCKY RIVER—Elder W. Lineberry, W. H. Duncan, A. N. Lineberry. 0-30 SANDY CREEK—P. Frazier, M. D. Kivett, S. S. Siler. 12-60 BETHLEHEM—A. S. Mcintosh, L. S. Warner, L. Stutts. 21-200 CARTHAGE—J. P. McLamore. 10-41 FALL CREEK—J. A. Scott, E. C. Brewer, E. Welch. 0-51 FRIENDSHIP—D. Short, John Fields, J. C. Dowd. 0-31 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Isaac Mickle, S. Thomas, J. W. Buckanan. 9-66 MOUNT CARMEL—No Delegates. 12-58 RIVES CHAPEL—No Delegates. 0-111

Baptisms _ Total 189 Membership Total 2596

1866 The 108th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the church at Moons Chapel, October 5th and 8th, 1866.

G. W. Purefoy was Moderator. E. H. Straughan clerk. A. J. Emerson preached. Luke 18:8.

Elder R. H. Marsh had charge of the morning worship.

Delegates enrolled giving Baptisms and Membership of churches. ANTIOCH—D. M. DURHAM, T. J. Strowd, J. R. Ward. 9-148 BRUSH CREEK—R. R. Paschal, R. Lambert, S. Ellis. 0-50 BEAR CREEK—Elders A. J. Gilbert, D. C. Murchison, N. Brafford. 28-194 BETHEL—Elders M. Andrews, H. W. Lloyd, R. S. Andrews. 15-120 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Dupree, James Carter, Nathan Kivett. 0-107 COLUMBIA—Elder P. M. Baldwin, A. J. York, J. E. Teague. 7-85

44 CHAPEL HILL—Elders G. W. Purefoy, N. Cheek, N. W. Wilson. 0-170 EMMAUS—E. H. Straughan, C. Daffron, H. P. Straughan. 0-83 GUM SPRINGS—Elder J. C. Wilson, G. P. Moore, J. S. Lasater. 15-123 LOVES CREEK—D. Hackney, W. H. Fitts, G. H. Fitts. 0-102 LYSTRIA—A. J. Riggsbee, George O. Cole. 0-104 MINERAL SPRINGS—Elder A. J. Emerson, T. J. Emerson, W. J. Lambert. 34-97 MAY'S CHAPEL—H. W. Peoples, William White, Ruffin Jones. 0-124 MOON'S CHAPEL—G. C. Underwood, B. F. Marley, J. P. Foushee. 0-71 MOUNT GILEAD—J. W. Hackney, William Griffin, J. L. Hinton. 27-92 MOUNT ZION—Elder E. Crutchfield, H. Kivett, D. Teague. 2-46 MOUNT OLIVE—Elder Levi Andrews, P. Ellington, D. Russell. 0-49 PLEASANT GROVE—T. W. Womble, M. T. Holton, J. M. Mitchell. 0-72 ROCK SPRINGS—C. B. Poe, A. Eubanks, E. E. Dismukes. 2-42 ROCKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, W. A. Lineberry, W. A. Duncan 1-32 CRANES CREEK—T. J. Johnson, H. Rogers, W. W. Thagard. 1-10 SANDY CREEK— P. Frazier, S. Stanley, M. D. Kivett. 2-53 FALL CREEK—John Kidd, Joseph Purvis, G. G. Brewer. 0-59 MECHANIC'S HILL—Lewis Manes, G. Davis, L. Stubbs. 0-40 MOUNT CARMEL—Elder O. Churchill, J. S. Tilly, R. M. Daniel. 18-82 RIVES CHAPEL—Elder R. R. Moore, R. H. Marsh, E. W. Webster. 22-131 PITTSBORO—Dr. Abner Holton. 0-17 BETHLEHEM—Jesse Muse, W. R. Mcintosh, A. Hannon. 0-187 COOL SPRINGS—W. B. Petty, N. S. Tyson, Elder S. Gilmore. 6-98 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Elder C. S. Harward, J. Macke, C. B. McNeal. 8-70 CARTHAGE—Elder N. Richardson, Louis Lawhon, L. S. Warner. 0-49 Baptisms Total 197 Membership Total 2623

Pastors N. W. Wilson, A. J. Emerson, A. J. Gilbert, M. Andrews, P. M. Baldwin, J. C.

Wilson, A. D. Blackwood, Wm. Lineberry, J. R. Mason, Johnson Olive ( S. Baldwin, C. S. Harward, D. C. Murchison, O. Churchill, R. H. Marsh, N. Richardson, S. Gilmore, G. W. Purefoy, Daniel Hackney, E. Crutchfield, Levi Andrews, R. R. Moore, C. S. Harward.

1867

The 109th annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mt, Olive Church October 4-7, 1867.

J. C. Wilson was moderator. E. H. Straughan was clerk. R. H. Marsh preached the Sermon. Neh. 4:6. MESSENGERS Baptisms Membership

ANTIOCH—Elder S. Baldwin, A. Durham, Dr. A. B. Robertson. 0-142 BRUSH CREEK—R. B. Paschal, L. B. Welch, J. M. Bray. 4-50 BEAR CREEK—A. J. Gilbert, D. C. Murchison, E. H. McManus. 9-195 BETHEL—Elder M. Andrews, J. Q. Lloyd, A. J. Lloyd. 9-131 BETHLEHEM—A. S. Mcintosh, Lindsey Sullivan, W. A. Mcintosh. 0-143 CEDAR FALLS—P. P. Freeman, J. H. Dupree, Nathan Kivett. 0-100 COLUMBIA—J. M. Ingole, C. M. Vestal, Y. M. C. Johnston. 0-74 CHAPEL HILL—Elder W. Purefoy, P. H. McDade, T. F. Cheek. 2-80 COOL SPRINGS— S. Gilmore, J. D. Foushee, N. T. Tyson. 0-97

45 CARTHAGE—Elder J. B. Richardson, L. S. Warner, Lewis Lawhorn. 8-55 CRANE'S CREEK—T. J. Johnson, W. C. Thagard, E. D. Bird. 3-24 EMMAUS—E. Crutchfield, Jas. Cheek, C. Justice. 14-95 FALL CREEK—John Kidd, A. Welch, F. J. Scott. 12-58 FRIENDSHIP—0-0 GUM SPRINGS—J. C. Wilson, Thos. Poe, Jas. Bridges. 2-123 JUNIPER SPRINGS—0-0 LOVES CREEK—G. H. Fitts, W. H. Fitts, J. L. Smith. 22-114 LYSTRIA—J. A. Partin, W. E. Oldham, J. J. Riggsbee. 18-120 MINERAL SPRINGS—Elder A. J. Emerson, W. P. Wren, J. T. Emerson. 1-98 MAY'S CHAPEL—J. Tyson, J. J. Peoples, J. W. White. 0-135 MECHANICS HILL— S. M. Baldwin, L. C. Stultz. 0-43 MOON'S CHAPEL—T. W. Matthew, Dr. G. C. Underwood, Dr. S. E. Teague. 3-60 MT. GILEAD—Wm. Griffin, J. J. Hackney, M. H. Horton. 9-102 MT. ZION—E. Crutchfield, E. G. Brothers, Henry Kivett. 3-51 MT. OLIVE—Elder L. Andrews, P. Ellington, Green Moore. 0-47 MT. CARMEL—R. M. Daniel. W. H. Lloyd, Hudson Sparrow. 0-75 PLEASANT GROVE—M. T. Horton, Charles Eubanks. 0-71 RIVES CHAPEL—Elder R. H. Marsh, A. B. Dark, J. M. Bridges. 10-138 ROCK SPRINGS—J. M. Dismukes, R. S. Eubanks, G. W. Dismukes. 1-40 ROCKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, W. A. Duncan, A. N. Lineberry. 8-40 SANDY CREEK—P. Frazier. S. Staley. M. Kivett. 0-42 Baptisms Total 140

Membership Total 2486

1868

The 110th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Cool Springs Church October 2-5, 1868.

Moderator—J. C. Wilson. Clerk—E. H. Straughan. R. R. Moore preached the annual sermon. Text. Heb. 11:6.

A letter was presented from a newly constituted church at McLeod's School House, Chatham County, (Name changed to Bethany in 1869) asking for admission into the Association. The request was granted and the right hand of fellowship was extended to her delegates.

Dr. Wm. Royal of Central Association and Elder R. R. Moore of this As- sociation upon invitation, accepted seats. The following correspondent's were present: Elder J. C. Marcom from Raleigh, Brother W. L. Wright from Pee Dee, J. W. Dalby from Flat River, W. D. Oldham from Beulah and Brother Randal McDaniel from Cedar Creek.

The following resolution was received and an motion laid on the table: Resolved that this Association appoint a board of five preachers, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the ordination of ministers and that the churches of this Association shall be earnestly and respectfully requested to refer all applicants for ordination to said body.

After the committee on state missions had presented their report a collection was taken in cash and subscription amounting to $78.50. On Sunday Prof. Walters preached from Jno. 21:15 and Dr. Royal from Luke 11:41. A collection was taken which amounted to $17.65.

46 The resolution which was laid on the table on Saturday was taken up on Monday and was amended by striking out all after the word Resolve, and insert the following: That the ministers of this Association be requested not to ordain any one to the ministry, without the concurrence of at least three Pastors.

Under the Constitution at this time the Moderator was elected annually, but the clerk upon election was "to retain his office during good behavior."

Delegates with letters from their churches, giving baptisms and total members, were enrolled as follows: ANTIOCH—A. Durham, Elder P. A. Patterson, C. Andrews. 7-145 BRUSH CREEK—A. R. Ellis, James Gilbert, B. B. Welch. 0-50 BEAR CREEK—Elder A. J. Gilbert, E. H. McManus, N. F. Phillips. 0-170 BETHEL— S. C. Durham, H. J. Lloyd, Wra. Andrews. 2-130 BETHLEHEM—A. S. Mcintosh, W. A. Mcintosh, Jesse Mews. 0-118 CEDAR FALLS—J. H. Dupree, E. F. Aired, N. Kivett. 0-82 COLUMBIA—C. M. Vestal, E. York, Y. M. C. Johnson. 0-65 CHAPEL HILL—P. H. McDade. W. G. Weaver, H. J. Stone. 0-83 COOL SPRING—Elder S. Gilmore, W. Bryan, J. L. Mclver. 2-83

CARTHAGE—H. Warner, J. R. McLemore, I. C. Dowd. 1-64 CRANE'S CREEK—W. C. Rogers, J. W. Adkinson, J. J. Lawhorn. 92-120 EMMAUS—H. T. Moore, N. B. Justice, D. J. McMath. 0-90 FALL CREEK—J. A. Scott, H. B. Lambert, J. L. Purvis. 0-64 GUM SPRING—J. C. Wilson, G. P. Moore, N. S. Copeland. 1-121 LOVE'S CREEK—William Headen, Samuel Jones, J. R. Teague. 3-114 LYSTRIA— S. S. Rigsbee, J. W. Oldham, W. C. Cole. 0-114 MINERAL SPRINGS—Elder A. J. Emerson, T. J. Emerson, J. H. Crutchfield. 0-90 MAY'S CHAPEL—Wm. White, J. C. Rogers, R. A. Mclver. 0-131 MOON'S CHAPEL—B. F. Marley, T. Edwards, H. H. Jordan. 5-71 MT GILEAD—J. W. Hackney, J. J. Hackney, William Griffin. 10-97 MT. ZION—Henry Kivett, Eider E. Crutchfield, S. Siler. 6-62 MT. Olive—P. Ellington, Green Moore, W. G. Cheek. 13-65 MT. CARMEL—R. M. Daniel, A. Daniel, D. S. Pendergrass. 0-77 MECHANIC'S HILL—Ne delegates. 0-0 PLEASANT GROVE—T. W. Womble, Kelley Mitchell, S. Eubanks. 0-70 PITTSBORO—Benjamin Gilbert, Dr. A. Holton. 0-15 RIVES CHAPEL—Elder R. H. Marsh, E. W. Webster, Dr. W. D. Watson. 9-132 ROCK SPRING—W. W. Dismukes, A. Eubanks, S. P. Moore. 0-40 ROCKY RIVER—Elder William Lineberry, S. P. Teague, W. A. Duncan. 3-43 SANDY CREEK—P. Frazier, S. Statley, D. C. York. 3-46 JUNIPER SPRING—A. MUCKLE, A. J. Buchanan, J. Fuquay. 7-80 FRIENDSHIP—W. D. Dowd, J. H. McLemore. 0-0 McLEOD'S CREEK—Elder D. C. Murchison, E. D. Nails, T. C. Beal. 0-21

Baptisms Total 164

Membership _._._.Total 2794 Thirty-two churches were represented. The names of ninety-four delegates are listed; only fifteen are listed as being absent.

1869 The 111th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Carthage Church. October 1-4, 1869.

W. D. Dowd was Moderator. E. H. Straughan was Clerk. J. C. Wilson preached. Text 2nd Cor. 5:14.

47 MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—J. Ward, William Edwards, S. M. Robertson. 14-149 BRUSH CREEK—Robert Lambert, W. H. Ellis, J. M. Bray. 35-90 BEAR CREEK—B. B. Phillips, E. H. McManus, J. M. Stinson. 15-166 BETHEL—R. S. Andrews, S. C. Durham, C. W. Lloyd. 0-98 BETHLEHEM—J. J. Mcintosh, B. Phillips, Neal Caddell. 1-116 BETHANY—Elder D. C. Murchison, B. B. Stinson, Lindsey Andrews. 4-28 CEDAR FALLS—E. F. Aired, John Pugh, Nathan Kivett. 4-82 COLUMBIA—Y. M. C. Johnson, N. A. Furguson, A. M. Furguson. 0-62 CHAPEL HILL—Elder G. W. Purefoy, W. G. Weaver, H. H. Weaver. 0-79 COOL SPRING—Elder S. Gilmore, E. S. Mclver, S. Weatherspoon. 0-79 CARTHAGE—W. D. Dowd, M. M. Fry, J. E. Everett. 0-64 CANE'S CREEK—W. C. Thagard, J. H. Adkinson, T. W. Cole. 0-108 EMMAUS—T. J. Clarke, C. Justice, E. H. Stanghan. 0-89 FALL CREEK—F. J. Scott, E. C. Brewer, W. H. Brewer. 0-55 GUM SPRING—Elder J. C. Wilson, G. P. Moore, Thomas Poe. 3-120 LYSTRIA—Y. A. Oldham, W. E. Oldham, T. W. Cole. 1-109 LOVE'S CREEK—Samuel Jones. J. L. Hackney, D. Hackney. 20-123 MINERAL SPRING—Elder A. J. Emerson, J. H. Crutchfield, T. J. Emerson. 0-85 MAY'S CHAPEL—Jordan Tyser, J. W. Petty, H. W. Peoples. 8-93 MOORE'S CHAPEL—Dr. S. E. Teague MT. GILEAD—William Griffin, W. S. Hackney, J. Riddle. 9-113 MT. ZION—J. W. Burgess, H. Kivett, A. J. Patterson. 1-63 MT. CARMEL—H. Sparrow, R. M. Daniel, J. M. Cheek. 0-71 MT. OLIVE—Paschal Ellington, Claboin Guthrie, Alvis Andreks. 9-72 MECHANIC'S HILL— L. G. Manus, L. C. Stutts, T. M. Baldwin. 0-35 PLEASANT GROVE—No delegates 0-70 PITTSBORO—No delegates 0-15 RIVE'S CHAPEL—Elder R. R. Moore, Terrill Brooks, H. 0. Dunlap. 0-13O ROCK SPRING— S. P. Moore, C. B. Poe, J. E. Eubanks. 0-39 ROCKY RIVER—Elder William Lineberry, Jesse Johnson, W. M. Teague. 11-52 SANDY CREEK—M. Kivett, S. Staley, D. C. York. 0-44 JUNIPER SPRING—A. Muckle, C. B. McNeal, James Underwood. 1-75 FRIENDSHIP—John Fields, E. Q. Sowel. 0-22 ST. JOHN'S—W. M. Brooks, Alexander Hunt, P. C. Ferrell. 13-20

Baptisms Toatl 149 Membership Total 2687

A petition was received from a newly constituted church called St. John's near Jonesboro, Moore County, seeking admission into the association. This church was received and the right hand of fellowship was extended to her delegates.

The following accepted seats in the association: Corresponding messengers: J. F. Marsh from Cedar Creek Association and Elder O. Churchill from the Raleigh; J. H. Mills editor of Biblical Recorder. The collection on Sunday for education amounted to $27.4(i. The cost of printing the minutes was $55.15.

1870 The 112th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Rocky River Church. September 30—October 3rd—1870

William Lineberry—Moderator. E. H. Straughan—Clerk. D. C. Murchison preached. Mat. 5:14.

48 MESSENGERS

AMMIE.L—T. J. Fuquay, C. M. Dickens. 4-11 BRUSH CREEK—J. T. Paschal, E. M. Welch, E. M. Edwards. 5-100 BEAR CREEK—Elder A. J. Gilbert, A. G. Phillips, H. E. Stinson. 18-177 BETHLEHEM—J. A. Jackson, C. Black, Jesse Muse. 15-126 BETHANY—Elder D. C. Murchison, E. D. Nail, L. Andrews. 17-43 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pounds, J. M. Pugh, Whitson Tipet. 8-88 COLUMBIA—J. M. Ingale, E. L. York, John Hays. 0-61 COOL SPRING— W. E. Petty, Sidney Wetherspoon, D. C. Bryan. 0-80 CARTHAGE—No delegates. 3-63 CRANES CREEK—No letter. 0-89 EMMAUS—R. Webster, C. Crutchfield, H. T. Moore. 0-77 FALL CREEK—Emsley Welch, J. L. Pervis, W. H. Brewer. 28-84 FRIENDSHIP—No delegates 2-22 GUM SPRING—G. P. Moore, R. S. Andrews, W. C. Thomas. 4-126 LOVES CREEK—J. L. Smith, N. B. Bray, J. E. Teague. 13-100 MINERAL SPRING—Elder A. J. Emmerson, W. H. Emmerson, J. D. Hackney. 0-80 MAY'S CHAPEL—W. H. Burke, J. Tyser, J. C. Rogers. 0-93 MOONS CHAPEL—T. W. Matthews, Dr. G. Underwood, B. F. Marley. 0-72 MT. ZION—Elder E. Crutchfield, S. S. Siler, Dr. A. J. Patterson. 3-67 MT. OLIVE—P. Ellington, G. Moore, S. D. Lewis. 0-69 MECHANIC'S HILL—No delegates 0-0 PITTSBORO—No delegates 0-0 RIVES CHAPEL—John Emmerson, A. S. Dowd, Dr. W. D. Watson. 9-103 ROCK SPRING— S. P. Moore, A. Eubank, M. Dismukes. 0-39 ROCKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, W. Jones, W. W. Edwards. 1-53 SANDY CREEK—P. Frazier, M. Kive'tt, S. Staley. 0-41 JUNIPER SPRING—No delegates 0-75 JONESBORO—W. M. Brooks, A. Hunt, A. Mclver. 7-42 Baptisms Total 137 Membership Total 2055

1871 The 113th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Bethany Church. September 29th—October 2nd 1871 William Lineberry—Moderator. E. H. Straughan—Clerk. Sermon—Terrell Brooks—John 18:36 MESSENGERS

AMMIEL—No delegates 0-0 BRUSH CREEK—J. T. Paschal, James Gilbert, D. H. Lambert. 3-99 BEAR CREEK—T. C. Womble, G. W. Womble. A. W. Jenkins. 10-171 BETHLEHEM—No delegates 0-126 BETHANY—Elder D. C. Murchison, J. W. Calder, W. B. Poe. CEDAR FALLS—P. Freeman, J. T. Bostic, H. C. Crowder. 3-94 COLUMBIA—No delegates 0-61 COOL SPRING— S. Wetherspoon, D. B. Burns, J. D. Henley. 0-72 CARTHAGE—W. H. H. Lawhorn, W. D. Dowd, M. M. Fry. 9-66 CRANES CREEK—A. C. Rogers, Willis Gibbs, D. S. Bird. 0-107 EMMAUS—J. W. Siler, D. L. Webster, H. T. Moore. 11-86 FALL CREEK— S. E. Teague, F. J. Scott, H. W. Scott. 19-98 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLamore, R. Cadel, J. T. Sewel. 1-25

49 JUNIPER SPRING—No delegates 0-75 JONESBORO—W. T. Culberson, A. A. Sugg, A. Hunt. 2-43 GUM SPRING—R. S. Andrews, G. P. Moore, W. J. Lasater. 0-122 LOVES CREEK—Elder Daniel Hackney, J. L. Smith, S. Womble. 4-119 MINERAL SPRING—J. A. Jones, J. A. Crutchfield, T. S. Dowd. 0-60 MAY'S CHAPEL—William White, J. Tyser, H. W. Peoples. 1-90 MOONS CHAPEL—Elder T. W. Matthews, Dr. G. C. Underwood, T. A. Barker, Jr. 17-68 MT. ZION— S. Siler, J. W. Burgess, George Patterson. 23-88 MT. OLIVE— S. D. Lewis, W. G. Cheek, R. F. Andrews. 9-78 MECHANIC'S HILL—No delegates 0-32 PITTSBORO—No delegates 0-0 RIVES CHAPEL—B. N. Watson, G. W. Emerson, Dr. W. D. Watson. 0-106 ROCK SPRING—A. Eubanks, S. P. Moore, J. E. Eubanks. 0-34 ROCKY RIVER—Elder W. Lineberry, S. P. Teague, R. P. Johnson. 0-50 SANDY CREEK—P. Frazier, M. D. Kivett, S. Staley. 0-41 Baptisms Total 112

Membership Total 2054

Treasure's Report Receipts

Balance on hand at last Association $18.50 Brush Creek by J. L. Smith 5.00 Mt. Olive by T. W. Matthews 4.50 By James Gilbert 1.00 By Treasurer of the Association 46.00 Total -$75.00

Disbursements Missionary Brooks $25.00 Missionary Matthews 25.00 Missionary Smith 25.00 Total -$75.00

1872 The 114th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Friendship Church.

W. D. Dowd—Moderator. E. H. Straughan—Clerk. T. W. Matthews preached. Ps. 133:1 MESSENGERS AMMIEL—No delegates 0-0 BRUSH CREEK—J. T. Paschal, Manly Forester, A. G. Bray. 5-108 BEAR CREEK—J. N. Edwards, J. M. Stinson, E. H. McManus. 7-169 BETHLEHEM—B. Phillips, Jesse Muse, Samuel Mcintosh. 0-131 BETHANY—Elder D. C. Murchison, Jesse Davis, A. Oldham. 17-60 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pugh, C. C. Sinclair, H. C. Crowder. 3-94 COLUMBIA—E. L. York, J. Crutchfield, N. Kivett. 10-71 COOL SPRING—Elder S. Gilmore, W. B. Petty, S. Wetherspoon. 15-73 CARTHAGE—W. D. Dowd, B. P. Person, Elder W. H. H. Lawhon. 0-65 CANE'S CREEK—W. C. Rogers, J. H. Atkinson, T. W. Cole. 5-114 EMMAUS—D. L. Webster, E. H. Stracghan, H. T. Moore. 10-97

50 FALL CREEK—H. B. Lambert, J. W. Ellis, Laban Moore. 0-80 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLemore, H. Cole, E. Q. Sewel. 4-29 JUNIPER SPRING—H. D. Judd, J. W. Patterson, C. B. McNeal. 20-60 JONESBORO—W. T. Culberson, A. A. Sugg, H. B. Hall. 0-43 GUM SPRING—R. S. Andrews, W. C. Thomas, J. B. Burns. 10-125 LOVE'S CREEK—J. L. Smith, J. D. Dorsett, C. F. Rawson. 11-141 MINERAL SPRING—W. P. Wrenn, N. R. Moody, J. H. Crutchfield. 3-63 MAYS' CHAPEL—J. Tysor, W. H. Burke, W. H. Burns. 2-87 MOONS CHAPEL—Elder T. W. Matthews, B. F. Marley, O. T. Edwards. 1-70 MT. ZION—G. Patterson, A. Crutchfield, J. Fogleman. 14-76 MT. OLIVE—P. Ellington, Green Moon, W. C. Moore. 3-77 MECHANIC'S HILL—A. Maness, L. G. Maness. 0-37 PITTSBORO—No delegates. No report. RIVES CHAPEL—Elder T. Brooks, A. S. Dowd, H. O. Dunlop. 1-66 ROCK SPRING— S. P. Moore, J. E. Eubanks, G. W. Dismukes. 0-30 ROCKY RIVER—Elder W. Lineberry, W. A. Duncan, R. P. Johnson. 6-54 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Cox, W. J. Frazier, D. F. Siler. 3-46 MT. PLEASANT—Elder E. Crutchfield, S. S. Siler, C. Kivett. 0-26 Baptisms Total 150 Membership Total 1998

A newly constituted church called Mt. Pleasant presented a petition for membership in this Association, which was granted, and the right hand of fellowship extended to her delegates.

On Saturday a presbytery was appointed to examine and ordain Brother H. D. Judd to the gospel ministry. The presbytery met at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning and ordained him.

Elder S. Gilmore preached to a large and attentive congregation on Sunday morning from the text: "The field is the world," Mat. 13:38 after which a collection amounting to $35.76 was taken.

Elder John Mitchell agent of Wake Forest College preached a funeral sermon in the afternoon in memory of Brother C. M. Seawell, a young minister from the text: "It is the Lord, let him do what seemith him good," 1 Sam. 3:18

The following were appointed as delegates to the Baptist State Convention to be held in Fayetteville. Elders D. C. Murchison, T. W. Matthews, S. Gilmore, W. H. H. Lawhon, T. Brooks, William Lineberry, E. H. Straughan, Jordan Tyson, H. T. Moore, Dr. W. D. Watson, Manly Forester, W. D. Dowd, W. P. Wrenn, Jesse Davis, D. L. Webster, W. C. Petty, A. S. Dowd, W. H. Burns, B. P. Person, and W. C. Rogers.

1873 The 115th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mt. Zion Church, October 3-6, 1873.

W. D. Dowd was Moderator. E. H. Straughan was Clerk. W. H. H. Lawhon preached. Text 1 Kings 3:5 MESSENGERS AMMIEL—No delegates. 0-0 BEAR CREEK—A. G. Phillips, J. M. Stinson, J. H. Wilkie. 0-163 BETHLEHEM—B. P. Phillips, James Moore, Joseph Moore. 0-131 BETHANY—Elder D. C. Murchison, B. B. Stinson, A. G. Gilbert. 0-63 BRUSH CREEK—J. R. Lane, J. Gilbert, G. J. Bray. 3-91

51 CEDAR FALLS—H. C. Crowder, P. P. Freeman, C. Stclair. 0-81 COLUMBIA—Elder T. M. Baldwin, E. L. York, Nathan Kivett. 0-69 COOL SPRING—Elder S. Gilmore, S. Wetherspoon, W. Temple. 0-74 CARTHAGE—Elder W. H. H. Lawhon, W. D. Dowd, J. P. Person. 0-64 CRANE'S CREEK—W. C. Rogers, W. Tyson, C. Rogers. 1-113 EMMAUS—C. Justice, J. H. Cook, D. L. Webster. 3-101 FALL CREEK—J. L. Pervis, M. L. Nail, H. W. Scott. 29-115 FRIENDSHIP—D. Johnson, H. Cole, J. T. Sewel. 7-35 JUNIPER SPRING—No delegates. 0-60 JONESBORO—No delegates. 0-43 GUM SPRING—R. S. Andrews, W. C. Thomas, J. M. Burns. 8-126 LOVES CREEK—Elder J. L. Smith, J. A. Gililan, J. D. Hackney. 1-134 MINERAL SPRING— S. R. Dixon, J. A. Crutchfield, W. P. Wrenn. 6-69 MAY'S CHAPEL—J. Tyser, Wh. White, B. H. Burke. 0-90 MOONS CHAPEL—Elder T. W. Matthews, B. F. Marley, O. T. Edwards. 0-71 MT. ZION—George Patterson, David Teague, J. W. Burgess. 3-68 MT. OLIVE—P. Ellington, S. D. Lewis, C. Guthrie. 0-79 MECHANIC'S HILL—No delegates. 0-37 PITTSBORO—No delegates. RIVES CHAPEL—Joshua Johnson, A. S. Dowd, Dr. W. D. Watson. 12-72 ROCK SPRING—C. B. Poe, R. S. Eubanks, W. W. Dismukes. 0-27 ROCKY RIVER—Elder William Lineberry, W. M. Teague, J. M. Bridges. 0-53 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Cox, D. F. Siler, D. C. York. 0-44 MT. PLEASANT—Elder E. Crutchfield, J. Kivett, C. Kivett. 0-24 SANDY POND—H. O. Dunlap, T. B. Burke, J. B. Emerson. 0-17 Baptisms Total 73 Membership Total 2117

A petition was received from a newly constituted church in Chatham County by the name of Sandy Pond. The church was received and her delegates were invited to seats.

General W. D. Dowd was elected Moderator. E. H. Straughan was the Clei'k.

1874 The 116th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Loves Creek Church. October 2-5, 1874.

Stephen Gilmore was Moderator. E. H. Straughan was Clerk. S. Gilmore preached. Heb. 13:1 MESSENGERS AMMIEL—A. A. Kelly, S. Fuquay, C. M. Dickens. 0-14 BEAR CREEK—A. W. Jenkins, G. W. Womble, B. B. Phillips. 9-164

BETHLEHEM—T. Mcintosh, I. Moore, John Moore. 9-135 BETHANY—Elder D. C. Murchinson, E. D. Nails, B. B. Stinson. 3-69 BRUSH CREEK—R. M. Stinson, O. Welch, J. M. Ward. 1-98 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pugh, C. St. Clair, J. Dupree. 4-70 COOL SPRING—Elder S. Gilmore, J. M. Stinson, Winfield Temple. 1-74 COLUMBIA—Elder T. M. Baldwin, E. L. York, Y. M. C. Johnson. 9-67 CARTHAGE—Elder W. H. H. Lawhon, C. E. Jones, W. C. Petty. 1-62 CANE CREEK—No delegates. 0-114 EMMANUS—Richard Webster, Claborn Justice, D. L. Webster. 8-73 FALL CREEK—R. L. Pervis, J. A. Brewer, E. C. Brewer. 12-123 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLamore, W. Stag, A. P. Matthews. 0-33

52 GUM SPRING—R. S. Andrews, A. Bridges, G. W. Harman. 0-127 JONESBORO—J. A. Hawley, B. Muckle, J. A. Lashley. 0-32 JUNIPER SPRING—J. Thomas, D. A. McNeal, J. W. Patterson. 46-92 LOVES CREEK—Elder Daniel Hackney, Elder J. L. Smith, Miles Womble. 0-132 MINERAL SPRING—J. A. Jones, R. W. Dixon, N. Dixon. 1-51 MAYS CHAPEL—Jordan Tyser, Wm. White, J. C. Rogers. 1-89 MOONS CHAPEL—W. H. York, J. M. Jordan, Dr. G. C. Underwood. 2-72 MT. ZION—George Patterson, J. W. Burgess, Dr. A. J. Patterson. 1-64 MT. OLIVE— S. D. Lewis, P. Ellington, R. F. Andrews. 15-93 MECHANIC'S HILL—No delegates. 0-37 MT. PLEASANT—Elder E. Crutchfield, J. Kivett, P. P. Freeman. 9-40 PITTSBORO—No delegates. RIVES CHAPEL—Dr. W. D. Watson, J. Q. Carter, B. N. Watson. 9-89 ROCK SPRING—W. N. Straughan, J. J. Crutchfield, R. S. Eubanks. 22-67 ROCKY RIVER—Elder William Lineberry, W. W. Edwards, N. M. Bridges. 0-50 SANDY CREEK—M. D. Kivett, W. J. Frazier, D. F. Siler. 17-63 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, T. B. Burke, C. C. Cheek. 5-25 FORK CREEK—Edmond Phillips, J. G. Leach, Dr. S. E. Teague. 0-14 Baptisms Total 187 Membership _. Total 2224

Elder S. Gilmore was elected Moderator.

A new church called Fork Creek was received at this session. On Sunday a Presbytery consisting of all ordained ministers of the Association and four visiting elders, ordained J. M. Pugh from Central Falls and J. W. Calder from Bethany.

A collection was taken for the Baptist State Convention amounting to $35.70.

On Monday the list of delegates was called and the absentees noted. The following resolution was passed unanimously: Resolved that we recom- mend to the churches of this Association to raise an amount sufficient to support at least one beneficiary at Wake Forest College. E. H. Stranghan was the regular Clerk.

1875 The 117th Annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Bear Creek Church. September 30th to October 4th, 1875.

S. Gilmore was Moderator. E. H. Straughan was Clerk. T. W. Baldwin preached. Rom. 13:11. MESSENGERS No Church record listed. AMMIEL—No delegates. BRUSH CREEK—Robert Lambert, A. G. Bray, E. M. Welch. BETHLEHEM—R. W. Barrett, J. J. Mclntire, J. A. Jackson, J. F. Moore. BEAR CREEK—G. W. Womble, Manly Forrester, W. Elkins. BETHANY—D. C. Murchison, R. L. Jenkins, B. B. Stinson. CTDAR FALLS—H. C. Crowder, J. M. Pugh, C. C. Sinclair. COLUMBIA—T. M. Baldwin, E. L. York, J. J. Crutchfield. COOL SPRINGS— S. Gilmore, J. M. Stinson, Haster Burns. CARTHAGE—W. H. H. Lawhon, C. C. Jones, W. T. Petty. CANE CREEK—W. C, Thagard, J. J. Lawhon, W. Rogers. EMMAUS—R. Webster, B. E. Webster, Joseph Johnson. FALL CREEK—H. B. Scott, Eli Welch, James Ellis.

53 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. Maclemore, H. Cole, E. Q. Seawell. FORK CREEK—Hayman Miller, J. G. Leach, Dr. S. E. Teague. GUM SPRINGS—R. S. Andrew, J. B. Burns, W. D. Thomas. JONTSBORO—Andrew Muckle. W. M. Brooks. J. A. Lashley. JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. B. Moore. J. W. Bucha, Jas. Thomas. LOVES CREEK—D. Hackney, G. H. Fitts, J. L. Hackney. MAY'S CHAPEL—William White, J. W. Petty, Henry Lloyd. MINERAL SPRINGS—W. P. Wren, L. R. Dixon, J. H. Crutchfield. MOONS CHAPEL—Andrew Barker, G. R. Smith, Maloy Jordan. MT. ZION—J. C. Marcom, Geo. Patterson, William Patterson. MT. OLIVE—P. Ellington, W. G. Cheek, R. T. Andrews. MT. PLEASANT—E. Crutchfield, P. P. Freeman, M. Collier. MECHANIC'S HILL- RIVES CHAPEL—Dr. W. D. Watson, W. C. Burke, G. W. Emerson. ROCK SPRINGS—W. F. Foushee, W. N. Straughan, E. A. Crutchfield. ROCKY RIVER—W. Lineberry, S. P. Teague, R. P. Johnson. SANDY CREEK—M. P. Beck. C, G. Frazier, M. D. Kivett. SANDY BRANCH—Archibald Andrews, S. Womble, J. Fields. NEW BETHEL—J. T. Adams, Jesse Howard, J. G. Burt. DEEP CREEK—T. R. Rose. John Caddell, W. F. McLean.

1876 The 118th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Bethlehem Church. September 28. October 2nd., 1876.

S. Gilmore was Moderator. 0. T. Edwards. Clerk. Sermon J. L. Smith. I Cor. 1:10. MESSENGERS

BRUSH CREEK—B. H. Brooks, D. H. Lambert, J. T. Paschal. 3-88 BEAR CREEK—Elder S. Gilmore, J. C. Womble, E. H. McManus. 34-167 BETHLEHEM—C. Black, W. W. Sears, W. C. Bryan. 0-136 BETHANY—Elder J. W. Calder, L. Andrews, B. B. Stinson. 36-112 CEDAR FALLS—E. H. Alfred, C. C. Sinclair, J. J. Hurley. 1-100 COLUMBIA—E. L. York, J. J. Crutchfield, C. M. Vestal. 6-71 COOL SPRINGS—D. O. Bryan, W. B. Petty, G. W. Temple. 1-71 CARTHAGE—Elder W. H. H. Lawhon, W. C. Petty, W. K. Nunery. 12-78 CANE CREEK—W. T. Tyson, Wm. Rogers, (No members reported.) DEEP CREEK—J. C. Caddell, D. Black, J. Caddell. 15-36 EMMAUS— B. E. Webster, E. P. Ellington. 6-81 FALL CREEK—R. L. Purvis, J. H. Kidd, L. Moon. 17-140 FRIENDSHIP—D. Johnson, J. H. McLemore. E. Q. Seawell. 1-39 FORK CREEK—Dr. S. C. Teague, H. Miller. 0-13 GUM SPRINGS—R. S. Andrews, T. C. Poe, G. W. Harmon. 5-130 LOVES CREEK—Elder J. L. Smith, G. H. Fitts, S. P. Teague. 21-177 MAYS CHAPEL—B. F. C. Burke, J. Tysor, H. L. Burns. 0-92 MINERAL SPRINGS—L. R. Dixon, W. P. Wrenn, H. J. Jones. 0-51 MOONS CHAPEL—O. T. Edwards. T. C. Matthews, G. C. Underwood. 3-83 MT. ZION—Geo. Patterson, Dr. A. J. Patterson, J. A. J. Patterson. 6-94 MT. OLIVE— S. D. Lewis, P. Ellington, W. G. Cheek. 0-82 MT. PLEASANT—Elders C. Crutchfield. J. M. Pugh, M. C. Olive. 6-49 MECHANIC'S HILL—No delegates. 0-37 OSGOOD—Elder W. G. King, J. H. Howard. A. A. Kelly. 9-24 RIVES CHAPEL—A. S. Dowd, Dr. W. D. Watson, M. Farrester. 39-106

54 ROCK SPRING—W. N. Straughan, J. N. Hamlet, N. A. Cockman. 0-78 ROCKY RIVER—Elder Wm. Lineberry, W. A. Lineberry, Z. C. Johnson. 15-67 SANDY CREEK—M. D. Kivett, J. M. Cox, C. G. Frazer. SANDY BRANCH— S. G. Phillips, S. Womble, 18-49 Baptisms Total 257 Membership Total 2,470

Elder S. Gilmore was elected Moderator. O. T. Edwards, Clerk. R. S. Andrews, Treasurer.

On Sunday a collfection was taken for the three different objects of the Baptist State Convention, amounting to $24.44.

1877 The 119th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Fall Creek Church. October 5-8, 1877.

Stephen Gilmore Moderator. J. W. Calder, Clerk. Sermon—D. Hackney. Num. 14:8. MESSENGERS BRUSH CREEK—Jas. Gilbert, A. R. Ellis, E. M. Edwards. 11-96 BEAR CREEK—Elders S. Gilmore, J. W. Calder, N. F. Phillips. 0-162 BETHLEHEM—E. P. Sewell, J. B. Sullivan, Joseph F. Moore. 5-44 BETHANY—R. L. Jenkins, N. W. Dixon, Jno. T. Wilkie. 12-120 CEDAR FALLS—C. C. Sinclair, J. J. Hurley, H. C. Crowder. 2-90 COLUMBIA—Elder T. M. Baldwin, E. L. York, J. J. Crutchfield. 2-70 COOL SPRING—W. B. Petty, D. O. Bryan, Thomas Gross. 0-71 CARTHAGE—Elder W. H. H. Lawhon, Jno. Dowd, C. E. Jones. 0-0 CANES CREEK—W. T. Tyson. 0-0 EMMAUS—P. Ellington, J. D. Hackney, W. G. Cheek. 0-83 FALL CREEK—Eli Lambert, Seburn Jones, J. L. Purvis. 0-133 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLemore, E. Q. Seawell, B. P. Phillips. 5-44 FORK CREEK—Haman Miller, D. W. Leach, Dr. S. E. Teague. 0-13 GUM SPRING—R. S. Andrews, W. J. Lasiter, G. W. Harman. 4-131 LOVES CREEK—Elder D. Hackney, J. Q. Smith, A. Headen. 1-172 MAYS CHAPEL—J. Tysor, J. H. Burke, Ruffing Jones. 6-100 MINERAL SPRING—E. H. Wrenn, C. C. Cheek, J. A. Crutchfield. 20-70 MOONS CHAPEL—Dr. G. C. Underwood, T. A. Barker, T. C. Matthews. 10-92 MT. ZION—Dr. A. J. Patterson, J. A. J. Patterson, Geo. Patterson. 0-90 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, W. M. Ellington, W. G. Moore. 7-72 MT. PLEASANT—P. P. Freeman,. S. S. Siler, M. C. Olive. 1-47 OSGOOD—Elder W. G. King, J. G. Burt, H. Howard. 0-24 RIVES CHAPEL—W. C. Burke, A. S. Dowd, N. B. Dunlap. 2-80 ROCK SPRING—W. F. Foushee, J. E. Eubank, R. Riddle. 14-92 ROCKY RIVER—Elder J. L. Smith, R. P. Siler. 3-66 SANDY CREEK—M. D. Kivett, S. Staley, E. P. Williams. 5-79 SANDY BRANCH— S. G. Norwood, T. B. Burke, A. G. Phillips. 0-46 Baptisms Total 108 Membership Total 2,175

1878 The 120th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Emmaus Church. October 3-6, 1878.

W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator, J. W. Calder, Clerk. Sermon—G. P. Moore John 8:22.

55 MESSENGERS

BRUSH CREEK—J. T. Paschal, Orren Welch, Manly Forrester. 5-98 BEAR CREEK—Elder S. Gilmore, J. W. Calder, E. H. McManus. 5-158 BETHLEHEM—R. S. Mcintosh. J. F. Moore, J. W. Hunsucker. 0-118 BETHANY—L. Andrews, C. M. Murchison, Alvis J. Poe. 26-144 CEDAR FALLS—C. C. Sinclair, J. M. Pugh, Charles Coble. 0-87 COLUMBIA—Elder T. M. Baldwin, H. T. Baldwin, C. H. Vestal. 2-74 COOL SPRINGS—D. 0. Bryan. W. B. Petty, S. Weatherspoon. 11-83 CARTHAGE—Elder W. H. H. Lawhon, J. P. Pearson, C, E. Jones. 0-78 CRANES CREEK— E. P. Thagard, T. W. Cole, Wm. Rogers. 1-53 DEEP CREEK—J. L. Caddie, D. P. Caddie, J. T. Sears. 6-35 EMMOUS— S. Petty, C. Justice, T. J. Clark. 0-76 FALL CREEK—J. L. Purvis, L. Moore, E. C. Brewer. 28-161 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLemore, E. Q. Sewell, J. T. Sewell. 7-62 FORK CREEK—0-13 GUM SPRING—R. S. Andrews, J. M. Burns, G. W. Harmon. 18-150 LOVES CREEK—J. D. Dorsett, J. E. Teague, G. H. Fitts. 4-144 MAYS CHAPEL—H. W. Peoples, Henry Loyd. H. T. Bright. 7-108 MOONS CHAPEL—Dr. G. C. Underwood, N. McDaniel, J. M. Jordan. 0-90 MINERAL SPRING—Wm. P. Wrenn, C. C. Cheek, J. S. Dowd. 0-66 MT. ZION—Dr. A. J. Patterson, J. W. Fogleman, J. A. J. Patterson. 2-92 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, Wm. Ellington, Alvis Andrews. 0-71 MT. PLEASANT—Elder E. Crutchfield, Joel Kivett, S. S. Siler. 0-44 MECHANIC'S HILL— S. W. Fuquey, S. G. Maness. 0-19 OSGOOD—Disbanded. RIVES CHAPEL—Dr. W. D. Watson, A. S. Dowd, J. C. Watson. 0-88 ROCK SPRING—W. N. Straughan, E. V. Straughan, Mark Smith. 1-88 ROCK RIVER—Elder J. L. Smith, W. A. Lineberry, R. B. Lineberry. 6-71 SANDY CREEK—H. Y. Kivett, C. G. Frazier, M. D. Kivett. 0-76 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, T. B. Burke, S. G. Norwood. 5-49 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Elder D. Hackney. W. G. Cheek, S. P. Teague. 0-27 Baptisms - Total 134

Membership . Total 2,423

1879 » The 121st annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with Mays Chapel Church. October 2nd-6th, 1879. W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator, J. W. Calder, Clerk. T. H. Pritchard preached —Mat. 5:13. MESSENGERS

BRUSH CREEK—D. H. Lambert. James Gilbert, J. Dixon. 1-95 BEAR CREEK— S. Gilmore, J. W. Calder, B. B. Phillips. 0-151 BETHLEHEM—J. F. Moore, W. W. Sears. J. J. Mcintosh. 0-90 CEDAR FALLS—W. C. Douglass, C. Sinclair, J. W. Aldrid. 23-115 COLUMBIA—Y. M. C. Johnson, E. L. York, John Hays. 0-70 COOL SPRINGS—J. Rogers, W. B. Petty, S. Weatherspoon. 5-89 CARTHAGE—W. H. H. Lawhon, H. Petty. 0-78 CANES CREEK—J. D. Haggard, T. W. Cole, William Rogers. 0-53 DEEP CREEK—J. M. Caddie, Duncan Black, J. L. Caddie. 3-31 EMMAUS—Paschal Ellington, C. Justice, E. P. Ellington. 13-77 FALL CREEK—J. L. Purvis, J. W. Ellis, F. J. Scott. 1-162 FRIENDSHIP—A. L. Lowell, W. M. Phillips, T. M. Stewart. 12-71

56 FORK CRTEK—Dr. S. E. Teague, Harmon Miller, D. W. Leach. 0-11 GUM SPRINGS—R. S. Andrews, W. C. Thomas, J. M. Burns. 1-146 HICKORY MT.—D. Hackney, J. D. Hackney, H. D. Whitehead. 3-33 LOVES CREEK—J. Q. Smith, W. H. Fitts, George H. Fitts. 0-138 MAYS CHAPEL—W. H. Burke, J. Tysor, H. Gilmore. 7-112 MOONS CHAPEL—A. C. Jordan, T. A. Barker, T. C. Matthews. 0-92 MINERAL SPRINGS—J. H. Crutchfield, E. H. Wren, J. W. Dixon. 0-63 MT. ZION—T. M. Robertson, Geo. Patterson, C, C. Coble. 4-91 MT. OLIVE—J. G. Cook, Alvis Andrews, J. J. Cook. 9-79 MT. PLEASANT—E. Crutchfield, Joel Kivett, J. W. Siler. 3-53 MECHANIC'S HILL—Elder S. W. Fryney, L. C. Stutts, L. G. Manas. 0-20 RIVES CHAPEL—J. Q. Carter, W. L. Dowd, B. T. Watson. 2-78 ROCK SPRINGS—R. C. Cotton, B. F. Poe, M. C. Williamson. 0-84 ROCKY RIVER—J. L. Smith, Willie A. Teague, J. W. Teague. 0-73 SANDY CREEK—M. P. Beck, J. M. Williams, J. A. Frazer. 3-71 SANDY BRANCH—A. Andrews, T. B. Burke, S. G. Narwood. 0-44 BETHANY—0-141

Baptisms Total 85

Membership Total 2,411

1880

The 122nd session of he Sandy Creek Association held with Cool Springs Church. September 30 to October 4. 1880. W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. J. W. Calder. Clerk. Sermon by W. H. H. Lawhon. Eph. 5:13. MESSENGERS

BRUSH CREEK—W. H. Ellis, W. J. Welch, G. J. Bray. 0-93 BEAR CREEK—Elder S. Gilmore. Elder J. W. Calder, David W. Coggin. 0-145 BETHLEHEM—Daniel Hannon, T. W. Putter, J. F. Moore. 9-92 BETHANY—Elder D. C. Murchison, A. J. Poe, B. B. Stinson. 9-145 BAPTIST GROVE—Elder O. Churchill, J. W. Petty, James P. Bridges. 2-13 CEDAR FALLS—No delegates. 0-115 COLUMBIA—No delegates. 0-70 COOL SPRING—Elder W. G. King, Neill T. Tyson, Joseph Rogers. 0-92 CARTHAGE—Elders A. D. Cohen, W. H. H. Lawhon, H. T. Petty. 0-75 CRANES CREEK—D. S. Bird. J. J. Lawhon, T. W. Cole. 2-49 DEEP CREEK—Duncan Black, D. P. Caddie, M. M. Caddie. 0-28 EMMAUS—Robt. Ellington, W. V. Cheek, Brantley Clark. 0-74 FALL CRETK—Henry B. Lambert, Laban Ellis, Isaac B. Kidd. 0-153 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLemore, C. J. Phillips, A. W. Seawell. 1-74 FORK CREEK—Hayman Miller, Geo. W. Teague, Dr. S. E. Teague. 6-17 GUM SPRING—W. B. Wilkie, Geo. Moore, Walter Poe. 27-161 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Elder D. Hackney, J. D. Hackney, S. P. Teague, Jr. 0-30 LOVES CREEK—T. D. Hackney, Geo. H. Fitts, J. D. Dorsett. 1-110 MAYS CHAPEL—Henry Loyd, H. L. Burns, Jordan Tysor. 0-111 MOONS CHAPEL—Elder O. T. Edwards, A. J. Lane, W. J. Smith. 4-88 MINERAL SPRING—C. C. Cheek, W. P. Wrenn, E. H. Wrenn. 0-62 MT. ZION—John Overman, John Fogleman, V. M. Euliss. 3-84 MT. OLIVE—Henry Buckner, A. G. Russell, G. L. Glosson. 1-71 MT. PLEASANT—Elder M. D. Kivett, Jefferson D. Kivett, G. F. York. 0-52 MECHANIC'S HILL—Louis G. Manas, James L. Lambert, John W. Moore. 37-57

57 MANLY—Dr. J. A. Leslie, A. C. Green, W. C. Petty. 1-16 RIVES CHAPEL—A. S. Dowd, J. Q. Carter, H. 0. Dunlap. 0-59 ROCK SPRING—M. A. Cockman, J. A. Straughn, R. S. Eubanks. 12-81 ROCKY RIVER—Elder J. L. Smith, R. P. Johnson, J. T. Paschal. 0-69 SANDY CREEK—J. A. Frazier, D. C. York, G. N. Williams. 4-71 SANDY BRANCH—W. P. Dark, A. Andrews, S. G. Narwood. 0-45 PITTSBORO—W. F. Foushee. E. S. Henley, W. T. Brown. 0-8 Baptisms Total 119

Membership „___ Total 2,410

1881 The 123rd annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with

Mt. Pleasant Church. September 29 to October 1, 1881. W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. J. W. Calder, Clerk. O. T. Edwards preached the sermon. Acts 10:38. MESSENGERS BRUSH CREEK—Col. John R. Lane, W. G. Brooks, Oran Welch. 19-111 BEAR CREEK— S. Gilmore, John W. Calder, L. R. Dixon. 9-156 BETHLEHEM—W. W. Sears, Archie Hannon, D. R. Sears. 16-103 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, S. P. Moore, L. M. Sullivan. 7-140 BAPTIST GROVE—O. Churchill, Archie Poe, J. W. Petty. 0-13 CEDAR FALLS—C. C. Sinclair, Isaac W. Aired, M. W. Pugh. 2-99 COLUMBIA—No delegates. 0-70 COOL SPRINGS—W. G. King, W. S. Temple, N. T. Tyson. 7-89 CARTHAGE—A. D. Cohen, W. H. H. Lawhon, John H. Scott. 0-75 CRANES CREEK—No delegates. 0-49 DEEP CREEK— S. W. Fuquay, Noah Kelly, James M. Caddell. 0-31 EMMAUS—C. Justice, N. B. Justice, J. T. Ellington. 1-69 FALL CREEK—H. B. Lambert. 4-158 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLemore, Robin Davis, S. Wallace. 0-61 FORK CREEK—E. D. Brown, C. Pearce, George W. Teague. 8-24 GUM SPRINGS—T. J. Poe, H. D. Brown, Amos. Bridges. 2-164 HICKORY MT. Dr. O. B. Stroud, J. L. Hackney, Joseph Hackney. 2-33 LOVES CREEK—J. D. Dorsett, W. B. Dorsett, J. N. Bray. 0-103 MAYS CHAPEL—H. L. Burns, Ruffin M. Jones, N. A. Gilmore. 0-108 MOONS CHAPEL—O. T. Edwards, Dr. G. C. Underwood, A. D. Jordan. 8-95 MINERAL SPRINGS—C. C. Cheek, James S. Wrenn, J. S. Dowd. 1-63 MT. ZION—Dr. A. J. Patterson, V. M. Euless, J. W. Fogleman. 2-61 MT. OLIVE—J. J. Cook, Alvis Andrews, J. W. Craton. 10-85 MT. PLEASANT—D. M. Kivett, J. W. Siler, Jefferson, D. Kivett. 0-46 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. L. Lambert, W. S. Moore, R. Lambert. 14-67 MANLY—No delegates. 0-16 MACEDONIA—A. W. Kivett, E. G. Brothers, John Bredlove. 0-11 PITTSBORO—W. N. Straughan, E. S. Henly, Dr. P. D. Laster. 0-17 POPLAR RIDGE—R. W. Barrett, John Gilchrist, Noah S. Richardson. 0-0 RIVES CHAPEL—A. S. Dowd, J. Q. Carter, Dr. W. D. Watson. 2-80 ROCK SPRINGS—T. J. Eubanks, C. O. Crutchfield, J. I. Crutchfield. 6-85 ROCKY RIVER—J. L. Smith, Jesse Johnson, D. F. Teague. 2-68 SANDY BRANCH—W. P. Dark, D. F. Andrews, S. Womble. 20-64 SANDY CREEK—Elder M. P. Beck, S. Staley, J. M. Williams. 5-75 Baptisms Total 171 Membership Total 2,492

58 1882 The 124th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Pittsboro Church September 28th to October 1st, 1882.

W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. J. W. Calder, Clerk. Sermon by A. D. Cohen.

I Cor. 15:10. MESSENGERS

BRUSH CREEK—James Gilbert, H. G. Moffitt, Robert H. Dixon. 13-124 BEAR CREEK—Elder S. Gilmore. Bro. L. R. Dixon, Elder J. W. Calder. 11-157 BETHLEHEM—Eli P. Seawell, C. B. Fry, S. M. Hannon. 9-115 BETHANY—J. M. Stinson, S. P. Moore, G. A. Murchison. 12-151 BAPTIST GROVE—0-13 CEDAR FALLS—Geo. Leonard, E. W. Hays, M. W. Pugh. 0-65 COLUMBIA—E. L. York, C. D. York, F. W. Crutchfield. 1-71 COOL SPRING—Elder W. G. King, D. 0. Bryan, J. D. Henly. 8-97 CARTHAGE—Rev. A. D. Cohen, Rev. W. H. H. Lawhon, W. F. Watson. 7-82 CANES CREEK—W. C. Rogers, D. S. Byrd. 1-37 DEEP CREEK—Elder S. W. Fuquay, J. T. Sears, J. L. Caddie. 0-32 EMMAUS—Elisha Dismukes, P. Ellington, C. Justice. 0-70 FALL CREEK—Jno. A. Brewer, J. A. Scott, R. W. Kidd. 51-190 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLemore, P. Caddie, C. J. Phillips. 0-64 FORK CREEK—0-24 GUM SPRING—W. C. Thomas, T. J. Poe, Levi Copeland. 2-147 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Elder D. Hackney, Wesley G. Cheek. S. P. Teague. Jr. 0-33 LOVES CREEK—Adolphus W. Fitts, Alex. Walters, A. B. Dark. 6-114 MAYS CHAPEL—H. W. Peoples, W. H. Burns, Eddie Lineberry. 0-105 MOONS CHAPEL—D. M. Vestal, M. J. Jordan, Elder O. T. Edwards. 11-104 MINERAL SPRING—W. P. Wrenn, C. C, Cheek, Rev. J. D. Hackney. 2-62 MT. ZION—0-61 MT. OLIVE—Franklin Glosson, Gaston Love, Wm. M. Ellington. 8-94 MT. PLEASANT—Jno. Hays, Rev. M. D. Kivett, J. D. Kivett. 4-51 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. L. Lambert, Geo. Moore. 6-60 MANLY—A. Leslie, W. C. Green, Wellington Bradshaw. 0-18 MACEDONIA—John Breedlove, Mark Penny, W. A. Kivett. 2-12 PITTSBORO—Stephen Henly, John A. Thompson, H. L. Burns. 4-23 POPLAR RIDGE- RIVES CHAPEL—Dr. W. D. Watson, G. W. Oliver, W. J. Dowd. 6-88 ROCK SPRING—C. Crutchfield, E. V. Straughn, R. S. Eubanks. 0-75 ROCKY RIVER—Elder J. L. Smith, J. T. Paschal, S. T. Culberson. 11-79 SANDY BRANCH—T. B. Burke T. G. Ivey, L. M. Fields. 3-64 SANDY CREEK—Rev. M. P. Beck, C. G. Frazer, J. Williams. 3-75 TYSONS CREEK—L. Moon, B. B. Phillips, John W. Ellis. 4-30 Baptisms Total 185

Membership _ Total 2,570

1883

The 125th annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with Mt. Vernon Springs Church October 4th to 7th, 1883.

W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. J. W. Calder, Clerk. W. G. King preached. Acts 1:8.

59 MESSENGERS

BRUSH CREEK—J. D. Cheek, E. M. Edwards, A. R. Ellis. 7-117 BEAR CREEK— S. Gilmore, Geo. W. Womble, Alex. W. Jenkins. 11-168 BETEHLEHEM—Archibald Hannon, D. S. Barrett, J. W. Hunsucker. 15-126 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, N. W. Dixon, Rev. D. C. Murchison. 14-150 CEDAR FALLS—R. Leonard, Jr., J. M. Pound. I. W. Aired. 3-68 COLUMBIA—Rev. T. M. Baldwin, A. M. Infold, J. J. Crutchfield. 0-40 CARTHAGE—No letter. 0-82 CRANES CREEK—D. S. Bird, T. B. Goodman, Wm. Rogers. 0-39 DEEP RIVER—Wm. Caveness, Thomas Davis, Nathan Kivett. 2-22 EMMAUS—C. Justice, C. M. Justice, J. S. Clark. 0-67 FALL CREEK—J. L. Purvis, J. M. Purvis, Ambrose, B. Brewer. 26-219 FRIENDSHIP—J. R. McLemore, J. B. Spivey, B. D. Williams. 15-78 FORK CREEK—Hayman Miller, Calvin Pearce. 1-31 GUM SPRINGS—Amos Bridges, T. J. Poe, J. N. Crutchfield. 13-163 HICKORY MT.—Dr. O. B. Stroud, J. L. Hackney, S. P. Teague, Jr. 4-35 HAYWOOD—W. B. Wilkie, B. A. Spence, G. W. Moore. 0-17 LOVES CREEK—Winship Phillips, D. R. Sears, George H. Fitts. 8-122 MAYS CHAPEL—B. F. C. Burke, R. M. Jones, Wm. H. Jones. 3-105 MOONS CHAPEL—T. A. Barker, C. J. Hutson, Rev. O. T. Edwards. 2-104 MINERAL SPRINGS—T. S. Dowd, J. S. Wrenn, Rev. J. D. Hackney. 0-62 MACMT. ZION—H. M. C. Stroud, Dr. A. J. Patterson, V. M. Euless. 1-77 MT. OLIVE—Henry Buckner, S. M. Lewis, R. F. Andrews. 7-109 MT. PLEASANT—P. P. Freeman, Joel Kivett, J. D. Kivett. 11-64 MECHANIC'S HILL—L. G. Manas, Andrew Moore, Eli Manas. 0-60 MANLY—J. H. Petty, H. Bradshaw, W. C. Thagard. 10-34 MACEDONIA—E. J. Brothers, A. W. Kivett, John Breedlove. 0-9 PITTSBORO—J. M. Griffin, H. L. Burns, W. N. Straughan. 0-22 POPLAR RIDGE- RIVES CHAPEL—A. S. Dowd, T. J. Dark, Dr. W. D. Watson. 3-83 ROCK SPRINGS—Geo. W. Harmon, Mark Smith, J. M. Dismukes. 12-85 ROCKY RIVER—Rev. J. L. Smith, R. P. Johnson, J. F. Buckner. 3-78 SANDY BRANCH—W. P. Dark, G. G. Emerson, J. R. Womble. 0-36 SANDY CREEK—Rev. M. P. Beck, J. A. Frazier, H. T. Kivett. 10-69 TYSONS CREEK—F. J. Scott, John Groce, W. N. Ellis. 6-36 COOL SPRINGS—A. D. Cohen, D. O. Bryan. 2-98 DEEP CREEK—0-32 Baptisms Total 189

Membership Total 2,707

BOOK II 125th—150th Sessions 1884

The 126th annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with Bethlehem Church October 2nd to 5th, 1884.

W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. J. W. Calder, Clerk. O. T. Tdwards preached 2nd Tim. 4:7. MESSENGERS BEAR CREEK—Rev. S. Gilmore, G. W. Womble, L. R. Dixon. 10-170 BETHANY—B. B. Stinson, C. M. Murchison, S. P. Moore. 2-158 BETHLEHEM—Rev. J. F. Moore, W. W. Baldwin, Archie Hannon. 1-122

60 BRUSH CREEK—M. Forester, H. G. Moffitt, R. H. Dixon. 3-118 CARTHAGE—Rev. W. H. H. Lawhon, J. W. Hunsucker, H. T. Petty. 0-64 CEDAR FALLS—0-68 COLUMBIA—E. L. York, A. M. Ingold, A. C. Ingold. 18-65 COOL SPRINGS—J. D. Henly, T. M. Temple, N. T. Tyson. 1-95 CRANES CREEK—W. C. Rogers, T. B. Goodman, A. C, Rogers. 5-42 DEEP CREEK—F. W. Fuquay, J. L. Caddell, J. T. Sears. 0-32 MINERAL SPRINGS—T. S. Andrews, J. S. Wrenn, J. W. Dixon. 7-67 MOONS CHAPEL—J. R. Edwards, H. H. Jordan, Rev. O. T. Edwards. 2-105 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, Sam T. Thomas, J. W. Craton. 8-107 MT. PLEASANT—J. D. Kivett, J. A. Kivett, Rev. M. D. Kivett. 6-68 MT. ZION—Dr. A. J. Patterson, M. Sullivan, J. A. J. Patterson. 8-85 NEW SALEM—G. L. Glosson, C. O. Crutchfield, B. F. Poe. 4-24 DETP RIVER—Thomas Davis, A. M. Hornady, W. W. Caveness. 0-21 EMMAUS—W. E. Webster, J. S. Clark, Henry Ellington. 5-70 FALL CREEK—Joseph L. Purvis, Robert W. Kidd, Dr. S. E. Teague. 3-212 FRIENDSHIP—K. C. Horner, J. R. McLemore, J. L. Phillips. 16-91 FORK CREEK—Hayman Miller, George W. Teague, Henry Crisco. 21-55 GUM SPRINGS—A. T. Lambeth, J. R. Burns, J. P. Bridges. 1-162 HAYWOOD—W. B. Wilkie, J. E. Spence, J. D. Churchill. 9-25 HICKORY MT.—J. L. Hackney, J. G. Cheek, T. D. Hackney. 0-34 JONESBORO—C. V. Brooks, D. M. Hanley, H. S. Cox. 0-32 LOVES CREEK—George H. Fitts, D. R. Sears, A. M. Walters. 4-120 MACEDONIA—0-5 MANLY—A. Leslie, W. J. Rogers, R, L. Adams. 2-43 MAYS CHAPEL—Walter Loyd, James Poe, J. J. Peoples. 7-110 MECHANIC'S HILL—N. M. Williams. 0-59 PITTSBORO—M. Baldwin, J. M. Griffin, W. T. Brown. 0-25 POPLAR RIDGE—L. W. Lawhon, S. Graham, J. Gilchrist. 0-42 RIVER CHAPEL—Dr. W. D. Watson, W. P. Dark, J. H. Brooks. 12-79 ROCK SPRINGS—J. E. Eubanks, M. C. Williams, R. S. Eubanks. 3-70 ROCKY RIVER—Rev. J. L. Smith, R. B. Lineberry, R. D. Smith. 4-80 SANDY BRANCH—0-36 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Cox, C. G. Frazier, J. M. Williams. 1-68 TYSONS CREEK—Emsley Welch, Presley Moon, G. B. Phillips. 0-33

Baptisms Total 163

Membership Total 2,868

1885

The 127th session of the Sandy Creek Association held at Columbia Factory,

September 29th to October 1, 1885. W. H. H. Lawhon was Moderator. J. W. Calder, Clerk. M. Baldwin preached. 1 Tim. 4:8. MESSENGERS

BEAR CREEK—Rev. S. Gilmore, E. H. McManus, J. W. Calder. 0-158 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, N. W. Dixon, J. J. Fields. 0-152 BETHELEHEM—T. W. Ritter, W. H. Dupre, Rev. J. F. Moore. 11-139 BRUSH CREEK—A. G. Bray, D. H. Lambert, W. T. Moffitt. 6-106 CARTHAGE—Rev. W. H. H. Lawhon. 0-64 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pounds, Benj. Lanier, M. Leonard. 2-69 COLUMBIA—Thos. L. Chisholm, A. M. Ingold, T. M. C. Johnson. 4-65 COOL SPRING—N. T. Tyson, J. W. Ellis, T. M. Temple. 8-109

61 CRANE'S CREEK—No delegates. 0-42 DEEP CREEK—No delegates. 0-32 DEEP RIVER—Thos. Davis, John Davis, N. M. Whithead. 0-19 EMMAUS—B. E. Webster, Charlie Webster, Brantly Clark. 1-63 FALL CREEK—H. B. Lambert, A. B. Brewer, W. G. Scott. 7-209 FRIENDSHIP—J. Person, Noah J. Muse, J. L. Phillips. 4-95 FORK CREEK—Hayman Miller, John Caggle, J. S. Hancock. 2-56 GUM SPRING—W. J. Laster, J. P. Bridges, J. C. Laster. 5-158 HAYWOOD—C. D. Wilkie, W. B. Wilkie, J. E. Spence. 0-26 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—J. L. Hackney, A. McMath, S. P. Teague. 6-32 JONESBORO—W. M. Brooks, W. I. Brooks, H. S. Cox. 4-37 LOVE'S CREEK—C. D. Poe, W. D. Teague, J. D. Dorsett. 0-118 MACEDONIA—E. G. Brothers. 0-5 MANLY—W. C. Petty, H. W. Hill, J. T. Adams. 11-48 MAY'S CHAPEL—Jordan Tysor, R. M. Jones, H. W. Peoples. 5-110 MECHANIC'S HILL—No delegates. 0-59 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. P. Wrenn, J. A. Jones, J. A. Dowd. 11-63 MOON'S CHAPEL—T. A. Barker, N. McDaniel. Orran Welch. 1-103 MT. OLIVE—J. A. Ferguson, R. F. Andrews, Henry Buckner. 0-105 MT. PLEASANT— S. S. Siler, J. D. Kivett, W. L. Kivett. 3-66 MT. ZION—T. M. Robertson, F. M. Sullivan, J. A. Patterson. 4-87 NEW SALEM—No delegates. 0-24 PITTSBORO—Rev. Moses Baldwin. Stephen Henly, W. N. Straughan. 0-30 POPLAR RIDGE—No delegates. 0-42 RIVES CHAPEL— G. W. Emerson, W. P. Dark, T. J. Dark. 8-84

ROCK SPRING—M. A. Cockman, Calvin Crutchfield, I. H. Straughn. 0-69 ROCKY RIVER—Rev. J. L. Smith, S. P. Teague, John T. Paschal. 0-78 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble. J. R. Womble, G. G. Emerson. 10-70 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Kivett, D. C. York, W. J. Frazer. 0-67 TYSON'S CREEK—B. B. Phillips, F. J. Scott. 0-30 Baptisms Total 113

Membership ... Total 2,899

Invited corresponding messengers and visiting brethren to seats with us: Rev. G. P. Moore, Mt. Zion Association; Bro. J. H. Mills, of the Baptist Orphanage; Rev. W. R. Gwaltney and R. R. Moore, Beulah Association; Rev. R. T. Vann, Cen- tral Association and Agent Education Board; Rev. R. T. Bryan, Foreign Mis- sionary, representing Foreign Mission Board; Rev. C. S. Farriss, of the BIBICAL RECORDER; Bro. J. Dan Dorsett, Wick Ivey Association, South Florida, responded. ORDAINED MINISTERS S. Gilmore Bear Creek, N. C. D. C. Murchison Gulf, N. C. J. L. Smith Siler, N. C. W. H. H. Lawhon Carthage, N. C. W. G. King Osgood, N. C. O. T. Edwards Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. M. D. Kivett __ Liberty, N. C. J. F. Moore Franklinville, N. C. P. A. Ferguson Lamsville, N. C. Moses Baldwin Pittsboro, N. C. J. D. Hackney Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. John W. Calder Harper's Cross Roads, N. C.

62 1886 The 128th annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with Mt. Olive Church. September 30th and October 3rd, 1886. W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. J. W. Calder, Clerk. J. F. Moore preached John 4. MESSENGERS BEAR CREEK—Rev. S. Gilmore, L. R. Dixon, E. H. McManas. 6-159 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, S. P. Moore, E. D. Nail, Jr. 4-143 BETHLEHEM—Rev. J. F. Moore, C. T. Sullivan, J. A. Jackson. 13-150 BRUSH CREEK—J. R. Gilbert, Henry Gee, Joseph Kemp. 0-102 CARTHAGE—J. W. Fagan, C. Hales, Walter Deaton. 18-69 CEDAR FALLS—A. Crutchfield, Benjamin Lanier, Isaac Aired. 7-73 COLUMBIA—T. M. C. Johnson, Willis Luther, J. F. Siler. 9-73 COOL SPRINGS—J. D. Henley, T. M. Temple, W. M. Gilmore. 9-110 CRAN'S CREEK—T. Goodwin, T. J. Jones, Johnnie Byrd. 10-56 DEEP CREEK—0-32 DEEP RIVER—0-19 EMMAUS—H. P. Smith, B. E. Webster, Thos. Dafford. 3-67 EPHESUS—Rev. W. G. King, N. T. Tyson, J. W. Hawley. 0-17 FALL CREEK—Dr. S. E. Teague, J. M. Purvis, E. C. Brewer. 10-212 FRIENDSHIP—D. Johnson, P. D. Muse, J. L. Phillips. 2-92 FORK CREEK—H. Hancock. John Cagle, J. S. Hancock. 0-54 GUM SPRING—J. T. Lambeth, W. B. Gilmore, J. P. Bridges. 7-165 HAYWOOD—Rev. O. Churchill, W. B. Wilkie, T. W. Moore. 4-28 HICKORY MT.—T. Pickard, J. W. Hackney. S. P. Teague, Jr. 0-25

JONESBORO—H. S. Cox, W. I. Brooks, Alex Hunt. 0-37 LOVES CREEK—John D. Dorsett, W. L. Poe, C. D. Poe. 2-102 MACEDONIA—0-5 MANLY—H. C. Thaggard, Dr. J. A. Leslie, J. H. Petty. 0-49 MAY'S CHAPEL—W. W. Peoples, R. M. Jones, H. M. Loyd. 6-119 MECHANIC'S HILL—William Lambert. 4-50 MINERAL SPRINGS—Rev. J. W. Watson, J. C. Dowd. 3-60 MOONS CHAPEL—Rev. O. T. Edwards, A. W. Jordan, T. C. Matthews. 1-102 MT. OLIVE— S. M. Jones, J. F. Glosson. 0-106 MT. PLEASANT—J. W. Siler, W. L. Kivett. 6-71 MT. ZION—R. L. Patterson, H. M. Crutchfield, T. M. Robertson. 11-103 NEW SALEM—G. L. Glosson, H. M. Perry, L. B. Pilkinton. 0-24 PITTSBORO—J. M. Griffin, W. N. Straughan, R. S. Eubanks. 1-47 POPLAR RIDGE—0-42 RIVES CHAPEL—W. C. Burke, A. J. Temple, L. J. Dark. 6-98 ROCK SPRINGS—W. W. Dismukes, T. W. Harmon, A. J. Cordle. 1-42 ROCKY RIVER—Rev. J. L. Smith, J. W. Teague, T. A. Buckner. 8-85 SANDY BRANCH—W. M. Glosson, L. M. Fields, T. B. Moody. 4-74 SANDY CREEK—D. C. York. S. Staley, W. J. Frazier. 7-72 TYSONS CREEK—L. Moon, T. B. Phillips. 2-34 Baptisms Total 161

Membership ... . Total 2,968 1887 The 129th session of the Sandy Creek Association met at Gum Springs, Sep- tember 29th to October 1st, 1887.

W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. W. N. Straughan, Clerk. Rev. J. L. Smith preached. Ezek. 37:3-5. John D. Dorsett was treasurer.

63 DELEGATES ENROLLED

BEAR CREEK— E. H. McManas, D. F. Wilkie, H. Womble. 0-152 BETHANY—J. T. Glass, E. D. Nail, L. R. Dixon. 1-134 BETHLEHEM—D. Hannon, C. G. Sullivan, J. A. Jackson. 27-176 BRUSH CRTEK—J. Gilbert, W. J. Welch, Andrew Brewer. 13-111 CARTHAGE—C. E. Jones, J. W. Fagan, W. M. Kivett. 3-73 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pounds, J. W. Allred, A. S. Crutchfield. 0-69 COLUMBIA—J. M. Kivett, J. T. Siler, Y. M. C. Johnson. 2-70 COOL SPRINGS—T. M. Temple, D. 0. Bryan, J. D. Gilmore. 4-108 CRANE'S CREEK—Wm. Rogers, T. J. Jones, D. S. Byrd. 2-52 DEEP CREEK—John T. Sears, A. M. Black, S. McDonald. 15-44 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, Haywood Wilson, S. Kivett. 0-21 EMMAUS—H. P. Smith, Richard Webster, B. E. Webster. 0-61 EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson, V. N. Seawell, J. G. King. 2-29 FALL CREEK—R. W. Kidd, J. W. Purvis, J. D. Welch. 1-207 FRIENDSHIP—H. Riley. J. L. Phillips. N. J. Muse. 17-107 FLINT HILL—D. R. Sears, D. C. Barrett, W. C, Wallace. 5-15 GUM SPRINGS—W. C. Thomas, C. L. Brown, W. J. Lasater. 0-161 HAYWOOD—B. A. Spence, W. B. Wilkie, C. S. Churchill. 0-33 HICKORY MT.—W. B. Dorsett, X. B. Justice, S. P. Teague, Jr. 8-40 JONESBORO—A. Muckle. A. Hunt, J. A. Leslie. 4-38 LOVES CREEK—Geo. Womble, C. D. Poe, J. N. Bray. 17-117 MANLY—J. A. D. Keneday, S. N. Rockwell, W. C. Petty. 12-62 MAY'S CHAPEL—H. M. Lloyd, G. N. Mclver, N. A. Gilmore. 1-116 MECHANIC'S HILL—N. M. Williams, Levi Manas. 0-47 MINERAL SPRINGS— H. Q. Dowd, R. P. Johnson, T. S. Crutchfield. 0-58 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane, H. H. Jordan, Wm. Rightsell. 0-97 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, B. W. Cheek, J. G. Cook. 18-124 MT. PLEASANT—J. W. Staley, Joel Kivett, T. M. Robertson. 1-69 MT. ZION—R. L. Patterson. R. L. Spoon, F. M. Sullivan. 18-114 NEW SALEM—H. C. Ellington, T. B. Fowler, C. N. Justice. 4-34 PITTSBORO—R. T. Gray. W. F. Foushee, W. N. Straughan. 2-52 POPLAR RIDGE—Sylvanus Graham, J. C. Smith, J. Gilchrist. 0-35 RIVES CHAPEL—W. C. Burke, W. P. Dark, L. J. Dark. 0-89 ROCK SPRINGS—Wm. Cooper, R. Riddle, A. J. Caudle. 3-47 TYSONS CRTEK—0-38 SANDY CREEK—0-76 UNION GROVE—0-58 ROCKY RIVER—2-87

ORDAINED MINISTERS

S. Gilmore Bear Creek, N. C. D. C. Murchison Gulf, N. C. J. L. Smith Siler City, N. C.

W. H. H. Lawhon .... Carthage, N. C. W. G. King Cameron, N. C. O. T. Edwards Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. M. D. Kivett Liberty, N. C. P. A. Furguson Lambsville, N. C. M. Baldwin Pittsboro, N. C. J. D. Hackney Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. E. P. Ellington Liberty, N. C. O. Churchill __ Haywood, N. C.

64 LICENSED MINISTERS

Manly Forrester Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. S. Womble Bear Creek, N. C, E. W. Kidd Noise, N. C. Alvis Andrews „ Chester, N. C. R. T. Gray __ _ Pittsboro, N. C. C. S. Churchill Haywood, N. C.

1888

The 130th annual session of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association held with Carthage Church, October 4th to 7th, 1888. W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. W. N. Straughan. Clerk. C. T. Bailey preached. Rom. 8:28. MESSENGERS

BEAR CREEK—W. R. Elkins, J. R. Hilliard, E. H. McManas. 15-158 BETHANY—L. R. Dixon, E. D. Stinson. 8-126 BETHLEHEM—J. R. Pendergrass, J. L. Fry, J. W. Seawell. 0-162 BRUSH CREEK— I. M. Sullivan, R. H. Dixon, C. H. Smith. 3-115 CARTHAGE—W. M. Kivett, Giles Hay, J. W. Hunsucker. 0-70 CEDAR FALLS—0-0 COLUMBIA—Willis Luther, P. H. Pernell, E. H. York. 3-67 COOL SPRINGS—W. B. Petty, D. O. Bryan, T. M. Temple. 13-117 CRANES CREEK—J. Lawhon, J. E. Byrd, J. C. Stephens. 0-50 DEEP CREEK—L. R. Rose, M. A. Black, J. F. Caldwell. 4-42 DEEP RIVER—0-21 EMMAUS—H. P. Smith, C. E. Clark, W. A. Dafford. 0-59 EPHESUS—T. M. Tyson, T. Smith, N. T. Tyson. 4-34 FALL CREEK—J. L. Purvis, S. E. Teague, J. D. Welch. 11-206

FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, I. Fields, P. I. Muse. 2-104 FLINT HILL—D. C. Barrett, W. C. Wallis, Blake Manas. 10-30 FORK CREEK—G. M. Teague. 0-9 GUM SPRINGS—Rev. O. Churchill, C. M. Holt, A. T. Lambert. 12-184 HAYWOOD—0-0 HICKORY MT.—M. V. Cheek, J. A. McMath, J. L. Hackney. 7-53 JONESBORO—A. Hunt, W. I. Brooks, J. A. Leslie. 5-48 LOVES CREEK—John D. Dorsett, J. D. Hackney, B. F. Headen. 4-125 MACEDONIA—0-0 MANLY—G. H. Saddleson, J. C. Thagard, P. Pope. 1-52 MAYS CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, W. H. Barns, H. W. Peoples. 12-120 MECHANIC'S HILL—N. R. Williams. 0-46 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. P. Wrenn, H. E. Jones, T. S. Crutchfield. 0-49 MOONS CHAPEL—J. R. Edwards, E. L. Vestal, H. H. Jordan. 0-96 MT. OLIVE—W. G. Cheek, Alvis Andrews, Ed Perry. 0-124 MT. PLEASANT—J. A. Kivett, J. W. Staley, W. L. Kivett. 0-68 MT. ZION—H. M. C. Stroud, G. A. Foster, J. W. Murry. 4-110 NEW SALEM—C. Justice, A. P. Poe, J. R. Ellington. 5-38 PITTSBORO—W. F. Foushee, J. E. Eubanks, W. N. Straughan. 0-48 POPLAR RIDGE—J. C. Smith, John Gilchrist, R. B. Stubbs. 0-35 RIVES CHAPEL—B. E. Dowd, T. J. Dark, J. W. Dark. 16-109 ROCK SPRINGS—Mark Smith, J. B. Dismukes, M. Cockman. 9-57 ROCKY RIVER—J. T. Paschal, J. M. Bridges, J. R. Sears. 0-82 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble. S. G. Narwood, T. G. Ivey. 0-73

65 SANDY CREEK—H. J. Kivett, C. Z. Frazier, J. M. Williams. 5-78 TYSONS CREEK—Rev. S. Gilmore, W. N. Ellis, B. B. Phillips. 0-38 UNION GROVE—W. X. Brown, J. S. Hancock, Daniel McNeil. 14-68 LIBERTY—4-26

Baptisms _ Total 171

Membership .Total 3,097

1889

The 131st session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Sandy Creek Church, October 3-6, 1889.

W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. W. N. Straughan, Clerk. Sermon by 0. T. Edwards. Luke 10:20. MESSENGERS BEAR CREEK—Wm. Elkins. Hugh Smith, Samuel Clarada. 0-157 BETHANY—Rev. L. R. Dixon, S. P. Moore, W. B. Poe. 0-116 BETHLEHEM—W. H. Dupree, D. Hannon, C. G. Sullivan. 7-167 BRUSH CREEK—D. H. Lambert, Henry Gee, A. R. Ellis. 0-113 CARTHAGE—W. M. Kivett, J. M. Fagan, F. L. Seawell. 3-78 CEDAR FALLS— B. F. Lanier, J. W. Aired, M. Leonard. 0-66 COLUMBIA—Manly Forrester, W. C. York, T. L. Chisholm. 7-88 COOL SPRINGS—Thomas Gross. T. M. Temple, T. T. Gunter. 0-112 CRANES CREEK—Wm. Rogers, J. J. Lawhon, W. C. Rogers. 0-40 DEEP CREEK—J. L. Sears, W. L. Medlin, Kenneth Saddler. 12-56 EMMAUS—H. P. Smith. 20-69 EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson, S. G. Ellis, T. H. King. 3-37 FALL CREEK—W. G. Scott, W. N. Welch, J. C. Jones. 16-223 FRIENDSHIP—P. D. Muse, J. P. Person, J. L. Phillips. 0-91 FLINT HILL—K. C. Horner. W. L. Stutts, Eli Wallis. 11-46 FORK CREEK—G. W. Teague. 0-11 GUM SPRINGS—H. R. Harman, A. C. Bridges, W. J. Laster. 0-176 HICKORY MOUNTAIN— I. B. Headen, J. H. McMath, C. C. Teague. 6-61 JONESBORO—W. M. Brooks, W. J. Stuart, W. J. Hawley. 4-45 LIBERTY—Geo. Patterson, T. M. Robertson, H. W. Crutchfield. 0-26 LOVES CREEK—J. J. D. Hackney, G. W. Womble, C. D. Poe. 2-127 MACEDONIA—No delegates. MANLY—W. C. Thagard, Dr. J. A. Leslie, J. L. Holland. 5-66 MAY'S CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, R. M. Jones, John Gilmore. 1-119 MECHANIC'S HILL—No delegates. MINERAL SPRINGS—O. S. Dixon. C. F. Meadows, L. S. Crutchfield. 0-46 MOONS CHAPEL—P. G. Welch, E. L. Vestal, Dr. G. C. Underwood. 0-96 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, S. M. Jones, Gaston Love. 20-151 MT. PLEASANT—J. W. Staley, W. G. Kivett, J. R. Williams. 1-56 MT. ZION—H. M. C. Stroud, F. L. Spoon, F. M. Sulivan. 5-115 NEW SALEM—No letter. PITTSBORO—J. M. Griffin, W. F. Foushee, E. V. Straughan. 4-47 POPLAR RIDGE—R. W. Barrett. S. B. Graham, J. L. Gilchrist. 6-40 RIVES CHAPEL—J. H. Brooks, C. B. Temple, C. W. Burke. 2-111

ROCK SPRING—J. A. Crane, J. I. Morris, T. H. Poe. 0-54 ROCKY RIVER—J. W. Teague, W. A. Duncan, G. E. Lineberry. 2-79 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, S. G. Norwood, L. M. Fields. 0-69 SANDY CREEK—H. G. Kivett, C. G. Frazier, W. J. Frazier. 0-73

66 TYSONS CREEK—Rev. S. Gilmore, Emsley Welch, L. Moon. 0-37 UNION GROVE—J. S. Hancock, Wm. Northcot, D. McNeil. 10-82 MOORES CHAPEL—No delegates. 1-14 SILER CITY—0-10

Baptisms '. Total 148

Membership Total 3,169

Siler City was received as a newly constituted church, and the right hand of fellowship was extended to her delegates.

1890

The 132nd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Rocky River Church October 2-5, 1890. W. H. H. Lawhon, Moderator. W. N. Straug'han, Clerk. R. F. Watson's sermon was I Cor. 9:14. MESSENGERS

BEAR CREEK—J. M. Stinson, A. M. Walters, S. P. Clarada. 17-170 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, G. A. Murchison, G. C. Cog-gin. 17-125 BETHLEHEM—D. S. Barrett, Lewis Dupree, D. Hannon. 7-169 BRUSH CREEK—H. G. Moffitt, N. R. Gilbert, J. C. Gilbert. 0-110 CARTHAGE—J. P. Seawell, W. F. Fry, W. F. Warner. 4-69 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pounds, G. L. Leonard, P. G. Elmore. 5-63 COLUMBIA—Not represented. 0-88 COOL SPRINGS—R. B. Lineberry, J. M. Henley, G. W. Temple. 2-110 CRANE'S CREEK—J. E. Byrd, J. J. Lawhon, S. J. Jones. 0-44 DEEP CREEK—J. L. Sears, D. C. Graham, A. M. Black. 0-75 EMMAUS—H. P. Smith, W. A. Smith. 5-0 EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson, A. G. Ellis, J. R. Gilbert. 1-40 FALL CREEK—M. L. Nail, J. D. Welch, S. G. Brady. 8-225

FRIENDSHIP—J. I. H. Cockman, D. T. Caddell, P. D. Muse. 0-82 FLINT HILL—J. F. Wallace, W. C. Wallace. 0-48 FORK CREEK—G. W. Teague, W. E. Beck. 0-16 GUM SPRINGS—A. T. Lambeth, D. M. Poe, J. B. Burns. 6-172 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—G. W. Harmon, J. D. Dorsett, S. P. Teague. 1-61 JONESBORO—No delegates. 0-45 LIBERTY—George Patterson, N. L. Kivett. 0-34 LOVES CREEK—Reuben Bray, G. W. Gee, G. N. Womble. 12-136 MACEDONIA—Not represented. MANLY—J. L. Holland, R. L. Thagard. 3-64 MAY'S CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, J. A. Gilmore, G. N. Mclver. 9-121 MECHANIC'S HILL—Letter. 0-42 MINERAL SPRINGS—J. C. Dowd, A. S. Dixon, W. H. Crutchfield. 1-44 MOORES CHAPEL—E. K. Moffitt, J. W. Tippett, J. B. York. 1-21 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane, Solomon Fox, R. O. Welch. 9-98 MT. OLIVE—Rev. R. F. Andrews, D. W. Cheek, T. F. Ellington. 13-165 MT. PLEASANT—J. A. Kivett, Alex Coble, Thomas Curtis. 0-46 MT. ZION—J. A. J. Patterson, John Fogleman, H. M. C. Stroud. 8-121 NEW SALEM—A. P. Poe. 4-33 ORE HILL—R. P. Johnson, C. F. Meadows, W. E. Hackney. 0-14 PITTSBORO—J. M. Griffin, E. V. Straughan, R. S. Eubanks. 0-48 POPLAR RIDGE—Not represented. 0-45 RIVES CHAPEL—Dr. O. B. Stroud, J. W. Dark, G. W. Emerson. 7-109

67 ROCK SPRING—Mark Smith, Rev. J. I. Morris, Norman Phillips. 5-61 ROCKY RIVER— S. P. Teague, J. W. Bridges, E. L. Fox. 0-79 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, S. G. Norwood, G. G. Emerson. 0-67 SANDY CREEK—H. Y. Kivett, D. C. York, T. P. Frazier. 10-72 SILER CITY—A. C. Jordan, A. W. Wilson, W. A. Teague. 0-12 STALEY—C. M. Staley, C. G. Frazier, J. W. Staley. 0-8 TYSONS CREEK—Rev. S. Gilmore, E. Welch, L. Moon. 7-40 UNION GROVE—J. M. Cagle, Thomas McNeill, Alex Jordan. 6-95 Baptisms Total

Membership total

1891

The 133rd session of the Sandy Ci'eek Association met with the Bethany Church. September 24th to 27th, 1891. W. H. H. Lawhon was Moderator. W. N. Straughan, Clerk. G. L. Merrell preached, Text—2nd Cor. 9:7. Daniel Hannon was treasurer and O. T. Edwards Historian. ENROLLMENT OF DELEGATES

BEAR CREEK—G. W. Womble, J. M. Stinson, T. D. Brooks. 3-164 BETHANY—D. L. Bryan, W. J. Nail, G. E. Oldham. 0-125 BETHLEHEM—N. H. Dupree, Daniel Hannon, C. Moore. 11-182 BRUSH CREEK—W. H. Ellis, N. W. Dixon, W. R. Welch. 16-142 CARTHAGE—W. C. Douglass, C. O. Mayner, G. L. Mathison. 4-77 CEDAR FALLS—G. L. Leonard, J. M. Pounds, T. M. Kenney. 2-59 COLUMBIA—J. C. Reece, G. M. C. Johnson, T. L. Chisholm. 0-88 COOL SPRINGS—W. M. Gilmore, J. M. Henley, T. M. Temple. 2-108 CRANE'S CREEK—Wm. Rogers, T. Goodwin, T. J. Jones. 0-36 DEEP CREEK—A. M. Black, M. McDonald, D. Black. 2-72 EMMAUS—James Petty, H. P. Smith, R. G. Ellington. 7-66 KEYSER—0-18 JONESBORO—0-43 EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson, Dr. V. N. Seawell, J. F. King. 6-48 FALL CREEK—J. L. Purvis, M. L. Nail, W. G. Scott. 8-224 FRIENDSHIP—J. P. Person, J. R. Cockman, J. F. Phillips. 1-75 FLINT HILL—D. H. Horner, I. B. Maness, W. L. Stutts. 1-52 FORK CREEK—W. M. Asbill, W. E. Beck, E. B. Leach. 0-16 GUM SPRINGS—J. B. Burnes, S. W. Bridges, S. W. Poe. 29-194 HICKORY MT.—J. D. Dorsett, G. W. Harman, J. H. McMath. 7-71 LIBERTY—T. M. Robertson, H. M. Crutchfield, W. M. Bright. 0-32 LOVE'S CREEK—A. T. Womble, J. P. Dark, J. N. Bray. 15-163 MANLY—R. L. Thagard, J. A. Kennedy, W. C. Petty. 0-64 MAYS CHAPEL—B. F. C. Burke, J. A. Gilmore, R. White. 5-119 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. P. Wrenn, T. S. Andrews, W. H. Crutchfield. 0-45 MOORES CHAPEL—E. K. Moffitt, W. D. Dickens, E. E. Moffitt. 2-24 MACEDONIA—0-34 MOON'S CHAPEL—H. Jordan, N. W. Daniel, Franklin Smith. 0-94 MT. OLIVE—M. C. McBane, Gaston Love, S. M. Lewis. 0-150 MT. PLEASANT—Alex Coble, J. A. Kivett, P. P. Freeman. 0-46 MT. ZION—J. W. Murry, J. F. Murry, R. R. Burgess. 1-119 NEW SALEM—L. B. Pilkinton, C. N. Justice, H. C. Ellington. 2-34 ORE HILL—C. F. Meadows, Dr. O. B. Stroud, W. E. Hackney. 0-16 PITTSBORO—W. F. Foushee, J. E. Eubanks, J. M. Griffin. 0-42

68 RIVES CHAPEL—T. M. Watson, A. Dowd, C. W. Burke. 7-112 ROCK SPRINGS—Mark Smith, J. W. Gilliam, J. H. Straughan. 0-55 ROCKY RIVER— Z. C. Johnson, J. I. Hargroves, J. S. D. Siler. 26-95 SANDY BRANCH—T. B. Moody, T. L. Phillips, D. F. Andrews. 10-80 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Cox, W. J. Frazier, G. M. York. 3-73 SILER CITY—W. L. Hudson, D. L. Webster, A. C. Jordan. 0-12 STALEY—J. W. Staley, C. G. Frazier, C. M. Staley. 0-7 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, F. J. Scott, B. A. Phillips. 0-42 UNION GROVE—G. F. Garner, S. H. Davis, Alex Jordan. 8-89 WORTHVILLE—0-25 POPLAR RIDGE—0-45

Bapttisms total

Membership total ORDAINED MINISTERS

S. Gilmore Richmond, N. C. D. C. Murchison Gulf, N. C. J. L. Smith Siler City, N. C. W. H. H. Lawhon Carthage, N. C. W. G. King Villanow, N. C. O. T. Edwards Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. P. A. Ferguson Landsville, N. C. J. D. Hackney Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. O. Churchill Haywood, N. C. W. F. Watson Carthage, N. C. W. A. Smith Hadleys Mill, N. C. D. R. Sears Siler City, N. C. G. L. Merrell ...Franklinville, N. C.

W. T. Jones ._. Ore Hill, N. C. Jamees Jordan

1892

The 134th annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Church at Bethlehem, September 22-25, 1892.

O. T. Edwards was Moderator, W. C. Douglass, clerk. W. T. Jones preached and Daniel Hannon was treasurer. DELEGATES ENROLLED

BEAR CREEK— S. Gilmore, G. T. Hart, Hugh Smith. 13-174 BETHANY—Gus A. Murchison, E. D. Nail, Jr., G. E. Oldham. 6-126 BETHLEHEM—A. S. Mcintosh, Archie Hannon, W. L. Sullivan. 3-184 BRUSH CREEK—D. H. Lambeth, J. C. Bray, Jas. Gilchrist. 0-118 CARTHAGE—W. M. Kivett. C. O. Manes, G. L. Matheison. 4-75 CEDAR FALLS—M. D. Leonard, J. M. Pounds, J. D. Leonard. 1-59 COLUMBIA—Mandy Forrester, O. T. Leonard. 1-65 COOL SPRINGS—W. M. Gilmore, J. Melton Henly, Joseph Rogers. 0-105 CRANES CREEK—Wm. Rogers, C. E. Jones, Timothy Goodman. 2-42 DEEP CREEK—John T. Sears, T. W. Sears, A. M. Fry. 6-82 EMMAUS—W. A. Gattis, S. A. Cheek, W. A. Long, 19-96 EPHESUS—W. T. Tyson, J. P. Seaweell, Turner Smith. 1-47 FALL CREEK—H. B. Lambert, J. W. Brewer, B. F. Scott. 12-230 FRIENDSHIP—J. F. Phillips, B. L. Maness, Joe T. Seawell. 0-63

69 FLINT HILL—J. S. Barrett, L. C. Stutts, S. B. Wallace. 2-66 FORK CREEK—G. W. Teague, W. M. Ashill. 2-15 GUM SPRINGS—D. M. Poe, J. P. Bridges, W. G. Lassater. 10-200 HICKORY MT.—W. B. Dorsett, J. R. Blair, J. L. Hackney. 0-51 JONESBORO—H. S. Cox, W. I. Brooks, W. J. Hawley. 0-51 KEYSER— S. N. Liles, J. A. Burke, J. G. Horton. 0-18 LIBERTY—T. M. Robertson, H. M. Crutchfield, W. L. Kiveett. 0-32 LOVES CREEK— S. S. Edwards, C. D. Poe, Jno. P. Dark. 2-152 MACEDONIA—G. W. Horman. 0-0 MANLY—R. L. Thagard, J. A. Leslie, J. R. Wilson. 0-53 MAY'S CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, Rufus White, H. A. Fields. 5-120 MECHANIC'S HILL—N. M. Williams, Levi Maness. 12-54 MINERAL SPRINGS—N. R. Dixon, J. A. Dowd, J. C. Dowd. 6-50 MOORES CHAPEL—W. D. Dickens, W. E. Hackney. 0-34 MOONS CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan, E. L. Vestal, P. S. Welch. 2-90 MT. OLIVE—D. W. Cheek, Wm. Ellington, A. M. Thomas. 14-153 MT. ZION—13-125 MT. PLEASANT—Joel A. Kivett, Jefferson Kivett, Thomas Curtis. 0-33 NEW SALEM—A. P. Poe. J. R. Ellington, J. M. Hackney. 5-40 ORE HILL—O. B. Stroud, R. P. Johnson. 0-14 PITTSBORO— S. W. Brewer, J. M. Griffin, H. T. Chapin. 2-44 ROCK SPRINGS—J. J. Morris, W. W. Dismukes, R. E. Riddle. 0-57 ROCKY RIVER—Robt. D. Smith, Cicero Buckner, J. G. Pike. 3-96 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, S. G. Narwood, T. J. Ivey. 0-78 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Williams, W. J. Frazier. G. M. York. 15-90 SILER CITY—W. L. Hudson, J. M. Hudson, J. J. Crutchfield. 0-12 TYSONS CREEK—Emely Welch, B. B. Phillips, Laban Moon. 15-57 UNION GROVE—H. Miller, Joseph R. Phillips, J. W. Comer. 13-98 WORTHVILLE—A. W. Jenkins, W. J. Jenkins, M. C, Williamson. 7-32 MINISTERS PRESENT

W. H. H. Lawhon, S. Gilmore, W. M. Gilmore, O. T. Edwards, W. G. King, G. L. Merrill, W. T. Jones, and L.R.Dixon.

1893

The 135th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Moons Chapel Church, September 21-24, 1893.

O. T. Edwards was Moderator, W. C. Douglas, Clerk. Sermon by L. R. Dixon. 1 Sam. 17:42. MESSENGERS

BEAR CREEK—Thos. D. Brooks, J. M. Stinson, S. Gilmore. 3-170 BETHANY— S. P. Moore, John T. Glass, J. W. Nail. 0-116 BETHLEHEM—W. H. H. Lawhon, Daniel Hannon, J. I. H. Cockman. 5-183 BRUSH CREEK—W. H. Ellis, D. H. Lambert, E. M. Edwards. 1-111 CARTHAGE—H. M. Anderson, Chas. O. Mainor, H. F. Seawell. 0-73 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pounds, G. L. Leonard, M. W. Pugh. 0-56 COLUMBIA— Manly Forrester, G. W. Harman, T. L. Chisholm. 5-68 COOL SPRINGS—C. J. Anderson, John W. Ellis, T. T. Gunter. 6-111 CRANES CREEK—Wm. Rogers, Chas. C. Jones, Timothy Goodman. 3-43 DEEP CREEK—0-82 DEEP RIVER—Thos. Davis, W. W. Caviness. 7-14 EMMAUS—B. A. Moody, W. A. Gattis, Clarence Webster. 0-92

70 EPHESUS—N. T. Tuson, T. H. King-, J. H. Henley. 0-38 FALL CREEK—Henry T. Powers, R. H. Brewer, M. L. Nail. 17-243 FLINT HILL—W. L. Stutts, D. H. Horner, I. D. Cockman. 4-91 FORK CREEK—G. W. Teague, Eli P. Beck, Wm. Ashbill. 0-15 FRIENDSHIP—0-63 GUM SPRINGS—J. P. Thomas, J. V. Mitchell, A. C. Bridges. 13-196 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—James McMath, N. B. Justice, George Brower. 0-49 JONESBORO—W. M. Brooks, C. V. Brooks, A. T. McFarland. 0-44 KEYSER—0-18 LIBERTY—W. M. Bright, H. M. Crutchfield, George Patterson. 0-27 LOVES CREEK—G. Womble, John D. Dorsett, W. L. Poe. 0-158 MACEDONIA—William Brothers, E. G. Brothers. 5-17 MANLY—R. L. Thagard. 0-50 MAY'S CHAPEL—H. L. Burns, B. F. C. Burke. 1-116 MECHANICS HILL—Andrew Moore, George Moore, John Maness. 5-50 MINERAL SPRINGS—H. Q. Jones, J. T. Jones, J. C. Dowd. 0-48 MOONS CHAPEL—G. C. Underwood, Wm. Clarida, H. H. Jordan. 0-89 MOORES CHAPEL—J. A. Campbell, E. E. Moffitt, W. E. Hackney. 10-48 MT. OLIVE—W. G. Cheek, R. F. Andrews, S. M. Lewis. 16-189 MT. PLEASANT—Alexander Coble, G. R. Williams, Joel A. Kivett. 0-38 MT. ZION^J". A. J. Patterson, H. M. C. Stroud, F. L. Spoon. 3-126 NEW SALEM—C. Justice, H. C. Ellington, E. L. Perry. 5-44 ORE HILL—O. T. Edwards, A. G. Brooks, W. D. Watson. 0-12 PINE GROVE—T. M. Baldwin, B. Deaton, J. H. Myrick. 0-38 PITTSBORO—J. M. Griffin, H. T. Chapin, W. N. Straughan. 8-49 RIVES CHAPEL—B. F. Headen, Thos. J. Dark. W. B. Gilmore. 0-101 ROCK SPRINGS—Mark Smith, Richard Riddle, J. H. Straughan. 0-15 ROCKY RIVER— S. P. Teague, R. O. Edwards, James M. Hackney. 3-94 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Williams, W. J. Frazier, G. M. York. 15-96 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, D. S. Womble, E. W. Jeffreys. 9-89 SILER CITY—D. L. Webster, W. A. Teague, J. J. Crutchfield. 1-13 STALEY—C. G. Frazier, Robert Cooper. C. M. Staley. 0-12 TYSON CREEK—Laban Moon, John W. Phillips, A. L. Phillips. 0-63 UNION GROVE—G. F. Garner, J. W. Teague, J. S. Hancock. 12-110 WORTHVILLE—A. W. Jenkins, M. C. Williamson, W. E. Han-ell. 0-32

Baptisms total

Membership total

1894

The 136th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Loves Creek Church. September 20-23, 1894. O. T. Edwards was Moderator, W. C. Douglas, Clerk. Sermon by J. L. Smith. MESSENGERS

BEAR CREEK—J. M. Stinson, D. F. Wilkie, I. B. Hatch. 15-171 BETHLEHEM—W. H. H. Lawhon, David Hannon, W. C. Barrett. 19-194 BETHANY—A. G. Burke, A. B. Jenkins, J. W. Nail. 10-104 BRUSH CREEK—W. R. Gilbert, Henry Gee, W. R. Welch. 0-103 CARTHAGE—W. C. Douglas, H. T. Petty, L. K. Rose. 8-76 CEDAR FALLS—J. M. Pounds, G. L. Leonard, W. I. Campbell. 2-52 RAMSEUR—G. W. Harmon, O. L. Jones, William Rightsell. 6-73 COOL SPRINGS—G. W. Temple, T. T. Gunter, George Cross. 9-103 DEEP CREEK—Not represented.

71 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, D. H. Presley, A. K. Scotten. 5-14 EMMAUS— S. A. Cheek, Clarence Webster, Wm. Long. 6-94 EPHESUS—T. J. Savage, J. J. Lawhon, N. T. Tyson. 1-36 FALL CREEK—E. C. Brewer. T. B. Bray, B. F. Scott. 0-239 FLINT HILL—J. W. Hunsucker, W. T. Horner, K. C. Horner. 4-74 FORK CREEK—Not represented. 0-15 FRIENDSHIP—H. C. Cole, P. D. Muse, John Phillips. 0-64 GUM SPRINGS—G. A. Thomas, J. P. Bridges, Willie Thomas. 8-194 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—J. L. Hackney, W. V. Cheek, C. F. Ellington. 0-48 JONESBORO—D. 0. Bryan, W. I. Brooks. J. A. Ballentine. 10-53 LIBERTY—E. A. Griffin, Geo. Patterson, Henry Crutchfield. 6-31 LOVES CREEK—J. A. Gilliland, J. Q. Smith, W. Phillips. 0-134 MACEDONIA—Wm. Brothers, L. R. Brothers. 3-20 MANLY—W. C. Petty. 1-43 MAYS CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, H. R. Harvard, R. D. White. 3-111 MECHANIC'S HILL—George Moore, John Maness. 0-57 MINERAL SPRINGS—O. T. Edwards. A. P. Stroud, J. W. Brewer. 0-57 MOONS CHAPEL—T. A. Barker, J. F. Smith, C. P. Fox. 3-85 MOORES CHAPEL—J. W. Tippett, W. E. Hackney, E. K. Moffitt. 2-50 MT. OLIVE—M. C. McBane, J. F. Glosson, John Andrews. 0-142 MT. PLEASANT—Jefferson Kivett, Joel A. Kivett, Coma Kivett. 2-41 MT. ZION—E. Lee Fox, F. L. Spoon, L. M. Shoffner. 6-140 NEW SALEM—E. P. Ellington, C. N. Justice, B. F. Poe. 4-45 ORE HILL—W. D. Watson, R. P. Johnson, O. B. Stroud. 0-7 PINE GROVE—J. M. Deaton, A. M. Baldwin, H. H. Freeman. 0-25 PITTSBORO—Coley B. Griffin, S. W. Brewer, J. M. Griffin. 4-47 RIVES CHAPEL—Thos. J. Dark, W. B. Gilmore, J. H. Brooks. 0-96 ROCK SPRINGS—Mark Smith, J. M. Dismukes, Paul T. Farrell. 1-48 ROCKY RIVER—Jesse Johnson, W. A. Duncan, J. S. D. Siler. 0-94 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Williams, W. J. Frazier, E. P. Williams. 0-93 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, T. B. Moody, S. G. Norwood. 10-96 SILER CITY—D. L. Webster, A. W. Jordan, W. A. Teague. 0-29 STALEY—C. G. Frazier, R. E. Cooper, J. W. Staley. 0-10 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, B. A. Phillips, Laban Moon. 5-66 UNION GROVE—Neill Dunlap, J. G. Garner, W. H. Crisco. 4-106 WORTHVILLE—A. W. Jenkins, M. C. Williamson, E. C. Williamson. 6-38 ABERDEEN—H. H. Powell, J. W. Phillips, J. W. Fagan. 8-39 SANFORD—H. T. Moore, J. G. Foushee, J. R. Weatherspoon. 1-20 CAMERON—0-43

Baptisms total memberships total

1895

The 137th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Rives Chapel Church, September 19th to 22nd, 1895.

O. T. Edwards was Moderator, R. P. Johnson was Clerk. Sermon by W. H. H. Lawhon. Mat. 7:21. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. W. Phillips, J. W. Fagan, W. B. Hunter, i-ol BEAR CREEK—J. M. Stinson, W. F. Phillips, Hugh Smith. 0-148 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, Jr., S. P. Moore, J. A. Murchison. 5-113 BETHLEHEM—D. A. McCullum, C. G. Sullivan, Daniel Hannon. 9-198 BRUSH CREEK—James Gilbert, A. R. Ellis, D. H. Welch. 22-123

72 CARTHAGE—J. J. Douglass., W. H. Dupree, W. M. Kivett. 0-76 CEDAR FALLS—J. D. Leonard, W. I. Campbell, G. L. Leonard. 0-51 COOL SPRINGS—G. W. Temple, J. F. King-, R. A. Groce. 1-106 CAMERON—Letter; No delegates. 0-17 DEEP RIVER—A. K. Scotten, D. Presnell, Wm. Caviness. EMMAUS—W. F. Jones, A. A. Clark, Roderick Clark. 0-92 EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson, Dr. V. N. Seawell, J. M. Tyson. 0-43 FALL CREEK—H. B. Lambert, M. L. Nail, J. W. Brewer. 29-262 FLINT HILL— I. F. Wallace, W. T. Horner, O. T. Maness. 1-80 FORK CREEK—Not represented. 0-15 FRIENDSHIP—Not represented. 0-64 GUM SPRINGS—A. C. Bridges, T. M. Lasater, W. C. Thomas, Sr. 7-200 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. B. Justice, I. B. Headen, G. L. Glosson. 5-59 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, J. A. Ballentine, H. S. Cox. 1-50 LOVES CREEK—Geo. W. Womble, A. A. Cottoner, G. W. Gee. 33-164 MACEDONIA—Wm. Brothers, D. R. Brothers. 0-20 MANLY—R. L. Thagard. 0-42 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward, J. I. Burns, W. Henry Burns. 0-106 MECHANIC'S HILL—George Moore. 5-57 MINERAL SPRINGS—N. W. Dixon, J. C. Dowd, J. D. Crutchfield. 7-66 MOONS CHAPEL—H. H. Jordan, E. L. Vestal, A. J. Lane. 6-83 MOORES CHAPEL—W. E. Hackney, J. A. Hackney, Aran Burke. 10-58 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, Gaston Love, S. M. Lewis. 0-138 MT. PLEASANT—Not represented. 0-41 MT. ZION—R. R. Burgess, F. L. Spoon, J. E. Stroud. 0-138 NEW SALEM—J. M. Hackney, R. M. Roy, C. M. Justice. 3-47 ORE HILL—Dr. O. B. Stroud, R. P. Johnson, Dr. W. D. Watson. 0-8

PINE GROVE—W. W. Baldwin, H. H. Freeman, I. C. Williams. 3-28

PITTSBORO—J. T. Paschal, L. J. Andrews, J. M. Griffin. 2-58 RAMSEUR—C. C. Teague, O. L. Jones, A. B. Covington. 29-41

RIVES CHAPEL—A. S. Dowd, G. W. Emerson, T. M. Watson. 2-93

ROCK SPRINGS—Mark Smith, J. H. Straughan, Hugh Knight. 0-42

ROCKY RIVER—M. T. Hargrove, Robert Fox, J. L. Smith. 8-98

SANDY BRANCH—B. B. Webster, T. S. Phillips, G. G. Emerson. 0-95

SANDY CREEK—J. M. Williams, G. M. York, W. J. Frazier. 1-85

SILER CITY—W. A. Teague, D. L. Webster, S. S. Smith. 0-23

SANFORD—H. T. Moore, J. G. Foushee, J. R. Weatherspoon. 0-25

STALEY—C. G. Frazier, R. E. Cooper, J. W. Staley. 0-10

TYSONS CREEK—Laban Ellis, J. J. Moore, J. H. Kidd. 1-67

UNION GROVE—W. H. Chriscoe, J. R. Phillips. 15-118 WORTHVILLE—A. W. Jenkins, H. L. Jackson. D. M. Meredith. 4-39

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Membership total

1896

The 138th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Jonesboro Church, September 17th to 20, 1896.

O. T. Edwards was Moderator, C. V. Brooks was Clerk. W. H. H. Lawhon preached from Mat. 7:21.

73 DELEGATES

ABERDEEN—J. W. Fagan. 7-49 BEAR CREEK—J. M. Stinson, D. F. Wilkie, J. R. Coggins. 0-146 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, J. T. Gloss, A. R. Jenkins. 0-108 BETHLEHEM—W. H. H. Lawhon, C. G. Sullivan, D. A. McCollum. 14-203 BRUSH CREEK—T. H. Gilbert, J. C. Bray, J. A. Ellis. 6-113 CARTHAGE—G. L. Matheson, W. H. Dupree, L. K. Rose. 10-86 COOL SPRINGS—W. B. Petty, Alex Mclver, Levi Gunter. 0-103 CAMERON—Letter. 0-38 DEEP CREEK—D. Black. 0-0 DEEP RIVER—A. K. Scotten. 0-22 EMMAUS—No delegates. 0-87 EPHESUS—N. D. Tyson, W. N. Seawell. 0-38 FALL CREEK—B. F. Scott. 1-254 FLINT HILL—W. T. Horner, A. W. Seawell, O. T. Maness. 0-60 FORK CREEK—No delegates. FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, J. F. Phillips. 0-54 GUM SPRINGS—Amos Bridges, W. J. Lassiter, D. M. Poe. 5-200 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—J. L. Hackney, E. V. Straughan, W. J. Hackney. 12-62 JONESBORO—Geo. C. Hunt, Geo. W. Brooks, Vander Liles. 6-61 LOVE'S CREEK—T. J. Murchison, Jno. W. Dorsett, G. W. Womble. 12-173 MANLY—Letter. 6-44 MAY'S CHAPEL—J. I. Burns, G. N. Mclver, N. A. Gilmore. 0-100 MECHANIC'S HILL—Julius Brown, A. D. Tucker. 9-67 MINERAL SPRINGS—N. W. Dixon, N. A. Jones. 0-70 MOON'S CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan. 5-91 MT. OLIVE—Letter. 9-135 MT. PLEASANT—Letter. 0-42 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry, J. I. Crutchfield, Emerson Ellington. 4-51 PINE GROVE—J. M. Deaton, J. H. Myrick. 0-29 PITTSBORO—R. B. Lineberry, R. S. Eubanks, W. N. Straughan. 0-60 RIVES' CHAPEL—C. W. Oliver, Thos. J. Dark. J. W. Dark. 16-110 ROCK SPRINGS—R. C. Dismukes. 6-51 ROCKY RIVER—W. A. Lineberry. 0-90 SANDY BRANCH— S. G. Norwood, J. R. Womble, A. R. Glosson. 6-103 SANDY CREEK—W. J. Frazier. 6-83 SANFORD—H. T. Moore, T. J. Stroud. 5-33 STALEY—J. W. Staley, R. E. Cooper. 0-10 SILER CITY—D. L. Webster, W. A. Teague. 0-26 UNION GROVE—J. T. Garner, J. S. Hancock, Alexander Teague. 19-132 TYSON'S CREEK—F. J. Scott, J. W. Phillips, Laban Moon. 3-66 Baptisms Total Membership Total

The following ministers were present: C. J. F. Anderson, C. V. Brooks, L. R. Dixon, N. B. Cobb, J. J. Douglass, O. T. Edwards, S. Gilmore, K. C. Horner, W. H. H. Lawhon, J. R. Moore, A. K. Scotten, C. M. Mcintosh, C. L. Greaves.

The following visitors were present: Dr. John Mitchell, of Wake Forest. J. W. Cobb, of the North Carolina Baptist; R. A. Moore from the Robeson As- sociation; J. B. Williams, from the Pee Dee Association; S. F. Conrad, from the Pilot Mountain Association; J. W. Bailey and J. C. Caddell, of the Biblical Re corder; A. Johnson, of Charity and Children; J. B. Boone, of the Thomasville Orphanage; J. E. White, Secretary of the State Mission Board, B. W. Spillman,

74 Sunday School Missionary: L. J. Holden, Methodist pastor; K. A. McLeod, Presby- terian pastor; A. R. Shaw, Presbyterian minister, of Texas; C. W. Blanchard and G. W. Paschal, of Wake Forest College; 0. L. String-field, of Baptist Female University; W. G. King of Little River Associattion. ORDAINED MINISTERS

T. M. Baldwin Rise, N. C. C. V. Brooks Lemon Springs, N. C. L. R. Dixon Goldston, N. C. 0. T. Edwards Mt. Vernon Spprings, N. C. S. Gilmore Goldston, N. C. K. C. Horner Siler City, N. C.

W. H. H. Lawhon .._ Lawhon, N. C. C. M. Mcintosh Wake Forest, N. C. J. R. Moore Carthage, N. C. D. R. Sears Siler City, N. C. J. L. Smith Siler City, N. C.

1897

The 139th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Brush Creek Church, October 7th to 10th, 1897. W. H. H. Lawhon was Moderator. C. V. Brooks was Clerk. Sermon by W. H. H. Lawhon, Neh. 2:18. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. W. Fagan. 0-57 BEAR CREEK—Thomas D. Brooks, Luther Andrews, J. M. Stinson. 4-146 BETHANY— S. P. Moore, E. D. Nail, Sr., D. Everett Murchison. 11-118 BETHLEHEM—Archibald Harmon, J. A. Fry, R. G. Gordon. 11-209 BRUSH CREEK—W. H. Ellis, D. H. Lambert, James Gilbert. 1-110 CARTHAGE—6-84 COOL SPRINGS—G. W. Temple, W. T. Gilliam, R. A. Gross. 5-94 CAMERON—John Rogers. 6-31 DEEP CREEK- DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, D. B. Presnell, John Davis. 0-20 EMMAUS— S. A. Cheek, G. W. Gilliam. EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson. 1-27 FALL CREEK—J. A. Brewer, H. B. Scott, E. C. Brewer. 21-264 FLINT HILL—W. L. Stutts, K. C. Horner. 0-65 FORK CREEK—G. W. Teague, Eli Leach. FRIENDSHIP—N. G. Muse, Leroy Fields, J. T. Seawell. 4-61 GUM SPRINGS—C. M. Holt, D. M. Poe, A. C. Bridges. 12-201 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. B. Justice, J. R. Blair, Willie Headen. 1-61 JONESBORO—D. O. Bryan, H. S. Cox, W. M. Brooks. 6-67 LOVES CREEK—G. W. Womble, S. S. Edwards, J. J. D. Hackney. 6-172 MANLEY—C. C. Yates. 4-42 MAYS CHAPEL—James I. Burns, N. A. Gilmore, H. R. Harward. 1-103 MECHANIC'S HILL—Levi Maness, J. G. Williams, A. D. Tucker. 0-56 MINERAL SPRINGS—O. B. Stroud, N. W. Dixon, J. E. Dowd. 1-70 MOONS CHAPEL—James M. Jordan, Oren Welch, Thomas A. Barker. 0-79 MT. OLIVE—W. G. Cheek, Gaston Love, Euris Perry. 0-131 MT. PLEASANT—Joel A. Kivett, Carma Kivett. 0-40 NEW SALEM—B. F. Poe, C. N. Justice, T. O. Justice. 0-49

75 PINE GROVE—T. M. Baldwin, M. E. Myrick. 5-34 PITTSBORO—J. T. Paschal, J. M. Griffin, R. H. Dixon. 10-63 RIVES CHAPEL—R. J. Watson, C. M. Webster, J. H. Brooks. 11-110 ROCK SPRINGS—W. W. Dismukes, W. A. Poe, J. H. Straughan. 0-49 ROCKY RIVER— S. T. Culberson, J. M. Bridges, W. C. Teague. 0-91 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble, T. R. Lane, G. W. Blalock. 5-97 SANDY CREEK—E. P. Williams, W. J. Frazier, G. M. York. 3-85 SANFORD—J. L. Gilmore. 0-39 STALEY—C. Frazier, R. E. Cooper, J. W. Staley. 0-10 SILER CITY—D. L. Webster, A. W. Jordan, W. A. Teague. 2-23 UNION GROVE—Daniel Cagle, J. R. Phillips, Ellis Jordan. 19-144 TYSON CREEK—Emsley Welch, John Gross, Wesley Hillard. 4-04

Baptisms total membership ttotal

1898

The 140th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Pittsboro Church, October 6th to 9th. 1898.

W. H. H. Lawhon was Moderator, C. V. Brooks was Clerk. J. B. Boone sermon was John 21:22. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—T. S. Carroll. 1-59 BEAR CREEK—B. B. Stinson, L. W. Tally, D. F. Wilkie. 2-139 BETHANY— S. P. Moore, A. A. Burke, W. A. Glass. 3-118 BETHLEHEM—James Dowdy, J. H. Scott, R. G. Fry. 12-219 BRUSH CREEK—N. J. Dixon, W. T. Moffitt, W. T. Ellis. 9-110 CARTHAGE—G. L. Matheson. 0-84 COOL SPRINGS—J. F. King, R. A. Groce, Wm. Petty. 2-94 CAMERON—A. F. Rogers, Chas. C. Jones. 0-31 DEEP CREEK- DEEP RIVER—D. B. Presnell, G. H. Davis. 17-20 EMMAUS— S. A. Cheek, J. H. Jones, R. M. Clark. 7-0 EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson. 0-27 FALL CREEK—J. M. Purvis, R. W. Kidd, Archie Jones. 11-264 FLINT HILL—W. T. Horner, G. B. Wallace, Duncan Garner. 0-65 FRIENDSHIP—J. P. Person, B. L. Maness, N. J. Muse. 2-61 GUM SPRINGS—T. J. Poe, G. A. Thomas, J. H. Lasater. 5-201 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. B. Dorsett, W. J. Hackney, N. B. Justice. JONESBORO—J. A. Ballentine, D. O. Bryan, W. M. Brooks. 3-67 LOVES CREEK—R. D. Smith, G. W. Womble, S. S. Edwards. 0-172 MANLEY—W. E. Poe, G. H. Sadleson. 0-42 MAY'S CHAPEL—R. M. Jones, N. A. Gilmore, H. W. Peoples. 2-103 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. G. Williams, A. D. Tucker. 0-56 MINERAL SPRINGS—N. A. Jones, J. F. Jones, J. C. Dowd. 0-70 MOONS CHAPEL—C. P. Fox, H. Rightsell, John C. Love. 0-79 MT. OLIVE—W. M. Ellington, J. F. Glosson, S. M. Lewis. 0-131 MT. PLEASANT—Joel A. Kivett, C. L. Kivett, G. R. Williams. 0-40 NEW SALEM—C. N. Justice, C. O. Crutchfield, P. Thrift. 1-49 PINE GROVE—M. E. Myrick, A. O. Baldwin, T. M. Baldwin. 0-34 PITTSBORO—H. T. Chapin, G. W. Moore, A. M. Burns. 4-63 RIVES CHAPEL—C. M. Webster, J. D. Carter, K. O. Clark. 0-110 ROCK SPRINGS—D. C. Riddle, Mark Smith, P. T. Farrell. 2-49 ROCKY RIVER—W. A. Duncan, W. A. Lineberry, W. C. Teague. 5-91

76 SANDY BRANCH— S. G. Norwood, G. G. Emerson, J. A. Phillips. 3-97 SANDY CREEK—W. J. Frazier, E. M. Siler, P. H. Frazier. 1-85 SANFORD—T. J. Stroud, J. G. Foushee, J. R. Weatherspoon. 1-39 STALEY—C. G. Frazier, J. W. Staley, R. E. Cooper. 0-10 SILER CITY—J. D. Edwards, A. M. Moore, D. L. Webster. 4-23 UNION GROVE—G. F. Garner, B. F. Owen. 5-144 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, J. J. Moore, C. R. Scott. 4-64 Baptisms Total 108

Membership .....Total 3149

1899

The 141st session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Sandy Branch Church, October 5th to 8th, 1899.

L. R. Dixon was Moderator, C. V. Brooks was Clerk. Sermon by G. L. Finch, Heb. 6:1. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—0-51 BEAR CREEK—D. F. Wilkie, G. F. Hart, C. W. Elkins. 5-13S BETHANY—E. D. Nail, Sr., E. D. Nail, Jr., D. E. Murchison. 6-118 BETHLEHEM—R. L. Jackson. 10-226 BRUSH CREEK—A. R. Ellis, C. C. Bray, W. H. Ellis. 0-114 CARTHAGE—Letter. 13-93 COOL SPRINGS—W. S. Temple, Thomas Groce, J. F. King'. 7-87 CAMERON—E. P. Podwell, Wm. Rogers, A. F. Rogers. 1-49 DEEP CREEK- DEEP RIVER—J. L. Lambert, Wm. Caviness. 0-46 EMMAUS—R. E. Webster, J. E. Clark, G. M. Clark. 5-104 EPHESUS—N. T. Tyson, J. M. Tyson. FALL CREEK—T. B. Bray, H. B. Lambert, J. T. F. Beck. 2-255 FLINT HILL- FRIENDSHIP—Leroy Fields. GUM SPRINGS—J. R. Lasater, A. C. Bridges. 5-201 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—E. V. Straughan, Henry Buckner, John Blair. 0-58 JONESBORO—J. A. Ballentine, D. O. Bryan. 0-84 LOVES CREEK—G. W. Gee, A. F. Womble, J. W. Poe. 7-156

MAYS CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, H. R. Harward, J. I. Burns. 1-92 MECHANIC'S HILL—Letter. 4-66 MINERAL SPRINGS—H. Q. Dowd, N. W. Dixon, J. W. Brewer. 0-63 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane, J. F. Smith, N. McDaniel. 4-78 MT. OLIVE—T. W. Walters, W. G. Cheek, S. Thomas. 5-126 MT. PLEASANT- NEW SALEM—J. R. Ellington, C, O. Crutchfield, L. Perry. 1-47 PINE GROVE—T. M. Baldwin, M. E. Myrick, L. G. Myrick. 4-39 PITTSBORO—J. M. Griffin, R. B. Lineberry, J. T. Paschal. 0-62 RIVES CHAPEI Jno. Burke, R. W. Watson, T. J. Dark. 7-116 ROCK SPRINGS—Mark Smith, Norman Phillips, P. T. Farrell. 2-52 ROCKY RIVER— S. D. Brewer, M. N. Bridges, W. C. Teague. 2-95 SANDY BRANCH— S. G. Norwood, T. B. Moody, S. Womble. 0-98 SANDY CREEK—Letter. 8-86 SANFORD—T. J. Stroud, G. W. Temple. 6-55 SILER CITY—J. L. Griffin, C. N. Bray, W. T. Smith. 14-58

77 STALEY—J. W. Staley. 0-9 SOUTHERN PINES—E. B. Poe. 0-32 TYSONS CREEK—Emsley Welch, J. W. Phillips, J. A. Brooks. 1-58 UNION GROVE—0-145 Baptisms Total 127 Membership _ Total 3157

1900 The 142nd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Cool Springs Church, October 11th to 14th, 1900.

W. H. H. Lawhon was Moderator, J. L. Griffin was Clerk. Sermon by D. C. Britt. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—B. D. Williams, J. W. Smith. 6-44 BEAR CREEK— I. B. Hatch, J. M. Stinson, D. F. Wilkie. 0-143 BETHANY—E. D. Nail, Jr., A. G. Burke, W. A. Glass. 0-110 BETHLEHEM—Eli P. Seawell. 10-230 CARTHAGE—W. C. Petty, Thomas Seawell. 0-89 COOL SPRINGS—Levi Gunter, J. W. Ellis, J. J. Sanders. 0-81 BRUSH CREEK—N. J. Dixon, J. A. Ellis, H. M. Gee. 9-120 CAMERON—E. P. Rodwell, Wm. Rogers, Chas. C. Jones. 0-64 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, A. K. Scotten, George Davis. 0-48 EMMAUS—R. E. Webster, B. E. Moody, Fred Foushee. 0-99 EPHESUS—John Tyson, J. J. Lawhon, M. N. Spivey. 5-26 FALL CREEK—W. P. Myrick, A. C. Jones, E. E. Brewer. 0-249 GUM SPRINGS—Charles Poe, M. T. Wilkie, Cary Lasater. 13-183 HICKORY MOUNTAIN— E. V. Straughan, W. V. Cheek, W. J. Hackney. 0-53 JONESBORO—J. A. Ballentine, W. I. Brooks, G. C. Hunt. 12-94 LOVES CREEK—A. W. Fitts, V. M. Dorsett, J. F. Teague. 1-157 MAYS CHAPEL—W. H. Burns, N. A. Gilmore, J. C. Rogers. 3-95 MINERAL SPRINGS—H. Q. Dowd, N. Jones, J. A. Dowd. 4-62 MECHANIC'S HILL—George Moore, A. D. Tucker, John R. Maness. 0-68 MT. PLEASANT—Joel A. Kivett, O. H. Welch, G. R. Williamson. 0-35 MOONS CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan, Thomas Lane, H. H. JORDAN. 2-61 MT. OLIVE—M. T. Walters, W. M. Ellington, S. M. Lewis. 14-129 NEW SALEM—H. N. Perry, C. N. Justice, B. F. Poe. 4-51 PINE GROVE—M. E. Myrick, J. H. Myrick. 0-33 PINEBLUFF—R. M. Hilburn, S. Albert Ives, Fleet F. Hilburn. PITTSBORO—R. H. Dixon, R. S. Eubanks, H. T. Chapin. 4-64 RIVES CHAPEL—J. T. Carter. H. O. Clark, R. J. Watson. 0-116 ROCK SPRING—A. R. Poe, J. M. Dismukes, Thomas Collier. 0-54 ROCKY RIVER—J. M. Bridges, J. M. Edwards, J. D. Fox. 1-105 SANDY BRANCH—J. R. Womble, E. S. Phillips, S. Womble. 10-106 SANFORD—E. A. Griffin, G. W. Temple, C. H. Smith. 0-83 SILER CITY—J. N. Peoples, D. L. Webster, J. L. Griffin. 9-71 SANDY CREEK—J. M. Williams, E. M. Siler, Millard Frazier. 3-83

STALEY—J. W. Staley, C, H. Frazier, I. T. Frazier. 0-9 SOUTHERN PINES—G. H. Sadelson, N. D. Wells. C. R. Jones. 10-40 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, Laban Ellis, Laban Moon. 3-57 UNION GROVE—W. W. Brady, Robert Hancock. 13-158 Baptisms Total 136 Membership Total 3163 1901 The 143rd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Union Grove Church, October 10th to 13th, 1901.

J. A. Balentine was Moderator, J. F. King was Clerk. K. C. Horner preached, 2nd Kings 2:1. DELEGATES ABERDEEN—No delegates. BEAR CREEK—D. F. Wilkie, N. F. Phillips, B. B. Stinson. 3-147 BETHANY—L. R. Dixon. 6-110 BETHLEHEM—D. Hannon, J. W. Seawell, C. B. Fry. 2-216 BRUSH CREEK—J. A. Ellis, G. W. Brooks, J. B. Gilbert. 7-123 CARTHAGE—Jos. P. Seawell, George Matheson, L. H. Rose. 0-0 COOL SPRINGS—J. F. King, S. G. Groce, J. A. Ellis. 2-71 CAMERON—Wm. Rogers, Rufus Thompson, Chas. C. Jones. 0-44 JEEP CREEK—No delegates. DEEP RIVER—A. K. Scotten, W. W. Caviness, Thomas Davis. 0-33 EMMAUS—Clarence Webster, W. W. Clark, G. M. Clark. 0-99 EPHESUS—No delegates. FALL CREEK—H. C. Lambert, R. W. Kidd, G. C. Phillips. 25-271 FLINT HILL—No delegates. FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, J. T. Seawell, H. C. Dowd. 0-53 GUM SPRINGS—A. C, Bridges, J. R. Lassiter, J. B. Burns. 4-172 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—E. V. Straughan, W. B. Dorsett, W. J. Hackney. 10-60 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, Geo. C. Hunt, J. M. Leslie. 6-101 LOVE'S CREEK—G. W. Womble, A. W. Fitts, Ernest Womble. 20-169 MAY'S CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, H. R. Howard. 0-92 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. G. Williams, George Moore, Eli Maness. 0-64 MINERAL SPRINGS—N. R. Dixon, J. R. Gilbert, W. R. Gilbert. 0-36 MOON'S CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan, Henry Reitzel, E. L. Vestal. 0-62 MOUNT OLIVE—W. T. Waters, S. M. Lewis. 0-130 MOUNT PLEASANT—Joel A. Kivett, O. H. Welch, Geo. R. Williams. 0-34 NEW SALEM—E. P. Ellington, Peter Thrift, Edward Crutchfield. 0-51 PINE GROVE—Moses Baldwin, Arthur Baldwin, M. E. Myrick. 0-30 PITTSBORO—A. M. Moore, H. T. Chapin, E. C. Straughan. 6-68 PINEBLUFF— S. A. Ives, R. M. Hilburn, F. F. Hilburn. 0-0 RIVES CHAPEL—J. W. Dark, C. M. Webster, R. J. Watson. 0-111 ROCK SPRING—J. N. Hamlet, Mark Smith, W. W. Dismukes. 3-55 ROCKY RIVER—W. A. Duncan. Rufus Brewer, W. E. Johnson, W. C. Teague. 1-96 SANDY BRANCH—J. A. Phillips, B. B. Webster, I. H. Dunlap. 3-109 SANDY CREEK—No delegates. 2-83 SANFORD—T. L. Chisholm, E. D. Nail, G. W. Temple. 2-96 SILER CITY—C. N. Bray, J. W. Sears. 0-70 STALEY—C. G. Frazier, A. M. Staley, I. P. Frazier. 0-10 SOUTHERN PINES—No delegates. 0-28 TYSON'S CREEK—K. C. Horner. B. B. Phillips. UNION GROVE—Daniel Criscoe, J. S. Hancock, G. F. Garner. 8-153 Baptisms Total 115 Membership Total 2847 MINISTERS PRESENT

W. H. H. Lawhon, D. C. Britt, K. C. Horner, A. K. Scotten, T. M. Baldwin, L. R. Dixon, W. H. Strickland, D. R. Sears, O. T. Edwards, and S. A. Ives. VISITORS PRESENT

G. W. Henderson, of the Montogomery Association; H. S. Lowery, of the BIBICAL RECORDER; J. M. Bennett, of the North Carolina Baptist; A. Johnson of the CHARITY AND CHILDREN; L. Johnson, of the State Mission Board; W. B. Owen and N. H. Shepherd, of the Montgomery Association. ORDAINED MINISTERS T. M. Baldwin Rise, N. C. D. C. Britt Pittsboro, N. C. L. R. Dixon Goldston, N. C. 0. T. Edwards Mount Vernon Springs, N. C. S. Gilmore Goldston, N. C. K. C. Horner Harper's Crossroads, N. C. S. A. Ives Pinebluff, N. C. W. G. King .....Carthage, N. C. W. H. H. Lawhon Lawhon, N. C. D. R. Sears Siler City, N. C. J. L. Smith Siler City, N. C. N. B. Cobb Han-ell's Store, N. C. P. F. Ferguson Lambsville, N. C. A. K. Scotten Coleridge, N. C. C. M. Mcintosh Carthage, N. C. W. H. Strickland

1902

The 144th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Siler City Church, October 2nd to 5th, 1902.

I. A. Balentine was Moderator. J. F. King was Clerk. Sermon by L. R. Dixon, Ex. 14:15. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. R. Randall, M. Wimberly, Geo. F. Mainwaring. 0-47 BEAR CREEK—D. F. Wilkie, G. P. Womble, H. H. Hilliard. 13-158 BRUSH CREEK—W. R. Welch, A. G. Bray, J. R. Lane. 5-129 BETHANY—J. T. Paschal, S. P. Moore, R. L. Oldham. 7-113 BETHLEHEM—Eli P. Seawell, A. S. Mcintosh, C. B. Fry. 2-215 CARTHAGE—W. H. Dupree, W. C. Petty. 0-78 COOL SPRINGS—John S. Mclver, T. E. Hilliard, Ernest Temple. 0-72 CAMERON—W. M. Rogers, Walter Thomas, C. C. Jones. 10-42 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, John Davie. 0-33 DEEP CREEK— EMMAUS—Willie Webster, J. R. Ellington, G. M. Clark. 13-119 EPHESUS— FALL CREEK—T. B. Bray, A. J. Brewer, B. F. Brewer. 22-242 FLINT HILL- FRIENDSHIP—J. L. Fields, J. F. Phillips, N. J. Muse. 10-61 GUM SPRINGS—D. M. Poe, James Bridges, C. E. Lassiter. 18-186 HICKORY MOUNTAIN— G. F. Pickard, W. J. Hackney, O. L. Dorsett. 0-57

JONESBORO—E. A. Griffin, W. I. Brooks, Vander Liles. 0-91 LOVES CREEK—J. Q. Smith, Ira D. Poe, J. D. Hackney. 10-180 MAYS CHAPEL—W. A. Gilmore, W. M. Burns, J. P. Lea. 8-103 MECHANIC'S HILL—Levi Maness, E. B. Maness, Jonah Lambert. 4-66 MINERAL SPRINGS—O. B. Stroud, R. P. Johnson, C. C. Cheek. 0-58

80 MOONS CHAPEL—Harris York, A. J. Lane, J. F. Smith. 0-61 MOUNT OLIVE—S. M. Lewis, Leroy Perry, D. W. Cheek. 13-141 MOUNT PLEASANT—C. L. Kivett, O. H. Welch, Geo. R. Williams. 1-35 NEW SALEM—Peter Thrift, E. L. Perry, C. H. Pilkington. 0-39 PINE GROVE—W. H. Strickland, S. W. Fuquay, M. E. Myrick. 0-28 PITTSBORO—A. M. Moore, R. B. Lineberry, J. M. Griffin. 0-48 RIVES CHAPEL—T. J. Dark, W. J. Crain, R. J. Watson. 12-112 ROCK SPRINGS—W. W. Dismukes, Norman Phillips, A. K. Poe. 0-54 ROCKY RIVER—T. A. Buckner, E. G. Cheek, C. E. Duncan. 0-95 SANDY BRANCH—G. G. Emerson, S. G. Norwood, T. B. Moody. 14-123 SANDY CREEK—G. M. York, P. H. Frazier, D. M. Frazier. 0-77 SANFORD—C. H. Smith, G. W. Temple, E. D. Nail. 1-101 SILER CITY—Claude Smith, J. L. Griffin, A. W. Jordan. 21-92 STALEY—E. M. Teague, C. G. Frazier, J. W. Staley. 1-14 SOUTHERN PINES—G. H. Sadelson, Geo. F. Mainwaring, N. D. Wells. 0-24 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, J. W. Phillips, Jr., L. Moon. 2-60 UNION GROVE—Neill Dunlap, J. S. Hancock, Daniel Criscoe. 0-100 BEULAH—10-56 EAGLE SPRINGS—0-18 Baptisms Total 197 Membership Total 3398

1903 The 145th session of the Sandy Creek Association was held with the Bear Creek Church, October 1st to 4th, 1903.

R. P. Johnson was Moderator, J. F. King was Clerk. Sermon by O. T. Edwards, Acts 2:47. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—M. Wimberly, A. T. McFarland, H. H. Powell. 4-55 BEAR CREEK—G. T. Hart, G. C. Phillips, J. A. Tally. 17-176 BRUSH CREEK—A. R. Ellis, J. B. Gilbert, W. H. Ellis. 1-128 BETHANY—J. C. Dixon, E. D. Nail, Sr., A. G. Burke. 5-116 BETHLEHEM—C. B. Fry, C. G. Sullivan, H. H. Lawhon. 16-221 BEULAH—J. W. Purvis, W. H. Howard, J. H. Powers. 15-84 CARTHAGE—H. F. Seawell, W. M. Kivett, L. K. Rose. 5-81 COOL SPRING—C. D. Groce, W. S. Temple, J. W. Bridges. 2-68 CAMERON—Wm. Rogers, R. C. Thomas, W. M. Thomas. 1-48 DEEP RIVER—Thomas Davis, W. W. Caviness, D. B. Presnell. 3-30 DEEP CREEK- EAGLE SPRINGS—J. W. Dixon, J. A. Desern, I. W. Sullivan. 0-20 EMMAUS—C. N. Justice, W. F. Jones, G. M. Clark. 4-124 EPHESUS—J. M. Tyson, T. J. Savage, M. N. Spivey. 0-22 FALL CREEK—T. B. Bray, Thomas Hill, C. A. Wilson. 20-255 GUM SPRINGS—G. L. Harmon, J. N. Hackney, C. C. Poe. 7-182 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. B. Justice, W. J. Hackney, Jessie Buckner. 7-69 JONESBORO— S. N. Liles, E. A. Griffin, Jarvis Brooks. 2-87 LOVES CREEK—R. T. Teague, A. W. Fitts, E. G. Perry. 10-181 MAYS CHAPEL—O. C. Rogers, G. N. Mclver, H. R. Harward. 13-107 MECHANIC'S HILL—Levi Maness, Jesse Moore. 0-62 MINERAL SPRINGS—R. P. Johnson, N. R. Dixon, C. C. Cheek. 0-58 MOONS CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan, N. McDonald, Thomas Lane. 2-54 MOUNT OLIVE—E. L. Russell, W. T. Walters, S. M. Lewis. 0-140

81 MOUNT PLEASANT—Alexander Coble, 0. H. Welch, Comma L. Kivett. 0-34 NEW SALEM—H. M. Perry, R. M. Ray, C. 0. Crutchfield. 0-38 PINE GROVE— S. W. Fuquay, Elias Freeman, M. E. Myrick. 0-28 PITTSBORO—R. B. Lineberry, J. L. Griffin, J. M. Griffin. 0-49 PINEBLUFF—Letter 0-9 RIVES CHAPEL—T. J. Dark, B. E. Dowd, R. J. Watson. 14-126 ROCK SPRINGS—C. L. Dismukes, H. W. Farrell, W. C. Caudle. 0-46 ROCKY RIVER—W. A. Lineberry, W. A. Duncan, W. C. Teague. 0-93 SANDY BRANCH— S. Womble. S. G. Norwood, T. G. Ivey. 13-136 SANDY CREEK—N. J. Frazier, E. P. Williams, P. Lang-ley. 4-70 SANFORD— G. W. Temple, T. L. Chisholm, E. D. Nail. 3-111 SILER CITY—D. L. Webster, W. B. Gilmore, W. A. Teague. 2-92 STALEY—J. W. Staley, C. G. Frazier, E. M. Teague. 0-14 SOUTHERN PINES—W. J. Fulford, N. D. Wells, F. H. Weaver. 0-25 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, C. R. Scott, J. B. Kidd. 6-66 UNION GROVE—J. P. Garner, J. R. Phillips, Daniel Criscoe. 18-165

Baptisms Total 194 Membership Total 3558

1904

The 146th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Sonford Church, September 29th to October 2nd, 1904.

R. P. Johnson was Moderator, J. F. King was Clerk. Sermon by O. T. Edwards. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—A. T. McFarland, M. Wimberly, M. J. Boling. 1-52

BEAR CREEK—W. B. Cheek, John Fox, I. B. Hatch. 21-191 BRUSH CREEK—H. M. Gee, N. J. Dixon, G. W. Brooks. 0-124 BETHANY—J. T. Paschal, E. D. Nail, Sr., W. A. Glass. 4-110 BETHLEHEM—Eli. P. Seawell, J. W. Seawell, D. Hannon. 19-227 BEULAH—H. C. Lambert, J. C. Caviness, M. E. Seawell. 16-97 CARTHAGE—W. C. Petty, Chas. O. Mainor, W. H. Dupree. 4-79 COOL SPRINGS—C. D. Groce, M. D. Stewart, B. W. Petty. 2-63 CAMERON—H. T. Petty, J. R. Loving, H. C. Petty. 12-62 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, Temas Davis. 0-21 EAGLE SPRINGS—N. H. Shepherd, I. M. Sullivan, Calvin Britt. 3-25 EMMAUS—J. R. Ellington, R. J. Clark, B. E. Webster. 0-126 EPHESUS—M. N. Spivey, J. D. Moore, J. B. Spivey. 1-23 FALL CREEK—T. B. Bray, G. A. Smith, J. W. Phillips. 31-251 FRIENDSHIP—Joseph T. Seawell. H. C. Dowd, I. L. Fields. 5-60 FLINT HILL- GUM SPRINGS—G. L. Harmon, W. A. Copeland, Oscar Bridges. 7-187 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, Monroe White, W. V. Cheek. 15-90 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, D. O. Bryan, Vander Liles. 4-94 LOVES CREEK—G. W. Womble, C. D. Poe, R. T. Teague. 8-195 MAYS CHAPEL—B. F. C. Burke, R. M. Jones, J. P. Lea. 5-106 MECHANIC'S HILL—Ne delegates; letter. 0-63 MINERAL SPRINGS—R. P. Johnson, O. B. Stroud, C, C, Cheek. 11-72 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane, Edwin Jordan, E. L. Vestal. 0-67 MOUNT OLIVE—Chas. E. Cheek, F. W. Russell, R. F. Andrews. 6-149 MOUNT PLEASANT—G. R. Williams, O. H. Welch. 0-32

82 NEW SALEM—C. O. Crutchfield, B. F. Poe, J. H. Pendergrass. 2-39 PINE GROVE—S. W. Fuquay, J. M. Deaton, J. H. Myrick. 3-43 PITTSBORO—R. B. Lineberry, J. L. Griffin, J. M. Griffin. 0-43 PINEBLUFF—S. A. Ives. 0-11 RIVES CHAPEL—0-122 ROCK SPRINGS—P. T. Farrell, Norman Phillips, W. A. Cooper. 0-44 ROCKY RIVER—Cicero Buckner, S. D. Brewer, W. E. Johnson. 10-97 SANDY BRANCH—4-135 SANDY CREEK—P. H. Frazier, E. M. Siler, E. P. Williams. 15-81 SANFORD—Joseph Rogers, H. T. Moore, J. G. Foushee. 5-119 SILER CITY—John C. Lane, C. N. Bray, S. S. Smith. 2-82 STALEY—J. W. Staley, C. G. Frazier, I. P. Frazier. 0-18 SOUTHERN PINES—J. A. Jones, W. H. Lindsey, Dr. J. A. Leslie. 1-26 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, J. J. Moon, J. L. McManus. 0-60 UNION GROVE—Neill Dunlap, A. L. Moody, Daniel Criscoe. 0-162

Baptisms Total 217 Membership _. Total 3748

1905

The 147th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Fall Creek Church, September 28th to October 1st, 1905.

R. P. Johnson was Moderator, J. F .King was Clerk. O. T. Edwards preaches, Acts 20:35. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—Letter—No delegates. 1-42 BEAR CREEK—Thos. D. Brooks, G. M. Andrews, Hugh Smith. 5-196 BRUSH CREEK—A. R. Ellis, Lemuel Smith, J. T. Brooks. 0-119 BETHANY—D. E. Murchison, R. L. Oldham, J. J. Fields. 2-108 BETHLEHEM—D. J. Dupree, J. S. Barrett, E. P. Seawell. 9-232 BEULAH^I. L. Purvis, H. B. Lambert, E. W. Kidd. 6-108 CARTHAGE—C. O. Manor, W. W. Fry. 19-100 COOL SPRINGS—C. D. Groce, A. M. Newell, R. A. Groce. 0-74 CAMERON—C. H. Teague, J. I. Stutts, E. P. Pierce. 12-74 DEEP RIVER—W. M. Caviness, Jones Davis, John Davis. 0-19 EAGLE SPRINGS—J. A. Desern, I. M. Sullivan, W. H. Fry. 4-29 EMMAUS—Clarence Webster, J. E. Clark, Willie Clark. 4-128 EPHESUS—J. B. Spivey, N. A. Spivey, T. J. Savage. 2-21 FALL CREEK—C. E. Brewer, R. W. Kidd, M. L. Nail. 6-256 FRIENDSHIP—J. T. Seawell, J. H. Fields, N. J. Muse. 0-59 FORK CREEK—Not represented. FLINT HILL—Not represented. GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas, C. D. Wilkie, S. J. Harmon. 5-176 HICKORY Mountain—W. J. Hackney, B. F. White, Rufus Clark. 5-103 JONESBORO—Vander Liles, J. D. Register, K. O. Bryan. 0-99 LOVES CREEK—J. L. Gilliland, W. D. Teague, Talmage Siler. 13-180 MAYS CHAPEL—Norton Perry, W. A. Roberson, J. H. Burke. 1-98 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. R. Maness, J. F. Pool, Eli Maness. 7-69 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. A. Jones, R. P. Johnson, J. A. Dowd. 0-73 MOONS CHAPEL—H. H. Jordan, Thos. G. Lane, J. T. Smith. 0-57 MT. OLIVE—R. P. Ellington, R. F. Andrews, W. T. Walters. 18-162 MT. PLEASANT—James Williams, O. H. Welch, Clyde Welch. 3-35

83 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry, C. 0. Crutchfield, J. H. Pendergrass. 6-46 PINE GROVE— S. W. Fuquay, M. Myrick. 0-43 PINEBLUFF—Letter 0-13 PITTSBORO—R. B. Lineberry, J. L. Griffin, R. P. Eubanks. 2-43 RIVES CHAPEL—T. J. Drake, W. S. Dowd, J. Q. Carter. 3-121 ROCK SPRINGS—0. T. Cooper, Walker Eubanks, P. T. Farrell. 5-49 ROCKY RIVER—W. A. Duncan, S. D. Brewer, John W. Teague. 7-98 SANDY BRANCH—D. M. Womble, S. Womble, I. H. Dunlap. 4-122 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, Joseph Rogers, W. S. Temple. 4-68 SANDY CREEK—D. C. York, G. P. Frazier, Cleveland Williams. 13-127 SILER CITY—H. 0. Vestal, J. C. Lane, F. F. Overman. 3-88 STALEY—C. G. Frazier, C. T. Fox, H. L. Staley. 0-18 BISCOE—W. M. Bostie, W. C. Wright, B. D. Drake. 0-13 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter 0-25 TYSONS CREEK—E. Welch. B. B. Phillips, J. H. Kidd. 13-72 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts. Neill Dunlap. J. S. Hancock. 3-170 ORDAINED MINISTERS

G. J. Dowell Carthage, N. C. L. R. Dixon Goldston, N. C. O. T. Edwards - Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. W. J. Fulford .Southern Pines, N. C. P. A. Ferguson Lambsville, N. C. S. W. Fuquay Eagle Springs, N. C. G. W. Harmon Sanford, N. C. J. M. Henly Route 3, Sanford, N. C. W. H. H. Lawhon Carthage, Route 1, N. C. J. W. Little Sanford, N. C. R. R. Moore Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C. E. Y. Pool __ Sanford, N. C. J. L. Smith Siler City, N. C. D. R. Sears Siler City, N. C. N. H. Shepherd _ Lindhurst, N. C. A. K. Scotten Coleridge, N. C.

1906

The 148th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Hickory Mountain Church, October 4th to 7th, 1906.

R. P. Johnson was Moderator. R. B. Lineberry was Clerk. S. S. Conrad preached, 1 Cor. 38. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—Letter, no delegates. 0-41 BEAR CREEK—W. B. Cheek, J. M. Stinson. 11-198 BETHANY— E. D. Nail, Sr., J. R. Moore. 12-113 BETHLEHEM—C. G. Sullivan. 9-232 BEULAH—Joseph H. Purvis. H. B. Lambert. J. T. Powers. 3-111 BISCOE—B. D. Drake, H. J. Dixon. 0-15 BRUSH CREEK—J. E. Spence, H. M. Gee, V. E. Ellis. 35-160 CAMERON—Wm. Rogers, C. H. Teague. 14-99 CARTHAGE—Fredrick Mainor, O. D. Wallace. 0-101 COOL SPRINGS—D. H. Perry, C. D. Groce. 13-92 DEEP CREEK—Letter, no delegates. 0-13

84 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness. 3-23 EAGLE SPRINGS—J. A. Desern, P. T. Wilson, J. W. Dixon. 1-28 EMMAUS—Clarence Webster, W. P. Perry. 7-138 EPHESUS—J. B. Spivey, W. A. Spivey. 4-27 FALL CREEK—A. B. Phillips, N. O. Cox. 25-277 FLAT SPRINGS—A. C. Bridges, C. J. Kelly, Thomas Bridges. 5-16 FLINT HILL—Letter, no delegates. 0-39 FORK CREEK—G. W. Teague, W. E. Beck, E. B. Leach. 0-9 FRIENDSHIP—Not represented. GUM SPRINGS—D. J. Harmon. 10-170 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, W. A. Headen, Henry Straughan. 0-100 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, Vander Liles. 4-111 LOVES CREEK—J. L. Gilliland, E. R. Smith, H. A. Teague. 6-196 MAYS CHAPEL—Jno. W. White, W. H. Burns, Norton Perry. 6-98 MECHANIC'S HILL—Not represented. MINERAL SPRINGS—O. B. Stroud, E. W. Adcock, R. H. Dixon. 12-76 MOONS CHAPEL—H. H. Jordan. 0-55 MOUNT OLIVE—Jno. S. Thomas, Ed L. Russell, D. W. Cheek. 19-162 MOUNT PLEASANT—Alexander Coble. 0-34 NEW SALEM—O. E. Dean, E. L. Perry, Galie Cheek. 0-46 PINEBLUFF—Letter, no delegates. 1-14 PINE GROVE—T. C. Williamson, S. W. Fuquay. 0-42 PITTSBORO—G. W. Moore, R. B. Lineberry, R. P. Johnson. 0-48

RIVES CHAPEL—W. I. Dowd, C. M. Webster, J. S. Dark. 10-128 ROCK SPRINGS—W. A. Cooper, Newton J. Dismukes, Mark Smith. 7-51 ROCKY RIVER—W. E. Johnson, J. L. Culberson, Ransom Edwards. 7-115

SANDY BRANCH—Joe Andrews, I. H. Dunlap. 11-142 SANDY CREEK—P. H. Frazier, E. H. McMasters, Cleveland Williams. 0-66 SANFORD—T. L. Chisholm, Joseph Rogers. 5-122 SILER CITY—D. R. Sears, A. W. Jordan, C. N. Bray. 0-89 STALEY—C. G. Frazier, J. W. Staley. 1-18 SOUTHERN PINES—Not represented TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, L. Moon. 3-72 UNION GROVE—J. S. Hancock, Daniel Chriscoe. 7-148

Baptisms Total 251

Membership Total 3835

1907

The 149th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mays Chapel Church, October 3rd to 6th, 1907.

R. P. Johnson was Moderator, R. B. Lineberry was Clerk. Sermon by J. M. Haymore, John 14:12. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—Letter, no delegates. 6-182 BETHANY—W. H. Tyler, D. E. Murchison, S. P. Moore. 3-96 BETHLEHEM—Letter, no delegates. 0-227 BEULAH—J. C. Caviness, L. W. Lambert, R. B. Kidd. 4-110 BISCOE—W. M. Bostic, B. D. Drake. 2-17 BRUSH CREEK—R. L. Dorsett, J. A. Ellis, J. R. Lambert. 14-183 CAMERON—Chas. H. Teague, Rufus C. Thomas. 1-102 CARTHAGE—W. W. Fry, C. L. Dowell. 0-94

85 COOL SPRINGS—Thos. Groce, D. H. Perry, J. H. Henley. 6-94 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness. 2-25 EAGLE SPRINGS—D. L. Britt, J. W. Dixon. 1-29 EMMAUS—J. W. Cheek, R. M. Clark. 15-153 EPHESUS—J. M. Tysor, H. W. Oldham. 3-29 FALL CREEK—R. T. Smith. 1-276 FLAT SPRINGS—A. C. Bridges, O. E. Seawell. 2-25 FLINT HILL—Duncan Garner, J. F. Stutts. 0-37 FORK CREEK—Letter, no delegates. 0-9 FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, J. H. Fields. 4-51 GUM SPRINGS—W. A. Copeland, C. E. Lesater. 5-163 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. A. Headen, N. B. Justice, R. S. Clark. 5-96 JONESBORO—G. M. Stewart, S. N. Liles. '-118 LOVES CREEK—R. D. Smith, Jno. S. Teague, H. A. Teagne. 11-201 MAYS CHAPEL—J. W. White, H. R. Harward, Archie Oldham. 0-78 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. F. Pool, Levi Maness. 0-68 MINERAL SPRINGS—Dr. O. B. Stroud, E. W. Adcock. 2-76 MOONS CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan, Thomas G. Lane. 2-55 MT. OLIVE—J. S. Thomas, W. M. Ellington. 0-158 MT. PLEASANT—James Williams, O. H. Welch. 13-46 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry, W. H. Dean. 7-52 PINEBLUFF—Not represented. PINE GROVE—D. B. Lasater, Elias Freeman. 7-44 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, J. L. Griffin, G. P. Elmore. 6-48 RIVES CHAPEL—W. V. Cheek, C. M. Webster, A. J. Temple. 2-114 ROCK SPRINGS—Wm. Cooper, P. T. Farrell, Thomas Jones. 0-54 ROCKY RIVER—Gaston Andrews, Z. C. Johnson. 6-115 SANDY BRANCH—G. G. Emerson, J. W. Phillips, J. D. Norwood. 31-166 SANDY CREEK—R. L. Alexander, Cleveland Williams, E. A. McMasters. 1-63 SANFORD—C. H. Smith, T. L. Chisholm, W. C. Wicker. 31-180 SILER CITY—D. L. Webster, A. W. Jordan. 3-99 STALEY—C. G. Frazier, J W. Staley, C. P. Fox. 0-16 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter, no delegates. 0-27 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, J. L. McManus, H. M. Phillips. 3-75 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts, J. S. Hancock. 3-149

Baptisms Total 210 Membership Total 4045

1908

The 150th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Carthage Church, October 1-4, 1908.

R. P. Johnson was Moderator, R. B. Lineberry was Clerk. R. H. Herring preached, 2nd Tim. 4:2. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—W. E. Poe. 0-47 BEAR CREEK—B. B. Stinson. 13-186 BETHANY—J. T. Paschal, D. E. Murchison, A. A. Burke. 0-90 BETHLEHEM—Daniel Hannon, C. D. Caddell, Clem Mcintosh. 18-256 BEULAH—J. C. Caviness. 0-108 BISCOE—W. C. Wright. 2-20 BRUSH CREEK—George Brooks. 17-193

86 CAMERON—E. P. Pearce. 6-88 CARTHAGE—Chas. 0. Mainor, W. G. Jennings, H. F. Seawell. 8-108 COOL SPRINGS—W. A. Glass, F. M. Riddle, J. H. Henley. 1-105 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, D. P. Pressnell. 0-30 EAGLE SPRINGS—D. L. Britt, J. A. Desern. 0-29 EMMAUS—U. T. Clark. 0-138 EPHESUS—M. N. Spivey, P. A. Fisher, Cornelius Craven. 5-33 FALL CREEK—G. C, Phillips. A. B. Phillips. 0-274 FLAT SPRINGS—C. J. Kelly, Auburn Womble. 1-25 FLINT HILL—J. F. Stutts, O. T. Maness. 0-24 FORK CREEK—Not represented. 0-0 FRIENDSHIP—J. T. Seawell, Isaac Fields, N. J. Muse. 0-48 GUM SPRINGS—Alton Thomas. 2-161 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, J. E. Moore. 7-100 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks. 15-138 LOVES CREEK—C. D. Poe, J. L. Gilliland. 0-193 MAYS CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore, H. R. Harward, N. H. Perry. 1-99 MECHANIC'S HILL—Letter, no delegates. 0-65 MINERAL SPRINGS—N. W. Dixon. 6-79 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane. 2-56 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, R. D. Walters. 11-163 MT. PLEASANT—J. B. Williams. 0-46 NEW SALEM—Roy Cheek, E. L. Perry. 5-54 PINEBLUFF— S. A. Ives. 2-14 PINE GROVE— S. W. Fuquay, N. E. Myrick. 0-44 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson. J. L. Griffin, Dr. H. T. Chapin. 6-59 RIVES CHAPEL—C. M. Webster, W. V. Cheek. 10-125 ROCK SPRINGS—W. A. Cooper. 2-58 ROCKY RIVER—W. C. Teague. 0-106 SANDY BRANCH—T. L. Phillips, W. P. Dark, G. S. Norwood. 4-170 SANDY CREEK—Haywood Frazier, E. A. McMasters. 0-62 SANFORD—C. H. Smith, G. W. Temple. T. L. Chisholm. 1-162 SILER CITY—D. L. Webster, H. O. Vestal, T. F. Overman. 11-120 STALEY—C. P. Fox, E. M. Teague, H. L. Staley. 0-15 SOUTHERN PINES—G. W. Martin, W. H. Lindsey. 0-0 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips. John Moon. 0-73 UNION GROVE—G. F. Garner. 0-148 Baptisms total membership total

R. P. Johnson was elected Moderator. R. B. Lineberry, Clerk; T. L. Chis- holm, Treasurer.

1909

The 151st session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Tysons Creek Church, September 30th to October 3rd, 1909.

R. P. Johnson was Moderator, R. B. Lineberry was Clerk. Sermon by J. R- Edwards, Mat. 28:10. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. W. Phillips. 0-46 ANTIOCH—W. C. Dowd, Gettie Fields, J. W. Burke. 2-30 BEAR CREEK—T. B. Brooks, Luther Andrews, J. W. Phillips. 8-190 BETHANY— S. P. Moore, Ralph Jordan, J. Rom Moore. 5-93 BETHLEHEM—John A. Fry, C. B. Fry, C, C. Moore. 0-252

87 BEULAH—H. B. Lambeth, J. L. Purvis, R. W. Caviness. 13-121 BISCOE—W. C. Wright. 0-24 BRUSH CREEK—A. G. Bray, E. M. Edwards, J. H. Bray. 11-199 CAMERON—C. C. Yates, Wm. Rogers. 4-101 CARTHAGE—C. 0. Mainor, H. F. Seawell, Wm. Phillips. 2-112 COOL SPRINGS—C. D. Groce. 5-98 DEEP RIVER—B. A. Spence. W. W. Caviness, R. C. Stokes. 4-32 EAGLE SPRINGS—W. H. Fry. EMMAUS—C. N. Justice, Phillip Straughan, U. T. Clark. 3-134 EPHESUS—C. A. Craven, P. A. Fisher, T. E. Crutchfield. 7-46 FALL CREEK—N. 0. Cox, M. L. Nail. 46-306 FLAT SPRINGS—A. C. Bridges, L. C. Bridges. 0-24 FLINT HILL—Not represented. FORK CREEK—Not represented. FRIENDSHIP—Not represented. GUM SPRINGS—W. M. Harmon. 2-157 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Bernice White, Hugh Peoples, W. J. Hackney. 6-108 JONESBORO— S. N. Liles, Albert Hamilton. 14-176 LOVES CREEK—G. W. Womble, N. A. Jones, R. D. Smith, H. A. Teague. 2-191 MAYS CHAPEL—N. H. Perry, W. Henry Burns, H. R. Harward. 0-94 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. T. Pool, T. P. Maness. 2-69 MINERAL SPRINGS—N. R. Dixon, G. P. Elmore, Turner Patterson. 0-74 MOONS CHAPEL—H. H. Jordan, Thos. Lane, Henry Reitzell. 8-61 MT. OLIVE—W. M. Ellington, J. W. Clark, Leroy Perry. 7-166 MT. PLEASANT—C. L. Kivett, Walter Kivett, Ira Poe. 2-46 NEW SALEM—Letter, No delegates. 2-58 PINEBLUFF—Not represented. 0-0 PINE GROVE—Robert Furr, D. D. Lassiter. 1-39 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, J. L. Griffin, Jake Eubanks. 0-59 RIVES CHAPEL—W. V. Cheek. J. S. Dark, Newby Dark. 6-121 ROCK SPRING—P. T. Farrell, J. F. Bryant. 0-57 ROCKY RIVER— S. D. Brewer, W. E. Johnson, M. W. Duncan. 11-110 SANDY BRANCH—Gray B. Emerson, G. G. Emerson, T. G. Ivey. 20-189 SANDY CREEK—W. D. Frazier. 2-46 SANFORD—C. H. Smith, Joseph Rogers, T. L. Chisholm. 10-165 SILER CITY—R. H. Dixon, M. J. Boling, L. S. Straughan. 0-117 STALEY—J. W. Staley. 0-9 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter, no delegates. 0-22 TYSONS CREEK—B. B. Phillips, B. D. Phillips, L. Moon. 17-86 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts, Neill Dunlap. 14-160

Baptisms total membership total

1910

The 152nd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Emmaus Church, September 29th to October 2nd, 1910. R. P. Johnson Moderator. R. B. Lineberry Clerk. Sermon by R. B. Lineberry, Acts 26:19. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—No delegates. 0-35 ANTIOCH— I. B. Hatch, Gettie Fields. 9-41 BEAR CREEK—H. H. Hilliard, Riley Elkins. 4-193 BETHANY—J. T. Paschal. 9-104 BETHLEHEM—R. R. Gardon. 3-233

88 BEULAH—C. E. Purvis, B. H. Powers. 0-120 BISCOE—Letter, no delegates. 0-32 BRUSH CREEK—N. J. Dixon. 11-204 CAMERON—Wm. Rogers. 4-109 CARTHAGE—Letter, no delegates. 16-118 COOL SPRINGS—W. D. Poe, J. H. Henley. 1-85 DEEP RIVER—Letter, no delegates. 0-32 EAGLE SPRINGS—Letter, no delegates. 0-23 EMMAUS—Isham Thrift, R. M. Clark, W. L. Johnson. 0-127 EPHESUS—C. A. Craven. 5-49 FALL CREEK—H. T. Powers, G. C. Phillips. 21-328 FLAT SPRINGS—L. C. Bridges, F. M. Riddle, Thomas Bridges. 1-26 FLINT HILL—Not represented. FORK CREEK—Not represented. FRIENDSHIP—Not represented. GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas, C. D. Wilkie, W. A. Copeland. 4-106 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—H. G. Johnson, Henry Buckner, Brook McMath. 3-107 JONESBORO—W. S. Temple, W. H. Brooks, E. M. Hunt. 38-227 LOVES CREEK—W. L. Poe, Robert Dark, W. D. Teague, H. A. Teague. 10-194 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward. 8-93 MECHANIC'S HILL—Letter, no delegates. 0-66 MINERAL SPRINGS—Dr. O. B. Stroud, N. W. Dixon, N. R. Dixon. MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane. 2-56 MT. OLIVE—R. F. Andrews, R. P. Ellington, M. C. McBane. 14-175 MT. PLEASANT—Letter, no delegates. NEW SALEM—J. C. Campbell, J. T. Ellington, W. H. Dean. 0-44 PINEBLUFF—Dwight H. Ives. 0-53 PINE GROVE—Letter, no delegates. 3-17 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, H. G. Dorsett. 1-38 RIVES CHAPEL—B. E. Dowd. 4-61 ROCK SPRINGS—H. W. Farrell, Norman Phillips, Mark Smith. 6-117 ROCKY RIVER—M. W. Duncan, W. E. Johnson. 3-118 SANDY BRANCH—C. M. Webster, G. B. Emerson, W. P. Ivey. 3-118 SANDY CREEK—Letter, no delegates. 17-213 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, T. L. Chisholm, R. D. Cavington. 0-60 SILER CITY—James Sears. 24-192 STALEY—A. M. Staley. 0-10 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter, no delegates. TYSONS CREEK—J. L. McManus, O. W. McManus, J. L. Scott. 7-91 UNION GROVE—Neil Dunlap, J. F. McNeill. 8-162 Baptisms _ Total 265

Membership __ Total 4434

1911 The 153rd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mineral Springs Church, September 28th to October 1st, 1911. R. P. Johnson was moderator, R. B. Lineberry was Clerk. Sermon by B. Townsend, 2nd Tim. 1 :5-6. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—A. F. Yates. 0-33 ANTIOCH—W. E. Hilliard, J. W. Burke. 0-42 BEAR CREEK—A. D. Coggins, T. D. Brooks. 9-192 BETHANY—M. J. Jordan, J. T. Paschal, D. E. Murchison. 4-99

89 BETHLEHEM—N. A. Harmon, Claud Fry, G. R. Fry. 17-224 BEULAH—J. W. Powers, C. E. Purvis, W. H. Purvis. 10-126 BISCOE—H.„J. Dixon, W. M. Bostic. 14-67 BRUSH CREEK—J. E. Spence, A. R. Ellis, J. B. Gilbert. 17-130 CAMERON—B. B. Phillips, C. C. Yates, C. H. Teague. 0-115 CARTHAGE—Letter, no delegates. COOL SPRINGS—J. Henley, W. A. Glass. 4-90 DEEP RIVER—W. W. Caviness, D. B. Presnell, W. E. Stout. 21-60 EAGLE SPRINGS—Letter, no delegates. 0-27 EMMAUS—W. F. Jones, T. O. Justice. 6-124 EPHESUS—Letter, no delegates. 3-49 FALL CREEK—E. C. Brewer, B. F. Scott, M. L. Nail. 3-295 FLAT SPRINGS—Auburn Womble, L. C. Bridges. 0-26 FLINT HILL—Not represented. 0-0 FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, W. L. Ritter. 17-72 GUM SPRINGS—C. T. Deserne, S. R. Gilmore. 11-174 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, E. V. Straughan, H. F. Peoples. 7-107 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks. 17-223 LOVES CREEK—G. W. Womble, Jack Hackney. 7-189 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward, N. H. Perry. 9-100 MECHANIC'S HILL—Letter, no delegates. 0-62 MINERAL SPRINGS—Dr. O. B. Stroud, G. P. Elmore, O. D. Clark. 0-87 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane, James Edwards. 12-67 MOUNT OLIVE—D. W. Cheek. E. L. Russell. 5-175 MOUNT PLEASANT—Ira D. Poe, O. H. Welch. 2-45 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry. 0-47 PINEBLUFF—Letter, no delegates. 7-26 PINE GROVE—Letter, no delegates. 0-33 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, Dr. H. T. Chapin, David Moore. 0-61 RIVES CHAPEL—Walter Dark, Rufus Brooks, A. J. Temple. 0-107 ROCK SPRINGS—Joseph Phillips, W. C. Caudle, P. T. Farrell. 1-57 ROCKY RIVER—Perly Short. J. J. Culberson. 2-108 SANDY BRANCH— I. H. Dunlap. 27-237 SANDY CREEK—Cleveland Williams. 0-70 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, R. D. Covington, T. L. Chisholm. 12-215 SILER CITY—W. A. Headen, R. H. Dixon, E. H. Jordan. 21-177 STALEY—C. P. Fox, H. L. Staley. 0-9 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter, no delegates. 3-39 TYSONS CREEK—Emsley Welch, J. L. McManus, J. J. Moon. 0-89 UNION GROVE—J. R. Comer. 6-166 BENNETT—0-26 RIVERSIDE—0-12 Baptisms — Total 283 Membership Total 4679

R. P. Johnson was elected moderator; R. B. Lineberry. clerk; T. L. Chisholm, treasurer.

A new church at Bennett applied for membership. The application was referred to a committee consisting of W. H. H. Lawhon, J. R. Edwards, and B. Townsend. The committee approved the application and Bennett became a member of the Association.

A new churcch at Riverside applied for membership. The application was referred to a committee consisting of W. H. H. Lawhon, B. Townsend and J. R.

90 Edwards. The application was approved and Riverside was received into the Association.

A hat collection was taken to defray expenses of printing and distributing minutes.

1912

The 154th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Jonesboro Church, October 3rd to 6th, 1912.

R. P. Johnson was moderator, R. B. Lineberry was clerk. Sermon by H. W. Baucom, 1 Sam. 10:26. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—A. F. Yates. 0-43 ANTIOCH—I. B. Hatch, Charlie Jordan. 10-48 BEAR CREEK—R. W. Elkins. 17-191 BENNETT—J. H. Scott, Claudie Jones. 3-35 BETHANY^. T. Paschal, J. W. Coggins, D. E. Murchison. 2-97 BETHLEHEM—R. G. Fry, J. W. Seawell. 3-214 BEULAH—Letter, no delegates. 3-129 BISCOE—I. W. Sullivan. 5-69 BRUSH CREEK—J. B. Gilbert, J. W. Gee, George W. Brooks. 3-202 CAMERON—W. M. Rogers, C. C. Jones, B. B. Phillips. 9-126 CARTHAGE—C. C. Yates, O. D. Wallace, Allen Arnette. 14-143 COOL SPRINGS—Thomas Groce, J. H. Henley, C. D. Groce. 13-104 DEEP RIVER—Letter, no delegates. 1-54 EAGLE SPRINGS—Letter, no delegates. 0-24 EMMAUS—W. F. Jones, W. R. Perry. 0-122 EPHESUS—M. N. Spivey. 0-52 FALL CREEK—M. L. Nail, G. A. Smith. 9-295 FLAT SPRINGS—Anburn Womble, D. M. Covert, J. Y. Bridges. 9-31 FLINT HILL—not represented. FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse. 0-70 GUM SPRINGS—G. L. Harmon, E. E. Lambeth, D. B. Burns. 4-168 HICKORY MOUNTAIN— S. D. Brewer, W. J. Hackney, Jake Johnson. 0-105 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, J. R. Sanders, L. H. Fitchett. 3-207 LOVES CREEK—W. L. Poe, R. P. Smith, V. M. Dorsett. 11-190 MAYS CHAPEL—N. A. Gilmore. 4-85 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. F. Pool. 0-37 MINERAL SPRINGS—G. P. Elmore, J. R. Paschal, Dr. O. B. Stroud. 0-89 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane, D. F. Edwards. 2-74 MOUNT OLIVE—A. M. Jones, Carl Perry. 5-163 MOUNT PLEASANT—Arthur Poe. 3-46 NEW SALEM—W. A. Cheek. 1-47 PINEBLUFF—Letter, no delegates. 0-27 PINEGROVE—Letter, no delegates. 18-52 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, Jas. L. Griffin. 5-75 RIVERSIDE—J. C. Cockman, M. R. Hayes, M. E. Smith. 12-28 RIVES CHAPEL—T. J. Dark, A. J. Temple, N. B. Moody. 27-135 ROCK SPRINGS—Letter, no delegates. 0-55 ROCKY RIVER—Ransom Edwards. 4-111 SANDY BRANCH—J. W. Phillips, R. J. Hough, B. B. Webster. 12-208 SANDY CREEK—Herbert Bulla, G. M. York. 16-84 SANFORD—R. D. Covington, Thomas Bobbitt, G. W. Temple. 1-214

91 SILER CITY—M. J. Boling, D. L. Webster, C. N. Bray. 8-175 STALEY—C. P. Fox, H. L. Staley. 5-14 SOUTHERN PINES—Rev. Fredrick, Mack Gardner. 2-38 TYSONS CREEK—0. W. McManus, D. C. Phillips, L. Moon. 4-92 UNION GROVE—Raeford Hancock. 5-166 VASS—4-16 BONLEE—8-43 HICKORY GROVE—19-53 Baptisms Total 284 Membership Total 4756

R. P. Johnson was elected moderator; R. B. Lineberry was clerk; T. L. Chisholm was treasurer.

New churches at Vass and Bonlee applied for membership. The applications were referred to a committee composed of W. H. H. Lawhon, H. W. Baucom and J. B. Willis. These churches were received as members of the Association. A new church at Hickory Grove applied for membership. It was received. (Referred tosame committee.)

1913

The 155th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mt. Pleasant Church, October 2-5, 1913.

R. P. Johnson was moderator, O. C. Liles was Clerk. Sermon by J. G. Willis. Jon. 14:8. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. A. Bryant, M. Wimberly, A. F. Yates. 1-41 ANTIOCH—W. E. Hilliard, Arlie Cheek, John H. Hancock. 4-50 BEAR CREEK—W. L. Cog-gins, J. W. Cheek, J. B. Stinson. 9-197 BENNETT—Emerson Jones, Oliver Brady. 5-44 BETHANY—D. C. Murchison, R. L. Odom, A. A. Burch. 7-104 BETHLEHEM—R. G. Fry, S. M. Hannon, A. W. Seaweli. 2-200 BEULAH—R. W. Caviness, J. T. Powers, H. C. Purvis. 7-134 BISCOE—B. D. Drake, R. D. Smith, C. E. Kellam. 4-66 BRUSH CREEK—A. M. Dixon, E. M. Bray, J. D. Lane. 4-199 BONLEE—J. L. Glossen, I. H. Dunlap, W. H. Webster. 7-58 CAMERON—B. B. Phillips, William Rogers. J. R. Loving. 5-226 CARTHAGE—No delegates. 7-157 COOL SPRINGS—C. D. Groce, Carl Groce, Leonard Craig. 6-107 DEEP RIVER—J. M. Davis, D. B. Presnell, C. R. Siler. 0-60 EAGLE SPRINGS—No delegates. 0-29 EMMAUS—Walter Johnson, Ihrie Clark, D. T. Justice. 5-123 EPHESUS—M. M. Spivey, C. A. Craven, T. E. Crutchfield. 0-45 FLAT SPRINGS—T. M. Laster, R. H. Wicker, L. C. Bridges. 0-35 FALL CREEK—M. L. Nail, G. A. Smith, B. F. Scott. 0-285 FLINT HILL—No report. FRIENDSHIP—No report. GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas, W. 0. Petty, J. M. Burns. 4-126 HICKORY GROVE—L. W. Tally, J. L. Phillips, Wiley Sizemore. 3-54 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Henry Straughan, W. B. Dorsett. 6-104

JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, Joe Fitchett, O. C. Liles. 4-204 LOVE'S CREEK—T. R. Lambert, J. W. Sears, C. H. Marsh, H. A. Teague. 7-199 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward, H. B. Jones, N. H. Perry. 0-93

92 MECHANIC'S HILL—Levi Maness, Y. C. Maness. 7-43 MINERAL SPRINGS—Dr. O. B. Stroud, J. R. Paschal, N. W. Dixon. 0-87 MOON'S CHAPEL—C. W. Jordan, J. M. Stone, E. L. Vestal. 0-74 MOUNT OLIVE—A. M. Jones, W. R. Andrews, E. L. Russell. 14-177 MOUNT PLEASANT—0. H. Welch, James B. Williams, C. L. Kivett. 0-40 NEW SALEM—G. G. Cheek, Ernest Petty, Ernest Cheek. 2-49 PINEBLUFF—S. A. Ives, E. G. Adams, A. L. Vanbaskirk. 0-20 PINE GROVE—Hobark Deaton, S. B. Cox, J. R. Furr. 0-47 PITTSBORO—J. L. Griffin, R. P. Johnson, Jno. A. Desern. 0-74 RIVERSIDE—W. D. Moffitt, J. T. F. Beck. 0-37 RIVES CHAPEL—N. J. Dark, J. S. Dark, A. J. Temple. 6-125 ROCK SPRINGS—J. M. Garner, O. T. Cooper, P. T. Farrell. 1-51 ROCKY RIVER—Cicero Buckner, Jesse Culberson, Jno. W. Teague. 3-107 SANDY BRANCH—C. M. Webster, T. G. Ivey, M. F. Norwood. 11-222 SANDY CREEK—D. M. Frazier, Cleveland Williams, W. M. Wright. 4-88 SANFORD—G. W. Temple, C. H. Smith, E. D. Nail. 16-216 SILER CITY—Edwin H. Jordan, R. H. Dixon, Polk Webster. 8-171 STALEY—E. M. Teague, H. L. Staley, Park Staley. 0-13 SOUTHERN PINES—A. N. Roberts, H. P. Bilyew. 1-39 TYSON'S CREEK—J. L. McManus, W. S. Phillips, L. Moon. 6-94 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts, P. T. Reader, L. W. Comer. 5-160 VASS—J. A. Leslie, Webster, J. M. Tyson. 5-30 MONCURE—C. C. Poe, Stephen Harman. 16-52 Baptisms Total 197

Memberships _.___ Total 4793

1914

The 156th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mt. Olive Church, October 1-4, 1914.

R. P. Johnson was moderator. K. C. Horner was Clerk. F. B. Raymon preached, Mat. 18:22. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—A. F. Yates. 13-65 ANTIOCH—J. J. Fields, W. C. Dowd. 0-45 BEAR CREEK—Represented by letter. 9-205 BENNETT—represented by letter. 5-51 BETHANY—J. R. Moore, T. P. Murchison. 11-111 BETHLEHEM—R. G. Fry. 5-206 BEULAH—W. R. Purvis, B. S. Deaton. 5-133 Biscoe—W. Lassiter. 6-66 BRUSH CREEK—H. M. Gee, R. L. Welch, W. T. Brewer. 3-196 BONLEE—I. H. Dunlap, J. M. Edwards. 2-62 CAMERON—R. C. Thomas. 0-120 CARTHAGE—H. F. Seawell. 0-176 COOL SPRINGS—M. D. Stewart, Thomas Drain. 0-103 DEEP RIVER—J. G. Garner. 11-66 EAGLE SPRINGS—Represented by letter. 0-29 EMMAUS—T. F. Ellington, R. J. Clark, W. A. Draffon. 7-122 EPHESUS—Represented by letter. 2-48 FALL CREEK—T. B. Bray, J. N. Nail. 19-294 FLAT SPRINGS—Auburn Womble, A. C. Bridges. 5-42 FLINT HILL—No report,

93 FRIENDSHIP—No report. GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas. 11-132 HICKORY GROVE—Represented by letter. 0-51 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, E. V. Straughan. 4-112 JONESBORO—O. C. Liles. 0-150 LOVES CREEK—C. D. Poe, A. M. Walters, W. L. Poe. 6-200 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward, H. B. Jones, W. W. Fields. 0-87 MECHANICS HILL—Represented by letter. 15-56 MINERAL SPRINGS—Dr. O. B. Stroud, W. V. Cheek, W. M. Johnson. 5-84 MOONS CHAPEL—A. J. Lane, Henry Reitzel, Jas. Edwards. 3-37 MOUNT OLIVE—J. W. Clark, W. R. Andrews, A. M. Jones. 0-175 MOUNT PLEASANT—D. D. Poe. 0-45 MONCURE—W. M. Harmon, F. Burgess, Frank Poe. 5-59 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry. 1-47 PINEBLUFF—Represented by letter. 0-26 PINE GROVE—Represented by letter. 0-47 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, James L. Griffin. 0-74 RIVERSIDE—Neill Dunlap. 0-36 RIVES CHAPEL—T. J. Dark, Jr., W. W. Dark. 3-132 ROCK SPRINGS—J. M. Garner, R. C. Dismukes. 0-49 ROCKY RIVER—W. C. Teague, C. E. Duncan, M. N. Thomas. 4-109 SANDY BRANCH—Joe Dunn, S. B. Burke. 12-226 SANDY CREEK—D. F. Hicks, Cleave Williams, Rezzie Williams. 4-66 SANFORD—C. H. Smith, E. D. Nail. 9-209 SILER CITY—M. J. Boling, R. H. Dixon, J. W. Webster. 9-190 STALEY—W. J. Vestal, C. P. Fox. 1-39 SOUTHERN PINES—Represented by letter. 1-39 TYSONS CREEK—J. L. McManus. 6-99 UNION GROVE—Represented by letter. 5-122 VASS—David Webster. 0-30 Baptisms Total 207 Membership Total 4938

1915

The 157th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Bonlee Church, September 30th to October 3rd, 1915.

R. P. Johnson was moderator, K. C. Horner was clerk. W. H. H. Lawhon preached, 1 Tim. 1:18. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—E. R. Cameron. 1-66 ANTIOCH—J. W. Burke, W. N. Fields. 10-56 BEAR CREEK—Green Hart, G. L. Andrews. 3-203 BENNETT—J. H. Scott, P. C. Brady. 0-48 BETHANY—M. J. Jordan, J. T. Paschal, A. G. Burke. 0-100 BETHLEHEM— S. M. Hannon. 10-116 BEULAH—J. W. Purvis, L. W. Lambert, J. T. Powers. 20-154 BRUSH CREEK—J. C. Brady, J. W. Gee, J. L. Dorsett. 7-197 BONLEE—John H. Brooks, A. R. Ellis, John Causey. 1-73 CALVARY—J. J. Dupree, J. S. Dowdy. 4-55 CAMERON—William Rogers, J. R. Loving. 0-125 CARTHAGE—Represented by letter. 5-173 COOL SPRINGS—W. E. Poe, C. D. Groce. 9-112

94 DEEP RIVER—H. F. Brown, J. G. Garner, Willie Moffitt. 3-70 EAGLE SPRINGS—Represented by letter. 0-28 EMMAUS—Represented by letter. 3-104 EPHESUS—C. A. Craven. 7-58 FALL CREEK—W. G. Powers, M. L. Nail. 6-287 FLAT SPRINGS—J. M. Covert, Walter Bridges. 0-44 FLINT HILL—No representative. FRIENDSHIP—L. Phillips. 1-40 GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas, D. B. Burns. 0-122 HICKORY GROVE—Geo. M. Andrews, Geo. H. Hancock, Thomas Sizemore. 4-50 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, E. V. Straughan, G. H. Beaver. 6-108 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, W. O. Yarborough, J. R. Sanders. 2-159 LOVES CREEK—N. A. Jones, J. L. Gilliland, G. W. Gee, H. A. Teague. 10-203 MAYS CHAPEL—Paul Bobbitt, W. A. Roberson. 3-93 MECHANIC'S HILL—Levi Maness, Y. C. Maness. 5-55 MINERAL SPRINGS—J. M. Stone, N. W. Dixon, T. Patterson. 10-102 MOONS CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan. 4-72 MOUNT OLIVE—D. W. Cheek, E. R. Thomas, Spurgeon Glosson. 13-187 MOUNT PLEASANT—G. R. Williams. 0-45 MONCURE—C. B. Crutchfield, C, D. Wilkie, John Bell. 14-74 NEW SALEM—Represented by letter. 1-46 PINEBLUFF—Represented by letter. 0-22 PINE GROVE—Represented by letted. PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, J. A. Desern, W. L. Farrell. 2-35 RIVERSIDE—G. W. Dunlap. 0-35

RIVES CHAPEL—W. I. Budd, C. O. Gilmore. 8-137 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, W. E. Crane, P. T. Farrell. 8-46 ROCKY RIVER—C. E. Duncan, S. T. Culberson, W. P. Short. 0-109 SANDY BRANCH—J. W. Wicker, G. W. Blalock, G. W. Brafford. 12-235 SANDY CREEK—G. M. York, E. A. McMaster, Numa McMaster. 7-66 SANFORD—E. D. Nail. W. T. Glass. 6-232 SILER CITY—W. A. Headen, J. C. Lane. 19-215 STALEY—C. P. Fox, Park Staley. Carl Teague. 0-18 SOUTHERN PINES—Represented by letter. 0-37 TYSONS CREEK—L. Moon, T. W. Boroughs. 0-90 UNION GROVE—H. F. Way, J. P. Garner. 8-123 VASS—David Webster. 0-23 Baptisms Total 225 Membership Total 5092

1916 The 158th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Cameron Church, September 28th to October 1st, 1916.

R. P. Johnson was moderator, J. L. Phillips was Clerk. Sermon by G. E. Spruill, Acts. 4:23. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. A. Bryant, A. F. Yates, G. W. Rivers. 1-70 ANTIOCH—W. C. Fields, Herbert Wilson. 1-56

BEAR CREEK—B. B. Stinson, I. B. Hatch. 2-202 BENNETT—Claudie Jones, Lacy Myrick, Claudie Murray. 10-56 BETHANY—J. H. Rose, M. J. Jordan, D. E. Murchison. 0-98 BETHLEHEM—Atlee Hannon. 0-207

95 BEULAH—Jos. A. Purvis, B. H. Powers, M. E. Seawell. 5-156 BONLEE—W. B. Cheek, Isaac H. Dunlap. 2-78 BRUSH CREEK—L. M. Gilbert, R. L. Dorsett. 8-192 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy. 0-54 CAMERON—H. T. Petty, I. B. Turnley, Chas. C. Jones. 9-130 CARTHAGE—C. C. Yates, C. M. Land. 0-179 COOL SPRINGS—T. E. Hilliard, F. C. Bridges, Connie Pendergrass. 9-110 DEEP RIVER—H. F. Brown. 5-79 EAGLE SPRINGS—W. H. Fry, D. C. Britt, C. Martin. 2-27 EMMAUS—W. R. Perry, W. R. Jones, W. W. Ellington. 0-99 EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, C. A. Craven. 0-57 FALL CREEK—M. L. Nail, R. G. Gardon. 3-282 FLAT SPRINGS—A. C. Bridges, T. A. Boyd, A. F. Womble. 4-44 FLINT HILL—No representative FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, W. J. McLemore. 0-42 GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas, C. T. Desern. 0-121 HICKORY GROVE—Represented by letter. 0-54 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, E. V. Straughan, J. A. Johnson. 7-111 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, A. F. Leonard, H. M. Nicholson. 6-170 LOVES CREEK—C. D. Poe, Robert Fox, George Gee, H. A. Teague. 4-211 MAYS CHAPEL—A. R. Fincher, Johnnie Jones, Garland Perry. 12-97 MECHANIC'S HILL—George Moore, J. F. Pool. 0-54 MINERAL SPRINGS—Dr. O. B. Stroud. 9-95 MOONS CHAPEL—James Edwards. 0-71 MONCURE—T. W. Churchill, J. B. Powers, C. H. Poe. 0-82 MOUNT OLIVE—Lacy Glosson, M. B. Lewis, A. M. Jones. 14-195 MOUNT PLEASANT—G. R. Williams, J. B. Williams. 0-45 NEW SALEM—W. A. Cheek, Eddie Crutchfield, J. R. Ellington. 0-44 PINEBLUFF—Represented by letter. 0-15 PINE GROVE—Represented by letter. 0-25 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, James L. Griffin. 2-69 RIVERSIDE—Represented by letter. 1-32 RIVES CHAPEL—A. J. Temple, N. J. Dark. 6-142 ROCKY RIVER—W. C. Teague, M. W. Duncan, G. L. Smith. 11-117 ROCK SPRINGS—Represented by letter. 0-42 SANDY BRANCH—C. M. Webster, M. F. Norwood, T. R. Lane. 11-243 SANDY CREEK—Numa McMasters. 46-113 SANFORD—A. P. King, C. P. Rogers, D. B. Teague. 21-273 SILER CITY—C. N. Bray. 1-200 SOUTHERN PINES—Rev. F. M. Gardner, A. N. Roberts. 8-53 STALEY—Represented by letter. 0-17 TYSONS CREEK—J. J. Moon, B. D. Phillips, Robert Phillips. 2-83 UNION GROVE—J. S. Hancock. 13-138 VASS—David Webster, F. W. Taylor. 0-25

Baptisms Total 235 Membership Total 5164

1917

The 159th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Brush Creek Church, October 4-7, 1917.

R. P. Johnson was moderator, J. L. Phillips was Clerk. Sermon by F. M. Gardner, Heb. 11:27.

96 MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—Herbert Wilson. 7-62 BEAR CREEK—T. D. Brooks, Willie Andrews. 16-211 BENNETT—J. E. Jones, John C. Kidd. 5-62 BETHANY—J. T. Paschal, M. J. Jordan. 4-101 BETHLEHEM—Represented by letter. 8-209 BEULAH—N. H. Powers. 8-164 BONLEE—Dr. O. B. Stroud, W. B. Cheek, Isaac H. Dunlap. 0-79 BRUSH CREEK—H. M. Gee, J. R. Gilbert, R. L. Dorsett. 0-185 CALVARY—Not represented. 0-0 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, Rev. J. W. Hartsell, J. L. Phillips. 9-145 CARTHAGE—Jno. M. Barrett, W. G. Jennings. 52-225 COOL SPRINGS—W. C. Groce, S. T. Groce. J. H. Henly. 8-133 DEEP RIVER—Claudie Davis. 2-74 EAGLE SPRINGS—Represented by letter. 4-22 EMMAUS—W. R. Perry, C. N. Justice, Erie Clark. 4-202 EPHESUS—W. P. Allen. 1-57 FALL CREEK—E. C. Brewer, Thomas Hill, S. G. Brady. 2-270 FLAT SPRINGS—W. W. Bridges, Aubry Womble. 5-49 FLINT HILL—Represented by letter. 0-38 FRIENDSHIP—Represented by letter. 1-43 GUM SPRINGS—Represented by letter. 2-123 HICKORY GROVE—L. W. Tally, G. H. Hancock, J. T. Sizemore. 0-52 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, S. D. Brewer. 3-104 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks. 0-164 LOVES CREEK—R. D. Smith, John S. Teague, C. C. Williams. 2-208 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward. 0-93 MECHANIC'S HILL—Represented by letter. 1-51 MINERAL SPRINGS—J. R. Paschal, J. A. Dark, H. J. Dixon. 8-113 MONCURE—M. T. Wilkie, R. F. Fitchett. 13-95 MOONS CHAPEL—C. W. Jordan, Clarence Marley, Thomas Barker. 3-61 MOUNT OLIVE—David Buckner, W. S. Thomas. 0-192 MOUNT PLEASANT—G. R. Williams, C. L. Kivett. 5-45 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry. 0-46 PINEBLUFF—Represented by letter. 0-14 PINE GROVE—Represented by letter. 1-26 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, Jas. L. Griffin, V. R. Johnson. 0-72 RIVERSIDE—Neill Dunlap. 3-31

RIVES CHAPEL—W. I. Budd, Clyde Gilmore, A. J. Temple. 1-133 ROCKY RIVER—W. E. Johnson, J. M. Hackney, J. M. Edwards. 0-116 ROCK SPRINGS—R. C. Dismukes, O. T. Cooper. 0-37 SANDY BRANCH—T. A. Beal, Joe Norwood. 5-242 SANDY CREEK—D. F. Hicks, W. D. Frazier, G. M. York. 0-111 SANFORD—C. H. Smith, E. D. Nail, C. C. Cheek. 10-294 SILER CITY—R. H. Dixon, M. J. Boling, H. A. Richardson. 1-202 SOUTHERN PINES—Rev. F. M. Gardner. 0-51 STALEY—C. P. Fox, H. L. Staley. 0-18 TYSONS CREEK—F. J. Scott, A. H. Brooks, L. Moon. 4-90 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts. 30-166 VASS—W. C. Leslie. 3-28

Baptisms _ Total 228

Membership __ Total 5209

97 1918

The 160th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Loves Creek Church, October 3-6, 1918.

R. P. Johnson was moderator, J. L. Phillips was Clerk. Sermon by W. B. Waff, Mat, 4:37.

MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—Horace Barber, A. C. Williard, Carl Oldham. 3-60 BEAR CREEK—G. T. Hart. 0-187 BENNETT—Letter. 0-65 BETHANY—J. T. Paschal, M. J. Jordan, U. E. Murchison. 3-103 BETHLEHEM—Gilliam Fry, William Fields, S. Ellis Hannon. 8-214 BEULAH—J. A. Purvis, H. C. Lambeth, Rossie Myrick. 2-166 BONLEE—E. G. Perry, John Causey, Isaac Dunlap. 9-89 BRUSH CREEK—Geo. W. Brooks. Geo. E. Welch, G. C. Ellis. 2-177 CALVARY—Letter. 1-37 CAMERON—J. W. Rogers, J. F. Loving. Chas. C. Jones. 17-160 CARTHAGE—J. G. Parks, J. C. B. Muse, Jr., Curtis Lawhorn. 0-226 COOL SPRINGS—J. C. Pendergrass, F. C. Bridgers, W. O. Coggins. 10-144 DEEP RIVER— Letter. 5-81 EAGLE SPRINGS—Not represented. EMMAUS—W. R. Perry. A. L. Johnson, W. W. Clark. 0-101 EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, N. M. Spivey. 2-57 FALL CREEK—W. D. Cheek. 12-220 FLAT SPRINGS—A. C. Bridges. 0-47 FLINT HILL—Letter. 2-38 FRIENDSHIP—Carl Dorsett. 0-42 GUM SPRINGS—C. T. Desern, W. D. Thomas. 3-114 HICKORY GROVE—G. H. Hancock. 0-54 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, A. E. Craft, Ernest Brewer. 3-108

JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks. T. C. McFarland. 0-142 LOVES CREEK—W. D. Teague. W. F. Pike, W. G. Scott. 3-205 MAYS CHAPEL—Letter. 5-98 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. M. Johnson, J. R. Paschal, O. D. Clark. 0-116 MONCURE—M. T. Wilkie, J. B. Powers. 4-102 MOONS CHAPEL—D. T. Edwards, J. F. Smith, Thos. Lane. 0-60 MOUNT OLIVE—L. L. Glosson, H. G. Lewis. 21-207 MOUNT PLEASANT— Ira D. Poe, Lonnie P. Williams. 0-43 NEW SALEM—Letter. 0-46 PINEBLUFF—Letter. 0-13 PINE GROVE—Letter. 0-26 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson. J. L. Griffin. Norman Phillips. 12-82 RIVERSIDE—Letter. 0-28 RIVES CHAPEL—J. T. Johnson. S. J. Clark, W. W. Dark. 2-128 ROCKY RIVER—W. A. Lineberry, J. M. Bridges, Henry Ellington. 0-116 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, J. L. Knight. 0-35 SANDY BRANCH—C. M. Webster. 11-243 SANDY CREEK—G. M. York, D. F. Hix. 1-112 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, Chas. Cheek. 8-298 SILER CITY—C. N. Bray, R. H. Dixon, J. Dan Dorsett. 0-206 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter. 0-48 STALEY—C. P. Fox, G. N. Staley. 0-23

98 TYSONS CREEK—Letter. 9-94 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts. 13-182 VASS—John M. Tyson. 1-28

Baptisms Total 176 Membership Total 5277

1919

The 161st session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Gum Springs Church, October 2-5, 1919.

V. R. Johnson was moderator, J. L. Phillips was Clerk. Sermon by L. R. Dixon, Isa. 11:12. MESSENGERS ANTIOCH—Letter. 1-55 BEAR CREEK—A. D. Coggins, J. W. Burke, R. F. Wilkie. 3-186 BENNETT—C. E. Jones. 5-105 BETHANY—W. A. Fields. 13-105 BETHLEHEM—John A. Fry, W. B. Seaweil. 0-207 BEULAH—Letter. 4-169 BONLEE—C. M. Webster, N. J. Dark. 10-94 BRUSH CREEK—Letter. 1-172 CALVARY—Not represented. 0-37 CAMERON—R. C. Thomas, I. B. Turnley. 2-166 CARTHAGE—C. C, Yates. 11-232 COOL SPRINGS—W. C. Groce, R. A. Groce, J. H. Henley. 8-148 DEEP RIVER—Letter. 16-98 EAGLE SPRINGS—J. C. Martin, S. P. Deaton. 2-24 EMMAUS—C. N. Justice. 2-24 EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher. 5-58 FALL CREEK—J. C. Maness. 0-261 FLAT SPRINGS—Auburn Womble, T. A. Boyd, Amos Bridges. 2-46 FLINT HILL—Not represented. 0-38 FRIENDSHIP—Letter. 0-41 GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas, Geo. Burns, J. N. Hackney. 6-116 HICKORY—Letter. 3-55 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—J. A. Johnson, J. R. Blair. 1-112 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, N. H. Arnette. 5-144 LOVES CREEK—W. L. Poe, J. F. Teague, H. A. Teague. 8-203 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward, R. H. Bobbitt, Johnnie Jones. 0-101 MECHANIC'S HILL—Letter. 15-70 MINERAL SPRINGS—T. B. Patterson. 0-69 MONCURE—J. H. Churchill, T. W. Churchill, J. F. Dickens. 6-111 MOONS CHAPEL—H. L. Jordan, E. L. Vestal. 0-58 iMOUNT OLIVE—W. S. Thomas. 2-203 MOUNT PLEASANT—Letter. 0-41 NEW SALEM—O. E. Dean, E. L. Perry. 5-49 OAKLEY—N. R. Dixon, J. A. Dark, J. M. White. 6-50 PINEBLUFF—Letter. 0-12 PINE GROVE—Letter. 0-23 PITTSBORO—H. G. Bland, G. W. Moore, R. P. Johnson. 1-85 RIVERSIDE—Letter. 12-144 RIVES CHAPEL—A. J. Temple, W. I. Budd. 3-28

99 ROCKY RIVER—M. W. Duncan, Elmer Hackney. 12-128 ROCK SPRINGS—W. A. Cooper, P. T. Farrell. 10-47 SANDY BRANCH—M. F. Norwood, G. W. Burke, W, B. Webster. 13-252 SANDY CREEK—G. M. York. 1-115 SANFORD— E. D. Nail, E. L. Gavin, E. G. Riddle. 26-332 SILER CITY—C. N. Bray, J. Q. Seawell. 3-206 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter. 0-45 STALEY—Letter. 0-23 TYSONS CREEK—Dewey Cox, N. F. McManus. 0-94 UNION GROVE—Letter. 2-175 VASS—W. C. Leslie. 0-36 Baptisms Total 232 Membership Total 5365

1920

The 162nd session of the Sandy Creek Association was held with the Cool Springs Church, September 30th to October 3rd, 1920

V. R. Johnson was moderator, J. L. Phillips was Clerk. Sermon by W. O. Johnson, Eph. 4:11. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—B. D. Wilson. Mrs. B. D. Wilson, Mrs. A. F. Yates, Mrs. J. A. Bryant. 2-90 ANTIOCH—Herbert Wilson. 1-50 BEAR CREEK—Grover C. Phillips. 3-162 BENNETT—Letter. 2-69 BETHANY—W. A. Beal, M. J. Jordan, D. E. Murchison. 2-105 BETHLEHEM—Letter. 21-223 BEULAH—H. C. Lambert, C. C. Purvis. 4-173

BONLEE—W. S. Phillips, H. I. Carter. 9-99 BRUSH CREEK—J. F. Gilliland. 6-170 CALVARY—Letter. 1-32 CAMERON—I. B. Turnley, H. T. Petty. R. C. Thomas. 0-164 CARTHAGE—J. C. Wallace, S. G. Parks. 0-240 COOL SPRINGS—W. O. Coggins, J. C. Pendergrass, J. W. Bridges. 8-158 DEEP RIVER—Letter. 0-95 EAGLE SPRINGS—Not represented. 0-24 EAST SANFORD—T. V. Haithcox, J. L. McDonald, W. M. Matthews. 14-23 EMMAUS—Letter. 14-111 EPHESUS—Letter. 3-63 FALL CREEK—H. J. Myrick. 24-250 FLAT SPRINGS—W. W. Bridges. 3-48 FLINT HILL—Letter. 18-47 FRIENDSHIP—Letter. 7-48 GOLDSTON—F. R. Dark, H. M. Phillips, T. P. Murchison. 0-23 GUM SPRINGS—B. A. Cox. 5-106 HICKORY GROVE—Letter. 0-59 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—E. V. Straughan, W. J. Hackney. 1-107 JONESBORO—T. C. McFarland, W. I. Brooks. 1-147 LOVES CREEK—T. R. Lambert, R. P. Smith, H. A. Teague. 2-190 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward, N. H. Perry. 2-99 MECHANIC'S HILL—Letter. 0-72 MINERAL SPRINGS—Letter. 0-51

100 MONCURE—R. F. Fitchett, C. C. Poe. E. C. Churchill. 6-110 MOONS CHAPEL—Letter. 2-60 MOUNT OLIVE—Letter. 8-204 MOUNT PLEASANT—Letter. 0-40 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry. 0-43 OAKLEY—Letter. 11-61 PINEBLUFF—Letter. 0-9 PINE GROVE—Letter. 0-26 PITTSBORO—J. S. Wrenn, R. P. Johnson, V. R. Johnson. 2-87 RIVES CHAPEL— S. J. Clark. 7-150 RIVERSIDE—Jas. M. Newell. 3-31 ROCKY RIVER—Letter. 2-127 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, R. C. Dismukes. 5-51 SANDY BRANCH—W. B. Emerson, S. B. Burke. 0-238 SANDY CREEK—Letter. 0-111 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, D. B. Teague. 0-337 SILER CITY—W. O. Johnson. 3-213 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter. 0-44 STALEY—Letter. 0-25 TYSONS CREEK—J. J. Moon, J. L. McManus, C. W. McManus. 4-96 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts. 4-173 VASS—Letter. 0-35 Baptisms -Total 210 Membership Total 5570

1921

The 163rd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Bennett Church, September 30th to October 3rd, 1921. V. R. Johnson was moderator, J. Q. Seawell was Clerk. Sermon by J. E. Ayscue, John 3:14. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—Mrs. Claude Johnson, Miss Thelma McFarland, Ben Wilson. 14-108 ANTIOCH—T. N. Fields, W. E. Hilliard, Herbert Wilson. 3-49 BEULAH—J. H. Powers, J. M. Purvis, J. D. Caviness. 18-189 BETHANY—M. J. Jordan, A. J. Little. 0-101 BEAR CREEK—J. W. Cheek, T. D. Brooks. 6-182 BETHLEHEM—M. F. Conwell, W. C. Hough. 15-250 BENNETT—R. A. Smith, W. D. Brady, A. C. Jones. 4-67 BONLEE—H. I. Carter, Isaac H. Dunlap, John Stroud. 2-106 BRUSH CREEK—J. L. Dorsett, J. B. Gilbert, A. M. Dixon. 4-166 CARTHAGE—W. G. Jennings, Cleveland Cagle. 14-253 CALVARY—W. L. Cockman, R. H. Brown, J. S. Dowdy. 1-30 CAMERON—J. R. Loving. 39-175 COOL SPRINGS—Spurgeon Craig, J. C. Pendergrass, J. T. Drone, J. H. Henley. 7-170 DEEP RIVER—W. F. Moffitt, H. F. Brown, Obie Brady. 4-102 EAGLE SPRINGS—No representative.

EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, I. D. Little, W. P. Allen. 0-63 EMMAUS—W. R. Perry. 4-115 FALL CREEK—C. R. Jones, G. A. Smith, Thos. Hill. 17-240 FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, W. J. McLemore, L. G. Phillips. 0-47 FLAT SPRINGS—W. W. Bridges. 5-48

101 FLINT HILL—No representative. 3-51 GOLDSTON—J. T. Paschal, Hugh Womble, Bernice Stinson. 6-34 GUM SPRINGS—Represented by letter. 1-107 HICKORY GROVE—G. M. Andrews, Palmer Phillips. 11-65 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Ernest Brewer, W. J. Hackney, Fred C. Justice. 10-104 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks. 5-152 LOVES CREEK— S. S. Edwards, F. E. Womble, W. G. Scott, H. A. Teague. 4-195 MAYS CHAPEL—W. H. Gilmore, H. R. Harward. 5-105 MECHANICS HILL—Represented by letter. 6-78 MINERAL SPRINGS—C. S. Ellis, J. M. Stone, Chas. Forrester. 0-55 MOONS CHAPEL—E. L. Vestal, Sankie Edwards, Tom Jordan. 0-57 MONCURE—Represented by letter. 0-101 MOUNT PLEASANT—R. L. Perry, G. R. Williams, Mary Kivett. 0-40 MOUNT OLIVE—J. R. Andrews, F. M. Russell. 30-236 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry. 6-48 OAKLEY—X. R. Dixon, 6. D. Clark. 1-61 PITTSBORO—R. P. Johnson, James L. Griffin. 6-101 PINEBLUFF—Represented by letter. 0-8 PINE GROVE—No representative. RIVES CHAPEL—W. W. Dark. 11-157 RIVERSIDE—J. T. F. Beck, W. D. Moffitt. 0-28 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, H. W. Eubanks. 1-45 ROCKY RIVER—C. E. Duncan, W. C. Teague, W. A. Brewer. 8-128 SANDR BRANCH—C. V. Moore, M. W. Willett, J. J. Norwood. 14-250 SANDY CREEK— Sallie York. 0-108 SANFORD—C. H. Teague, Lee G. Mclver, D. B. Teague. 45-386 EAST SANFORD—Represented by letter. 10-43 SILER CITY—Bessy Caviness, R. S. Lane, W. A. Headen, Mrs. C. L. Brower. 0-215 SOUTHERN PINES—Represented by letter. 1-50 STALEY—C. M. Staley, C. P. Fox, Mrs. M. R. Coble. 1-27 TYSONS CREEK—J. J. Moon, W. B. Welch, D. R. McManus. 2-96 UNION GROVE—H. F. Way. 19-181 VASS—J. M. Tyson, James Evans. 0-35 Baptisms total membership total

1922

The 164th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Rocky River Church, September 28th to October 1st, 1922.

V. R. Johnson was moderator, J. Q. Seawell was clerk. Sermon by C. E. Byrd, Rom. 1:16. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. H. Lampley, Fred E. Weaver, Mrs. Dorothy Knight. 7-130 ANTIOCH—W. E. Hilliard, Cladious Hilliard, Glenn Hancock. 3-0 BEAR CREEK—A. D. Cog-gins, J. W. Cheek, L. K. Smith. 8-167 BETHANY—M. J. Jordan, Clyde Stinson, Walter A. Beal. 3-100 BENNETT—J. C. Kidd, Ed. S. Phillips, P. C. Brady. 5-72 BETHLEHEM—Andrew H. Wall, Theodore O. Seawell, John N. Cagle. 11-260 BEULAH—H. C. Lambert, Henry Purvis, J. C. Caviness. 2-190 BONLEE—H. O. Vestal, C. B. Fitts, W. T. Brooks. 3-112 BRUSH CREEK—J. F. Gilliland, R. L. Dorsett, Jas. T. Brooks. 7-166 CAMERON—Represented by letter. 19-185

102 CARTHAGE—C. C. Yates, O. D. Wallace, J. S. Barrett. COOL SPRINGS—J. C. Pendergrass, J. H. Henley, Mrs. J. C. Pendergrass. 11-174 CALVARY—Not represented. DEEP RIVER—C. F. Davis, D. B. Scott, J. M. Brown. 4-109 EAGLE SPRINGS—Represented by letter. 1-25 EAST SANFORD—W. M. Matthews, D. E. Matthews, T. V. Haithcock. 20-84 EMMAUS—R. G. Ellington, W. R. Perry, T. 0. Justice. 4-116 EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, W. P. Allen, M. N. Spivey. 0-42 FALL CREEK—C. R. Jones, J. N. Nail, J. R. Powers. 20-254 FLAT SPRINGS—D. D. Pattishall, A. F. Womble. 0-44 FLINT HILL—Represented by letter. 6-56 FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, A. J. Crabtree. 0-45 GOLDSTON— Mrs. Hugh Phillips, Mrs. C. W. Elkins, T. P. Murchison. 3-46 GUM SPRINGS—J. Walker Thomas, C. T. Desern, W. D. Thomas. 18-121 HICKORY GROVE—G. M. Andrew, Palmer Phillips, M. L. Phillips. 17-88 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, Ernest Brewer, Harold Hackney. 2-110 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks. 2-153 LOVES CREEK—W. Frank Pike, F. M. Hudson, Kerney J. Smith. 5-196 MAYS CHAPEL—H. B. Jones, W. W. Fields, P. B. White. 3-104 MECHANICS HILL—Represented by letter. 0-77 MINERAL SPRINGS—J. A. Dowd, George Stone, Ellis Vestal. 3-42 MOONS CHAPEL—J. Speight Allied, J. M. Jordan, E. L. Vestal. 2-55 MONCURE—J. J. Hackney, R. H. Fitchett, C. B. Crutchfield. 0-90 MOUNT OLIVE—R. L. Perry, L. E. Glosson, M. B. Lewis. 16-252 MOUNT PLEASANT—G. R. Williams, Ira D. Poe. 12-50 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry, Lawrence Deans. 2-56 OAKLEY—C. H. Marsh, T. Ira White, F. A. Edwards. 20-87 PINEBLUFF—Not represented. 1-11 PINE GROVE—Not represented. PITTSBORO—W. H. Griffin. J. S. Wrenn, W. O. Petty. 0-95 RED BRANCH—J. A. Dennis, Romie Hill, Pines Deese. RIVERSIDE—A. M. Newell. 0-28 RIVES CHAPEL—Represented by letter. 7-136 ROCKY RIVER—R. A. Brewer, A. H. Jones, Miss Mary A. Culberson. 6-131 ROCK SPRINGS—Not represented. 5-56 SANDY BRANCH—G. W. Blalock, G. W. Burke, L. M. Fields. 17-256 SANDY CREEK—Sallie York, Claud Steele, Arthur Pugh. 66-188 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, W. A. Crabtree, C. P. Rogers. 11-422 SILER CITY—W. C. Teague, C. N. Bray, Mrs. R. H. Dixon. 29-258 STALEY—C. P. Fox, C. M. Staley. 0-30

SOUTHERN PINES—Represented by letter. 4-55

TYSONS CREEK—J. J. Moon, J. L. Scott, Lonnie Scott. 0-88

UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts, J. S. Hancock. 6-186 VASS—J. M. Tyson. 5-38 Baptisms total membership total

1923 The 165th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Moncure Church, October 4th to 7th, 1923.

V. R. Johnson, Moderator. J. Q. Seawell, Clerk. Sermon by R. S. Fountain. Luke 14:16.

103 MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN— Mrs. B. D. Wilson, J. H. Lanvpley, W. A. Taylor. 11-152 ANTIOCH—W. E. Hilliard, Wesley Oldham, H. L. Wilson, M. D. Stinson. 1-58 BEAR CREEK—A. D. Coggins, J. W. Cheek, F. C. Smith, G. L. Andrews. 5-162 BETHLEHEM—J. W. Seawell, S. M. Hannon. 4-262 BETHANY—J. H. Rose, Harry Osborne, Joe Webster. 6-105 BENNETT—J. H. Scott, J. R. Peace, P. C. Brady. 4-79 BEULAH—C. C. Purvis, E. S. Powers, R. O. Myrick. 6-196 BONLEE—Rev. A. E. Edwards, C. B. Fitts, J. M. Councilman. 4-111 BRUSH CREEK—C. C. Gee. W. H. Fox, W. T. Brewer. 18-76 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, J. J. Dupree, Gus Snipes. 0-30 CARTHAGE—0. D. Wallace, H. F. Seawell, C. C. Yates. 4-256 COOL SPRINGS—G. M. Gilmore, J. T. Drain, F. J. Petty. 0-168 DEEP RIVER—J. M. Brown, C. F. Davis, Avery Phillips. 0-106 EMMAUS—J. P. Ellington, W. F. Jones, Mrs. W. R. Pei-ry. 1-116 EPHESUS—W. P. Allen, J. D. Little. Mrs. T. A. Yow. 0-41 EAST SANFORD—T. V. Haithcock, D. E. Matthews, J. L. McDonald. 24-142 FALL CREEK—W. C. Brewer, E. P. Hill, C. R. Jones. 4-294 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. Maggie J. Bridges, A. F. Womble. 8-54 FRIENDSHIP—Boyden Ritter, Belle Ritter, Joseph Caddell. 0-45 GOLDSTON—E. L. Stinson, H. M. Phillips, Mrs. L. B. Hester. 6-52 GUM SPRINGS—W. D. Thomas. Mrs. N. E. Bland. 0-111 HICKORY GROVE—G. H. Hancock, F. S. Talley. 0-81 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, Jacob Johnson, Ernest Brewer. 17-126 JONESBORO—J. A. Overton, J. A. Harper, Mrs. E. B. Faulk. 7-175 LOVES CREEK—R. D. Smith, S. S. Edwards, H. Adney Teague. 13-200 MAYS CHAPEL—W. D. Beal, H. R. Harward, Phillip White. 14-111 MECHANIC'S HILL—George Moore, Frank Pool. 0-70 MINERAL SPRINGS—Charlie Forrester, R. C. Dixon. 0-39 MONCURE—C. E. Lassiter, C. D. Wilkie, C. B. Crutchfield. 4-94 MOONS CHAPEL—James M. Jordan, E. L. Vestal. 1-40 MOUNT OLIVE— S. M. Lewis, E. L. Russell, Everett Perry. 3-253 MOUNT PLEASANT— I. D. Poe, G. R. Williams, C. L. Kivett. 0-55 NEW SALEM—Miss Pauline Perry, Elbert Deans. 1-52 OAKLEY—O. D. Clark, H. J. Dixon, Carl K. Dixon. 3-92 PITTSBORO—C. C. Poe, James L. Griffin, Mrs. H. T. Chapin. 10-146 RED BRANCH—J. A. Dennis, David Deese, C. H. Marsh. 9-38 RIVES CHAPEL—W. B. Webster, F. L. Gilmore, B. Gilmore. 6-112 RIVERSIDE—J. T. F. Beck, Alma Davis, Mrs. Blanche Smith. 2-26 ROCKY RIVER—C. M. Webster, W. M. Fox, J. J. Culberson. 0-122 ROCK SPRINGS—P. T. Farrell, Elwood Smith, Mrs. J. J. Perry. 6-59 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, D. B. Teague, E. E. Murchison. 9-420 SANDY BRANCH—M. F. Norwood, H. W. Webster, G. A. Loyd. 20-269 SANDY CREEK—Spurgeon Langley, Boyd Ward, Raymond York. 0-184 SILER CITY—V. M. Dorsett, W. A. Headen, Miss Bessie Caviness. 2-268 SOUTHERN PINES—12-69 STALEY—C. P. Fox, H. L. Staley. 2-29 TYSONS CREEK—J. J. Moon, A. E. Cox, J. L. Scott. 10-98 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts, Raford Hancock. 10-196 VASS—J. M. Tyson, W. C, Leslie. 0-38 CAMERON—1-190 Baptisms total membership total

104 1924 The 166th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Aberdeen Church, October 2-4, 1924.

V. R. Johnson was Moderator. H. A. Teague was Clerk. Sermon by J. H. Broom, Mat. 26:8. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—A. S. Ballard, J. H. Lampley, J. F. Deaton. 22-184 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—E. R. Pickler, R. D. Strother, T. S. Lipscomb. 2-59 ANTIOCH—J. R. Wilkins, Carl Oldham, Glen Hancock. 2-62 BEAR CREEK—B. F. Wilkie, C. H. Wilkie, W. G. Andrew. 0-163 BETHLEHEM—Clarence Gordon, Miss Ella Gordan, Coy Thomas. 8-258 BETHANY—G. P. Murchison, Joe Webster, J. M. Dismukes. 7-107 BENNETT—Rev. J. E. Kidd. 2-78 BEULAH—Letter. 6-194 BONLEE—Rev. J. H. Broome, D. G. Edwards, W. S. Phillips. 13-128 BRUSH CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ellis, J. H. Page, W. F. Lambert. 9-186 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, D. B. Beal, J. J. Dupree. 4-37 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, C. C. Jones, C. T. Douglas. 9-198 CARTHAGE—H. F. Seawell, J. E. Ayscue, J. G. Park, J. P. Bingham. 16-277 CAROLINA—W. H. Gilmore, Lucian Fields. 6-32 COOL SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pendergrass, W. A. Glass, R. W. Craig. Lucille Groce. 13-179 DEEP RIVER—J. C. Kidd, J. M. Davis, Avery Phillips, E. W. Brady. 2-103 EMMAUS—R. R. Gordon. 8-122 EPHESUS—Letter. 0-40 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews, J. L. McDonald, L. C. Lee, W. W. Parnell, Harvey Sawyer. 64-236 EAGLE SPRINGS—Letter. 16-54 FALL CREEK—C. R. Jones, E. P. Hill, C. R. Lambert. 2-291 FLAT SPRINGS—C. H. Norris, A. T. Womble, A. E. Bridges, Miss Davie Boyd. 0-54 FLINT HILL- FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse, W. H. H. Lawhon, B. L. Ritter, Miss Alice Ritter. 0-44 GOLDSTON—H. M. Phillips, Bernis C. Stinson, Mrs. L. B. Hester. 0-49 GUM SPRINGS—C. H. Norris, N. E. Bland, Clyde Thomas, Mrs. H. R. Stedman, G. G. Burns. 14-118 HICKORY GROVE—H. L. Brooks, G. H. Hancock, N. B. Tally. 8-84 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, Harold Hackney. 14-126 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, A. F. Leonard, W. C. Currin. LEMON SPRINGE—J. D. Todd, B. C. Boole, W. L. Rackley. 0-29 LOVES CREEK—F. L. Teague, H. A. Teague, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Smith. 11-210 MAYS CHAPEL—H. B. Jones, Joe Tysor, W. D. Beal, H. R. Harward. 5-88 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. B. Maness, P. M. Maness. 0-70 MINERAL SPRINGS—R. S. Fountain. MONCURE—C. D. Wilkie, C. C. Thomas, Mrs. J. J. Hackney. 9-94 MOONS CHAPEL- MOUNT OLIVE—J. F. Glosson, S. M. Lewis, R. L. Perry. 12-263 MOUNT PLEASANT—Ira D. Poe, Wesley Williams, Walter Kivett. 0-52 NEW SALEM—Letter. 14-61 OAKLEY—O. D. Clark, J. M. White, Miss Myrtle Willis. 2-91 PINE GROVE—

105 PINEBLUFF—Miss Margaret Kittrell, Mrs. C. L. Adams. PITTSBORO—A. M. Riddle, 0. J. Peterson, Mrs. Alice Nooe, R. R. Gordon. 0-114 RED BRANCH—Romie Hill, J. G. Dennie. 0-32 RIVES CHAPEL—J. H. Broome, Charlie Moody, Frank Gilmore, W. B. Webster. 12-155 RIVERSIDE ROCKY RIVER—Miss Mattie Culberson. 18-134 ROCK SPRINGS— 0. T. Cooper, P. T. Farrell, A. A. Cotner. 1-59 SANFORD—C. P. Rogers, J. A. Overton, E. L. Gavin. 6-390 SANDY BRANCH—J. J. Norwood, Joe Dunn, G. W. Burke. 17-281 SANDY CREEK—D. C. Williams, G. M. York, D. F. Hicks. 0-184 SILER CITY—R. F. Paschal, E. H. Jordan, R. C. Rollins, Mrs. C. N. Bray, Mrs. J. C. Cheek, Mrs. H. A. Richardson. 10-283 SOUTHERN PINES—A. H. Manee. 4-72 STALEY—C. P. Fox, H. L. Staley, Mrs. M. R. Fox. 0-27 TYSONS CREEK—C. W. McManus, A. E. Cox, J. J. Moore. 5-102 UNION GROVE—J. C. Kidd, W. L. Stutts, V. J. Chrisco, D. B. Hancock. 31-220 VASS— YATES—Thaggard Chapel, Lee Cullers, Carey Kiser, Robert Kiser, S. H. Oliver. 0-25 Baptisms total membership total Beginning with this session you will find that the Association has been changed to a three day session instead of four days. 1925 The 167th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Sandy Creek Church, October 1-2, 1925. V. R. Johnson was moderator, H. A. Teague was clerk. Sermon by R. H. Herring. Luke 24:46. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. A. Taylor, Rev. Jesse Blalock, A. F. Yates. 42-210 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—J. T. Parnell, A. C. Crouch. 6-54 ANTIOCH—Herbert Wilson, Delphus Stinson, John R. Wilkins. 6-66 BEAR CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Smith, B. F. Wilkie. 17-170 BETHLEHEM—W. H. H. Lawhon. 6-253 BETHANY—Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Jordan. 9-116 BENNETT—Ed. S. Phillips, P. C. Brady, J. R. Peace. 5-79 BEULAH—Henry Purvis, H. C. Lambert. 14-201 BONLEE—Isaac H. Dunlap, H. O. Vestal. 13-134 BRUSH CREEK—A. M. Dixon, J. W. Gee, James L. Dorsett. 5-173 CALVARY—Lillie Crabtree, J. S. Dowdy. 5-40 CARTHAGE—H. F. Seawell, J. E. Ayscue. 3-165 CAROLINA—J. R. Mobley, Carl Oldham. 6-44 CAMERON—Letter. 2-188 COOL SPRINGS—W. A. Glass, J. C. Pendergrass. 2-186 DEEP RIVER—C. L. Moffitt. 10-110 EMMAUS—W. F. Jones, W. H. Daffron, W. R. Perry, E. J. Clark. 1-120 EPHESUS—W. V. Fisher, Henry Fisher, M. K. Spivey. 0-25 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews. 3-204 EAGLE SPRINGS—Granted letter of dismission to join Montgomery Association. FALL CREEK—C. D. Jones, Thomas Hill, J. N. Nail. 15-277 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble. Nola Bridges, Mary Bridges. 8-64 FLINT HILL—Letter. 2-58 FRIENDSHIP—A. J. Crabtree. 0-49

106 GOLDSTON—H. M. Phillips. 0-49 GUM SPRINGS—Letter. 2-121 HICKORY GROVE—William Hancock, G. H. Hancock, L. W. Tally. 7-84 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—S. D. Brewer, N. J. Dark, Henry Straughan. 2-118 JONESBORO—J. A. Harper, H. S. Cox, A. F. Leonard. 27-206 LEMON SPRINGS—L. C. Lee. 0-36 LOVES CREEK—R. P. Smith, C. D. Poe, Carl Elder, J. L. Gilliland, Mrs. Carl Elder. 6-212 MAYS CHAPEL—O. H. Welch, H. B. Jones. 0-98 MECHANIC'S HILL—J. H. Shields, Frank Pool, E. B. Maness. 0-70 MINERAL SPRINGS— S. L. Lamm. 4-43 MONCURE—Mrs. O. C. Kennedy, Curtis Thomas, R. H. Fichett, C. D. Wilkie. 3-92 MOONS CHAPEL—E. L. Vestal, Miss Sankie Edwards, C. C. Brower. 12-60 MOUNT OLIVE—H. C. Curl, D. W. Cheek, Rev. B. L. Gupton. 18-277 MOUNT PLEASANT— I. D. Poe. G. D. Williams, C. L. Kivett, W. L. Kivett. Mrs. Mary Kivett. 0-52 NEW SALEM—John W. Thrift. 11-76 OAKLEY—J. R. Paschal, H. J. Dixon. 5-100 PINEBLUFF—Miss Margaret Kittrell. 0-11 PINE GROVE—Inactive. PITTSBORO—Jas. L. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Poe. 14-133 RED BRANCH—J. R. Dennis, A. C. Hill. 0-31 RIVES CHAPEL—W. J. Budd, J. H. Broom. 7-112 RIVERSIDE—W. D. Moffitt, E. A. Livingston. 6-30 ROCKY RIVER—W. A. Brewer, Ransom Edwards, Will Johnson. 15-151 ROCK SPRINGS—Walker Eubanks, Devitt Whitaker, P. T. Farrell. 4-60 SANFORD—A. P. King, C. H. Smith, E. D. Nail, E. L. Gavin. 17-419 SANDY BRANCH—M. F. Norwood, G. W. Burke. 7-284 SANDY CREEK—T. L. York, D. F. Hicks, E. A. McMasters. 0-178 SILER CITY—Mrs. T. A. Burns, Mrs. C. N. Bray, L. P. Dixon. 8-288 SOUTHERN PINES—Letter. 2-78 STALEY—Carl A. Teague, C. P. Fox, C. M. Staley, Mrs. A. R. Williams, Mrs. M. R. Cox, Miss Amy Teague. 0-30 TYSONS CREEK—M. L. Kidd, J. H. Broom. 4-106 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—C. P. Green, James Taylor, M. P. Russell. 14-37 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts, H. F. Way, V. C. Sanders. 13-233 VASS—Inactive.

YATES—Thaggard Carey Kiser, A. G. Crissman, S. H. Oliver. 14-28 Baptisms Total 392 Membership Total 6877

The Historical Table of the Sandy Creek Association since its organization giving the date, name of Church, Moderator, Clerk, Preacher of the annual sermon and his text is printed in the 1925 minutes.

H. A. Teague was the first to get out this record. This Historical Table is also printed in the 1930, 1936, 1943, 1944, and 1945 minutes.

1926 The 168th session of the Sandy Creek Association was held with the Oakley

Church, September 30 to October 1, 1926.

V. R. Johnson was Moderator, H. A. Teague was Clerk. Sermon by L. B. Gupton. Jno. 14:31.

107 MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—Mrs. B. D. Wilson, Jesse Blalock. 0-208 ANTIOCH—J. R. Wilkins, Tom Fields, W. E. Hilliard. 5-71 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—G. F. Porterfield. 1-185 BEAR CREEK—L. K. Smith, Blannie Wilkie. 1-52 BENNETT—J. E. Jones, J. R. Peace, R. A. Smith. 2-82 BETHANY—Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Merrill, E. P. Thomas. 8-126 BETHLEHEM—W. W. Williams. 5-234 BEULAH—C. C. Purvis, E. S. Powers, E. S. Seawell. 5-207 BONLEE—W. Vance Cheek, Mrs. W. V. Cheek, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Fesmire. 8-133 BRUSH CREEK—Dewey Gee, E. M. Edwards, J. M. Bray. 3-162 CALVARY—Lillie Crabtree. 0-39 CAMERON—0. A. Keller. 3-188 CAROLINA—G. C. Phillips, J. R. Mobley, Carl Oldham, Walter Dixon, Elora Elkins. 0-44 CARTHAGE—J. S. Barrett, Clem Cagle, O. D. Wallace. 12-286 COOL SPRINGS—J. T. Drane, Ruth Drane, R. A. Gross, Marvin Johnson. 9-173 DEEP RIVER—C. R. Brown. 15-132 EMMANUS—C. N. Justice, W. H. Daffron, J. E. Clark. 8-124 FALL CREEK—B. F. Scott, Thomas Hill, Miss Callie Lambert. 7-272 FLAT SPRINGS—Miss Davie Boyd, Miss Nova Bridges. 3-70 FLINT HILL—J. C. Maness. 1-58 FRIENDSHIP—Miss Belle Ritter, W. W. Williams. 4-36 GOLDSTON—I. B. Hatch, H. M. Phillips. 11-60 GUM SPRING—Walter Cox, Annie Cox. 8-116 HICKORY GROVE—L. W. Tally, Willie Sizemore, Roland Hancock, T. B. White. 4-88 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, N. J. Dark, E. V. Straughan. 1-103 JONESBORO—A. F. Leonard, H. S. Cox. 13-220 JUNIPER SPRINGS—M. S. Bradley, C. A. Dickens, E. C. Thomas, Mrs. Paul Thomas, Miss Mamie Kelly. 10-116 LEMON SPRINGS—L. C. Lee, W. L. Rackley. 0-36 LOVES CREEK— S. S. Edwards, J. L. Gilliland, Mrs. Carl Elder, Mrs. C. C. Williams. 0-199 MAYS CHAPEL—Tim Griffin, L. H. Perry. 0-102 MECHANICS HILL—Levi Maness, Frank Pool. 0-70 MINERAL SPRINGS—J. A. Dowd, J. M. Stone. 1-42 MONCURE—C. B. Crutchfield, J. B. Powers, R. H. Fitchett. 0-90 MOONS CHAPEL—E. L. Vestal, Mrs. T. G. Lane, Miss Sankie Edwards. 3-59 MOUNT OLIVE—J. A. Glosson, W. S. Thomas, R. C. Johnson. 6-278 MOUNT PLEASANT—Mrs. Jene Lane, J. C. Edwards. 0-51 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry, L. E. Campbell, J. W. Thrift. 9-86 OAKLEY—C. H. Marsh, Mrs. J. W. Dixon, O. D. Clarke. 10-108 PITTSBORO—C. C. Poe, Mrs. George W. Brewer, R. C. Griffin. 1-131 RED BRANCH—J. A. Purvis, C. F. Marsh, A. C. Hill. 6-33 RIVERSIDE—W. D. Moffitt, C. M. Smith. 4-33 RIVES CHAPEL—B. G. Early, W. J. Budd, W. E. Hart, Glen Gilmore. 7-168 ROCK SPRINGS—A. A. Cotner, P. T. Farrell, Walker Eubanks. 6-63 ROCKY RIVER—Miss Mattie Culberson, C. M. Webster, W. E. Johnson, C. E. Duncan. 1-145 SANDY BRANCH—G. W. Burke, B. B. Webster, Mrs. G. B. Emerson. 8-291 SANDY CREEK—E. A. McMasters, D. F. Hicks, D. C. Williams, T. L. York. 4-176

108 SANFORD—C. C. Cheek, E. D. Nail. 7-440 SILER CITY—Mrs. J. C. Cheek, J. Q. Seawell, C. B. Thomas, V. M. Dorsett. 17-314 STALEY—G. W. Berry, Mrs. W. J. Vestal, Mrs. A. R. Williams, W. J. Vestal. 0-30 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—A. G. Crissman, C. H. Hartsell, C. M. Shaver. 5-52 TYSONS CREEK—Lonnie Scott, Willie Scott, J. J. Moon. 7-116 UNION GROVE—J. C. Kidd, H. F. Way. W. L. Stutts. 11-235 YATES—Thaggard Carrey Riser. 0-29 EAST SANFORD—13-206 EPHESUS—0-25 PINEBLUFF—0-11 SOUTHERN PINES—0-78

Baptisms total membership total to come later i hope

The 169th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Sandy Branch Church. September 29th to October 1st, 1927.

V. R. Johnson was Moderator, H. A. Teague was Clerk. Sermon by Jesse Blalock. Gal. 6:14.

MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—B. D. Wilson, A. F. Yates. 3-204 ANTIOCH—J. R. Wilkins, D. H. Stinson, D. B. Hilliard. 4-76 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—A. C. Crouch. BEAR CREEK—A. D. Coggins, G. T. Hart. 16-189 BENNETT—Ed S. Phillips, R. A. Smith. C. P. Brady. 9-87 BETHANY—Billy Beal, J. W. Hart, G. L. Merrill. 10-132 BETHLEHEM—H. H. Lawhon, T. L. Baughn, Clarence Gordon. 11-245 BEULAH—B. H. Powers, L. L. Purvis, R. P. Lambert. 3-207 BONLEE—J. M. Councilman, I. H. Carter, G. W. Brafford. 9-150 BRUSH CREEK—John D. Lane, J. B. Gilbert. 2-164 CALVARY—D. B. Beal, J. J. Dupree, Mrs. Ida Beal, J. S. Dowdy. 4-42 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, H. D. Edwards. 8-194 CAROLINA—W. N. Dixon, G. C. Phillips, J. B. Bright. 0-44 CARTHAGE—H. F. Seawell, Mrs. C. C. Yates, J. S. Barrett. 13-288 COOL SPRINGS—M. L. Johnson, J. C. Pendergrass, J. T. Drane. 5-170 DEEP RIVER—C. L. Moffitt, J. R. Poole, Avery Phillips. 10-141 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews, W. E. Warner, Mrs. R. A. Love, Mrs. J. H. Love. 19-133 EMMAUS—E. J. Clark, A. B. Campbell. 7-112 EPHESUS—O. A. Keller, W. P. Allen, W. V. Fisher. 0-33 FALL CREEK—C. R. Jones, Thomas Hill, B. F. Scott, R. W. Kidd. 3-270 FLAT SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Womble. 0-68 FLINT HILL—J. C. Maness, Dunkin Garner, J. T. Seawell, Alice Ritter. 0-60 FRIENDSHIP—N. J. Muse. 1-45 GOLDSTON—Mrs. Luther B. Hester, I. B. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Phillips. 0-68 GUM SPRINGS—Effie Thomas, Pearl Desern. 0-106 HICKORY GROVE—W. B. Tally, Fannie Tally, W. R. Sizemore, L. Tally. 6-99 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. T. Hilliard, G. C. Cooke, H. J. Straughn, W. J. Hackney. 2-104 JONESBORO—A. F. Leonard, Miss Beatrice Thomas, H. S. Cox, Minnie Short. 13-213 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, C. A. Dickens, J. C. Kelly, M. S. Bradley. 5-116

109 LEMON SPRINGS—L. C. Lee, Frank Lee. 1-40 LOVES CREEK— S. J. Clark, R. D. Smith, Kerney Smith, Mrs. Arthur Teague. 18-210 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward, Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Simerson. 16-118 MECHANIC'S HILL—Levi Maness, Frank Pool, Parker Ritter. 6-74 MINERAL SPRINGS—H. 0. Vestal, W. L. Vann, Rev. R. H. Weaver. 1-46 MONCURE—J. B. Powers, C. B. Crutchfield, R. H. Fitchett, Mrs. M. T. Wilkie. 8-96 MOONS CHAPEL—E. W. Reitzel, E. L. Vestal, Mrs. E. L. Vestal. 0-58 MOUNT OLIVE—W. S. Thomas, F. P. Ellington. 12-284 MOUNT PLEASANT—Ira D. Poe, V. N. Cheek. 0-50 NEW SALEM—J. R. Ellington, E. L. Perry, John W. Thrift. 0-83 OAKLEY—Chas. H. Marsh, G. G. Clark, J. M. White. 2-104 PINE BLUFF—Mr. and Mrs. C L. Jackson. 4-14 PINE GROVE— PITTSBORO—O. J. Peterson, G. J. Griffin, Mrs. Geo. W. Brewer. 0-131 RED BRANCH—J. A. Dennis, C. D. Marsh. 0-37 RIVERSIDE—E. A. Livingston, Clarence Smith. RIVES CHAPEL—Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hart, W. I. Dowd, G. G. Gilmore. 17-184 ROCK SPRINGS—P. T. Farrell, Charlie Fields. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cates. 3-58 ROCKY RIVER—C. M. Webster, W. P. Short, Marie A. Culberson. 11-145 SANDY BRANCH—G. B. Emerson, J. W. Phillips, Mrs. S. B. Burke. 11-287 SANDY CREEK—Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Edwards, D. F. Hicks. 6-179 SANFORD— S. J. Husketh, E. D. Nail, Miss Luna E. Yates, Mrs. June Gunter. 19-445 SILER CITY—J. Q. Seawell, Mrs. L. P. Dixon, L. P. Dixon. 0-312 SOUTHERN PINES—Winnie J. Dodge, Mrs. Baker. 34-110 STALEY—C. M. Staley, Mrs. M. R. Cox, Mrs. C. P. Fox. 0-30 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—A. R. Laton, M. P. Russell. 12-63 TYSONS CREEK— F. Y. Moon, M. L. Kidd, B. D. Phillips. 3-109 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts. 8-239 VASS—Ramond Evans, Miss Ida Evans. 0-35 YATES—Thagard A. G. Crissman. 11-42 PINEY WOOD—Minnie M. Johnson, John Johnson. Jas. Tyson, Thelma McNeil.

Baptisms total mbembership total 1928 The 170th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Bethlehem Church, October 4-6, 1928.

V. R. Johnson was Moderator, H. A. Teague was Clerk. Sermon by J. C. Canipe, Mat. 16:22. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Norris, Mrs. S. W. Kent. 7-199 ANTIOCH—W. E. Hilliard, Herbert Wilson, D. H. Stinson. 13-93 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—E. R. Pickler, G. F. Porterfield, Bertha Byrd, Willa Lee Cooper. 0-61

BEAR CREEK— I. B. Hatch, W. P. Hammer, H. H. Hilliard. 0-186 BENNETT—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Andrew, Mrs. C. C. Murray. 0-84 BETHANY—G. L. Merrill, Mrs. C. R. Freeman. 0-126 BETHLEHEM—J. L. Fry, U. O. Seawell, Peter Dowd, Miss Dowd, Miss Maggie Hannon, Mrs. Mittie Kelly. 0-212

110 BEULAH—M. E. Seawell, H. C. Lambert, Huey Purvis. 12-209 BONLEE—Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Porter. W. B. Cheek. 3-151 BRUSH CREEK—J. L. Dorsett, C. L. Brooks, Mrs. J. A. Ellis, Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Weaver. 9-170 CALVARY—D. B. Beal, J. S. Dowdy, Miss Myla Alice Beack, Clarence Crabtree. 5-36 CARTHAGE—J. S. Barrett, J. A. Fry, N. J. Muse. 4-181 CAMERON—C. L. Dutton, O. A. Keller. 7-199 CAROLINA—W. N. Dixon, A. H. Porter. 0-44 COOL SPRINGS—M. L. Johnson, R. A. Morris. 5-168 DEEP RIVER—Letter. 2-140 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews. 49-148 EMMAUS—Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, J. E. Clark. 2-110 EPHESUS—Miss Verla Fisher, I. D. Little. 3-37 FALL CREEK—Thomas Hill, J. W. Brewer, Mrs. Nannie Brady, R. W. Kidd, B. F. Scott, C. R. Jones. 6-275 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, Mrs. D. W. Dawkins, Mrs. L. G. Johnson, Mrs. Maggie Bridges. 1-69 FRIENDSHIP—A. J. Crabtree, Alice Ritter, L. B. Ritter. 0-44 GOLDSTON—E. W. Byerly. 3-73 GUM SPRINGS—R. A. Morris. 1-104 HICKORY GROVE—L. W. Tally, H. L. Brooks, G. H. Hancock, W. B. Tally. 3-94 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—E. E. White, N. J. Dark. 16-130 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, H. S. Cox, A. F. Leonard. 13-226 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, E. C. Thomas, C. A. Dickens, M. S. Bradley. 4-117 LEMON SPRINGS—K. U. Upchurch, Mrs. T. E. Yow. 17-61 LOVES CREEK—Kerney Smith, Robert Teague, Mrs. F. L. Teague, Mrs. T. R. Lambert. 1-207 MAYS CHAPEL—Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Harward, S. C. Glosson. 0-120 MECHANICS HILL—Letter. 0-74 MINERAL SPRINGS—H. O. Vestal, Mrs. L. R. Dixon. 0-33 MOONS CHAPEL—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fox, Miss Sankie Edwards, Mrs. J. W. Wrenn. 6-72 MONCURE—W. J. Hannon, T. Y. Seymour. 0-97 MOUNT OLIVE—D. W. Cheek, R. C. Johnson, B. L. Gupton. 0-276 MT. PLEASANT—Vernon Cheek, Ira D. Poe, L. H. Wright. 4-56 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry, Clarence Dean. 10-95 OAKLEY—Frank Paschal, H. J. Dixon. 0-105 PINE BLUFF—Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Jackson, Miss Nannie McDonald, Mrs. C. Adams. 9-39 PINEY WOOD—E. B. Douglas, Mrs. Fleta Douglas, Ora Phillips. 0-30 PITTSBORO—V. R. Johnson, O. J. Peterson. 0-119 RED BRANCH—J. A. Dennis. 0-35 RIVERSIDE—J. C. Kidd. 4-34 RIVE'S CHAPEL—Letter. 4-181 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, P. T. Farrell, Charlie Fields. 0-59 ROCKY RIVER—Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Edwards, P. A. Lineberry, W. P. Short. M. W. Duncan. 0-131 SANDY BRANCH—Geo. W. Burk. 6-187 SANDY CREEK—D. F. Hicks, Troy York, D. C. Kivett, J. P. Taylor. 19-305 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, J. A. Overton, Mrs. J. W. Freeman. 4-442 SILER CITY—V. M. Dorsett, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dark, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cheek, Mrs. J. C. Canipe. 9-326

111 SOUTHERN PINES—Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Richardson, Mrs. Susie A. Sterling, Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Tuck. 1-112 STALEY—Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Fox, C. A. Teague, Mrs. C. J. Carter, Mrs. T. R. Williams, Pauline Hobson. 6-39 TAYLOR MEMORIAL— S. C. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Shaver, Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Early, J. W. Hough. 13-78 TYSONS CREEK—Mrs. Zeb Brooks, Mrs. W. Z. Brooks, J. L. McManus, Mrs. Clevie Fields, Ashley Fields. 7-115 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts, J. C. Kidd. 7-241 VASS—J. M. Tyson, J. B. Evans, Raymond Evans. 0-33 FLINT HILL—6-66

Baptisms total membership toltal

1929

The 171st session of the Sandy Creek Association held with! Fall Creek Church, October 3-5, 1929.

V. R. Johnson was Moderator, H. A. Teague was Clerk. Sermon by F. C. Hawkins, Mat. 5:20. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—Mrs. S. W. Kent. C. L. Jackson. 6-191 ANTIOCH—W. J. Gaines, J. R. Wilkins. 0-92 ASHLEY HEIGHTS— E. R. Pickler, Mrs. E. R. Pickler. 3-60 BEAR CREEK—W. P. Hammer. 7-185 BENNETT—Ed S. Phillips, J. E. Jones. G. M. Andrews. 2-90 BETHANY—D. E. Murchison, J. R. Moore, Mrs. J. R. Moore. 0-125 BETHLEHEM—J. L. Fry, Albert Barnes. 0-196 BEULAH—J. A. Purvis, L. W. Lambert, R. W. Myrick. 13-219 BONLEE—Henry Fesmire, W. B. Cheek. 11-160 BRUSH CREEK—J. T. Gilliland, J. D. Lane. 40-170 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Mrs. W. O. Black. 0-36 CAMERON—C. L. Dutton, C. C. Jones, J. R. Loving. 1-189 CAROLINA- CARTHAGE—Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barrett, N. J. Muse. 4-287 COOL SPRINGS—W. A. Glass, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Stewart. 6-155 DEEP RIVER—C. L. Moffitt. 18-152 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews, R. H. Weaver. 14-165 EMMAUS—R. R. Gordan. 5-112 EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, Mrs. W. V. Fisher, Miss Verla Fisher. 4-53 FALL CREEK—R. W. Kidd, E. B. Lambert, W. D. Cheek. 5-275 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble. 0-68 FLINT HILL—J. C. Maness. 0-66 FRIENDSHIP—Alice Ritter. L. B. Ritter. 0-29 GOLDSTON—E. W. Byerly. 12-90 GUM SPRINGS—R. P. Caudill. 4-112 HICKORY GROVE—H. L. Brooks, W. R. Sizemore, Colon Hancock. 2-96 HICKORY MOUNTAIN— S. D. Brewer, Miss Otis Pickard, W. J. Hackney. 5-140 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, A. F. Leonard, Miss Dora Dew, Mrs. Kate Lassiter. 10-235 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Miss Mamie Kelly, M. S. Bradley, J. C. Thomas, Ruth Thomas. 4-120 LEMON SPRINGS—Mrs. G. A. Hall, A. P. Allen, G. A. Hall, Mrs. A. H. Hall. 15-67

112 LOVES CREEK—W. G. Scott, C. H. Marsh, S. S. Edwards, Mrs. T. R. Lambert. 4-212 MAYS CHAPEL—A. H. Porter. 0-118 MECHANICS HILL—Frank Pool, Levi Maness, James Maness. 0-74 MINERAL SPRINGS—Chas. Forrester, H. 0. Vestal. 0-31 MOONS CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan, C. W. Jordan, Mr. G. W. Jordan. 0-61 MONCURE—T. Y. Seymour. 9-106 MOUNT OLIVE—R. L. Perry, G. W. Patterson. 4-277 MOUNT PLEASANT—W. J. Poe, J. M. Murry, Lela Poe, Ola Caviness. 0-42 NEW SALEM—E. E. Cheek, J. W. Thrift, J. R. Ellington, E. L. Perry. 2-96 OAKLEY—O. D. Clark, J. R. Paschal, H. J. Dixon. 0-94 PINE BLUFF—Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Jackson, Mrs. C. L. Adams. 0-34 PINE GROVE—George Johnson. PINEY WOOD—Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Douglas. 5-35 PITTSBORO—Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Petty. 9-129 RED BRANCH—Letter. 5-38 RIVERSIDE—W. D. Moffitt. 11-53 RIVES CHAPEL—W. J. Budd, W. C. Braswell. 3-76 ROCK SPRINGS—P. T. Farrell, O. T. Cooper, Charlie Carter. 0-58 ROCKY RIVER—Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Duncan, Bailey Duncan, R. B. Edwards. 3-135 SANDY BRANCH—R. B. Webster, G. W. Burke, M. F. Norwood, H. K. Willett. 10-270 SANDY CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Kivctt, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Williams, D. F. Hicks, Mrs. F. A. Brower, Loyd Williams. 0-184 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, W. T. Glass, Mrs. E. D. Nail. 5-333 SILER CITY—V. M. Dorsett, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dark, Mrs. J. C. Canipe. 40-368 SOUTHERN PINES— S. B. Richardson, J. Fred Stinson. 2-124 STALEY—H. L. Staley, R. B. Lowe, Mrs. A. R. Williams. 0-36 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Mr. and Mrs. S. C, Bennett. A. R. Layton, Mrs. Shaver. 7-74 TYSONS CREEK—A. H. Brooks, Willie Scott, Mrs. Willie Scott. O-lli UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts. 18-257 VASS—J. M. Tyson, S. H. Evans. 0-34 YATES—Thagard, Cary Kiser, A. M. Covington, Grady Eaton, Sissie Kiser. 6-41 SUMMER HILL—J. A. Williamson, Ida Mae Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Barnette. 2-41 Baptisms total membership total

1930

The 172nd. session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Siler City Church, October 2-4, 1930.

V. R. Johnson was moderator, H. A. Teague, Clerk. Sermon by J. Fred Stinson, Ps. 42:7. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—Mrs. R. G. Farrell, Mrs. C. T. Johnson. 2-145 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, D. P. Hilliard, J. R. Wilkins. 13-107 BEAR CREEK—H. H. Hilliard, G. E. Wilkie, J. W. Cheek. 5-176 BENNETT—J. L. Martin. 6-100 BETHANY—D. E. Murchison, M. J. Jordan, Mrs. M. J. Jordon, Mrs. J. R. Moore. 2-126 BETHLEHEM—C. H. Gordon, C. T. Fry, W. J. Harris. 12-201

113 BEULAH—E. S. Powers, R. O. Myrick. 6-222

BONLEE— I. H. Dunlap, Mrs. Nannie Sanders, J. M. Councilman. 4-151 BRUSH CREEK—J. A. Ellis, R. L. Dorsett, J. D. Lane. 0-152 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Rufus Beck, Miss Virginia Beck, Clarence Crabtree. 1-204 CAMERON—Carl Loving-. 4-41 CARTHAGE— M. G. Boyette, N. J. Muse, J. S. Barrett. COOL SPRINGS—0. A. Keller. 72-354 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. R. H. Weaver, D. E. Matthews. 8-162 EMMAUS—Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones, E. J. Clark, W. H. Daffron. 0-102 EPHESUS—O. A. Keller. 1-55 FALL CREEK— C. R. Jones, Thomas Hill, B. F. Scott. 4-267 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, Wilson Wicker, Thomas Briggs. 5-68 FLINT HILL—D. C. Garner, J. C. Maness. 11-45 GOLDSTON—H. M. Phillips, Mrs. E. H. Hermon. 3-96 GUM SPRINGS—T. Y. Seymour. 0-108 HICKORY GROVE—L. W. Tally, W. A. Phillips, G. H. Hancock. 1-93 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Robert Hackney, M. B. McMath, N. J. Dark. 9-144 JONESBORO—A. F. Leonard, S. L. Pool. 5-236 JUNIPER SPRINGS—P. J. Thomas, M. S. Bradley, A. H. Thomas, Mrs. Paul Thomas. 6-121 LEMON SPRINGS—Alvis Hall. G. A. Hall, R. U. Upchurch, Edward Rackley. 0-72 LOVES CREEK—A. W. Fitts. S. J. Clark, F. E. Womble, Harvey Stanley. 11-224 MAYS CHAPEL—O. H. Welch, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Glosson. 0-112 MECHANICS HILL—W. F. Hancock. 2-76 MINERAL SPRINGS—Mrs. H. O. Vestal. 0-31 MOONS CHAPEL—C. W. Jordan, E. L. Vestal, T. G. Lane, Claude Fox. 0-58 MONCURE—J. B. Powers, Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, Mrs. H. B. Dellinger, R. H. Fitchett. 0-110 MOUNT OLIVE—M. B. Lewis, A. P. Buckner, A. T. Andrews. 15-274 MOUNT PLEASANT— I. D. Poe, H. R. Foust, L. H. Wright. 9-50 NEW SALEM—P. T. Farrell, J. W. Thrift, W. W. Booker. 2-102 OAKLEY—F. A. Edwards, F. L. Paschal, Mrs. W. M. Johnson. 17-113 PINE BLUFF—Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Jackson. 0-30 PITTSBORO—W. O. Petty, W. T. Hurst, V. R. Johnson. 12-137 RIVERSIDE—J. C. Kidd. 15-67 RIVES CHAPEL—Mrs. W. W. Dark. 8-19 ROCK SPRINGS—C. W. Fields, O. T. Cooper. 14-70 ROCKY RIVER—John Edwards, J. L. Culberson. T. A. Buckner, Bailey Duncan. 2-135 SANDY BRANCH—Hr. and Mrs. W. L. Dunn, D. M. Womble. 20-243 SANDY CREEK—G. M. York, D. F. Hicks, Alice Wright, C. W. Yow, Dennis York. 16-196

SANFORD— S. J. Husketh, E. D. Nail, Mrs. A. P. King. 18-359

SILER CITY—V. M. Dorsett, Mrs. J. C. Cheek, Mrs. J. W. Wrenn. 23-307

SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. Winnie J. Dodge, J. F. Stinson. 0-119

STALEY—W. J. Vestal. 1-37 SUMMER HILL— N. H. Arnette, Mrs. N. H. Arnette, Miss Ida Williamson. 12-27 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—A. R. Laton. 1-69 TYSONS CREEK—Willie Scott, Robert Phillips. 1-111 UNION GROVE—Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stutts. 15-273

114 VASS—Mrs. B. C. McRae, A. G. Grissmon. 0-38 YATES-THAGGARD—F. D. Solomon. 7-46 Baptisms total Memberships total

All the annual sessions of the Association from 1858 through 1929 are correct as printed on the front page of the minutes. But in 1930 which was the 172nd session but printed to be the 173rd session—hence all the minutes from 1929 to 1956 are printed one year ahead of the correct date. We have corrected that error.

1931 The 173rd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Rives Chapel Church, October 1-3, 1931.

V. R. Johnson was moderator, H. A. Teague was clerk. Sermon by J. C. Kidd, 2nd Sam. 18:9. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, M. D. Stinson, R. B. Oldham. 16-144

BEAR CREEK—B. E. Watson, I. B. Hatch. 0-174 BENNETT—C. M. Strickland. 28-128 BETHANY—G. L. Merrill, Mrs. G. L. Merrill, Mrs. J. R. Moore. 0-124 BETHLEHEM—Clarence H. Gordon. 4-191 BONLEE— I. H. Dunlap, Mrs. C. E. Paschal. 7-146 BRUSH CREEK—J. H. Bray. 5-193 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Fannie Stutts, Clarence Crabtree, Miss Mattie Beal. 3-31 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, R. C. Moses, B. T. Thomason. 0-187 CARTHAGE—Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Mills. 45-220 COOL SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pendergrass, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pendergrass. 0-159 DEEP RIVER—C. R. Brown, J. R. Pool, W. E. Cain. 14-163 EAST SANFORD—Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Matthews, Mrs. Alice Lawman. 2-172 EMMAUS—W. H. Daffron, E. J. Clark, F. L. Carroll, Lewis Carroll. 4-106 EPHESUS—W. O. Coggins, J. I. Burns. 0-54 FALL CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lambert, C. R. Jones. 15-231 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, Mrs. D. W. Dawkins, James Bridges, J. J. Hurley, Eugene Pattishall, Mrs. L. D. Johnson. 2-71 FLINT HILL—O. T. Maness. 0-45 GOLDSTON—T. P. Murchison. 6-103 GUM SPRINGS—J. W. Thomas, Mrs. Nora Thomas. 7-116 HICKORY GROVE—Marvin Fox. 0-92 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Harold Hackney, N. J. Dark, Ola Dorsett, W. J. Hackney. 0-130

JONESBORO—C. S. Bullock, W. I. Brooks. 13-251 JUNIPER SPRINGS—J. P. Dickens, M. S. Bradley. 3-120 LEMON SPRINGS—O. A. Keller, G. A. Hall. 1-72 LOVES CREEK—Harvey Stanley, Carl Elder, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Scott, Mrs. R. R. Jones. 11-233 MAYS CHAPEL—Grace Perry, J. B. Jones. 3-115 MINERAL SPRINGS—H. O. Vestal, J. F. Lewis. 4-34 MOONS CHAPEL—J. M. Jordan, Kara Lane, T. G. Lane. 0-40 MONCURE— I. D. Wilkie, C. D. Wilkie, R. H. Fitchett. 6-113 MOUNT OLIVE—J. A. Glosson, S. M. Lewis. 6-275 MOUNT PLEASANT—N. V. Cheek, Mrs. Ora Langley, Mrs. Cora Wright Grace Poe. 0-50

115 NEW SALEM—Grady Campbell. 4-110 OAKLEY—N. R. Dixon, F. L. Paschal. 5-119 PITTSBORO—C. C. Poe, G. J. Griffin. 5-131 PINE GROVE—0. T. Maness. 2-19 RIVERSIDE—O. T. Maness. 0-68 RIVES CHAPEL—Minnie Moody, Mrs. A. H. Johnson, Mrs. W. W. Dark, C. 0. Gilmore. 5-88 ROCK SPRINGS—David Baker, J. D. Baker, 0. T. Cooper. 2-68 ROCKY RIVER—C. M. Webster, W. E. Johnson, Vera Duncan. 5-136 SANDY BRANCH—Joe Dunn. 7-247 SANDY CREEK—Pearle York, R. E. Heath, C. W. Yow, Mrs. R. E. Heath. 0-197 SANFORD— S. J. Husketh, E. D. Nail, R. Y. Yates. 16-364 SILER CITY—J. A. Dark, Mrs. J. D. Edwards, Mrs. C. C. Gee. 4-309 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. W. F. King-, Mrs. Cynthia E. Lamm, W. F. King-. 12-125 STALEY—W. M. Ward, Mrs. W. M. Ward. 1-41 SUMMER HILL—Ida Mae Williamson, Herbert Williamson. 12-47 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—James Laton, H. C. Russell, Claude Laton. 2-65 TYSONS CREEK—J. L. McManus. 12-119

UNION GROVE— I. T. Brown, W. L. Stutts, Mrs. I. T. Brown. 5-274 VASS—J. M. Tyson. 0-37 YATES—Thaggard, Carey Riser. 0-45 ANTIOCH—6-110 BEULAH—4-229 FRIENDSHIP—0-10 MECHANICS HILL—0-73 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—0-67 IVES MEMORIAL—2-33 Baptisms Total 316

Membership _____ Total 7414

1932

The 174th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Juniper Springs Church, September 29-30, 1932.

A. H. Porter was moderator, D. E. Murchison was clerk. Sermon by Frank Hare, Mat. 16:26. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. W. Norris, W. W. Olive. 7-160 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, C. T. Gains. 1-106 BEAR CREEK—B. F. Wilkie, B. E. Watson. 8-176 BENNETT—C. M. Strickland. 5-137 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, D. E. Murchison, Mrs. J. R. Moore. 0-126 BETHLEHEM—C. B. Garrett, Edwin Baughn, Leslie Gordon. 4-176 BONLEE— I. H. Dunlap, Mrs. I. H. Dunlap, A. H. Porter. 1-142 BRUSH CREEK—James T. Brooks. 11-197 BEULAH—H. C. Lambert. 18-245 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, W. L. Cockman, Clarence Crabtree. 4-35 CAMERON—W. L. McDonald, J. R. Loving, Chas. C. Jones. 0-182 CARTHAGE—J. S. Barrett. 0-220 COOL SPRINGS—W. A. Glass, R. B. Gross, J. T. Drane. 14-171 DEEP RIVER— C. M. Strickland. 6-170 EPHESUS—Verla Fisher, Clyde Wicker, Leola Coggins. 0-31

116 FALL CREEK—Clyde H. Jones. 25-251 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, Wilson Wicker, Lucille Rittishall. 2-71 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, Eugene Oldham, Van Ellis. 2-105 GUM SPRINGS—J. Walker Thomas. 4-118 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, Jake F. Johnson, N. J. Dark. 9-157 JONESBORO—J. H. Rice, Vern Hamilton, W. T. Sanders. 0-252 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Mrs. M. S. Bradley, Bertha Thomas. 4-124 LOVES CREEK—J. A. Walters, Chas. H. Marsh, D. T. Siler. 15-245 MAYS CHAPEL—James Bobbitt. 8-118 MINERAL SPRINGS—H. 0. Vestal, J. F. Lewis. 0-36 MOONS CHAPEL—Lucy A. Edwards. 11-55 MONCURE—C. D. Wilkie, T. Y. Seymour. 0-98 MOUNT OLIVE—A. M. Jones, D. W. Cheek, A. T. Andrews. 10-265 MOUNT PLEASANT—C. M. Strickland. 2-50 NEW SALEM—E. E. Cheek, C. J. Ellington. 2-110 OAKLEY—J. C. Kidd. 9-132 PINE GROVE—Arnette Deaton, Mrs. Susa Bruce, J. H. Myrick. 5-24 PINEY WOOD—E. B. Douglas, G. T. Iscott. 0-33 PITTSBORO—W. O. Petty, J. W. Moore. 0-130 RED BRANCH—Paul Deese, F. D. Solomon. 8-51 RIVERSIDE—O. T. Maness. 0-68 RIVES CHAPEL— 10-96 ROCKY RIVER—G. L. Smith, C. M. Webster, M. W. Duncan. 0-135 ROCK SPRINGS—C. W. Fields, W. A. Collins, Marnie Collins. 4-76 SANDY BRANCH—Donald R. Moody. 12-266 SANDY CREEK—R. E. Heath, Mrs. T. L. York, Mrs. G. M. York. 6-181 SANFORD FIRST— S. J. Husketh, E. D. Nail. 20-294 SILER CITY—Mrs. C. L. Brower, V. M. Dorsett, Rev. J. C. Canipe. 17-339 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. R. T. Mills, J. Fred Stinson. 6-132 STALEY—Rev. J. C. Canipe. 0-37 SUMMER HILL—B. F. Rosser, Cecil Frye, Ethel Arnette. 6-46 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Joe Hough, Claude Laton, E. C. Taylor. 7-72 TYSONS CREEK—Mrs. W. E. Brooks, G. H. Phillips, Mrs. G. H. Phillips. 0-121 UNION GROVE—W. L. Stutts. 51-320 VASS—J. M. Tyson. 0-46 YATES—Thaggard, T. B. Baker, E. H. Thaggard. 0-45 EAST SANFORD—0-159 EMMAUS—5-114 FLINT HILL—1-45 HICKORY GROVE—8-108 IVES MEMORIAL—0-33 MECHANICS HILL—5-77 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—0-67 LEMON SPRINGS—0-72 Baptisms total Membership total

1933

The 175th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with the Union Grove Church, September 28-29, 1933.

A. H. Porter was moderator, D. E. Murchison was clerk. Sermon by R. H. Weaver, Isa. 40:9,

117 MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. E. Freeman, E. M. Medlin, J. M. Taylor. 0-163 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, C. T. Gains, J. E. Fields. 3-104 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—E. R. Pickler, R. D. Stratler, Fred Hall. 4-71 BEAR CREEK— I. B. Hatch, B. E. Watson, W. P. Hammer. 9-180 BENNETT—J. A. Tally, J. R. Peace. 8-146 BETHANY—Burnice Oldham, J. B. Stinson, G. S. Moore. 9-127 BETHLEHEM— S. E. Hannon, Mrs. S. E. Hannon, Miss Audry Caddell. 3-173 BEULAH—Roland Kidd, B. H. Powers, Huey Purvis. 5-250 BONLEE— I. H. Dunlap, H. I. Carter, Mrs. E. W. Byerly. 1-138 BRUSH CREEK—R. L. Spence, J. W. Gee, J. H. Page. 13-204 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Clarence Crabtree, W. O. Black. 0-35 CAMERON—Rev. J. W. Hartsell. 16-197 CARTHAGE—N. J. Muse, L. C. Wallace, M. G. Boyette. 38-262 COOL SPRINGS—J. T. Drane, J. C. Pendergrass, Mrs. C. A. Pendergrass. 0-169 DEEP RIVER—Mrs. W. E. Cain, E. W. Brady, W. E. Cain. 11-174 EAST SANFORD—C. A. Upchurch. 0-158 EMMAUS—W. H. Daffron, T. B. Thrift, J. E. Clark. 3-116 EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, L. E. Fore, T. Smith. 0-29 FALL CREEK—B. F. Scott, C. R. Lambert, C. R. Jones. 6-255 FLAT SPRINGS—Amos Bridges, J. J. Hurley, Ruby Covert. 0-73 FLINT HILL—O. T. Maness, Mrs. Mary Ritter, William Hall. 1-46 GOLDSTON—H. M. Phillips, John G. Paschal, Mrs. Hugh Womble. 5-99 GUM SPRINGS—B. C. Thomas, Bailey Hackney, J. Walker Thomas. 3-119 HICKORY GROVE—Roland Hancock, Joe Talley. 7-113 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, H. H. Hackney, N. J. Dark. 9-164 IVES MEMORIAL—0-33 JONESBORO—O. A. Keller. 27-279 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. A. Dickens, Paul J. Thomas, Nerlia Brady. 0-125 LOVES CREEK—Charles H. Marsh, W. G. Scott, Mrs. Arthur Teague. 8-252 MAYS CHAPEL— S. C. Glosson (Pastor). 1-104 MECHANICS HILL—G. H. Moore, Frank Pool, Levi Maness, T. P. Tucker. 5-79 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. I. Budd, R. C. Dixon, H. O. Vestal. 3-42 MOONS CHAPEL—D. D. Brower, Kara Lane, E. L. Vestal. 1-57 MONCURE—C. B. Crutchfield, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas. 3-101 MOUNT OLIVE—Murphy Jones, J. F. Glosson, Earl Jones. 7-265 MOUNT PLEASANT—Ira D. Poe, J. M. Murry, V. N. Cheek. 0-50 NEW SALEM—J. B. Neighbors, D. Whitaker, Miss Mary Dean. 10-119 OAKLEY—W. A. Dixon, Harrison Clark, N. E. Thompson. 1-132 PINE GROVE—Corbet O. Myrick, G. C. Deaton, Florence Deaton. 2-35 PINEY WOOD—Ferman Soloman. 0-30 PITTSBORO—V. R. Johnson, F. L. Paschal, R. N. Ferrell. 4-134 RED BRANCH—F. D. Solomon (Pastor). 3-53 RIVERSIDE—J. M. Ashill, J. L. Kearns, Dennis Kiser. 12-80 RIVES CHAPEL—R. H. Thomas, W. C. Braswell, George Dowd. 5-179 ROCKY RIVER—R. A. Brewer, J. W. Buckner, M. W. Duncan. 6-142 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, W. B. Cheek, W. H. Ellis. 2-78 SANDY BRANCH—Alton Dowd, B. B. Webster, Miss Nellie Emerson. 5-270 SANDY CREEK—R. E. Heath, Denis York, Luke Edwards. 0-177 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, P. H. St. Clair, Glenn Mclver. 4-401 SILER CITY—V. M. Dorsett, C. N. Bray, J. A. Dark. 11-338 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. Winnie J. Dodge, Mrs. Adelaide A. King, Miss Althea Roberts. 12-137

118 STALEY—C. P. Fox, Mrs. C. P. Fox, Mrs. Pv. M. Cox. 0-38 SUMMER HILL—Herman Williamson, N. H. Arnette, E. Collins. 0-57 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—A. R. Laton, C. M. Shaver, M. P. Russell. 0-73 TYSONS CREEK—J. L. McManus, Murd Andrews, J. J. Moon. 7-125 UNION GROVE—Mrs. Maggie Presnell, J. S. Hancock, Clarence Cagle. 8-339 VASS—J. M. Tyson, B. P. Moore, Mrs. George Brooks. 0-46 YATES—Thagard, W. C. Wicker, Grady Eaton, Thomas Baker. 37-100 LEMON SPRINGS—0-73 Baptisms total Membership total

The Conclusion of Seventy-Five Years of the SANDY CREEK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Book IV 175-200 Sessions CONTENTS 1934 The 176th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mt. Olive Church, October 4-5, 1934.

J. C. Canipe was moderator, R. H. Weaver was clerk. T. Y. Seymour preached, Col. 1:18.

ABERDEEN—W. L. Moore, Mrs. J. A. Bryant, Mrs. W. E. Freeman. 3-157 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, C. T. Gaines, Dorothy Hilliard. 1-101 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—G. C. Wilson, H. T. Pickler, J. D. Arey. 0-66 BEAR CREEK—L. K. Smith, G. L. Andrews, Samuel Hancox. 12-187 BENNETT—Ed. S. Phillips, M. D. Brady, Lewis Kidd. 14-163 BETHANY—J. B. Stinson, Burnice Oldham, J. R. Moore. 2-130 BETHLEHEM—Clarence Gordon, Miss Pearl Dowd, W. J. Harris. 6-172 BEULAH—W. M. Leonard, B. H. Powers, Roland Kidd. 16-251 BONLEE—D. G. Edwards, A. F. Andrews, W. S. Phillips. 7-136 BRUSH CREEK—J. C. Dixon, J. H. Bray, J. E. Spence, Sr. 15-221 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, C. Crabtree, W. O. Black. CAMERON—C. C. Jones, Miss Lula Rogers, J. R. Loving. 9-206 CARTHAGE—T. Sloane Guy, O. D. Wallace, N. J. Muse. 9-275 COOL SPRINGS—F. J. Petty, Herman Cole, Alen Nichols. 13-176 DEEP RIVER—Abe Bouldin, Herbert R. Cox. 9-183 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. Mary Willett, Pauline Burgess, Hazel Boyd. 3-158 EMMAUS—E. J. Clark, W. H. Daffron, W. R. Jones. 2-116 EPHESUS—W. V. Fisher, Verla Fisher, G. T. Burge. 0-28 FALL CREEK—C. R. Jones, J. N. Nail, Ernest Phillips. 15-267 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, J. J. Hurley, A. E. Bridges. 1-75 FLINT HILL—O. T. Maness, Will Hall, Roy Maness. 6-52 GOLDSTON—H. M. Phillips, T. P. Murchison, J. G. Paschal. 3-97 GUM SPRINGS—C. T. Desern, J. N. Hackney, R. C. Thomas. 0-118 HICKORY GROVE—J. R. Gilbert, C. H. Terry, G. H. Hancock. 0-114 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—O. L. Dorsett, W. J. Hackney, M. D. McMath. 3-163 IVES MEMORIAL—Mrs. C. L. Jackson, Mrs. H. D. Allison. 3-36 JONESBORO—W. I. Brooks, J. E. Adams, J. B. Bullock. 9-281 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, E. C. Thomas, Lee Kelly. 2-124 LEMON SPRINGS—W. M. Gillis, Mrs. W. M. Gillis, W. H. Davis. 3-44 LOVES CREEK—C. H. Marsh, F. A. Smith, Mrs. F. A. Smith, J. A. Walters. 6-256

119 MAYS CHAPEL—H. L. Fields, P. T. Tucker, J. B. Jones. 2-97 MECHANICS HILL—Frank Pool, Tom Tucker, Levi Maness. 0-76 MINERAL SPRINGS—W. L. Vann, R. C. Dixon, H. 0. Vestal. 0-42 MONCURE—C. B. Crutchfield, C. C. Poe, Mrs. C. C. Poe. 0-86 MOONS CHAPEL—J. T. Smith, Harrison Ellington, Mrs. Lucy Edwards. 3-66 MOUNT OLIVE—F. M. Russell, Mrs. A. P. Buckner, W. R. Andrews. 27-287 MOUNT PLEASANT—V. N. Cheek, Mrs. V. N. Cheek, F. R. Foust, Ira D. Poe.0-50 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry, Mrs. J. B. Neighbors, Ernest Brewer. 3-111 OAKLEY—L. B. Paschal, Mrs. Mattie Johnson, J. G. Brown. 0-127 PINE GROVE—Miss Foy C. Deaton, Corbit Myrick, G. C. Deaton. 1-36 PINEY WOOD—J. T. Douglas, G. T. Isgett. 0-28 PITTSBORO—V. R. Johnson, G. J. Griffin, Mrs. T. Y. Seymour. 4-147 RED BRANCH—Howard Marsh, Lacy McDonald, C. H. Darnell. 6-59 RIVERSIDE—J. L. Kerns, J. M. Asbill, J. C. Kiser. 4-83 RIVES CHAPEL—Dwight Moody, W. B. Webster, Jessie Johnson. 6-183 ROCK SPRINGS—C. G. Fields, W. B. Cheek, Robert Canada. 2-76 ROCKY RIVER—M. W. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hackney. 1-142 SANDY BRANCH—G. B. Emerson, Donald Moody, Mrs. Lola Moore. 5-270 SANDY CREEK—D. T. Hicks, R. E. Heath, G. M. York, C. C. Wood. 3-180 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, S. D. Porter, T. J. Brooks. 3-404 SILER CITY—V. M. Dorsett, J. B. Whitley, A. H. Jones, Mrs. C. C. Gee. 21-337 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. Winnie J. Dodge. Mrs. Cynthia E. Lamm. Miss Zilla Adams. 0-136 STALEY—E. A. Livingston, C. P. Fox, Mrs. A. R. Williams. 0-45 SUMMER HILL—W. C. Hough, N. H. Arnette, Billie Williamson. 11-78 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Dennis Greene, Claude Laton. 3-72 TYSON CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. M. M. McManus, F. Y. Moon. 12-132 UNION GROVE—Tom Garner, Walter McNeil, Lacy O. Greene. 12-340 VASS—L. H. Furr, J. M. Tyson, James Evans. 2-52 YATES THAGGARD—Cary Kiser, Thomas Baker, Mrs. Thomas Baker. 4-107 Baptisms Total 307 Membership Total 8202

1935 The 177th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Bear Creek Church, October 3-4, 1935. DELEGATES

ABERDEEN—A. W. Wilson, W. L. Moore, W. W. Olive. 11-167 ANTIOCH—J. R. Wilkins, D. H. Stinson, H. L. Wilson. 5-108 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—M. C. Strather, Mrs. W. H. Hare, Addie Wilson, J. D. Arey. 0-71 BEAR CREEK—W. P. Hammer, D. F. Wilkie, C. H. Wilkie. 4-184 BENNETT—J. A. Tally, J. C. Brady, Ed. S. Phillips. 6-169 BETHANY—W. A. Beal, Burnice Oldham, G. S. Moore. 2-126 BETHLEHEM—Lewis Harris, Clarence Gordon, C. T. Frye. 8-164 BONLEE—W. S. Phillips, I. H. Dunlap, T. R. Hart. 0-127 BRUSH CREEK—J. C. Dixon, J. B. Gilbert, J. H. Bage. 6-222 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Mrs. D. B. Beal, W. O. Black. 10-54 CAMERON—C. C. Jones, G. T. Isgett, Karl Loving. 0-199 CARTHAGE—J. A. Frye, N. J. Muse, Mrs. W. G. Jennings. 0-285 COOL SPRINGS—F. J. Petty, S. G. Groce, E. O. Nichols. 4-178 EAST SANFORD—Pauline Burgess, Minnie McLeney. Carl Woodell. 3-164

120 EMMAUS—A. E. Craft, J. E. Clark, Frank Bouldin. 0-111 EPHESUS—W. P. Allen, P. A. Fisher, G. T. Burge. 3-31 FALL CREEK—C. R. Jones, F. R. Hill, J. C. Jones. 7-268 FLAT SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hurley. 0-75 FLINT HILL—J. C. Maness, 0. T. Maness, D. G. Garner. 8-55 FRIENDSHIP—Miss Alice Ritter, Bordon Ritter, Roland Kidd. 0-13 GOLDSTON—E. L. Stinson, J. G. Paschal, Mrs. L. B. Hester. 14-96 GUM SPRINGS—J. W. Thomas, R. C. Thomas, J. B. Hackney. 0-114 HICKORY GROVE—L. W. Tally, W. B. Tally, Robert Phillips. 22-133 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, O. L. Dorsett, J. T. Johnson. 3-167 IVES MEMORIAL—Mrs. Holden, Mrs. Wylie, Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. Allison. 0-34 JONESBORO—Thomas Adams, C. K. Gaines, J. B. Bullock. 11-282 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, W. C. Womack, L. B. Dickens. 11-134 LEMON SPRINGS—Mrs. T. A. Yow, Mrs. I. D. Little, K. U. Upchurch. 8-52 LOVES CREEK—Chas. H. Marsh, H. A. Teague, J. B. Teague. 4-255 MAYS CHAPEL—Walter Clark, Allen Mclver, J. B. Jones. 0-63 MECHANICS HILL—J. S. Maness, John Maness, Levie Maness. 2-78 MINERAL SPRINGS—R. C. Dixon, W. L. Vann, H. O. Vestal. 0-36 MONCURE—C. D. Wilkie, J. J. Hackney, Mrs. J. B. Powers. 7-89 MOONS CHAPEL—C. W. Jordan, Mrs. C. W. Jordan, E. L. Vestal. 6-66 MOUNT OLIVE—R. C. Johnson, F. M. Russell, A. T. Andrews. 6-272 NEW SALEM—J. R. Ellington, J. B. Neighbors, Mrs. E. J. Ellington. 2-111 OAKLEY—O. D. Clark, J. R. Paschal, N. R. Dixon. 5-126 PINE GROVE—G. C. Deaton, W. Sam Deaton, Mrs. S. A. Bruce. 0-36 PINEY WOOD—F. D. Solomon. 10-44 PITTSBORO—V. R. Johnson, Mrs. R. B. Lineberry, Mrs. Fred Nooe. 6-168 RED BRANCH—Pauline Darnell, Nell Deese, Irene Gatewood. 3-61 RIVES CHAPEL—W. E. Hart, F. L. Gilmore, Mrs. R. H. Johnson. 8-188 ROCK SPRINGS—C. W. Fields, W. B. Cheek, O. T. Cooper. 2-55 ROCKY RIVER—M. W. Duncan, L. D. Teague, Burton Andrews. 7-136 SANDY BRANCH—B. B. Webster, W. W. Burke, T. A. Dowd. 28-305 SANFORD—E. D. Nail, Mrs. R. E. Wall, S. J. Husketh. 39-541 SILER CITY—J. W. Emerson, Jr., R. F. Paschal, C. N. Bray. 15-358 SOUTHERN PINES—13-144 STALEY—C. W. Staley, C. A. Teague, Mrs. A. R. Williams. 0-42 SUMMER HILL—Ben Frye, Lide Sineath, Fannie Rosser. 2-70 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Mrs. H. M. Kirk, Joe Hough, A. R. Laton. 4-74 TYSONS CREEK—Robert Phillips, P. R. Brooks, M. M. McManus. 2-134 VASS—J. M. Tyson, J. B. Evans, S. H. Evans. 0-52 YATES THAGGARD—Thomas Baker, Mrs. Thomas Baker, Andrew Kiser. 5-118 Baptisms Total 312

Membership _.. Total 7406

1936

The 178th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Yates Thaggard Church, October 1-2, 1936.

V. M. Dorsett was moderator. R. H. Weaver was clerk. Sermon by R. E. Wall, Mark 11:22. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. W. Norris, Z. J. Paul, Mrs. D. Jordan, Mrs. E. M. Harris. 19-200 ANTIOCH—R, B. Oldham, D. H. Stinson, D. B. Hilliard, Mrs. D. B. Hilliard. 5-109

]2l ASHLEY HEIGHTS—M. C. Strother, J. C. Thompson, Mrs. George Vanhoy. 11-79 BEAR CREEK— Mrs. T. B. Wilkinson, Mrs. Joe Cheek, Miss Mollie Cheek. 7-181 BENNETT—J. E. Brady, Vernon W. Brewer. 0-139 BETHANY—J. R. Moore, Clyde P. Stinson, B. B. Oldham. 3-126 BETHLEHEM—Miss Ella Gordon, C. H. Gordon, T. L. Baughn. 3-163 BONLEE—D. R. Markham, H. 0. Vestal, I. H. Dunlap. 1-132 BRUSH CREEK—Harvey Hicks, J. W. Gee, J. A. Ellis. 0-216 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Clarence Crabtree. 6-59 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, C. C. Jones, G. T. Dogett. 13-129 CARTHAGE—J. A. Fry, T. Sloane Guy, Mrs. T. Sloane Guy. 6-289 COOL SPRINGS—O. A. Keller. 4-183 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews, S. C. Baggett. 0-157 EMMAUS—E. J. Clark, W. H. Daffron, Lewis Carroll. 10-119 EPHESUS—W. P. Allen, J. W. Buckner, Bernice Marsh. 0-28 FALL CREEK—J. C. Kidd, Mrs. J. C. Kidd. 9-275 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. A. E. Bridges, Mrs. H. G. Boyd, Mrs. D. M. Covert. 1-73 FLINT HILL—O. T. Maness, Bennie Maness. 13-68 FRIENDSHIP—C. B. Maness. 0-10 GOLDSTON—E. W. Byerly. 4-99 GUM SPRINGS—J. W. Thomas. Irene Bland, Mrs. Clyde Thomas, A. H. Thomas. 6-114 HEMP—A. H. Callahan, Pauline Callahan, Mrs. E. R. Fox, Mrs. Earl Hicks. 0-35 HICKORY GROVE—W. F. Hancock. 4-132 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, W. J. Hackney. 3-175 IVES MEMOAIAL—Mrs. Irving G. Wylie, Mrs. J. C. Adams, Mrs. H. D. Allison. 3-40 JONESBORO—J. B. Bullock, W. T. Sanders, Miss Mabel Sanders. 9-285 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, B. C. Kelly, Mrs. L. B. Dickens. 9-142 LEMON SPRINGS—Mrs. T. A. Yow, Mrs. B. G. Jones, Mrs. Mollie Little. 2-58 LOVES CREEK—J. B. Teague, Mrs. J. R. Smith, H. A. Teague. 15-229 MAYS CHAPEL—H. B. Jones, O. H. Welch, G. D. Vaughn. 2-64 MECHANICS HILL—0-78 MINERAL SPRINGS—A. H. Porter. 0-28 MONCURE—W. J. Hannon, Pearl Hackney, Mary Crutchfield. 0-83 MOONS CHAPEL—C. W. Jordan, Mrs. C. W. Jordan. 2-64 MOUNT OLIVE—L. L. Glosson, R. C. Johnson, B. L. Gupton. 7-279 NEW SALEM—E. L. Perry. 4-111 OAKLEY—N. R. Dixon, Geo. G. Clark, O. D. Clark. 13-138 PINE GROVE—O. T. Maness. 0-31 PINEY WOOD—F. D. Solomon. 0-44 PITTSBORO—Mrs. R. B. Lineberry, Mrs. J. W. Moore, Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, Mrs. E. B. Hatch. 11-175 RED BRANCH—James Solomon, C. H. Darnell, Mrs. Myrtle Dees. 2-64 RIVES CHAPEL—Mrs. R. H. Johnson, Geo. Dowd, Mrs. Geo. Dowd. 2-185 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, C. Fields, Mrs. O. T. Cooper. 3-53 ROCKY RIVER—M. W. Duncan, Mrs. M. W. Duncan. 0-135 SANDY BRANCH—Donald Moody, T. A. Dowd. 11-314 SANFORD—J. T. Brooks, Mrs. C. W. McManus, Mrs. R. E. Wall. 6-532 SILER CITY—R. F. Paschal, Mrs. T. H. Grimes, Mrs. C. C. Gee. 25-374 SOUTHERN PINES—Minnie J. Dodge, Bertha Fowler. 6-154 STALEY— C. P. Fox, Carl A. Teague, Mrs. A. R. Williams, Mrs. C. P. Fox. 5-49 SUMMER HILL—J. A. Williamson. 6-75 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Dennis Greene, Mrs. Dennis Greene, M. P. Russell. 3-72 TYSONS CREEK—E. W. Byerly. 0-133

122 VASS—W. C. Leslie, Mrs. B. C. McRea, Mrs. Othello Culler. 3-59 YATES THAGGARD—Cary Riser, S. H. Oliver, N. H. Arnette. 0-110 Baptisms total membership total

Beginning' with this session you will find that the Association has been changed to a 2-day session instead of 3 days.

1937

The 179th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Emmaus Church, September 30th to October 1st, 1937.

V. M. Dorsett was moderator. R. H. Weaver was clerk. Sermon by A. H. Porter, John 14:1-6. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. M. Taylor, Mrs. A. F. Dies, Mrs. W. W. Norris, Mrs. E. M. Harris. 17-191 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, J. E. Fields, Mrs. A. C. Oldham, Mrs. D. B. Hilliard. 18-127 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—H. T. Pickler, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Moss. 2-79 BEAR CREEK—J. B. Hatch, W. C. Caudle. 11-191 BENNETT—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tally, J. E. Jones, Mrs. P. O. Brady. 3-173 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson. 2-127 BETHLEHEM—C. H. Gordon, S. E. Hannon, Mrs. Lizzie Hannon. 13-177 BONLEE—D. R. Markham, H. 0. Vestal. 4-134 BRUSH CREEK—J. E. Spence, R. L. Welch. 14-223 CALVARY—B. L. Maness. 6-59 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, Miss Margaret Thomas. 4-223 CARTHAGE—0-228 COOL SPRINGS—R. A. Gross, Miss Gladis Johnson, Miss Julia Johnson. 7-182 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews, Mrs. D. E. Matthews. 2-146 EMMAUS—A. B. Campbell, Mrs. W. V. Butler, Mrs. J. L. Creek. 2-119 EPHESUS—0-27 FALL CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Jones, Eli Brown. 3-276 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. D. M. Covert, Mrs. D. W. Dawkins. 8-81 FLINT HILL—B. L. Maness, Mrs. Madie Maness. 8-75 FRIENDSHIP—O. T. Maness. 0-10 GOLDSTON—Van E. Ellis, W. H. Tyler, J. G. Paschal. 6-104 GUM SPRINGS—R. W. Hackney, H. H. Blaylock, Miss Irene Bland. 8-126 HEMP—Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Callahan, Mrs. W. L. Lucas. 18-60 HICKORY GROVE—J. R. Gilbert, W. B. Tally, Marvin Fox. 3-117 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—W. J. Hackney, N. J. Dark, J. T. Johnson. 14-162 IVES MEMORIAL—1-42 JONESBORO—G. B. Funderburk. 4-291 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley. 11-151 LEMON SPRINGS—R. D. Thomas. 0-61 LOVES CREEK—Charles H. Marsh, Mrs. F. A. Smith, J. F. Teague, Mrs. H. A. Teague. 3-226 MAYS CHAPEL—H. R. Harward. 0-61 MECHANICS HILL—J. S. Maness. 2-78 MINERAL SPRINGS—0-22 MONCURE—Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Poe, Miss Pearl Hackney, Miss Mary Crutchfield. 4-92 MOON'S CHAPEL—Harrison Ellington, E. W. Reitzel. 3-66

123 MOUNT OLIVE—B. L. Gupton. 10-283 NEW SALEM—Mrs. C. J. Ellington. 0-110 OAKLEY—N. R. Dixon, Mrs. Mattie Marsh. 10-150 PINEY WOOD—0-44 PITTSBORO—W. H. Griffin. 6-176 RED BRANCH—C. F. Martin, H. E. Marsh, Pines Deese. 0-63 RIVES CHAPEL—W. E. Hart, Mrs. Bob Johnson, Miss Lee Pickard. 6-189 ROCK SPRINGS—W. B. Cheek, C. W. Fields. 3-56 ROCKY RIVER—M. W. Duncan, Mrs. Rufus Brewer. 0-129 SANDY BRANCH—Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Norwood, Mrs. H. K. Willett. 4-317 SANFORD FIRST— S. J. Husketh, Mrs. C. W. McManus, T. J. Brooks. 17-555 SILER CITY—C. C. Wrenn, Mrs. C. N. Bray, Mrs. T. H. Grimes. 27-407 SOUTHERN PINES—J. Fred Stinson, Miss Bertha Fowler. 2-165 STALEY—C. P. Fox, W. J. Vestal, W. M. Ward. 1-54 SUMMER HILL—Ben Frye, Durrel Frye, Alfred Williamson. 1-72 TAYLORS MEMORIAL—5-76 TYSONS CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. Willie Scott, J. L. McManus. 0-130 VASS—J. M. TYSON. 2-63 YATES-THAGGARD—0-105 Baptisms Total 297 Membership Total 7647

1938

The 180th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Jonesboro Church, September 29-30, 1938.

V. M. Dorsett was moderator. R. H. Weaver was clerk. Sermon by E. M. Harris, John 14:1-3. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. A. Bryant, Mrs. A. B. Freeman, Mrs. W. W. Norris. 0-134 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, D. B. Hilliard, J. E. Fields. 9-139 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Pickler, D. L. Moss, M. C. Strother. 6-79 BEAR CREEK—6-187 BENNETT—H. I. Carter, W. W. Brady, G. C. Phillips, Mrs. R. I. Tillman. 4-189 BETHANY—Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Moore, Harold Lackey. 8-132 BETHLEHEM—Martin Hannon, Mrs. Leonard Lawhon, Mrs. S. E. Hannon, Clarence Gordon. 1-174

BONLEE—I. H. Dunlap, D. R. Markham, Mrs. W. N. Vestal. 2-134 BRUSH CREEK—J. C. Dixon, A. S. Edwards, Mrs. May Brower, Mrs. J. B. Gilbert. 2-222 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Charlie Cockman. 1-60 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, G. T. Isgett. 3-123 CARTHAGE—Hoyle Sullivan, Mrs. Joe H. Allen, Mrs. N. J. Muse, Miss Laland Frye. 18-291 COOL SPRINGS—0-172 EAST SANFORD—Rev. Dennis M. Larkin, D. E. Matthews. 9-153 EMMAUS—J. E. Clark, Carl Buckner. 3-118 ESPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, Miss Verla Fisher, Miss Nina Burge, G. T. Burge. 0-28 FALL CREEK—C. R. Jones, Cornie Kidd, Eli Brown. 9-271 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. A. E. Bridges, Mrs. Jack Otis, J. J. Hurley. 0-80 FLINT HILL—O. T. Maness, D. T. Maness. 0-70 FRIENDSHIP—0-10

124 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, G. E. Oldham, H. M. Phillips. 0-104 GUM SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Biaylock, A. H. Thomas. 5-131 HEMP—J. L. Benson, J. S .Scruggs, A. W. Elkins. 11-76 HICKORY GROVE—J. R. Gilbert, D. E. Oates. 1-112 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—H. H. Hackney, M. B. McMath, N. J. Dark. 6-162 IVES MEMORIAL—0-43 JONESBORO—A. F. Leonard, Vein Hamilton, M. L. Latum. 2-289 JUNIPER—Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Bradley, Mrs. L. B. Dickens. 3-154 LEMON SPRINGS—0-61 LOVES CREEK—C. H. Marsh, F. E. Womble, S. P. Teague, Mrs. Henry Stone. 10-231 MAYS CHAPEL—R. H. Bobbitt, H. R. Harward, Leslie Mclver. 2-60 MECHANICS HILL—4-82 MINERAL SPRINGS—0-22 MONCURE—C. D. Wilkie, Mrs. J. B. Powers, Mrs. C. C. Poe. 0-95 MOONS CHAPEL—0-65 MOUNT OLIVE—A. T. Andrews, B. L. Gupton. 23-307 NEW SALEM—A. B. Campbell, Fred L. Boone. 11-119 OAKLEY—J. P. Estridge, O. D. Clark, Mrs, N. E. Thompson, J. W. Dixon. 5-155 PINE GROVE—J. H. Myrick, Corbit Myrick, Glenn Snider. 4-38 PINEY WOOD—0-44 PITTSBORO—W. H. Griffin, Mrs. Fred Nooe. 2-183 RED BRANCH—C. H. Donnell, W. L. McDonald. 0-71 RIVES CHAPEL—Marvin Gilmore. 17-207 ROCK SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Cooper, Robert Canada. 0-66 ROCKY RIVER—L. D. Teague, M. W. Duncan, Miss Mary Culberson. 7-134 SANDY BRANCH—G. W. Blalock. T. A. Dowd. Mrs. T. A. Dowd. 10-328 SANFORD—Charles P. Rogers, J. T. Smith, Mrs. J. T. Hall. 14-566 SILER CITY—W. R. Harmon, C. N. Bray, Mrs. Colin Churchill. 13-420 SOUTHERN PINES—3-179 STALEY—A. Teague, C. P. Fox, E. A. Livingston. 0-55 SUMMER HILL—Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Arnette. 12-93 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith, Miss Jessie Russell. 0-76 TYSONS CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sizemore, J. J. Moon. 7-135

VASS—J. . Tyson, Mrs. G. L. Culler. 2-54 YATES-THAGGARD—Mr. and Mrs. Cary Kiser, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kiser. 19-119 Baptisms total membership totale

Instead of meeting before the 1st Sunday in October a motion was made and carried to meet on Thursday after the 1st Sunday in October.

1939

The 181st session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Brush Creek, Church October 12-13, 1939.

V. M. Dorsett was moderator. R. H. Weaver was clerk. Sermon by G. B. Funderburk, Is. 6:8-9. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—Mrs. E. M. Harris, Mrs. Claude Laton, J. T. Land. 9-204 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, D. B. Hilliard, J. R. Wilkins. 0-136 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Pickler, Mrs. D. L. Moss. 0-78 BEAR CREEK—O. D. Moore, I. B. Hatch, L. K. Smith, W. C. Caudle. 3-188 BENNETT—Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Brady, Emma Brady, G. M. Andrew. 0-188

125 BETHANY—B. B. Oldham, Clyde P. Stinson, J. R. Moore. 2-131 BETHLEHEM—Clarence Gordon, Martin Hannon, Miss Pearl Dowd. 7-186 BONLEE—H. 0. Vestal, D. G. Edwards, Mrs. B. F. Moffitt. 0-132 BRUSH CREEK—J. T. Gilliland, J. H. Bray, L. C. Pope. 5-205 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Charlie Cockman. James Needham. 0-61 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, C. C. Jones, Miss Lula Rogers. 29-157 CARTHAGE—H. F. Seawell, Mrs. C. T. Henson, Mrs. N. J. Muse. 18-302 COOL SPRINGS—H. R. Stanley, Mrs. W. W. Sutphin, Mrs. Hubert Cole. 24-192 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. W. E. Warner, Mrs. L. D. Bryan. 49-213 EMMAUS—A. L. Carroll, Hoyt Clark, Mrs. A. E. Craft. 2-116 EPHESUS—P. A. Fisher, Miss Verla Fisher. 1-32 FALL CREEK—Eli Brown, Mrs. Frank Brewer, Mrs. Ira Phillips. 2-264 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. A. E. Bridges, A. F. Womble, Mrs. Minnie Wicker. 11-88 FLINT HILL—B. L. Maness. 0-69 FRIENDSHIP—0-10 GOLDSTON—Vann E. Ellis, W. H. Tyler, H. M. Phillips. 0-107 GUM SPRINGS—H. H. Blaylock, Miss Eva Hackney, J. W. Thomas. 2-118 HEMP—J. L. Benson, Mrs. A. W. Elkins, Mrs. J. S. Scruggs. 0-75 HICKORY GROVE—Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Terry, W. B. Talley, Miss Lucile Talley. 3-105 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, H. H. Hackney, A. E. Burke. 2-157 IVES MEMORIAL—0-47 JONESBORO—Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, A. F. Leonard, S. L. Poole. 20-318 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Durham. 9-125 LEMON SPRINGS— Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rackley, Mrs. Thomas Yow. 0-56 LOVES CREEK—Charles H. Marsh, Mrs. H. L. Stone, J. B. Teague. 3-233 MAYS CHAPEL— S. C. Glosson, H. R. Harward. 0-58 MECHANICS HILL—T. P. Tucker, J. S. Maness, G. H. Moore. 0-80 MINERAL SPRINGS—0-0 MONCURE—Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Powers. 0-96 MOONS CHAPEL—T. G. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jordan, E. W. Reitzel. 2-67 MOUNT OLIVE—L. L. Glosson, G. W. Patterson. 7-310 NEW SALEM—Mrs. J. B. Neighbors, P. T. Farrell, J. D. Whitaker. 8-120 OAKLEY—Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Thompson, O. D. Clark, J. M. White. 3-158 PINE GROVE—Carl Myrick, Miss Valda Deaton, Mrs. W. G. Snider. 0-39 PINEY WOOD—Mrs. E. B. Douglas. 0-38 PITTSBORO—V. R. Johnson, W. T. Hurst. 11-203 RED BRANCH—Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Wall, R. V. Hill, James Branch. 7-75 RIVES CHAPEL—M. E. Gilmore, R. H. Johnson, C. M. Pickard. 3-203 ROCK SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Cooper. 5-71 ROCKY RIVER— S. T. Culberson, L. D. Teague, Mrs. Glenn Duncan. 5-136 SANDY BRANCH—B. B. Webster, H. L. Brooks, Mrs. W. L. Dunn. 12-320 SANFORD— S. J. Husketh, Mrs. C. W. McManus, Mrs. G. H. Boger. 34-607 SILER CITY—C. C. Wrenn, C. L. Brower, Mrs. T. A. Burns. 6-425 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. William Dale, Miss Bertha Fowler. 8-195 STALEY—C. P. Fox, W. J. Vestal, C. A. Teague, Mrs. A. R. Williams. 0-53 SUMMER HILL—B. H. Williamson, Mrs. J. A. Williamson. 18-115 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Claude Laton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Overby. 11-82 TYSONS CREEK—F. Y. Moon. Norman Scott, Miss Marie Ellis. 1-131 VASS—J. M. TYSON, J. H. Abernathy, Arthur Hedrick. 2-59 YATES-THAGGARD—28-84

...... _ Baptisms r ^.. T ....Total 370

Membership ...... _ .. ..--..Total 8018

126 1940

The 182nd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Ashley Heights Church, October 10-11, 1940.

W. L. Worfford was clerk. V. M. Dorsett was moderator. Sermon by Roy A. Morris, Mat. 16:18. MESSENGERS

No list of messengers appeared in the minutes. ABERDEEN— 1-211 LEMON SPRINGS—0-56 ANTIOCH—19-153 LOVES CREEK—4-234 ASHLEY HEIGHTS— 10-93 MAYS CHAPEL—0-57 BEAR CREEK—11-182 MECHANICS HILL—0-80 BENNETT—2-169 MINERAL SPRINGS— BETHANY—6-133 MONCURE—8-108 BETHLEHEM—9-180 MOONS CHAPEL—1-67 BONLEE—0-124 MOUNT OLIVE—13-319 BRUSH CREEK—2-203 NEW SALEM—1-119 CALVARY—1-62 OAKLEY— 11-163 CAMERON—2-166 PINE GROVE—6-44 CARTHAGE—13-301 PINEY WOOD—0-36 COOL SPRINGS—0-181 PITTSBORO—0-203 EAST SANFORD—7-228 RED BRANCH—1-76 EMMAUS—9-126 RIVES CHAPEL—10-211 EPHESUS—0-32 ROCK SPRINGS—0-71 FALL CREEK—15-274 ROCKY RIVER—4-139 FLAT SPRINGS—4-89 SANDY BRANCH—3-311 FLINT HILL—1-70 SANFORD—8-591 FRIENDSHIP—0-0 SILER CITY—1-415 GOLDSTON—2-105 SOUTHERN PINES—14-208 GUM SPRINGS—4-122 STALEY—5-56 HEMP—6-90 SUMMER HILL—2-73 HICKORY GROVE—4-108 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—0-73 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—4-166 TYSONS CREEK—3-132 IVES MEMORIAL—0-49 VASS—2-62 JONESBORO—2-314 YATES-THAGGARD—0-84 JUNIPER SPRINGS—4-130

Baptisms Total 233 Membership Total 8104

1941

The 183rd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Loves Creek Church, October 9-10, 1941.

V. M. Dorsett was moderator. W. L. Warfford was clerk. Sermon by W. L. Warfford, Eph. 5:27. MESSENGERS

No list of messengers appeared in the minutes. ABERDEEN—3-218 BENNETT—0-165 ANTIOCH—1-153 BETHANY—0-135 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—2-89 BETHLEHEM—11-186 BEAR CREEK—2-176 BONLEE—1-122

127 BRUSH CREEK— 16-216 MECHANICS HILL—0-83 CALVARY—5-64 MINERAL SPRINGS—No figures CAMERON—11-173 MONCURE—7-116 CARTHAGE—24-329 MOONS CHAPEL—2-70 COOL SPRINGS—0-178 MOUNT OLIVE—0-317 EAST SANFORD— 17-239 NEW SALEM— 1-118 EMMAUS—4-120 OAKLEY—5-162 EPHESUS—0-30 PINE GROVE—11-55 FALL CREEK— 13-283 PINEY WOOD—12-55 FLAT SPRINGS—3-91 PITTSBORO—2-207 FLINT HILL—1-70 RED BRANCH—23-100 FRIENDSHIP—No letter. RIVES CHAPEL—1-210 GARNERS CHAPEL—0-23 ROCK SPRINGS—0-73 GOLDSTON—5-109 ROCKY RIVER—6-141 GUM SPRINGS—0-122 SANDY BRANCH—16-318 HEMP—15-101 SANFORD—15-621 HICKORY—2-104 SILER CITY—0-413 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—5-173 SOUTHERN PINES—10-220 IVES MEMORIAL—0-45 STALEY—2-56 JONESBORO—0-312 SUMMER HILL—6-124 JUNIPER SPRINGS—2-134 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—7-83 LEMON SPRINGS—No letter. TYSONS CREEK—0-130 LOVES CREEK—3-233 VASS—0-59 MAY'S CHAPEL—0-54 YATES-THAGGARD—No report. Baptisms total membership total

1942

The 184th session of the Sandy Creek Association was held with Sanford Church, October 8-9, 1942. V. M. Dorsett was moderator. W. L. Warfford was clerk. Carl L. Ousley preached, John 4:5. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. B. Herndon, Mrs. E. M. Harris, Mrs. A. F. Deese, Mrs. A. B. Freeman. 4-217 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, J. R. Wilkins, D. B. Hilliard, J. E. Fields. 5-154 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Moses, Alton Louder, Mrs. W. H. Hare. 2-99 BEAR CREEK—J. R. Elkins, W. P. Hammer, Mrs. Rosa Elkins. 0-169 BENNETT—Miss Pauline Baxter, J. E. Jones, Mrs. Lester Routh. 5-168 BETHANY—Rev. Clyde Stinson, Mrs. Leah Freeman, Mrs. B. B. Oldham. 0-132 BETHLEHEM—John Horner, W. J. Harris, T. L. Bangher. 6-193

BONLEE— I. H. Dunlap, Mrs. D. R. Markham, Mrs. H. O. Vestal. 0-126 BRUSH CREEK—J. T. Gilliland, J. C. Dixon, C. L. Welch. 9-206 CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, Charlie Cockman, Mrs. Charlie Cockman. 5-64 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, F. P. Holland, Mrs. Bessie Snipes, Mrs. B. T. Thomasson. 0-160 CARTHAGE—Mrs. N. J. Muse, Mrs. C. C. Wallace, Mrs. D. H. Parks, Mrs. N. J. Morgan. 0-328 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. Gilmer Kennedy, Mrs. R. A. Groce, Mrs. W. W. Supthin. 2-179 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. J. H. Love, Mrs. J. R. Rieves, Mrs. W. E. Warner. 4-245 EMMAUS—Mr. J. R. Snipes, Clyde Buckner, E. J. Clark. 4-121 EPHESUS—Mrs. W. V. Fisher, Miss Verla Fisher, Mrs. G. T. Burge. 10-39

128 FALL CREEK—Eli Brown, Rossie Hill, Frank Brewer, Talmage Smith. 1-279 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. Joe Hurley, Mrs. D. W. Dawkins, Mrs. Leota H. Jackson. 20-120 FLINT HILL—J. R. Chalflinch, B. L. Maness, Lillie Garner. 2-74 GARNER'S CHAPEL—J. A. Garner, Mrs. J. A. Garner, W. M. Garner. 0-23 GOLDSTON—Mr. H. G. Phillips, Mr. Holland Gaines, Mrs. Holland Gaines. 8-116 GUM SPRINGS—J. Walker Thomas, Garland Faushee, C. P. Howard. 9-129 HEMPMrs. E. D. Hicks, Mrs. J. S. Scruggs, Mrs. J. W. Bradford. 5-112 HICKORY GROVE—Mrs. C. H. Terry, Christeen Sizemore, Mrs. E. R. Sizemore, Swannie Tally. 8-83 HICKORY MOUNTAINO. L. Dorsett, N. J. Dark, H. H. Hackney. 2-160 IVES MEMORIAL— (Those who could attend appointed as delegates.) 1-44 JONESBORO—R. D. Thomas, Mrs. E. B. Faulk, Mabel Sanders. 17-330 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, H. J. Mitchell, J. B. Cox. 0-109 LEMON SPRINGS—Mrs. Mollie Little, Mrs. T. A. Yow. 0-45 LOVE'S CREEK—Mrs. H. L. Stone, Mrs. Henry Stone, Charles H. Marsh. 2-236 MAYS CHAPEL—R. H. Bobbitt, A. S. Wright, J. B. Jones. 0-53 MECHANICS HILL—J. S. Maness, J. B. Maness. 0-83 MONCURE—Mrs. H. B. Bellenger, Mrs. J. R. Crutchfield, Mrs. C. C. Poe. 4-127 MOONS CHAPEL—Miss Kara Lane, Mrs. Harrison Ellington, D. F. Hicks. 4-78 MOUNT OLIVE—D. L. Williams, F. M. Russell, A. P. Buckner. 14-330 NEW SALEM—Mrs. L. E. Carphell, Mrs. A. B. Campbell, Mrs. F. L. Boone. 3-118 OAKLEY—W. H. Dickson, H. L. Paschal, J. W. Dickson, O. D. Clark. 16-150 PINEY GROVE—Glenn Snider, Gernie Deaton, Irvin Myrick. 1-56 PITTSBORO—Mr. V. R. Johnson, Mrs. Lee Farrell, Mrs. E. B. Hatch. 3-208 RED BRANCH—James Branch, Rufus Donnell, Floyd Simons. 2-103 RIVES CHAPEL—J. Lee Moody, W. E. Hart, Mrs. Fred Oakley. 9-193 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, Clarence Mills, Mrs. O. T. Cooper. Chapin Oldham. 5-77 ROCKY RIVER—M. W. Duncan, R. B. Edwards, L. D. Teague, J. H. Duncan. 0-142 SANDY BRANCH—G. W. Blalock, H. L. Brooks, S. E. Oldham. 12-326 SANFORD—W. R. Hartness, Chas. T. Rogers, T. J. Brooks. 15-632 SILER CITY—C. L. Brower, Mrs. R. F. Paschal, Mrs. T. A. Burns. 24-451 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. H. W. Dorn, Mrs. C. L. Smith, Mrs. William Dale. 6-215 STALEY—C. A. Teague, H. L. Staley, Mrs. J. J. Pike. 2-52 SUMMER HILL—C. J. Livingood, Mrs. C. J. Livingood, J. F. Taylor. 0-123 TAYLOR'S MEMORIAL—M. L. Smith, Mrs. M. L. Smith, M. P. Russell. 0-81 TYSON'S CREEK—. M. McManess, Nellie Scott, N. P. Ivey. 8-139 VASS—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Abernathy, Mrs. Grey Chrissman, Sam Evans. 13-78 YATES-THAGGARD— S. H. Oliver, C. L. Ragsdale, W. C. Newell. 4-87 Baptisms total membership total x

1943

The 185th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Antioch Church, October 7-8, 1943.

V. M. Dox-sett was moderator. W. L. Warfford was clerk. Ronald E. Wall preached, Mat. 16:18. MESSENGERS ABERDEEN—Rev. E. M. Harris, Mrs. E. M. Harris. 7-214 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, J. R. Wilkins, D. B. Hilliard, J. E. Fields, Mrs. Mary Stinson, Mrs. Robert Fields, Mrs. Mattie Gaines, Miss Clars Wilkie. 1-174

129 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Denny Strather, Sarah Strather, Mr. and Mrs. D. Moss, Margaret Pickler, Mr. and Mrs. Moses, Ila Moss, Naomi Vanhoy, Kathleen Cathran. 42-140

BEAR CREEK—J. R. Elkins, R. W. Elkins, B. E. Watson, R. S. Webster, A. W. Andrews, H. A. Forrester. 1-167 BENNETT—D. G. Jones, W. W. Brady, Mrs. Ila Routh, Mrs. Sarah Brady. 0-166

BETHANY—J. H. Ross, J. R. Moore, Rev. C. P. Stinson, Mrs. Lillie Moore. Rowland Palmer, J. B. Stinson. 8-138 BETHLEHEM—Earl Dowd, C. W. Hall, R. H. Byrd, Claude Fry, Lenda Seawell, Edwin Baughn. 18-208 BONLEE—D. G. Edwards, H. 0. Vestal, Mrs. D. R. Markham, W. T. Brooks, J. M. Councilman, Mrs. C. E. Paschal. 0-124

BRUSH CREEK—J. E. Spence, J. H. Bray, J. B. Gilbert, Mrs. Nell Kennedy, J. W. Gee, Mrs. J. H. Bray. 0-204 CALVARY—Charles Cockman, James Needham, D. B. Beal, Mrs. W. B. Brown, Mrs. James Fulk, Miss Sylvia Horner. 4-67

CAMERON—F. P. Holland, C. C. Jones, J. W. Rogers, Mrs. J. W. Rogers, J. R. Loving, Mrs. Bessie Snipes, F. L. Smith. 0-159

CARTHAGE—Mrs. Gus Snipes, Mrs. Minnie Tyson, Mrs. J. H. Scott, Mrs. C. T. Henson. 5-337 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. T. C. Poole, Mrs. Spurgeon Craig, Mrs. C. A. Pendergrass, Mrs. X. Z. Gilmore, Mrs. T. C. Cole, Mrs. Spurgeon Craig. 16-181 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. D. F. Holder, Mrs. J. H. Love, Mrs. Amy Smith. 10-249

EMMAUS—E. N. Brooks, E. J. Clark. Clyde Buckner, Mrs. Clayton Justice, J. R. Snipes, W. R. Clark. 4-121 EPHESUS—Miss Mabel Fisher, Mrs. Lora Branch, Mrs. W. V. Fisher. 2-44

FALL CREEK—J. C. Jones, Graham Scott, F. S. Hill, Talmage Smith, Charlie Williams, Mrs. Eula Williams. 6-276 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. A. F. Womble, Mrs. Lemuel Johnson, Mrs. A. E. Bridges. 3-127

FLINT HILL—B. L. Maness, Maudie Maness, Mrs. Lillie Garner, J. Chalflinch, Mrs. Mary Ritter, Roy Maness. 7-83

GARNER'S CHAPEL—J. A. Garner, Claude Garner, W. M. Garner, David Garner, Mrs. Maggie Garner, Mrs. W. M. Garner. 0-23 GOLDSTON—W. H. Gilmore, H. M. Phillips, Oswald Oldham, Mrs. J. G. Paschal, Mrs. Corbett Gaines, Mrs. P. T. Murchison. 2-117

GUM SPRINGS—J. W. Thomas, W. E. Thomas, Mrs. R. C. Ross, Mrs. C. P. Harward, Mrs. M. C. Foushee, Mrs. Carey Thomas. 0-129

HEMP—Mrs. J. L. Benson, Mrs. J. W. Brafford, Mrs. R. R. Harris, Mrs. E. D. Hicks. 31-140

HICKORY GROVE—Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cheek, Mrs. B. R. Phillips, Mrs. F. T. Talley, Mrs. W. R. Sizemore. 3-93

HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, J. T. Johnson, O. L. Dorsett, J. D. Paschal, J. T. Johnson, Robert Hackney. 5-159 IVES MEMORIAL—No delegates appointed. 2-45

JONESBORO—Mrs. J. E. Adams, Mrs. G. C. Hunt, Mrs. W. E. Harkey. 9-343

JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, J. B. Cox, L. B. Dickens, B. C. Kelley, W. C.

Womack, M :-s. C. P. Bradley. 20-128

130 LEMON SPRINGS—Mrs. John Parrish, Mrs. Mollie Little, Mrs. M. E. Davis, Mrs. T. A. Yow, Mrs. W. E. Stanley. 5-53 LOVES CREEK—C. H. Marsh, Mrs. Frank Smith, Sammie L. Siler, Frank A. Smith, L. G. Paschal, Mrs. H. L. Stone. 4-240 MAYS CHAPEL—Allen Mclver, R. H. Bobbitt, J B. Jones, Hubert Fields. 1-52 MECHANICS HILL—J. S. Maness, John Maness, Tom Maness. 5-76 MONCURE—Mrs. C. C. Poe, C. C. Poe, Mrs. T. O. Seawell. 2-129 MOONS CHAPEL—Clarence Marley, Grady Vestal, Mrs. Harrison Ellington, C. W. Jordan, Mrs. C. W. Jordan, Harrison Ellington. 3-80

MOUNT OLIVE—J. A. Glosson, Milford Henderson, A. T. Andrews, Floy Russell, A. M. Jones, Mrs. E. L. Russell. 11-329 OAKLEY—R. D. Gee, 0. D. Clark, Paul Powers, H. L. Paschal, Mrs. Mattie Marsh, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Mrs. N. A. Wright, F. A. Edwards. 5-153 NEW SALEM—J. D. Whitaker, Mrs. R. B. Cambell, Ed Crutchfield. 3-119 PINE GROVE—Carl Myrick, Robert Brower, Gernie Deaton, Delia Myrick, Carrie Myrick, Royster Williams. 7-64 PINEY WOOD—No delegates listed. 3-110 PITTSBORO—V. R. Johnson, W. 0. Petty, H. B. Blalock, Mrs. E. B. Hatch, Mrs. G. H. Andrews. 5-218 RED BRANCH—C. F. Martin, Lottie Martin, A. C. Hill, Lucy Marsh. 2-106 RIVES CHAPEL—George Dowd, Mrs. George Dowd, Gurman Hart, Mrs. R. H. Johnson, Mrs. Gordon Hilliard, Mrs. Frank Gilmore. 5-195 ROCKY RIVER—Paul Bare, Mrs. Paul Bare, Mrs. Rufus Brewer, Mrs. Glenn Duncan, M. W. Duncan, L. D. Teague, W. E. Johnson, R. B. Edwards. 6-144 ROCK SPRINGS—W. B. Cheek, Mrs. O. T. Cooper, Mrs. Elsie Thomas, Lloy Thomas, L. C. Clark, Jr. 10-94 SANDY BRANCH—B. B. Webster, Bun Emerson, Don Moody, Mrs. G. B. Emerson, Mrs. S. E. Oldham, Mrs. F. H. Gilbert. 1-316

SANFORD—Mrs. T. J. Brooks, W. R. Hartness, Wilbur Mclver, T. J. Brooks, Mrs. C. W. McManus, S. J. Husketh. 29-662 SILER CITY—C. C. Wrenn, R. F. Paschal, Mrs. Colin Churchill, Mrs. T. A. Burns, J. A. Dark. 13-475

SOUTHERN PINES—No delegates listed. 6-230

STALEY—Wade Ward, J. T. Kivett, Mrs. J. T. Kivett, Mrs. R. E. Langley, Carl Teague, C. P. Fox. 8-58

SUMMER HILL—Ben Fry, J. A. Williams, C. G. George, Hume Shields, Ed Love, Mrs. Ed. Love. 12-90 TAYLORS MEMORIAL—Mrs. C. M. Shaver, Sam Hartsell, Mrs. Sam Hartsell. 0-80 TYSON'S CREEK—M. M. McManus, Mrs. W. D. Taylor, Robert Phillips, Mrs. S. C. Beal, Mrs. M. M. McManus, Miss Irene Beal. 0-135

YATES-THAGGARD—J. H. Matthews, C. C. Newell, Homer Johnson. 25-113 VASS—B. W. Cavrey. 0-56 Baptisms total membership taotal 1944 The 186th annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Bethlehem Church, October 5-6, 1944. V. M. Dorsett was moderator. W. L. Warfford was clerk. Roy A. Morris preached, Mat. 16:24.

131 MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—Mrs. A. F. Yates, Mrs. E. M. Harris, Mrs. J. M. Taylor, Mrs. J. A. Bryant, W. B. Herndon, Mrs. W. B. Herndon. 21-232

ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, J. E. Fields, R. G. Hancock, D. B. Hilliard, Mattie Gaines, J. R. Wilkins, B. M. Hancock, H. L. Wilson. 3-175 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Cathran, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Strother, Mr. and Mrs. Goodman. 0-138

BEAR CREEK— B. E. Watson, I. B. Hatch, James Watson, T. G. Fields, H. A. Forrester, Mrs. Vercie Fields. 2-170

BENNETT—D. G. Jones, B. H. Garner, C. C. Murray, W. W. Brady, J. R. Peace, J. A. Talley. 1-161

BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, Vann Oldham, J. H. Rose, Burnice Oldham, Mary B. Deverenx, Bessie B. Jourdan. 6-140 BETHLEHEM—C. G. Sullivan, Hardy Dowd, Mrs. Ralph Matsinger. 2-193

BONLEE—D. R. Markham. W. S. Phillips, Mrs. W. N. Vestal, H. I. Carter, D. G. Edwards. 1-126

BRUSH CREEK—Mrs. Leatns Bray, J. T. Gilliland, L. C. Cope, Mrs. J. T. Brooks, J. B. Gilbert, A. S. Edwards. 1-200

CALVARY—J. S. Dowdy, D. B. Beal, W. L. Cockman, Mrs. Dora Asbill, Mrs. James Wallace, Mrs. Meade Hicks. 3-70

CAMERON—J. W. Rogers, J. R. Loving, Mrs. J. W. Rogers, Mrs. Jake Lyons, Mrs. Stutts, Miss Annie Hartsell. 0-159

CARTHAGE—Mrs. Bert Moore, Mrs. W. P. Benner, Mrs. H. J. Hall, Miss Pauline Coving-ton, Mrs. A. W. Lambert, Mrs. Jack Muse, Mrs. N. J. Morgan, Mrs. Joe Allen, Mrs. C. T. Henson, O. D. Wallace, M. G. Boyette. 4-353 COOL SPRINGS—R. A. Gross, Mrs. Lois Cole. Mrs. C. A. Pendergrass, Mrs. Hubert Cole, F. J. Petty, T. C. Cole. 17-198

EAST SANFORD—Mrs. D. F. Holder, Mrs. Phil Sellars, Mrs. J. H. Love, Mrs. W. E. Warner. 13-275 EMMAUS—Mrs. Clayton Justice, Elmer Bouldin, L. D. Webster, Sherman Butler, J. V. Clark, W. R. Perry. 5-125

EPHESUS—J. K. Briggs, G. T. Burge, Mrs. Lora Branch, Mrs. W. V. Fisher, Miss Vera Fisher. 1-43

FALL CREEK—J. C. Jones, Tracy Jones, Mrs. Tracey Jones, Mrs. Alman Jones, Mrs. Lonna Scott, Talmage Smith. 3-268 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, D. W. Dawkins, Joe Hurley. 7-127 FLINT HILL—B. L. Maness, Mrs. B. L. Maness Fay Garner, Helen Wilks, Pearlie York, Mrs. Lillian Garner. 0-73

GARNER'S CHAPEL—Andrew Garner, Alex Garner, Mrs. J. A. Garner. 4-21 GOLDSTON—Vann E. Ellis, Holland Gaines, H. M. Phillips, Mrs. C. Gaines, Mrs. J. G. Paschal, J. G. Paschal. 1-118

GUM SPRINGS—J. W. Thomas, Jr., Garland Foushee, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Mrs. M. C. Foushee, Annie Mae Thomas, W. H. Thomas. 1-128 HICKORY GROVE—W. R. Sizemore, Mrs. W. R. Sizemore, C. H. Terry, Mrs. C. H. Terry. 0-80 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Sadie Straughn, Mrs. Annie Johnson, Jake Johnson, O. L. Dorsett, Mrs. Ida Hackney, Mrs. Lillie Johnson. 5-163 IVES MEMORIAL—Mrs. E. F. Pickler. Mrs. Mittie Wallace, Mrs. John Adams, J. G. Keels. 0-53

132 JONESBORO—P. K. Winstead, Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, R. D. Thomas, S. L. Poole, Alton Leonard, Mrs. Zula Lassiter. 7-342 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Jones Thomas, L. B. Dickens, C. P. Bradley, Mrs. P. G. Thomas, W. C. Womack, Lee Kelley. 12-137 LEMON SPRINGS— B. G. Jones, W. E. Stanley, Mrs. John Parrish, Mrs. M. E. Davis, Mrs. Joe Matthews, Mrs. Mollie Little. 0-50 LOVES CREEK—C. H. Marsh, Mrs. A. F. Gibson, Mrs. D. T. Siler, Frank Davis, Floyd Womble, Earl Siler. 2-235

MAYS CHAPEL—J. B. Jones, J. F. Owens, Allen Mclver, A. S. Wright. 1-50

MECHANICS HILL— G. H. Moore, J. S. Maness, John Maness. 0-60

MONCURE—Mrs. J. C. Seawell, Mrs. T. O. Seawell, W. J. Hannon, Mrs. W. O. Mills. 3-129 MOONS CHAPEL—D. F. Hicks, E. W. Reitzel, Clarence Marley, Mrs. E. W. Reitzel, Harrison Ellington, Mrs. Harrison Ellington. 0-78 MOUNT OLIVE—Lennie Perry, F. M. Russell, Elbert Norwood, Mrs. D. L. Williams, L. L. Glosson, A. P. Buckner. 0-327 NEW SALEM—Junior Cheek, Mrs. Junior Cheek, Mrs. Ruth Boone, P. T. Farrell. 3-121 OAKLEY—Claude Clark, R. D. Gee, W. A. Dixon, O. D. Clark, Mrs. Charles Marsh, Mrs. J. C. Kidd, Mrs. N. E. Thompson, Mrs. J. W. Dixon, Jr. 0-156 PINE GROVE—C. O. Myrick, Sam Deaton, Robert Brower, Carl Myrick, Y. C. Deaton, Nettie Deaton. 0-64 PINEY WOOD—James Cooper, Irene Cooper, Mrs. Albert Campbell, Mrs. Paul Cooper, Paul Cooper. 19-142 PITTSBORO—C. E. Jones, E. B. Hatch, Mrs. G. H. Andrews. 8-227 RED BRANCH—Claude Marsh, Jr., Lucy Marsh, Myrtle Deese. 3-108 RIVES CHAPEL—Gordan Hilliard, Mrs. Gordon Hilliard, W. E. Hart, Mrs. George Dowd, Mrs. A. H. McLaurin. 2-194

ROBBINS—Mrs. R. R. Harris, J. W. Bradford, S. W. Moxley, Tixie Iddings, E. D. Hicks, J. W. Bradford. 1-134 ROCK SPRINGS—O. T. Cooper, W. B. Cheek, Mrs. O. T. Cooper, C, D. Boyd, C. W. Fields, Mrs. Essie Thomas. 1-82 ROCKY RIVER—Mrs. M. W. Duncan, W. P. Short, R. B. Edwards, L. D. Teague, Mrs. Rufus Brewer, Mrs. W. E. Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Buckner, Mrs. J. M. Edwards. 4-141 SANDY BRANCH—Mrs. G. B. Emerson, T. A. Dowd, F. H. Gilbert, C. G. Norwood, Mrs. S. E. Oldham, Miss Ruby Beaver. 3-317

SANFORD—Wilbur L. Mclver, Mrs. C. W. McManus, S. J. Husketh, C. P. Rogers, A. A. James, Mrs. Bruce M. Boyers. 4-674 SILER CITY—C. N. Bray, Mrs. Colin Churchill, Mrs. T. A. Burns, Mrs. Jim Thompson, Mrs. Joe Brady, C. C. Wrenn. 16-500

SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. Bruce Lewis, Miss Elinor Valentine, Lewis Pate. 5-210

STALEY—W. M. Ward, J. T. Kivett, Mrs. J. J. Pike, C. A. Teague, W. M. Ward, Jr., Mrs. R. E. Langley. 10-71

TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Hubert Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James Layton, C. M. Shaver, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Kirk. 9-91

SUMMER HILL—Hume Shields, C, L. George, Mrs. J. A. Williamson, Holms. Frye, Mrs. Ed Love, Rufus Kennedy. 8-96

133 TYSONS CREEK—M. M. McManus, Mrs. M. M. McManus, Mrs. Marie Stover, Earl Brooks. Frank Ellis, Floyd Sizemore. 6-142

YATES-THAGGARD—M. B. Kelly, Mrs. M. B. Kelly, S. H. Oliver, Mrs. S. H. Oliver, C. L. Rogsdale. 2-115

VASS—J. H. Abernathy, W. A. Parker, Mrs. J. H. Abernathy, W. B. Causey, Mrs. W. E. Cooper, L. E. Atkins. 10-68 Baptisms total membership total sh sh

1945

The 187th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Sandy Branch Church, October 4-5, 1945.

V. M. Dorsett was moderator. Walter L. Warfford was clerk. K. E. Bryant preached, Mat. 6:10. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. B. Herndon, W. W. Olive, Mrs. A. B. Freeman. 2-237 ACORN RIDGE—V. S. Maness, Levi Maness, G. H. Moore. 0-60 ANTIOCH—D. B. Hilliard, D. H. Stinson, J. E. Fields, Mrs. Paul Hicks. 5-179 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Mr. and Mrs. Moss, H. T. Pickler. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman. 6-95 BEAR CREEK—Mrs. B. E. Watson, Mrs. Madeline Forrester, R. S. Webster. 2-169

BENNETT—W. W. Brady, D. G. Jones, J. A. Tally. 0-163

BETHANY—J. R. Moore, J. H. Rose, B. B. Oldham. 2-138 BETHLEHEM—T. S. Baughn, Clarence Gordon, S. E. Hannon. 6-202

BONLEE— I. H. Dunlap, Mrs. C. E. Paschal, Daner Edwards. 0-118 BRUSH CREEK—Howard L. Jessup, J. B. Gilbert, H. Leatus Bray. 4-202 CALVARY—Doris Asbil, Mary Brown, Pauline Hicks, Pete Matthews, Mrs. Beal. 0-69

CAMERON—Fred Smith, Hartsell Hendricks, J. W. Rogers. 8-162 CARTHAGE—Mrs. A. W. Lambert, Mrs. C. C. Wallace, Mrs. N. J. Muse, Mrs. J. W. McCaskill, Mrs. Minnie Tyson. 19-374 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. Gilmore Groce. Mrs. Ray Branch, Ray Branch. 7-203 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. J. H. Love, Mrs. Virginia Gaster, Mrs. Amy Smith, Mrs. Mamie Smith. 24-293 EMMAUS—Mrs. W. R. Perry, Sherman Butler, Mrs. Altie Creed. 2-127 EPHESUS—G. T. Burge, Mrs. W. V. Fisher, Mrs. J. P. McGoughey, W. P. Allen. 0-35 FALL CREEK—B. F. Scott, Wilburt Phillips. Roland Brady. 5-264

FLAT SPRINGS—J. J. Hurley, Mrs. D. W. Dawkins, Mrs. Nova Johnson. 10-147 FLINT HILL—J. C. Maness, Mrs. John Marley, Rev. B. L. Maness, Mrs. B. L. Maness. 2-73

GARNERS CHAPEL—J. A. Garner, Henry Garner, Alex Garner. 0-21 GOLDSTON—Mrs. John Paschal. Glenn Phillips. J. G. Paschal. 0-117

GUM SPRINGS— S. W. Thomas, Mrs. S. W. Thomas, Mrs. Annie Mae Thomas. 2-128

HICKORY GROVE—Richard Fox, W. B. Talley, W. R. Sizemore, Mrs. W. S. Cheek. 0-76

HICKORY MOUNTAIN—O. L. Dorsett, J. D. Paschal, Ethel Pickard. 0-155

134 IVES MEMORIAL—Miss Alice Moss, Mrs. Emma Adams, Mrs. Patrick. 20-68 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. R. Bradley, C. A. Dickens, Harvey Mitchell. 8-141 JONESBORO—Mrs. P. K. Winstead, Mrs. C. S. Bullock, Mrs. H. M. Jackson. 8-343 LEMON SPRINGS—Mrs. W. E. Stanley, Mrs. M. E. Davis, Mrs. John Parrish. 2-53 LOVES CREEK—Charles H. Marsh, Lester Hough, Frank Davis. 8-233 MAYS CHAPEL—Allen Mclver, G. D. Vaughan, J. F. Owens. 0-52 MONCURE—C. C. Poe, Mrs. E. A. Johnson, Mrs. E. R. Smith, Mrs. M. T. Wilkie, Mrs. C. B. Crutchfield. 4-133 MOONS CHAPEL—Claude Jordan, Dock Hicks, Grady Vestal. 5-81 MOUNT OLIVE—Milford Henderson, Mrs. R. C. Pickard, Mrs. E. L. Russell, E. L. Russell. 5-329 NEW SALEM—C. J. Ellington, Mrs. C. J. Ellington, P. T. Farrell. 0-121 OAKLEY—Rev. W. H. Fox, T. I. White, Claude Creason, Mrs. Dovey Thomas. 11-169 PINEY WOOD—James Cooper, Garland Carlyle, Rev. Solomon. 23-188 PINE GROVE—Glenn Snider, Elma Snider, Corbit Myrick. 0-63 PITTSBORO—H. H. Blaylock, Mrs. H. H. Blaylock, V. R. Johnson. 10-234 RED BRANCH—A. C. Hill, Mrs. W. L. McDonald, J. A. Dennis, Mrs. J. A. Dennis, Myrtle Ashburn. 2-110 ROBBINS—Mrs. Reid Harris, Mrs. J. W. Brafford, Mrs. J. J. Haywood. 0-120 ROCKY RIVER—L. D. Teague, C. B. Duncan, Mrs. G. H. Duncan, Mrs. W. E. Johnson. 2-142 ROCK SPRINGS—Mrs. O. T. Cooper, W. B. Cheek, O. T. Cooper, Audry Oldham. 16-100 SANDY BRANCH—B. B. Webster, T. A. Dowd, Mrs. F. S. Cook. 15-322 SANFORD—Mrs. T. J. Brooks, Mrs. W. R. Hartness, C. P. Rogers. 36-717 SILER CITY—Mrs. T. A. Burns, Mrs. J. C. Thompson, Mrs. Colin Churchill. 19-518 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. May Richardson, Mrs. Bertha Brown, Mrs. Cora Lou Lewis. 10-226 STALEY—W. M. Ward, R. C. Moffitt, C. A. Teague. 7-81 SUMMER HILL—Hume Shields, C. L. George, Billie Williams, Mary Ellen Frye. 0-94 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Mrs. Clara Hartsell, Mrs. Clayton Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. James Laton, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith. 0-86 TYSONS CREEK—G. J. Phillips, J. L. Scott, Mrs. Lola Beal. 5-143 VASS—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Abernathy, W. B. Causey, Mrs. R. L. King. 0-69 YATES-THAGGARD—S. H. Olive, Mrs. S. H. Olive, J. H. Matthews. 0-115 Baptisfms total memberships totale

1946

The 188th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Oakley Church, October 10-11, 1946. E. M. Harris was moderator. Roy A. Morris was Clerk. Yancey C. Elliott preached, Gen. 1:1. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—J. A. Bryant, W. B. Herndon, Mrs. D. Jordan. 7-222 ACORN RIDGE—G. A. Kennedy, Melvin Moore, Alton Maness. 14-79 ANTIOCH—J. E. Fields, D. H. Stinson, J. R. Wilkins, H. L. Wilson. 0-170 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—D. M. Moss, E. R. Pickler, R. D. Strother, Talmadge Moses, T. O. Moses. 2-138 BEAR CREEK—Lee Elkins, E. H. Hicks, H. A. Forrester. 3-169 BENNETT—W. W. Brady, P. C. Brady, J. E. Jones. 1-164

135 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, B. B. Oldham, Mrs. Mary Devereux. 11-142 BETHLEHEM—Mrs. Hubert Fry, Mrs. Floyd Barber, Coy Thomas, C. T. Fry, Earl Dowd. 6-225

BONLEE— I. H. Dunlap, Mrs. Ollie Hancock, A. W. Davis. 14-132 BRUSH CREEK—Laughton T. Bray, H. Leatus Bray, J. B. Gilbert. 7-207 CAMERON—J. R. Loving, Fred Smith, Frank Comer, Jr. 9-163 CARTHAGE—Rev. and Mrs. 0. J. Hagler, Mr. and Mrs. John D. McCaskill, Mrs. Joe Allen, Mrs. A. W. Lambert, Mrs. H. J. Hall. 24-355 COOL SPRINGS—Ray Branch, Mrs. Bailey Gross, Mrs. Ralph Gross. 4-201 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. Amy Smith, Mrs. A. H. Helton, Mrs. J. H. Love, Mrs. J. L. Miller, Mrs. Roy A. Morris. 17-316 EMMONS—Walter R. Clark, J. R. Snipes, J. E. Clark. 10-134 EPHESUS—W. P. Allen, Mrs. W. V. Fisher, Mrs. G. T. Burge. 0-35 FALL CREEK—J. N. Nail, Ernest Phillips, George R. Phillips. 2-57 FLAT SPRINGS—C. S. Kelley, Andrew Womble, Mrs. Max Gilmore, Mrs. A. E. Bridges. 4-151 FLINT HILL—B. L. Maness, Mrs. B. L. Maness, Mrs. Pauline Marley. 13-86 GARNERS CHAPEL—Andrew Garner, R. H. Rollins. William Garner. 14-59 GOLDSTON—Vann E. Ellis, Holland Gaines, H. M. Phillips. 11-131 GUM SPRINGS—J. Walker Thomas, Mrs. Thelma Thomas. R. W. Hackney. 6-133 HICKORY GROVE—W. S. Cheek, W. B. Tally, F. J. Tally. 2-85 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—H. H. Hackney, N. J. Dark, Mrs. Aubrey Buckner. 9-163 IVES MEMORIAL—Mrs. Julia Morgan, Mrs. Mittie Wallace, Mrs. Sara Patrick. 5-90 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, Grayson Kelly, Alma Kelly. 2-161 JONESBORO—P. K. Winstead, B. W. Womble, Otis Batchelor. 10-356 LEMON SPRINGS—W. E. Stanley, K. U. Upchurch, A. H. Hall. 0-55 LOVES CREEK—R. P. Smith, Mrs. J. B. Teague, Mrs. A. D. Teague. 8-238 MAYS CHAPEL— G. D. Vaughn, W. F. Owen, R. H. Bobbitt. 3-56 MONCURE—Mrs. E. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ray Smith, Mrs. W. T. Barnes. 1-134 MOONS CHAPEL—Clarence Marley, D. F. Hicks, Otis Curtis. 3-90 MOUNT OLIVE—Mrs. R. C. Pickard, D. L. Williams, Jessie Glosson. Fred Russell, Ross Johnson. 22-342 NEW SALEM—P. T. Farrell, C. J. Ellington, Mrs. C. J. Ellington, A. B. Campbell. 0-119 OAKLEY—W. H. Fox, N. R. Dixon, H. F. Creason, F. A. Edwards. 5-175 PINE GROVE—C, L. Myrick, C, O. Myrick, Glenn Snider. 5-68 PINEY WOOD—F. D. Solomon, James W. Cooper, George Lane. 46-250 PITTSBORO—Mrs. W. Lee Farrell, Mrs. Fred Nooe, Jr., Will Griffin. 6-234 RED BRANCH—R. L. Simmons, H. B. Marsh, R. R. Childress. 5-116 RIVES CHAPEL—W. E. Hart, Mrs. W. E. Hart, Tom Burke. 11-211 ROBBINS—E. D. Hicks, Mrs. E. L. Spivey, Mrs. J. W. Brafford. 3-123 ROCKY RIVER—Rufus Brewer, Jr., L. D. Teague, Mrs. L. D. Teague. 0-143 ROCK SPRINGS—Mrs. O. T. Cooper, Mrs. C. G. Oldham, W. B. Cheek, C. W. Fields, Edward Thomas. 0-100 SANDY BRANCH—G. W. Blaylock, W. W. Burke. J. J. Ivey. 3-318 SANFORD—Charles P. Rogers, Sr., W. R. Hartness, Mrs. W. R. Hartness, Mrs. Phil Yarborough, Mrs. E. L. Gavin, Miss Ethel Brown. 33-744

SILER CITY— Mrs. Colin Churchill, Mrs. T. H. Grimes, Mrs. J. M. Beaty, C. C. Wrenn, J. A. Dark, E. H. Jordan. 7-498

SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. R. S. Parker, Mrs. William Dale, Mrs. Bruce H. Lewis, Mrs. R. L. Chandler. 0-214 STALEY—C. A. Teague, W. M. Ward, Mrs. Avis Rogers. 5-76

136 SUMMER HILL—J. A. Williamson, Alex Collins, Hume Shields. 2-128 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—Hubert Russell, Grace Shaw, Mrs. Lillie Shaw. 6-91 TYSONS CREEK—G. J. Phillips, Mrs. Lola Beal, F. Y. Moon. 8-148 VASS—J. H. Abernathy. Mrs. J. H. Abernathy, R. A. Evans, Mrs. H. L. Hendrick. 4-75 Baptisms total membership total

Rev. Yancey C. Elliott made a motion that the Association meet next year for 1 day in section 4 and 1 day in section 1. The motion was adopted.

1947

The 189th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Carthage and Goldston Churches. October 9-10, 1947. T. O. Moses was moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was clerk. Robert A. Gardner preached, Mat. 16:18. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. W. Norris, H. N. Russell, Mrs. F. H. Brown, 0. L. Seymour. J. M. Taylor. 75-268 ACORN RIDGE—G. A. Kennedy, Melvin Moore, E. B. Maness. 3-82 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, R. G. Hancock, J. R. Wilkins, Mrs. Bob Fields, Mrs. Graham Hancock. 9-178 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Joseph F. Woodson, Mrs. Joseph F. Woodson, T. 0. Moses. 18-153 BEAR CREEK—L. K. Smith, Herman Forrester, B. E. Watson. 6-162 BENNETT—J. H. Scott, Mrs. J. H. Scott, Mrs. W. C. Brewer. 0-159 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, Mrs. Allene Poe, Geo. S. Moore. 4-141 BETHLEHEM—Mrs. Floyd Barber, Miss Nannie Baughn, C. G. Sullivan, Martin Hannon, John Horner. 30-248 BONLEE—J. M. Councilman, D. G. Edwards, Mrs. Flossie Paschal. 1-114 BRUSH CREEK—J. E. Spence, Sr., J. Colon Dixon, J. B. Gilbert, A. S. Edwards, Mrs. A. S. Edwards. 9-224 CAMERON—Mrs. Mack Trent, Mrs. Manley Rush, F. L. Smith. 0-160 CARTHAGE—Rev. O. J. Hagler, Mrs. Minnie Tyson, Judge H. F. Seawell. 15-368 COOL SPRINGS—Jones Medlin, Mrs. Gilmore Groce, Cecil Craig, Mrs. Cecil Craig. 11-218 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. Amy Smith, Mrs. M. H. McFarlan, Mrs. J. L. Miller, Mrs. W. E. Warner. 18-289 EMMAUS—J. E. Clark, Lewis Carroll, Shurman Butler. 5-137 EPHESUS—G. T. Burge, R. S. Marsh. 0-44 FALL CREEK—I. T. Smith, Guy Teague, Charlie Williams, C. R. Jones. 9-260 FLAT SPRINGS—A. E. Bridges, F. F. Hurley, A. F. Womble, Mrs. A. E. Bridges, Mrs. F. F. Hurley. 13-165 FLINT HILL—B. L. Maness, Mrs. B. L. Maness, J. R. Chalfinch. 9-100 GARNERS CHAPEL—J. A. Garner, A. A. Garner, Henry Garner. 11-76 GOLDSTON—Mrs. Holland Gaines, Mrs. L. B. Hester, Sr., Vann Ellis. 4-135 GUM SPRINGS—J. Walker Thomas, Annie Mae Thomas, Mrs. R. C. Ross. 0-132 HICKORY GROVE—I. M. Gaines, Junnie Phillips, Ike Tally. 3-87 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, H. H. Hackney, Miss Ola Dorsett. 10-172 IVES MEMORIAL—Miss Mittie Wallace, Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. John Morgan, Mrs. D. M. Rollins, Mrs. Charles McMaster. 1-83 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Claude Dickens, Carl Dickens, Mrs. Carl Dickens, C. P. Bradley, Marshall Neill Bradley. 14-175 Age 12. Associations attended 12.

137 JONESBORO—Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, 0. V. Batchelor, Alton Leonard, R. A. Thomas. C. S. Bullock. 9-363 LEMON SPRINGS—Mrs. W. E. Stanley, W. E. Stanley, Mrs. John Parrish. 0-57 LOVES CREEK—Chas H. Marsh. D. T. Siler, Mrs. Frank Smith. 2-234 MAYS CHAPEL—Allen Mclver, G. D. Vaughn, J. F. Owens. 0-50 MONCURE—Mrs. W. T. Barnes, C. C. Poe, C. B. Crutchfield. 0-132 MOONS CHAPEL—E. W. Reitzel, Harrison Ellington, Clarence Marley. 8-99 MOUNT OLIVE—E. L. Russell, Leroy Perry, Walter Andrews. 0-33G NEW SALEM—Paul Farrell, Fred Boone, Grady Campbell, Mrs. Lottie Council, Mrs. Aline Cheek. 5-120 OAKLEY—N. E. Thompson, Roy Dixon, Harold Cooper, Hoyle Dixon, Bill Cooper. 3-175 PINE GROVE—C. O. Myrick, C. L. Myrick, Glen Snider. 4-69 PINEY WOOD—Rommy Hall, Earlie Cooper, George Lane. 26-273 PITTSBORO—H. H. Blaylock, Mrs. James Neighbors, Mrs. William Griffin, Victor R. Johnson. 2-234 RED BRANCH—Harvey Marsh, Romie Childress, Pine Deese, R. L. Simmons, Mrs. Pine Deese. 5-126 RIVES CHAPEL—Joe McLaurin, W. E. Hart, Mrs. G. D. Dowd. 2-212 ROBBINS—G. W. Grubbs, Mrs. J. W. Brafford, Dee Bray. 9-135 ROCK SPRINGS—W. B. Cheek, Ernest Williams, Eddie L. Cooper. 6-110 ROCKY RIVER—W. P. Short, R. B. Edwards, L. D. Teague. 10-159 SANDY BRANCH— S. M. Moody, Mrs. S. E. Oldham, Mrs. Lee Roy Fields. 4-310 SANFORD— S. J. Husketh, W. R. Hartness, Mrs. W. R. Hartness, Mrs. Phil Yar- borough, Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Mrs. G. W. Whithead. 22-807 SILER CITY—Fred Paschal, Mrs. Colin Churchill, Mrs. C. N. Bray, Mrs. T. A. Burns, Mrs. C. C. Gee, Randolph Lane. 14-517 SOUTHERN PINES—W. E. Kivette. Fred Chappell, Mrs. Win. Dale, Mrs. C. A. Parker, Mrs. R. S. Parker, Mrs. P. M. Standi. 40-295 STALEY—W. M. Ward, C. A. Teague, Mrs. J. J. Pike. 2-88 SUMMER HILL—J. A. Williamson, Hume Shields, Mrs. Ed Love. 5-131 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—M. L. Smith, R. H. Byrd, H. C. Russell. 1-89 TYSONS CREEK—M. M. McManus, Lonnie Scott, Guy Phillips. 0-142 VASS—Mrs. H. L. Hendrick, F. L. Taylor, J. H. Abernathy, Mrs. G. W. Brooks. 7-89 YATES-THAGGARD—C. O. Kiser, Mrs. C. O. Kiser, S. H. Oliver, Mrs. S. H. Oliver. 10-130 Baptisms total memberships total

1948

The 190th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Mt. Olive and Moons Chapel Churches, October 7-8, 1948.

T. O. Moses was moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was clerk. O. J. Hagler preached, Josh. 7:4. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—W. W. Olive, E. L. Byrd, J. M. Taylor, Mrs. A. F. Deese, Sr., Mrs. W. E. Freeman. 34-293 ACORN RIDGE—Warn Kennedy, J. S. Maness, Roland Williams. 0-83 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, J. R. Wilkins, J. E. Fields, Mrs. D. H. Stinson, Mrs. A. C. Oldham. 4-179 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Pickler, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Moss. 0-149 BEAR CREEK— G. E. Wilkie, Mrs. Annie Wilkie, H. A. Forrester. 0-159

138 BENNETT—J. H. Scott, W. W. Brady, P. C. Brady, C. C. Murry. 3-160 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, B. B. Oldham, J. H. Rose. 1-145 BETHLEHEM—Mrs. Arthur Garner, Miss Dorothy Garner, Warren Harris, Mrs. Warren Harris, W. F. Hartsell, Jr. 19-283 BONLEE—D. G. Edwards, Mrs. C. E. Paschal, Mrs. W. S. Phillips. 0-113 BRUSH CREEK—J. Colon Dixon, J. B. Gilbert, J. H. Hicks. 0-204 CALVARY—No messengers. 0-53 CAMERON—J. W. Rogers, Hartsell Hendrick, G. D. Goodwin. 7-162 CARTHAGE—Rev. O. J. Hagler, Mrs. O. J. Hagler, Mrs. D. H. Parks, Mrs. Neely Morgan. 13-375 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. Herman Cole, Mrs. Ray Branch, Mrs. Gilmore Groce, Jroud Medlin. 2-215 EAST SANFORD— Mrs. Bessie Love, Miss Lura McDonald, Mrs. J. L. Miller, Mrs. Amy Smith, M. H. McFarland. 29-320 EMMAUS—A. L. Carroll, W. R. Clark, J. R. Snipes. 0-132 EPHESUS—Mrs. L. B. Davenport, Miss Iola Parham, J. T. Allen, Sr. 0-36 FALL CREEK—C. T. Williams, C. R. Jones, Ernest Phillips, W. H. Phillips, A. W. Elkins. 9-278 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, J. J. Hurley, Mrs. A. E. Bridges, A. E. Bridges, Mrs. John Dawkins. 7-174 FLINT HILL—Pauline Marley, Madie Maness, Robert Maness. 11-114 GARNERS CHAPEL—K. W. Rollins, Grady Douglas, H. C. Edwards. 2-74 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, F. C. Olive, Jack Oldham. 4-132 GUM SPRINGS—C. P. Harward, Mrs. Irene Beal, J. W. Thomas, Jr. 1-129 HICKORY GROVE—W. S. Cheek, Mrs. W. S. Cheek, L. W. Tally. 0-98 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, Robert Hackney, H. H. Hackney. 2-170 IVES MEMORIAL—H. W. Van Boskerck, Mrs. Mittie Wallace, Mrs. John C. Adams. 10-99 JONESBORO—Alton Leonard, W. B. Womble, A. V. Batchelor, Mrs. Hattie Faulk, Edna Bowling, Mrs. Vern Hamilton. 9-343 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Tom Lovick, W. E. Stanley, L. W. Chappell. 0-169 LOVES CREEK—Frank Smith, R. P. Smith, H. A. Teague. 8-244 MAYS CHAPEL—W. F. Owens, G. D. Vaughn, H. L. Fields. 0-50 MONCURE—Miss Dorothy Mae Burns, Mrs. George Ray, Mrs. J. A. Barnes, Ronald Brown. 0-133 MOONS CHAPEL—D. F. Hicks, Frank Smith, J. C. Hart. 4-103 MOUNT OLIVE—Murphy Jones, Walter Andrews, Charlie Durham. 3-320 NEW SALEM—C. J. Ellington, Mrs. C. J. Ellington, Fred Boone, Mrs. Fred ? Boone. 0-118 OAKLEY—H. F. Creason, J. W. Dixon, W. A. Dixon, Frank Brewer, R. D. Gee. 5-174 PINE GROVE—C. O. Myrick, C. L. Myrick, Glenn Snider. 5-72 PINEY WOOD—George Lane Claude Campbell, G. C. Carlyle, Rev. F. D. Solomon, Mrs. Ferman Douglas. 26-326 PITTSBORO—Rev. W. T. Hurst, Ernest Brewer, Victor R. Johnson, Mrs. George H. Andrews, Mrs. W. F. Bland. 0-243 RED BRANCH—Mr. and Mrs. Bob Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Garner, Robert Tysinger. 3-132 RIVES CHAPEL—W. E. Hart, Mrs. Johnson Elmore, Mrs. W. E. Hart, H. C. McLaurin. 8-227 ROBBINS—Rev. B. A. McGary, Mrs. J. W. Brafford, Wilson, Prince. 13-126 ROCK SPRINGS—Chapin Oldham, Mrs. Chapin Oldham, W. B. Cheek. 9-119 ROCKY RIVER—Mrs. Wrenn Culberson, Carl Groce, Rufus Brewer, Jr., Bailey Duncan, Wrenn Brewer. 5-157

139 SANDY BRANCH—W. W. Barker, Jack P. Emerson, Mrs. Robert Matthews, H. L. Brooks, Mrs. Eulon Riser, Mrs. Carey Norwood. 0-304 SANFORD—W. R. Hartness, Mrs. Yancey C. Elyliott. Mrs. E. L. Gavin, Mrs. J. W. Freeman, G. L. O'Briant, Garland Perry, Mrs. Henry Powell. 34-847 SILER CITY—Mrs. Colin Churchill, Mrs. W. R. Fitts, E. H. Jordan, C. C. Wrenn. Mrs. T. A. Burns, John W. Emerson. 0-518 SOUTHERN PINES—Mrs. P. M. Stancil, Mrs. C. D. May, Mrs. N. S. Kimba 11, Mrs. J. R. Clayton, Mrs. R. L. Chandler, Miss Mary Richardson. 23-325 STALEY—J. T. Kivett, C. A. Teague, W. M. Ward. 0-87 SUMMER HILL—Edgar Frye, Alfred Williamson, Alex H. Frye. 9-144 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—M. L. Smith, H. C. Russell, J. L. Laton. 6-94 TYSONS CREEK—Guy Phillips, Alfred Hicks, Leonard Cox. 15-156 YASS—F. L. Taylor, Mrs. F. L. Taylor, Mrs. H. L. Hendricks, W. A. Parker. 4-103 YATES-THAGGARD—Hugh Garner, Mrs. Hugh Garner, Carey Riser. 0-123

Baptisms total membership total

1949

The 191st session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Hickory Mountain and Flat Springs Churches, October 6-7, 1949.

Zeb A. Caudle was moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was clerk. Ralph McLean preached. Mt. 16:18. MESSENGERS

ABERDEEN—Mrs. R. T. Woodruff, J. D. Arey, Jr., Mrs. J. D. Arey, Jr., Mrs. A. F. Dees, Mrs. W. W. Olive. 41-320 ACORN RIDGE—No messengers listed. 6-89 ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, Mrs. D. H. Stinson, J. E. Fields. 10-175 ASHLEY HEIGHTS—D. L. Moss, R. D. Strother, T. O. Moses, Mrs. Julia Hare. 5-147

BEAR CREEK— I. B. Hatch, B. E. Watson, Mrs. B. E. Watson. 2-166 BENNETT—Mrs. C. C. Murray, W. M. Brady, Mrs. J. H. Scott. 5-166 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, B. B. Oldham, Mrs. B. B. Oldham. 1-138 BETHLEHEM—Mrs. S. E. Hannon, L. J. Seawell, R. H. Motsinger, T. L. Baughn, C. H. Gordon. 15-312 BONLEE—D. G. Edwards, Mrs. W. S. Phillips, Mrs. W. N. Vestal. 0-111 BRUSH CREEK—J. H. Bray, C. H. Terry, H. L. Jessup. 11-219 CALVARY—B. A. McGary, Mrs. B. A. McGary. 0-48 CAMERON—Mrs. Mack Treat, J. W. Rogers, Mrs. Manly Routh. 18-186 CARTHAGE—Rev. O. J. Hagler, Mrs. O. J. Hagler, Mrs. Gus Snipes, Mrs. Houston Parks. 7-377 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. Herman Cole. Mrs. Jroud Medlin, J. P. McGinnis. 15-225 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. Amy Smith, W. B. Herndon, H. M. McFarland. D. E. Matthews. 25-348 EMMAUS—E. N. Brooks, A. L. Carroll, Billie Butler. 4-138 EPHESUS—No messengers listed. 0-33 FALL CREEK—Wilton Elkins, Mrs. Wilton Elkins. Warren Phillips, C. R. Jones, Mrs. Isa Phillips, Mrs. Warren Phillips. 1-279 FLAT SPRINGS—L. G. Johnson, A. S. Womble, Mrs. James Bridges, Mrs. Joe Hurley. Mir. Ella Bridges. 17-191

140 NEW SALEM—Mrs. Jasper Jones, Mrs. N. W. Rhodes, Mrs. J. J. Crump. 2-112 OAKLEY—Rev. J. C. Edwards, Mrs. Chas. Marsh, Mrs. Frank Brewer, Mrs. K. J. Smith. 11-198 PITTSBORO—Mrs. Sam Beard, A. N. Tatum, Mrs. Fred Nooe, Sr. 1-278 RIVES CHAPEL—W. E. Hart, A. H. McLaurin, Dewey Dowd. 7-219 ROCK SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hearne, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ellis. 7-148 ROCKY RIVER—Rufus A. Brewer, Sr., Heber Buckner, Bailey Duncan. 6-207 SANDY BRANCH—T. A. Dowd, J. J. Ivey, Mrs. J. J. Ivey, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Burke. 16-357 SANFORD—B. B. Kammer, W. M. Womble, S. J. Husketh, Mrs. T. C. Salmon, E. H. Hopper, Mrs. W. W. Hutchins, 0. Glenn, Mclver, Mrs. L. B. Hester, H. Glenn Lee, W. H. Parham. 31-995 SILER CITY—Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Carrick, Mrs. W. L. Lynch, L. P. Dixon, Mrs. T. A. Burns, E. H. Jordan. 42-595 STALEY—C. M. Staley, Mrs. Bertha Pike, Mrs. Lon B. Teague. 2-111 TYSONS CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Andrews, Mrs. Curtis Bray. 0-137 Baptisms Total 257 Membership Total 7838

THE REVEREND SHUBAL STEARNS

Birth January 28, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts Baptism 1751, Tolland, Connecticut

Ordained March 20, 1751, Tolland, Connecticut

Arrived Sandy Creek, November 14, 1755 Pastor Sandy Creek Church, 1755-1771 Founder Sandy Creek Baptist Association, second Monday in June, 1758

Death ..... November 20. 1771

Committees for Shubal Stearns Memorial and Bi-Centennial

General Board, Baptist State Convention Randolph Association Mrs. R. M. Ray, Jr., Oxford Rev. D. O. Wright, Randleman Mr. James R. Lane, Asheboro Mr. Guy Teachey, Asheboro Dr. M. A. Huggins, Raleigh Mr. J. C. Pierce, Asheboro Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins, Sanford Sandy Creek Association Committee on Walks, Markers, Plaques Mr. H. H. Blaylock, Moncure Rev. D. O. Wright, chairman Mr. C. A. Teague, Staley C. A. Teague Mr. H. A. Teague, Siler City James R. Lane Committee on Land Programme Committee Rev. D. O. Wright, chairman Rev. D. O. Wright Mr. H. H. Blaylock Mr. H. H. Blaylock Mr. J. C. Pierce Mr. Guy B. Teachey Trustees, Sandy Creek Church Dr. M. A. Huggins W. Wilbur Hutchins W. Wilbur Hutchins, chairman

1956

The 198th annual session of the Sandy Creek Association met with Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church, October 11, 1956. Bennett Church October 12, 1956.

D. E. Matthews was moderator. A. G. Kennedy was clerk. John Smith preached the annual sermon. Mat. 28:18-20.

149 MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—Mr. and Mrs. John Vaughan, D. H. Stinson. 1-172 BEAR CREEK—A. W. Andrews, Mrs. Helen Beavers, Garland Wilkie. 6-145 BENNETT—Lucille Jones, Mrs. Blanche Brewer, Burl Welch. 6-196 BETHANY—T. W. Hart, Mrs. Lillie Moore, Mrs. Alvie Millican. 5-139 BONLEE—Mrs. C. E. Paschal, W. S. Phillips, Mrs. Bronna Rogers. 5-152 BRUSH CREEK—Mrs. Reid Harris, H. L. Jessup, Mrs. Josie Clark. 7-208 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. Eugene Edmonson, C. A. Pendergrass, Mrs. Rolph Groce Mrs. S. G. Groce. 8-232 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. Nora Warner, Mrs. Roy Morris, W. B. Stephens, Mrs. N. A. Spivey. 10-456 EMMAUS—J. B. Snipes, Mrs. Jewel Brooks, Mrs. Estelle Baldwin. 3-131 FALL CREEK—Barney Brady, Stella Teague, Mrs. Geneva Brady, Ernest Phillips, Francis Brewer. 11-270 FLAT SPRINGS—Foster Mason, C. S. Kelley, Mrs. Gordon Womble, A. F. Womble, R. M. Henderson. 0-226 GOLDSTON—Mrs. H. B. Gaines. H. G. Phillips, Mrs. T. P. Merchison, J. G. Paschal. 0-168 GUM SPRINGS—Mrs. H. H. Blaylock, Mrs. J. Walker Thomas, Mrs. Clifton Foushee, J. W. Thomas. 3-116 HICKORY GROVE—Mrs. Hugh King, Mrs. Rex Wilkie. Mr. Hugh King. Vernon Phillips. 0-118 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, Graham Rogers, H. H. Hackney. 3-168 JONESBORO HEIGHTS—C. S. Bullock, Mrs. Bennie Sherman. Mrs. W. D. Winstead, S. L. Poole, Mrs. B. A. Sherman. 21-367 JUNIPER SPRINGS—L. F. Lawrence, Mrs. Everette Thomas, J. J. Griffin, Mrs. C. P. Bradley. 7-222 LOVES CREEK—Mrs. Floyd Womble, H. A. Teague, Miss Beulah Jones, Mrs. Henry Stone, Mrs. Lucile Jones, Richard Smith. 17-371 MAYS CHAPEL—A. S. Wright, Howard Glosson, H. A. Mclver. 3-63 MOONS CHAPEL—James Reitzel, C. W. Jordan, Mrs. C. W. Jordan. 8-155 MOUNT OLIVE—Mrs. Leroy Perry, Mrs. Lennie Perry, Toney Andrews, Elbert Norwood, Mrs. R. L. Perry. 4-325 MONCURE—C. C. Poe. J. F. Dickens, Mrs. J. B. Bowers. 10-166 NEW SALEM—Mr. and Mrs. Dee Whitaker, Mrs. Alonzo Campbell. 1-114 OAKLEY—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brewer, Willie A. Dixon, Rev. E. R .Teague. 5-200 PITTSBORO—A. N. Tatum, Sam Beard, Mrs. G. H. Andrews. 4-252 RIVES CHAPEL—W. E. Hart, A. H. McLaurin, Newby Holt, Lonnie Fields, Sr., D. H. Hart. 15-222 ROCK SPRINGS—Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Oldham. L. E. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Chapin Oldham. 10-154 ROCKY RIVER—Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Brewer, Sr., Mrs. Vera Edwards. 5-208 SANDY BRANCH—F. H. Gilbert, Lee Emerson, Mrs. F. S. Cooke. Mrs. Callie Beavers, Mrs. W. H. Garner, L. K. Smith. 8-356 SANFORD—Mrs. W. W. McManus, J. A. Overton, Miss Mary Chandler, E. H. Hopper, Mrs. W. W. Hutchins. 14-1017 SILER CITY—Mrs. T. A. Burns, Mrs. E. J. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Carrick, Rev. Robert E. Poerschke. 1-584 STALEY—Grady Poe, Mrs. Jesse Pike, Mrs. Holly Langley. 12-118 TYSONS CREEK—J. L. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. McManus. 14-158

Baptisms Total 227 Membership Total 7727

150 FLINT HILL—Rev. B. L. Maness, Mrs. B. L. Maness, Mrs. Lillie Garner. 13-134 GARNERS CHAPEL—Andrew Garner, Henry Garner, Alex Gamer. 0-70 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal. F. C. Olive, Mrs. J. B. Goldston. 5-122 GUM SPRINGS—J. Walker Thomas, Irene Beal, Alma Thomas. 1-131 HICKORY GROVE—B. R. Phillips, Mrs. B. R. Phillips, I. M. Gaines. 0-87 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—J. D. Paschal, Mrs. G. B. McMath, H. H. Hackney. 2-170 IVES MEMORIAL—Rev. W. R. Gosnell, Mrs. W. R. Gosnell. 5-113 JONESBORO—Miss Edna Bowline, R. D. Thomas, Alton Leonard. S. L. Poole, Mrs. Hattie Faulk. 2-337 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. A. Dickens, J. B. Cox, C. P. Bradley. 23-190 LEMON SPRINGS—W. E. Stanley, Mrs. W. E. Stanley, Tom Lovick. 1-63 LOVES CREEK—C. H. Marsh, Mrs. Jack Davis, Charlie Clapp, Ed Walsh, Mrs. Ed Walsh. 2-277 MAYS CHAPEL—A. S. Wright. Allen Mclver, Howard Glosson. 1-49 MONCURE—Mrs. C. R. Smith, Mrs. H. B. Dellinger, C. B. Crutchfield. 6-137 MOONS CHAPEL—Grady Vestal, Mrs. Harrison Ellington, E. W. Reitzel. 9-112 MOUNT OLIVE—Milford Henderson, Butler Lewis, Fred Russell, Talmadge, Perry. 14-322 NEW SALEM—Alonzo Campbell, Mrs. Alonzo Campbell, Mrs. Grady Campbell. 2-112 OAKLEY— Mrs. Dean Thompson, Mrs. Carter Thompson, Ira White, Houston Fox. 3-183 PINE GROVE—Glenn Snider. Delia Myrick, Elma Snider. 0-61 PINEY WOOD—Andrew Riser, George Lane, Claude Campbell. Charlie George. 7-330 PITTSBORO—Mrs. Fred None, Jr., Rev. W. T. Hurst, W. H. Griffin, Mrs. Sam Griffin. 31-298 RED BRANCH—Harvey B. Marsh. Lewis Cooper, Pines Deese. Myrtle Deese. 5-141 RIVES CHAPEL— E. Dewey Budd, W. E. Hart, L. J. Fields, Sr. 5-227 ROBBINS—E. D. Hicks, W. P. Marley, Mrs. J. J. Haywood, Mrs. Claude York. 9-135 ROCK SPRINGS—Lloyd Cooper, Chapin Oldham. Mrs. Chapin Oldham. 3-113 ROCKY RIVER—Wrenn Brewer, Rufus Brewer, Jr., L. D. Teague, Miss Mary ?? Culberson. 9-164 SANDY BRANCH—T. A. Dowd, Carey Norwood, E. J. Moore, Jack P. Emerson, W. W. Barker. 10-310 SANFORD— Mrs. E. L. Gavin, Mrs. Fred Ray, Jr., Mrs. Guy Boger, Miss Sue Watkins, E. F. Rimmer. 18-853 SILER CITY—R. F. Paschal. C. C. Wrenn, Mrs. Andrew Burns. C. N. Bray, Mrs. C. N. Bray, T. F. Baldwin. 21-576 SOUTHERN PINES—Miss Maggie Edwards, Mrs. William Dale, Mrs. Henry Dorn. 8-352 STALEY—Calvin Davis. W. M. Ward, C. A. Teague. 0-84 SUMMER HILL—Melvyn Williamson, Homer Frye, E. B. Cook. 11-161 TAYLOR MEMORIAL—C. R. Auman, Howell Blakely. Mrs. Howell Blakely. 13-109 TYSONS CREEK—Lonnie Scott. Joe Scott, M. M. McManus. 0-155 VASS—Mrs. H. L. Hendricks, W. A. Parker, Mrs. F. L. Taylor. 21-124 YATES-THAGGARD—No messengers listed! 12-138 Baptisms total memberships total O. J. Hagler presented a petition asking that the following churches be dis- missed at the close of this session to form a new Association perhaps to be known as the South Sandy Creek Association.

141 ABERDEEN ASHLEW HEIGHTS CALVARY CAMERON CARTHAGE EPHESUS FLINT HILL IVES MEMORIAL LEMON SPRINGS PINEY WOOD PINE GROVE RED BRANCH ROBBINS SOUTHERN PINES SUMMER HILL TAYLOR MEMORIAL VASS The petition was granted. The time, place and preacher committee made the following report. Time: October 5-6, 1950 Place: First Day, Pittsboro Second Day: Tysons Creek Preacher: W. L. Lynch Alternate: Claude Creason The report was adopted.

W. F. Hancock requested letters of dismission for Acorn Ridge and Yates- Thaggard Churches. A committee to make an investigation was appointed. Com- mittee: K. E. Bryant, R. A. Gardner, Roy A. Morris.

Officers elected: Moderator, Yancy C. Elliott; Clerk, Treasurer; Clyde P. Stinson.

1950

The 192nd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Pittsboro and Tysons Creek Churches, October 5-6, 1950

Yancey C. Elliott was moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was Clerk. William L. Lynch preached. Is. 40:31. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—Norman J. Hilliard, Herbert Wilson, Tom Fields. 4-175 BEAR CREEK—Roy Webster, Mrs. Roy Webster, Joe Tally. 3-158 BENNETT—Mrs. Roy Brady, Mrs. Blanche Brewer, Mrs. Kate Lambert. 0-160 BETHANY— B. B. Oldham, G. S. Moore, Clyde P. Stinson. 3-136 BETHLEHEM—John Horner, Mrs. John Horner, Mrs. S. E. Hannon, Martin Baughn, L. J. Seawell, Wade Motsinger. 6-314 BONLEE— R. B. White, Mrs. B. F. Moffitt, W. T. Brooks, Mrs. C. E. Paschal. 12-128 BRUSH CREEK—C. L. Brooks, Sr., Clyde H. Welch, Mrs. J. B. Gilbert. 2-213 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. R. Bailey Gross, Mrs. W. W. Shaw, Mrs. Herman Cole, Mrs. Bunn Tomberlin. 10-233 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. D. F. Holder, Mrs. Palmer Mclntyre, Mrs. D. E. Matthews. 18-357 EMMAUS—Elmer Bouldin, Clayborn Justice, E. J. Clark. 3-128

142 FALL CREEK—Warren Phillips, W. C. Phillips, Mrs. Lanar Scott, Mrs. Stella Teague, Mrs. Iza Phillips. 6-274 FLAT SPRINGS—Mrs. Rufus Allen, Mrs. J. J. Hurley, Mrs. A. F. Womble, Mrs. Gordon Womble. 3-195 GARNERS CHAPEL—H. C. Edwards, Mrs. H. C. Edwards. 3-39 GOLDSTON—Mrs. G. M. Graham, Mrs. J. B. Goldston, Mrs. J. G. Paschal. 9-130 GUM SPRINGS— S. W. Thomas, C. P. Harward Mrs. Carson Thomas. 3-136 HICKORY GROVE— B. R. Phillips, Talmadge Tally, Mrs. Ava Bray. 1-83 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark. Jake Johnson, H. Harold Hackney. 2-170 JONESBORO HEIGHTS—Alton Leonard, 0. V. Batchelor, Mrs. T. Y. Seymour. 1-324 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, Mrs. C. P. Bradley. Mrs. L. B. Dickens. 5-193 LOVES CREEK—Charlie Marsh, Frank Davis, Mrs. Alma Andrew, Mrs. Henry Stone, H. A. Teague. 18-301 MAYS CHAPEL— S. C. Gloson, H. A. Mclver, Lenius Burns. 3-47 MONCURE—Mrs. E. R. Smith, Mrs. George Ray, Mrs. 0. B. Griffin, Mrs. Edward Barnes, C. C. Poe, Mrs. C. C. Poe, Mrs. J. B. Powers. 2-135 MOONS CHAPEL—Charlie Burke, C. C. Brower, Hillery Hicks. 7-120 MOUNT OLIVE—Murphy Jones Milford Henderson, Charlie Durham, Elbert Norwood, Mrs. Ed Russell, Mrs. Elbert Norwood. 8-329 NEW SALEM—Mrs. Ed Council. Mrs. Lottie Council, Grady Campbell. 1-110 OAKLEY—Mrs. Frank Brewer, Frank Brewer, E. E. Kidd, Mrs. Mattie Marsh. 4-188 PITTSBORO—Mrs. Auburn Wright, Mrs. R. C. Griffin, C. E. Jones. 2-297 RIVES CHAPEL—A. H. McLaurin, Mrs. A. H. McLaurin, Miss Barbara Ann Burke, Miss Margaret Fields. 8-233 ROCK SPRINGS— Charlie Fields, Mrs. C. G. Oldham. Morris Ellis, Robert Canada. 0-110 ROCKY RIVER—Mrs. R. B. Edwards, Bailey Duncan, L. D. Teague. Rufus Brewer Jr. 3-163

SANDY BRANCH— S. E. Oldham, Mrs. F. S. Cook Mrs. Carey Norwood, W. W. Barker, Mrs. Shelton Dunn, W. B. Emerson. 0-297

SANFORD—Mrs. C. W. McManus, Sr., Mrs. J. M. Caddell, Miss Madge Furr, D. H. Cooper, B. B. Kammer. 23-860 SILER CITY—Mrs. T. W. Craven, Mrs. Herbert Andrew, E. H. Jordan, C. C. Wrenn, Mrs. T. A. Burns, R. S. Clark. 1-533 STALEY—C. A. Teague, Calvin Davis, W. M. Ward. 0-81 TYSONS CREEK—Leonard Cox. M. M. McManus, Norman Scott. 0-152

Baptisms total membership total

Mr. L. P. Dixon made a motion which was approved that a committee now be appointed to have a history of the Association written covering the period from 1858 to the present time. The following were named to this Cimmittee:

L. P. Dixon, Chairman; H. A. Teague, Clyde P. Stinson, Yancey Elliott, K. E. Bryant, Roy A. Morris, J. H. Scott.

1951

The 193rd session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Fall Creek and Emmaus Churches, October 11-12, 1951.

K. E. Bryant was moderator, Clyde P. Stinson was Clerk. Gerald C. Primn preached, 1 Peter 2:9.

143 MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, H. L. Wilson, J. R. Wilkins. 5-175 BEAR CREEK—B. E. Watson, A. W. Andrews, W. C. Caudle. 4-168 BENNETT—P. C. Brady, J. H. Scott, Clarence Shelton. 4-163 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, B. B. Oldham. Mrs. B. B. Oldham. 8-134 BETHLEHEM—John Horner, A. D. Seawell, Sheruan Harris Mrs. Serman Harris, Mrs. Eugene Lawhon. 6-302 BONLEE—R. B. White Mrs. A. W. Davis, Mrs. Ralph Brooks. 5-136 BRUSH CREEK—J. Colon Dixon, Garland D. Bray, Mrs. Carrie Bray. 2-150 COOL SPRINGS—R. A. Gross, Mrs. Bailey Gross, Mrs. Herman Cole. 11-246 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. W. E. Warner, Mrs. Amy Smith, Mrs. M. C. Johnson, Mrs. D. F. Holder. 41-325 EMMAUS—Bobby Buckner, C. D. Griffin, Lindo Webster. 11-139 FALL CREEK—J. C. Jones, J. L. Hill, J. M. Jones, J. R. Powers. 5-263 FLAT SPRINGS—J. J. Hurley, Mrs. John Luck. A. F. Womble, Mrs. Rufus Allen. C. S. Kelly. 10-193 GOLDSTON—J. W. Burke, Hugh Phillips, J. G. Paschal. 3-131 GUM SPRINGS—J. W. Thomas, Jr., Mrs. Irene Beal, Russell Foushee. 3-132 HICKORY GROVE—Mrs. W. S. Cheek, Mrs. Myrtle Potts, Mrs. Johnie Elmore. 2-86 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, J. T. Johnson, H. H. Hackney. 0-160 JONESBORO HEIGHTS—Mrs. O. A. Keller, Sr., S. L. Poole. Alton Leonard, O. V. Batchelor. 13-335 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, J. J. Griffin, W. C. Womack. 11-197 LOVES CREEK—Mrs. Frank A. Smith, Mrs. Charlie Dowd, Mrs. Henry Jones, H. A. Teague, Mrs. Ed Marsh. 2-304

MAYS CHAPEL—C. S. Wright, Allen Mclver, Lenius Burns. 4-50

MONCURE—Mrs. J. J. Hackney, Mrs. O. B. Yates, Mrs. T. S. Crutchfield. 3-138 MOONS CHAPEL—L. O. Curtis. Clarence Marley, Mrs. Clarence Marley. 9-136 MOUNT OLIVE—Elliott Curl, D. L. Williams, Elbert Norwood. A. M. Jones, Mrs. E. L. Russell. 4-326

NEW SALEM—A. B. Campbell. Mrs. A. B. Campbell, C. J. Ellington, Mrs. C. J. Ellington. 0-110 OAKLEY—Mrs. Charlie Marsh, H. F. Creason. Hoyle Dixon, Mrs. Frank Brewer. 3-187 PITTSBORO—Mrs. James Neighbors. Ernest Brewer, Paul T. Farrell. Miss Eva Mae Oldham, Mrs. Fred Nooe, Jr. 10-305 RIVES CHAPEL—A. H. McLaurin. Mrs. A. H. McLaurin. E. D. Budd, L. J. Fields. 6-238 ROCK SPRINGS—Coley Oldham, Henry Hearne, Warren Smith. 5-113 ROCKY RIVER—R. B. Edwards, Wrenn C. Brewer, Mrs. Mary Fox. 6-165 SANDY BRANCH—W. W. Burke, Enlon Kiser, W. W. Barker. Shelton Dunn. Leroy Fields, Mrs. Lee Emerson. 11-303

SANFORD—J. A. Overton, Mrs. C. W. MeManus, Sr., Miss Mary Chandler, Miss Sue Watkins, T. J. Brooks. 9-868 SILER CITY—Mrs. T. A. Burns, Mrs. R. F. Paschal, Mrs. R. F. Hedrick. Mrs. Jerry Grimes, Mrs. L. P. Dixon, J. A. Dark. 20-536 STALEY—W. M. Ward, Carl A. League, Joe W. Flynt. 5-85 TYSONS CREEK—Mrs. M. M. MeManus, M. M. MeManus. Willie Scott. 0-150

Baptisms total memberships total

144 1952

The 194th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Antioch and Eocky River Churches, October 9-10, 1952.

K. E. Bryant was moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was clerk. Claude J. Johnson preached. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—Bob Fields, Richard Oldham, Frank Wilkie. 2-173 BEAR CREEK—W. P. Hammer Mrs. Roy Webster, Ed Watson. 0-156 BENNETT—J. H. Scott, Duffie Jones, Clarence Shelton. 7-165 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, B. B. Oldham, Tommie Hart. 4-139

BONLEE—Robert Paschal, Mrs. I. H. Dunlap, Mrs. W. S. Phillips. 11-141 BRUSH CREEK—J. B. Gilbert, Mis. J. Colon Dixon, J. H. Hicks. 8-166 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. R. Bailey Gross, Mrs. Herman Cole, Cecil Craig, J. P. McGinnis. 15-262 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. Tom Collins, Miss Lura McDonald, Mrs. Amy Smith, D. E. Matthews. 11-363 EMMAUS—W. H. Clark, Coy Reynolds, Fred Mclver. 1-131 FALL CREEK—Mrs. Myrtle Purvis, Miss Ella Brewer, Mrs. Lola Maness. 7-257 FLAT SPRINGS—Joe Hurley Mrs. Jesse Herndon, Curtis Kelly, Mrs. John Luck, Mrs. Joe Hurley. 10-200 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, A. F. Gaines, H. M. Phillips. 12-138 GUM SPRINGS—Russell Foushee, J. W. Thomas, Jr., Mrs. Clyde Thomas. 5-134 HICKORY GROVE—None listed in letter. 2-89 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—J. D. Paschal, H. H. Hackney, K. V. Johnson. 3-153 JONESBORO HEIGHTS—A. F. Leonard. Hubert Thomas. Evander Winstead, C. S. Bullock, Mrs. E. B. Faulk. 5-335 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, Marshall Neill Bradley, Mrs. Mamie K. Williams. 7-203 LOVES CREEK—Frank Smith, Mrs. Henry Stone, Charlie Hackney. 31-335 MAYS CHAPEL—L. W. Burns, H. A. Mclver, G. S. Wright. 1-49 MONCURE—Mrs. E. R. Smith, W. L. Glosson, C. S. Poe. 0-129 MOONS CHAPEL—Graham Moore Grady Vestal, Joe Patterson. 7-132 MOUNT OLIVE—E. L. Russell, Mrs. Clyde Ferguson, Alvis Jones. 3-312 NEW SALEM—J. D. Whitaker, Mrs. J. D. Whitaker, Mrs. Dorothy Rhodes. 6-110 OAKLEY—W. H. Fox, Frank Brewer, Rev. E. R. Teague, E. E. Kidd. 2-186 PITTSBORO—A. N. Tatum, Mrs. G. H. Andrews, Rev. R. R. Gordon, Ernest Brewer. 4-307 RIVES CHAPEL—E. D. Budd, Mrs. E. D. Budd, Floyd Stout, W. E. Hart, D. H. Hart. 4-227 ROCK SPRINGS—Lloyd Cooper, Mrs. Frances Cooper, Eddie London Cooper, Lucian Clark. 8-125 ROCKY RIVER—Rufus A. Brewer Wrenn C. Brewer, H. G. Buckner. 5-171 SANDY BRANCH—H. F. Gilbert, Mrs. Carey Norwood, K. R. Wolfe, Mrs. K. R. Wolfe, Carey Norwood, Eulon Kiser. 0-293 SANFORD—Miss Mary Chandler, Mrs. H. O. Cole, E. H. Hooper, Miss Page Scarlette, Mrs. Ray Stout, Miss Katie Yates. 17-857 SILER CITY—J. B. Whitley,. Mrs, T A. Burns, Mrs. Emma V. Hough, C. C. ; Wrenn, T. F. Baldwin, L. P. Dixon. 1-536 STALEY—Carl A. Teague, Calvin Davis, Mrs. J. J. Pike. 5-83 TYSONS CREEK—M. M. McManus, Leonard Cox, Mrs. Guy Phillips. 0-143

Baptisms total memberships total

145 1953

The 195th session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Siler City and Sanford Churches, October 8-9, 1953. Gerald Primm was moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was clerk. W. Wilbur Hutchins preached, John 12:32. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—J. R. Wilkins, J. E. Fields, Mrs. Nora Cook. 3-176 BEAR CREEK—A. W. Andrews, B. E. Watson, Mrs. Ella Cheek. 0-153 BENNETT—P. C. Brady, Emma Jones, Clarence Shelton. 12-174 BETHANY—Clyde P. Stinson, Alton Jourdan, John Webster. 0-138 BONLEE—W. W. Davis, Mrs. C. E. Paschal, Mrs. W. S. Phillips. 7-140 BRUSH CREEK—J. B. Gilbert, Mrs. A. G. Kennedy, Mrs. J. H. Bray. 16-171 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. R. A. Poe, Mrs. W. B. Tomberlin, C. A. Pendergrass, S. G. Groce. 9-255 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. N. W. Thomas, Mis. Amy Smith, Mrs. D. F. Holder, Mrs. Roy A. Morris, D. E. Matthews. 24-392 EMMAUS—E. J. Clark, Lewis Carroll, E. N. Brooks. 10-143 FALL CREEK—Mrs. Lola Maness, Mrs. Vaie Brady, R. F. Brady. 6-257 FLAT SPRINGS—A. F. Womble, A. E. Bridges, Joe Hurley, John Luck, Mrs. John Luck. 7-203 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, Mrs. A. F. Gaines, Glenn Phillips. 7-138 GUM SPRINGS—J. Walker Thomas, W. E. Thomas, Clyde Thomas. 3-129 HICKORY GROVE—B. R. Phillips, I. M. Gaines, Richard Fox. 32-122 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, H. H. Hackney, Robert L. Hackney. 3-151 JONESBORO HEIGHTS—Mrs. R. A. Gardner, Alton Leonard. Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, C. S. Bullock, O. V. Batchelor. 12-355 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, Marshall Neill Bradley, J. J. Griffin. 2-196 LOVES CREEK—Mrs. Herman Cole, Mrs. Henry Stone. H. A. Teague, Mrs. Frank Davis, Mrs. Frank Smith. 25-362 MAYS CHAPEL—H. A. Mclver, L. W. Burns, S. C. Glosson. 5-55 MONCURE—C. C. Poe, Ed Thomas, Mrs. Ed Thomas, Mrs. J. B. Powers. 7-133 MOONS CHAPEL—Clay Brower, Claude Jordan, Mrs. Joe Patterson. 5-141 MOUNT OLIVE—Leroy Perry, E. L. Russell, Mrs. E. L. Russell, Milford Henderson, Lawrence Glosson. 0-311 NEW SALEM—Mrs. John Herndon, Mrs. N. W. Rhodes, Mrs. Jasper Jones. 3-105 OAKLEY—J. W. Dixon, E. R. Teague, W. H. Fox, Frank Brewer. 2-187 PITTSBORO—Mrs. Joseph Wirtz, Mrs. Fred Nooe, Sr., A. N. Tatum. Mrs. Ernest Brewer, C. E. Jones. 13-301 RIVES CHAPEL—E. D. Budd, Mrs. E. D. Budd, A. D. Fields, Mrs. Bryce Holt, Nuby Holt. 3-231 ROCK SPRINGS—C. W. Fields, C, G. Oldham, Lucian Clark. 4-131 ROCKY RIVER—H. G. Buckner, J. Ward Buckner, Rufus Brewer. 2-170 SANDY BRANCH—Mrs. Ruby Beaver, Mrs. Bertie Cook, Mrs. A. H. Smith, F. S. Gilbert. 26-315 SANFORD—E. H. Hopper, Mrs. J. L. McGilvery, Miss Katie Yates, J. A. Overton. Miss Page Scarlette. 15-886 SILER CITY—L. P. Dixon, J. A. Dark, Mrs. Jerry Grimes, Mrs. J. E. Spence, C. L. Brower, C. C. Wrenn, Mrs. H. B. Franks, Mrs. Herbert Andrew, T. Fleet Baldwin, Mrs. J. C. Funderburk, Mrs. W. L. Lynch, Mrs. T. A. Burns. 17-555 STALEY—C. A. Teague, Calvin Davis, Mrs. J. J. Pike. 4-87 TYSONS CREEK—J. L. Scott, Leonard Cox, Mrs. Leonard Cox. 8-148 Baptisms total membership total

146 HISTORY COMMITTEE

L. P. Dixon, Chairman; Roy A. Morris, Clyde Stinson, H. A. Teague, K. E. Bryant, W. L. Lynch, J. H. Scott.

1954

The 196th annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held wtih Brush

Creek Baptist Church, October 7, 1954. Bethany Baptist Church, October 8, 1954.

J. H. Scott was moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was clerk. Ried R. Harris preached from Gal. 2:20. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—A. C. Oldham, Mrs. A. C. Oldham, Horace Gaines. 16-187 BEAR CREEK— B. E. Watson, 0. C. Oldham, Mrs. B. E. Watson. 0-152 BENNETT—Mrs. Lenn Welch, Mrs. Kate Lambert, Mrs. Emma Jones. 11-187 BETHANY—Alton Jourdan, Vann Oldham, Mrs. B. B. Oldham. 0-131 BONLEE—D. G. Edwards, Mrs. W. S. Phillips, Mrs. T. N. Russell. 5-141 BRUSH CREEK—A. G. Kennedy, J. B. Gilbert, H. L. Jessup. 16-189 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. R. A. Poe, Mrs. Bailey Gross, Mrs. W. B. Tomberlin, Jroud Medlin. 4-246 EAST SANFORD—D. E. Matthews, Mrs. W. E. Warner, Mrs. H. P. Mclntyre, Neil Spivey. 29-419 EMMAUS—Sherman Butler, J. R. Snipes, Mrs. Catherine Webster. 0-128 FALL CREEK—J. Nails, Mrs. Stella Teague, Mrs. Lola Maness. 11-268 FLAT SPRINGS—Melvin Henderson, Mrs. Melvin Henderson, A. F. Womble, J. J. Hurley, Sr., Mrs. John W. Luck. 10-203 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, H. M. Phillips, Paul Cromer. 8-156 GUM SPRINGS—Russell Foushee, H. H. Blaylock, Mrs. Carson Thomas. 0-117 HICKORY GROVE— I. M. Gaines, Ralph Phillips, Hugh King, Kenny Brewer, Richard Fox. 4-122 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, Robert Hackney, H. H. Hackney. 10-156 JONESBORO HEIGHTS— R. A. Gardner, C. S. Bullock, S. L. Poole, Alton Leonard, Mrs. Hubert Thomas, Mrs. Vern Hamilton, Ottis Batchelor. 9-340 JUNIPER SPRINGS—C. P. Bradley, M. Neill Bradley, J. J. Griffin. 8-226 LOVES CREEK—Mrs. Herman Cole, Mrs. Henry Stone, Mrs. Floyd Womble, H. Adney Teague, Mrs. Herbert Jones, Mrs. Ernest Richardson. 10-352 MAYS CHAPEL—Henry Harward, H. A. Mclver, H. L. Fields, Sr. 0-53 MONCURE—C. C. Poe, C. S. Poe. Mrs. E. R. Smith. 7-142 MOONS CHAPEL—Mrs. Graham Moore, D. F. Hicks, Mrs. C. W. Jordan. 0-141 MOUNT OLIVE—Leroy Perry, Lawrence Glosson, Fred Russell, Mrs. Leroy Perry, Mrs. Clyde Ferguson. 16-320 NEW SALEM—Mrs. N. W. Rhodes, Mrs. Jasper Jones, Mrs. M. E. Cunnup.: 4-112 OAKLEY—Willie A. Dixon, W. H. Fox, Mrs. Frank Brewer, Mrs. Wade Paschal. 6-188 PITTSBORO—Mrs. Ernest Brewer, Mrs. Fred Nooe, Sr., Mrs. C. E. Jones. 1-286 ROCK SPRINGS—C. G. Oldham, Mrs. C. G. Oldham, Roby Creek, Mrs. Alton Williams. 5-135 ROCKY RIVER—Heber Buckner, Lonnie Teague. Ransom B. Edwards, Bailey Duncan. 19-205 SANDY BRANCH—F. H. Gilbert, T. A. Dowd, Mrs. W. B. Emerson, Mrs. Fannie Burke, Mrs. F. S. York, Elvid Ferrell. 27-358 SANFORD—E. H. Hopper, Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Miss Mary Chandler, Mrs. J. F. White, C, H. Porter, Mrs. C. W. McManus, Sr., Mrs. E. L. Gavin, B. B. Kammer, W. W. Staton, S. J. Husketh, Miss Paae Scarlette. 34-944

147 SILER CITY— L. P. Dixon, E. H. Jordan, Mrs. H. B. Franks, Mrs. T. A. Bums, Mrs. W. L. Lynch, Mrs. C. N. Bray. 10-554 STALEY—Mrs. J. J. Pike, Carl A. Teague, Calvin Davis. 16-109 TYSONS CREEK—W. Z. Brooks, Mrs. W. Z. Brooks, J. L. Scott. 4-146 RIVES CHAPEL—0-213 Baptisms total membership total HISTORY COMMITTEE

L. P. Dixon, Chairman; Roy A. Morris, Clyde Stinson, H. A. Teague, Ernest Brewer, W. L. Lynch, J. H. Scott.

1955

The 197th annual session of the Sandy Creek Association held with Staley

Baptist Church, October 6, 1955. Sandy Branch Church, October 7, 1955.

J. H. Scott was moderator. Reid R. Harris was vice moderator. Clyde P. Stinson was clerk and treasurer. H. A. Teague Historian. Miss Burdine Womble was Training Union Director. Max Bray Sunday School Superintendent. History Committee was L. P. Dixon, Roy A. Morris. Ernest Brewer, Clyde Stinson, H. A. Teague, Wm. L. Lynch and J. H. Scott.. MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—H. L. Wilson, D. H. Stinson, N. J. Hilliard. 0-187 BEAR CREEK—A. W. Andrews, Mrs. G. E. Oldham, Charles Stinson. 3-149 BENNETT—Evelyn Brady, Hilda Moon, Ted Welch. 5-192 BETHANY—Clyde Stinson, Tommy Hart, Mrs. Tommy Hart. 8-134 BONLEE—Mrs. W. S. Phillips, Mrs. Tracy Russell, Mrs. Ralph Brooks. 5-147 BRUSH CREEK—A. G. Kennedy, Colon Dixon, J. B. Gilbert. 12-199 COOL SPRINGS—Mrs. R. A. Poe, Mrs. Bailey Gross, Mrs. S. G. Gross, Mrs. J. P. Mitchell. 0-226 EAST SANFORD—Mrs. H. P. Mclntire, Mrs. Amy Smith, Mrs. W. E. Warner, Irene Beal, D. E. Matthews. 24-443 EMMAUS—J. R. Snipes, Coy Reynolds, Mrs. E. N. Brooks. 9-132 FALL CREEK—Hurley Hill, Mrs. Blanche Hill, Wilton Elkins, Mrs. Ira Phillips. 1-264 FLAT SPRINGS—Joe Hurley, Sr., Mrs. James Bridges, Mrs. L. G. Johnson, A. F. Womble, Mrs. Gordon Womble. 8-227 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, Mrs. Paul Cromer. Mrs. W. L. Thames. 9-168 GUM SPRINGS—Mrs. M. C. Foushee. Russell Foushee, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Blaylock. 1-115 HICKORY GROVE—Richard Fox, Mrs. Hugh King, Mrs. Mancie Wilkie. 2-124 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—Mrs. J. D. Paschal, N. J. Dark, H. H. Hackney. 2-156 JONESBORO HEIGHTS—C. S. Bullock, Alton Leonard, Mrs. Hubert Thomas, Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, John D. Smith. 0-336 JUNIPER SPRINGS—J. J. Griffin. W. C. Womack, Mrs. Ernest Thomas. Marshall Neill Bradley. 0-229 LOVES CREEK—Frank Smith, H. A. Teague, Mrs. E. C. Elliott. Mrs. Herbert Jones, Mrs. B. T. Phillips, Mrs. Bale Teague. 14-359 MAYS CHAPEL—P. L. Wright, L. W. Burns, Franklin Glosson. 5-60 MONCURE—Mrs. J. S. Groce, Mrs. H. B. Dillinger, Billie Wilkie, Mrs. J. B. Powers. 6-158 MOONS CHAPEL—J. G. Reitzel, Leser Barker, Mrs. Clyde Andrews. 5-147 MOUNT OLIVE—Mrs. C. V. Ferguson, Mrs. O. M. Burckhalter, Mrs. Perry, Tony Andrews, Milford Henderson, Fred Russell. 13-328

148 HISTORY COMMITTEE

H. A. Teague, Chairman Siler City, N. C. Jack Duffie Route 1, Staley, N. C. Earnest Brewer Pittsboro, N. C. Roy A. Morris Sanford, N. C. Ike Andrews Siler City, N. C. J. H. Scott Bennett, N. C.

George Graham, Clerk _.. Goldston, N. C.

The Committee met in Siler City on Saturday the 20th day of October 1956 and elected H. A. Teague to go ahead and complete the History. THE SANDY CREEK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Book V MODERATORS of the SANDY CREEK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

For the first hundred years. 1758-1858 No Moderators for 47 years Eli Phillips 13 years William Lineberry 8 years

William Dowd fi years James Bostic 5 years William Merritt 4 years Geo. Pope 3 years Robert Daniels 3 years Christopher Vickery 2 years Isaac Kerby 2 years Hezekiah Harmon 2 years Daniel Gould 1 year Isaac Teague 1 year John Culpepper 1 year Bryant Borough 1 year Enoch Crutchfield 1 year Total 100 years

Moderators of the Association for the second hundred years. 1858 to 1958

W. H. H. Lawhon 17 years R. P. Johnson ....16 years V. R. Johnson 13 years V. M. Dorsett 11 years George Purefoy 6 years 0. T. Edwards 5 years Stephen Gilmore 4 years William Lineberry 4 years W. D. Dowd 3 years J. C. Wilson 2 years 1. A. Balentine 2 years A. H. Porter 2 years K. E. Bryant 2 years J. 0. Moses 2 years J. H. Scott 2 years P. H. McDade 1 year

151 L. R. Dixon 1 year J. C. Capine 1 year E. M. Harris __ 1 year Zeb A. Caudle 1 year Yancey Elliott 1 year

Gerald Primm .._ 1 year D. E. Matthews 2 Years Total 100 years George M. Graham is our present moderator for 1958. CLERKS Eleven persons served as Clerks of the Sandy Creek Association for the First hundred years. (1758-1858)

No record for __._47 years Noah Richardson 24 years National Smith 6 years William Waddell 5 years Bryant Boroughs 4 years William Brantley 3 years E. H. Straughan 3 years Basal Manly 2 years William Lightfoot 2 years Isaac Kirby 2 years Isaac Odell 1 year

Tidance Lane _.__ 1 year

Total : 100 years Clerks of the Sandy Creek Association for the Second Hundred years.

(1858-1958) E. H. Straughan 18 years J. W. Calder 10 years Clyde P. Stinson 9 years

H. A. Teague .:. 8 years R. B. Lineberry 7 years R. H. Weaver 6 years Walter Warfford 6 years

W. N. Straughan .___ 5 years J. F. King 5 years J. L. Phillips 5 years C. V. Brooks 4 years W. C. Douglas 3 years J. Q. Seawell 3 years K. C. Horner 2 years D. E. Murchison 2 years O. T. Edwards 1 year R. P. Johnson 1 year J. L. Griffin 1 year O. C. Liles 1 year Roy A. Morris 1 year A. G. Kennedy 1 year Eugene Andrews 1 year Total 100 years

Eugene Andrews is the present clerk for 1958.

152 FIRST HUNDRED YEARS

The Sandy Creek Church was not only the Mother Church but also the Mother of the Sandy Creek Association and her Kindred Associations.

In 1770 the Association was divided into three groups. 1-The General As- sociation, which took the Virginia Churches. 2-The Congaree—South Carolina and Georgia Churches. 3-Sandy Creek—The churches in North Carolina.

The following 24 Associations were organized in the First Hundred years, according to the following dates.

Sandy Creek 1758 Tuckaseigee 1829 General 1770 Tar River 1831 Congaree 1770 Liberty 1832 Yadkin 1786 Beulah 1834 Flat River 1794 Catawbee 1836 Neuse _ .1794 Three Forks 1841 Raleigh 1805 Green River 1842 Chowan 1806 West Liberty 1850 French Broad 1807 Kings Mountain 1851 Brier Creek 1811 Brunswick 1855 Pee Dee 1816 Union 1855 Eastern 1827 New Found 1856

The Sandy Creek is the oldest Baptist Association in North Carolina.

SECOND. HUNDRED YEARS

Stony Fork ...... 1862 Yancey 1888 Tennessee River 1862 Montgomery 1889 Mount Zion .....1870 Sandy Run .1890 Brushy Mountain 1872 Bladen 1892

South Yadkin __ 1873 Piedmont 1894

Little River . 1876 Allegania 1897 Carolina 1877 Stone Mountain 1897

Elkins . 1879 Wilmington 1901 Burnt Swamp 1880 Johnston 1903 South Fork 1880 Surry 1903 Cherokee 1882 Macon 1904 Buncombe 1882 Roanoke 1908 Transylvania 1882 Anson 1910

West Chowan .1883 South Mountain ...... 1911 Roberson 1883 Avery 1912 Mitchell 1884 Dock 1916 Atlantic ...... 1884 Gaston 1919

Calwell 1885 New South River ..... 1924 Stanly 1885 Cabarrus 1926 Pilot Mountain 1885 Rowan 1928 Western N. C 1885 Randolph ...... 1935

Haywood _ .....1886 Dan Valley ...... 1947 Ashe ..1886 Yates - - 1948 Mecklenburg __1886 South Sandy Creek 1949 Alexander —1887 Theron Rankin 1955 Blue Ridge 1888 Noi'th Roanoke 1955 Columbus 1888

153 The Philadelphia Association organized in 1707 is the oldest baptist association in the United States.

At first it was a conference of Churches in New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

The Charleston Association organized at Charleston, South Carolina in 1751 is the second oldest baptist Association in the United States and the oldest in the bounds of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The Sandy Creek Association organized in January 1758. ( Purefoy History) Page 62

The Sandy Creek Association organized the second Monday in June, 1758. (Paschal History)

The Sandy Creek Association is the oldest Baptist Association in North Carolina.

The second oldest in the bounds if the Southern Baptist Conventiin and the third oldest in the United States.

Paul Palmer, an Itinerant Baptist evangelist organized the first Baptist Church in North Carolina. Shiloh Church in Camden County, 1727 with 32 members. Mineral Springs Church was destroyed by fire August 1918.

FIRST CHURCH—SANDY CREEK

November 14, 1755

Shubal Stearns and his crowd arrived at Sandy Creek, in present Randolph County—November 14, 1775 and within a few weeks completed a small meeting house, which they called Sandy Creek.

The following 16 persons were Charter members. Shubal Stearns and wife Peter Stearns and wife Ebenezer Stearns and wife Shubal Stearns, Senior and wife Daniel Marshall and wife Joseph Breed and wife Enoch Stinson and wife Jonathan Polk and wife

The first Womans Missionary Society in North Carolina was organized at Lynch Creek Church in Caswell County, October 1816 and called The Female Cent Society.

FIRST FOREIGN MISSIONAY

Miss Roberta Pearle Johnson was the First Foreign Missionary to be sent out from the Sandy Creek Baptist Association. While the Sandy Creek Associatiin was in session at Bonlee Church. Friday,

October 1, 1915 the following Resolutions was adopted.

RESOLUTION

Whereas Miss Pearle Johnson born and reared in this Association, daughter of our Moderator, R. P. Johnson, believing that God has called her to be His Mes- senger in a foreign land and willstart for work next week.

154 Resolved that we hereby express our gratitude to our Father in Heaven for giving us a representative on a foreign field.

Resolved that we record these resolutions in our minutes as a tribute to Miss

Johnson consecration of her life to her Masters Use.

Resolved further that a token of our appreciation of the honor God has ac- corded us in sending Miss Johnson. We attempt to raise next year for foreign missions $1,250 instead of $1,000 raised this year.

Pending motion to adopt the report was spoken to by J. B. Willis and J. M. Page. Report adopted.

R. Perlyman Johnson and his son Victor R. served as Moderators of the Association for 29 successive years. His daughter Roberta Pearle was sent to China as a Foreign Missionary in 1915. IN MEMORIAM

Roberta Pearle Johnson Miss Roberta Pearle Johnson, daughter of consecrated Christian parents, was born at Mt. Vernon Springs, North Carolina. It was the inspiration of home, deeply spiritual and truly missionary, which, more than any other influence, turned her thought to foreign mission work. The call to China came first when she was about ten years old.

A graduate of Meredith College and W. M. U. Training School, Louisville, Kentucky, she did graduate work at Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee. Ap- pointed by our Foreign Mission Board, she did educational and vangelistic work at North Gate Church and Eliza Yates School in Shanghai, China. The major part of her church work was with the young people. Truly she invested her life in Chinese souls.

She was interned by the Japanese from 1941 until her repatriation in 1943. After the war she continued her work in Shanghai until 1949. Returning home she gave her time to schools of missions and missionary messages in this state and other states.

On December 11, 1952, she went to be with her Master whom she had loved and served with an absorbing love and whole-hearted devotion. 'Twas said of her "The beauty of her Master was reflected in her radiant smile." In 1947 Carthage held the 1st day session on October 9, 1947. Goldston held the 2nd day session on October 10, 1947. (See historical table) 1924 Beginning with this session at Aberdeen in 1924 you will find that the As- sociation has been changed to a three day session instead of four days. 1936 Beginning with this session at Yates-Thaggards Church in 1936 you will find that the Association has been changed to a two day session instead of three 1938 Jonesboro Baptist Church— instead of meeting before the first Sunday in October, a motion was made and carried to meet on Thursday after the first Sun- day in October. 1946 Rev. Yancey C. Elliott made a motion that the Association meet next year for one day in section four and one day in section one. The motion was adopted. Ministers were called Elders till 1882.

155 1882 was also the first time preachers were called Reverend. As follows: A. D. Cohen, Rev. W. H. H. Lawhon, Rev. J. D. Hackney, Rev. M. D. Kivett, and Rev. M. P. Beck.

The Baptist State Convention has met two times in the Sandy Creek Associa- tion. First when she was just a baby two years old at Rives Chapel Church in 1832. Second with Mays Chapel Church in 1836. CHURCHES

Following list of 57 Churches as members of the Sandy Creek Association for the first hundred years. (1805-1858) No record for 47 years. Abbots Creek Juniper Springs Antioch Lick Creek Buffaloe Lasaters Bethlehem Loves Creek Bear Creek Lystra Buffaloe Creek McLennons Creek Brush Creek Mouth of Uwhary Bethel Muddy Springs Cane Creek Mount Pisgah Cajers Old Field Mays Chapel Cedar Falls Mount Gilead Cool Springs Mount Zion Columbia Mechanics Hill Chapel Hill Mount Carmel Emmaus Mount Olive Fall Creek Moons Chapel Fork of Little River Mineral Springs Friendship New Hope Gum Springs New Hope Mountain Georges Creek Old Fork Fayetteville Pee Dee Haw River Mountain Pleasant Grove James Town Pittsboro Rocky River (Chatham) Rocky River (Anson County) Richland Creek Rives Chapel Rock Springs Sandy Creek Sandy Field Timber Ridge Toms Creek Uwhary Yates M. H.

Antioch is the Mother of Lick Creek. Bear Creek is the Mother of Rives Chapel. Friendship is the Mother of Bethlehem. Georges Creek is the Mother of Mays Chapel. Haw River Mountain is the Mother of Antioch. Lick Creek is the Mouther of Mount Olive. Lasaters is the Mother of Pleasant Grove. Loves Creek is the Mother of Siler City. McLennons Creek is the Mother of Friendship. Mount Carmel is the Mother of Lystra. Old Fork is the Mother of Rock Springs. Rocky River is the Mother of Loves Creek.

156 Rives Chapel is the Mother of Mineral Springs. Sandy Field is the Mother of Bethel. Yates M. H. is the Mother of Mount Pisgah. Muddy Spring's is the Mother of Juniper Springs. Juniper Springs is the Mother of Jonesboro. CHURCHES

There are 100 Churches listed in the second hundred years, 1858-1958, as Follows:

Aberdeen East Sanford Acorn Ridge Eagles Springs Amiel Emmaus Antioch Ephesus Ashley Heights Fall Creek Baptist Heights Fayetteville Bear Creek Flint Hill Bennett Flat Springs Bethany Fork Creek Bethel Friendship Bethlehem Garners Chapel Bonlee Goldston Beulah Gum Springs Biscoe Haywood Brush Creek Hemp Calvary Hickory Grove Cameron Hickory Mountain Carthage Ives Memorial Carolina Jonesboro Cedar Falls Juniper Springs Chapel Hill Loves Creek Cool Springs Lemon Springs Cane Creek Liberty Cranes Creek Lystra Columbia Mays Chapel Deep Creek Manly Deep River Macedonia Mechanics Hill McLeods Creek Moores Creek Moons Chapel Mount Olive Mount Pleasant Mt. Zion Mt. Gilead Mt. Carmel Mineral Springs Moncure New Bethel New Salem Oakley Ore Hill Osgood Pittsboro Pine Grove Piney Wood Pinebluff Pleasant Grove Poplar Ridge Keyser Ramseur Riverside Rives Chapel Rock Springs Rocky River Red Branch K obbins Sandy Branch Sandy Creek Shady Grove Sanford

157 Southern Pines Sandy Pond Siler City Summer Hill Staley St. John Taylor Memorial Tysons Creek Union Grove Vass Worthville Yates-Thaggard TWO HUNDRED YEARS PROGRESS Today at the close of the year, 1956, there are seventy-five Baptist Associa- tions in North Carolina. Three thousand two hundred and thirty-eight churches, with a combined membership of eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand, nine hundred and forty-eight members. In the bounds of the Southern Baptist Con vention there are thirty thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four churches. A total membership of eight million, seven hundred and eight thousand, eight hundred and twenty-three members. Baptist gave an average of -over one million dollars per day during 1956, to reach an all time high in total giving of three hundred and seventy-two million, one hundi'ed and thirty-six thousand, six hundred and seventy-five dollars. In 1956 there are three thousand, two hundred and sixty-six Sunday Schools, with a membership of seven hundred and thirty-six thousand, six hundred and thirty-five members, in North Carolina. Training Unions reported one thousand, nine hundred and sixty churches with a membership of one hundred and seventy-seven thousand, three hundred and fifty- nine members. Woman's Missionary Unions, two thousand, one hundred and eighty-nine churches, with a membership of one hundred and fifty-three thousand, four hundred and thirty-seven. Brotherhood work in one thousand, one hundred and sixty-two churches, with a membership of forty-two thousand, four hundred and forty-nine members. Student Work reported more than twenty thousand Baptist students are enrolled in fifty eight Colleges and other institutions of higher education in North Carolina. 1957 33—CHURCHES Present churches and dates when organized as follows:

1.—Rocky River 1756 2—Rock Springs .1758 3—Bear Creek 1787 4—Fall Creek 1799 5—Mays Chapel _ 1802 6—Juniper Springs 1812

7—Brush Creek .. 1816 8—Loves Creek 1825 9—Gum Springs 1829 10—Rives Chapel 1832 1 1 —Emmaus 1833 12—Mount Olive 1834 13—Pittsboro 1847 14—Cool Sprinis 1848 15—Moons Chapel 1849 16—Bethany 1868 17—Jonesboro Heights 1869 18—Sandy Branch 1872 19—Hickory Mt. 1878 20—Tysons Creek 1881 21—New Salem 1883 22—Siler City 1889 23—Staley 1889 24—Sanford First 1893 25—Flat Springs .-1905 26—Antioch 1907 27—Bonlee 1912 28—Bennett 1912 29—Hickory Grove 1912 30—Moncure ...1913 31—Oakley 1918 32—Sanford East 1919 33—Goldston 1921

158 Four churches were organized from 1756 to 1800. Eleven churches were organized from 1800 to 1850. Nine churches were organized from 1850 to 1900. Nine churches were organized from 1900 to 1957. CHURCHES

The following sixty-five churches reported the largest number received by baptism in a year, on the following dates, number baptized and the name of the Pastor for each church in the past one hundred years. 1858 to the present time.

Church Date Baptisms Pastor Cranes Creek 1868 92 John E. King- Bethlehem 1860 88 Daniel Harmon

Aberdeen 1947.. : 75 Zeb A. Caudle Cool Sprngs 1930 72-. _ O. A. Keller Sandy Creek 1922 66 W. C. Dowd East Sanford 1924 64 L. C. Lee Carthage 1917 52 J. O. Fullbright Fall Creek 1882 51 Jesse Louis Smith Union Grove 1932 51 John C. Kidd East Sanford 1928 49 Roy A. Morris East Sanford 1939 .....49 Roy A. Morris Juniper Springs 1874 46 A. N. Campbell Fall Creek 1909 46 Jesse Louis Smith Sandy Creek 1916 46 C. Dowd Piney Wood 1946 46 Clete Simmons Sanford First 1921 45 Walter M. Gilmore Carthage 1931 45 C. L. Jackson Aberdeen 1925 42 Jesse Blalock Ashley Heights 1943 42 E. M. Harris Siler City 1955 42 W. L. Lynch Aberdeen 1949 41 Zeb A. Caudle East Sanford 1951 41 Roy A. Morris Fayetteville 1858 40 T. J. Johnson Siler City 1929 40 J. C. Canipe Brush Creek 1929 40 R. H. Weaver Southern Pines 1947 40 J. L. Jackson Cameron 1921 39 O. B. Mitchell Sanford First 1935 39 R. E. Wall Rives Chapel 1876 39-- W. H. H. Lawhon Carthage 1933 38 D. H. Ives Jonesboro 1910 38 F. D. King- Chapel Hill 1863 37 N. W. Wilson Mechanics Hill 1880 37 Jesse Louis Smith Yates-Thaggard 1933 37 O. A. Keller Bethany 1876 36 O. Churchill Siler City 1945 36 Carl Ousley

Sanford First ___. ._1945 36 Yancey C. Elliott Siler City 1929 _ 36 J. C. Canipe Brush Creek __..1869 35 William Lineberry Brush Creek 1906 35 O. T. Edwards Sanford First 1939 34 R. E. Wall Sanford First 1954 34 W. W. Hutchins Aberdeen 1948 34 Zeb A. Caudle

159 Cedar Falls _ 1864... _.34_. .T.M.Baldwin

Mineral Springs .....1866 34 ... A. J. Emerson

Bear Creek . ..1876 34 S. Gilmore

Southern Pines _. 1927 34 E. A. Tuck

Sanford First . .. 1939 34...... R. E. Wall

Sanford First __ 1954 ...34 W. W. Hutchins

Sanford First .. 1948 34 Yancey C. Elliott

Loves Creek .. ...1895... 33 0. T. Edwards Sanford First .1946 ...33. ....Yancey C. Elliott Mays Chapel ...... 1861 32. -_.._S. Gilmore Hickory Grove .1953 32 No Pastoi

Fall Creek .. 1904 31 Jesse Louis Smith

Sandy Branch 1907 31 ... R. H. Herring

Sanford First .. 1907 31 J. M. Haymore Union Grove 1924 31 J. C. Kidd

Hemp ..... 1943 31 Reid R. Harris

Pittsboro . 1949...... 31.... __K. E. Bryant Loves Creek 1952 31 Geter R. Porch

Sanford First 1955 . _31_. __W. W. Hutchins Union Grove 1917 30 J. H. Vipperman Mount Olive 1921...... 30 C. E. Byrd

Bethlehem .... 1947... 30 .. E. M. Walker

THE SANDY CREEK ASSOCIATION The 199th session of the Sandy Creek Association met with East Sanford and Bonlee Churches, October 10-11, 1957.

D. E. Matthews was moderator. Eugene Andrews, clerk. Edward C. Elliott preached the Sermon. Text 2 Peter 3:18.

MESSENGERS

ANTIOCH—D. H. Stinson, Benner Stinson, Norman Hilliard. 7-183 BEAR CREEK—Mrs. Garland Wilkie, Mrs. Edgar Lineberry, Mrs. Sallie Brooks. 4-156 BENNETT—J. H. Scott, Virginia Smith, Blanche Brewer. 3-196 BETHANY—Mrs. Jane Willett, B. B. Oldham, Alton Jordan. 9-149 BONLEE—Mrs. A. R. Brooks, Mrs. C. E. Paschal, D. G. Edwards. 0-152 BRUSH CREEK—Mrs. Mae Brower, J H. Bray, J. C. Dixon. 9-215 COOL SPRINGS— S. G. Groce, Mrs. R. A. Poe, Mrs. Ralph Groce. 8-234 EMMAUS—Bobby Buckner, E. J. Clark, L. M. Lindley. 7-139 FALL CREEK—Mr. and Mrs. Roland Brady. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Brady. 0-264 FLAT SPRINGS—J. J. Hurley, W. C. Howard, Mrs. John Luck, Lawrence Childs, Mrs. Timmie Bridges, Jr. 15-235 FRIENDSHIP—Miss Alice Ritter, Borden Ritter. 0-15 GOLDSTON—J. G. Paschal, T. P. Murchison, H. G. Phillips, Mrs. Paul Cromer. 3-173 GUM SPRINGS—Mrs. Zenas Lee, H. H. Blalock, Clifton Foushee. 4-115 HICKORY GROVE—A. M. Andrew, Floyd Smith, Kenny Brewer, Mrs. Ike Talley, Mrs. Hugh King, Mrs. J. T. Brown. 0-115 HICKORY MOUNTAIN—N. J. Dark, H. H. Hackney, Graham Rogers. 11-178 JONESBORO HEIGHTS— S. L. Poole, Mrs. S. L. Poole, Mrs. T. Y. Seymour, C. S. Bullock, Alton Leonard. 24-376

160 JUNIPER SPRINGS—Marshal N. Bradley, Johnnie Griffin, C. P. Bradley, L. B. Dickens. 20-226 LOVES CREEK—Mrs. Floyd Womble, Mrs. Henry Stone, Mrs. Herbert Jones, Eugene Andrews, Mrs. Kerney Smith, H. A. Teague. 17-387 MAYS CHAPEL— S. C. Glosson, P. L. Wright, H. A. Mclver. 0-67 MONCURE—Mrs. J. B. Bowers, Mrs. J. F. Dickens, Mrs. John Morrison. 6-169 MOONS CHAPEL—E. W. Reitzel, Marshall Joyce, Arnold Overman. 10-164 MT. OLIVE—Milford Henderson, Murphy Jones, Mrs. Murphy Jones, Alvis Jones, Mrs. Robert Pickard. 13-346 NEW SALEM—Leonard Eubanks, Mrs. Leonard Eubanks, Mrs. Jasper Jones. 0-102 OAKLEY—W. H. Pritchard, Mrs. Frank Brewer, Frank Brewer, Mrs. Ray Dixon. 8-210 PITTSBORO—A. N. Tatum, Mrs. Fred Nooe, Sr., Belk Vaughan, Talton Crutch- field, Mrs. Sam Beard, Mrs. W. B. Chapin. 0-247 RIVES CHAPEL—W. E. Hart, G. D. Dowd, D. H. Hart. 6-215 ROCK SPRINGS—Clarence Williams, Mrs. P. E. White, C. G. Oldham. 10-166 ROCKY RIVER—Mrs. Vera Edwards, Mrs. Rufus Brewer, Mrs. Ward Buckner, Sr. 1-207 SANDY BRANCH—H. F. Gilbert, E. W. Byerly, Mrs. F. S. Cook, V. H. Moore- field. 13-371 SANFORD EAST—Mrs. Amy Smith, Mrs. Bertha Knight, Miss Catherine Matthews, Mrs. Fannie Wilson, Mrs. Ada Thomas. 17-464 SANFORD FIRST—E. H. Hopper, S. J. Husketh, Mrs. George Watson, Mrs. J. C. Salmon, Mrs. W. W. Hutchins. 29-1021 SILER CITY—Robert Poerschke, J. L. Carrick, Elihu E. Sloan, Mrs, C. N. Bray, Mrs. E. J. Johnson, Mrs. R. E. Poerschke. 7-577 STALEY—Julius Poe, Mrs. Grady Poe, Mrs. Harriett Cox. 4-118 TYSONS CREEK—J. L. Scott, Mrs. Juanita Creason, Mrs. Carl Scott. 2-159 MINISTERS 382 Ministers who have served as Pastors in the Sandy Creek Association in the past 100 years. 1858-1958

Andrews, Levi Baldwin, P. M. Andrews, V. L. Baldwin, Samuel Andrews, R. S. Baldwin, T. M. Andrews, Manly Baldwin, J. M. Andrews, Alvis Baldwin, Moses Andrews, R. F. Barrett, W. A. Anderson, C. J. F. Baucom, W. T. Arnette, D. W. Baxley, W. C. Arnette, J. M. Beach, W. R. Atkins, Jimmy Brooks, T. Austin, C. B. Brooks, C. V. Ayscue, J. E. Britt, D. C. Ashworth, O. W. Broome, J. H. Byrd, Harry E. Bradley, Oren Byrd. C. E. Bright, A. B. Beck, M. P. Bryant, K. E. Beck, M. T. Bridgers, L. F. Bass, L. D. Brafford. N. Bond, W. E. Brothers, Dick

161 Bostick, W. M. Duncan, A. F. Burckhalter, O. M. Early, B. G. Bouldin, J. R. Early, W. D. Buchanan, J. B. Edmunson, Eugene Byerly, E. W. Edwards, J. C. Brandi, Michael Edwards, O. T. Black, J. F. Edwards, E. R. Byrum, W. J. Edwards. J. R. Blalock, Jesse Edwards, W. H. Blanchard, C. W. Edwards, E. A. Gates, W. F. Elliott, Edward C. Caudill, R. P. Elliott, Yancey C. Canipe, J. C. Ellington, E. P. Carrick, J. L. Ellington, R. P. Carrick, Thomas Elam, W. A. Caudle. Zeb. A. Eller, W. H. Carter, A. J. Emery, C. M. Childs, Lawrence Emerson, A. J. Calder, John W. Ei*win, Sam J. Campbell, A. N. Ferguson, P. F. Campbell, B. G. Jr. Ferguson, P. A. Cheek, N. Finch, G. L. Churchill, Oran Fountain, R. S.

Clark, R. E. \ Forrester, Manly

Cobb, R. E. Frazier, I. P. Cobb, N. B. Frazier, J. A. Comer, J. R. Freeman, M. D. Cox, R. E. Finlator, W. W Coley, J. L. Fiddler, F. L. Cook, J. L. Fryney, S. W. Conrad, S. F. Fuquay, S. W. Crain, W. J. Funderburke, Guy S. Creason, Claude Fullbright, J. O. Crutchfield, Enoch Fulford, W. J. Cohen, A. D. Gardner, R. A. Collins, E. Garner, F. M. Cunnup, M. E. Gardner, T. M. Culbreth, D. C. Garner, W. E. Cree, A. C. Gilbert, J. B. Crabtree, W. A. Gilbert, A. J. Davis, G. W. Gilmore, Stephen Day, D. W. Gilmore, W. M. DeLancey, J. C. Gibson Alfred A. Deaton, Walter Gnatt, P. C. Dixon, L. R. Goode, W. E. Dixon, L. M. Graham, H. W. Dorsett, Clyde Graham, George Dorsett, H. G. Gray, C. T. Dowd, W. C. Gordon, R. R. Dowell, C. L. Gosnel, W. R. Dowell, G. J. Glisson, S. C. Douglas, J. J. Gravitt, 0. G. Duffie, Jack R. Greaves, C. L. Duckett, Fred A. Griffin, George

162 Guy, T. Sloan Johnson, L. L. Gupton, B. L. Jordan, James Harward, C. S. Jordan, J. R. Hayes, W. L. Judd, H. D. Harrell, J. S. Keller, 0. A. Harrisin, T. Kidd, E. W. Hare, Frank Kidd, Roland Hudson, C. F. Kidd, John C. Harris, E. M. King W. G. Hunter, A. D. King F. D. Harris, Reid R. King John E. Haymore, J. M. Kivett M. D. Hancock, Ernest D. Kivett M. V. Haymore, R. D. Knight Hancock, W. F. Knott, G. D. Henly, J. M. Larkin, D. M. Hagler, 0. J. Little, J. B. Howell, A. T. Lassiter, A. G. Hackney, J. Parks Little, J. W. Howell, Jesse Lawhon, W. H. H. Hackney, J. Dan Livingston, E. A. Hackney, J. C. Lamm, S. L. Hackney, J. A. Leonard, W. M. Henderson, Melvin Lanier, Ben Holoman, J. M. Lloyd, H. W. Hefner, Olin D. Lee, J. C. Hildreth, J. H. Lee, L. C. Heatherly, E. K. Lewis, John

Heath, R. E. Leach, M. J . Herring, R. H. Leach, J. M. Hawkins, F. C. Lineberry, R B. Harmon, George W. Lineberry, William Hannon, S. E. Manee, A. H. Hartsell, J. W. Moore, R. A. Hillard, John M. Moore, J. F. Hough, W. C. McQueen, J. C. Horner, K. C. Moore, 0. D. Hobbs, L. M. McGray, B. A. Hurst, W. T. Moore, R. R. Hufman, J. D. McLean, Ralph Hutchins, W. Wilber Moore, J. R. Holland, W. C. McDaniel, James Ives, D. H. Moore, G. P. Ives, S. A. McDade, P. H. Ingram, H. M. Morgan, S. L. Isenhour, E. J. Mcintosh, C. M. Jackson, P. G. Myers, O. B. Jackson, J. L. McDuffie, Jack R. Jackson, C. L. Myrick, C. W. Jones, W. T. McManus, O. W. Jones, R. H. Murchison, D. C. Johnson, Claude Maner. A. H. Johnson, W. L. Marcom, J. C. Johnson, W. 0. Maness, B. L.

16£ Mason, J. P. Shepherd, N. H. Maness, O. T. Shacklette, B. M. Mainwaring, G. F. Sheets, Henry Martin, J. L. Shaw, F. W." Mann, J. L. Simmons, Clete Marsh, R. H. Sorrell, C. R. Matthews, T. W. Sorrell, C. B. Merrell, G. L. Soots, L. P. Mitchell, O. B. Stinson, Fred Moffitt. Clyde Strickling, C. M. Mobley, Robert Styers, J. C. Morris, Roy A. Strickling, W. H. Moose, Walter Smith, Joel Norris, C. H. Smith, W. C. Nail, L. A. Smith, W. A. Newton, R. Smith, C. R. Newton, J. D. Smith, John D. Newton, N. C. Smith, P. A.

Newton, I. T. Smith, Jesse Louis Ousley, Carl L. Smith, J. M. Oates, D. E. Smoak, E. L. Olive, Johnson Spruill, George E. Page. J. M Siler, Tasso W. Phillips, J. W. Stephens, W. R. Patterson, R. A. Stinson, Clyde P. Phillips, G. C. Stegall, J. F. Payseur, J. J. Splaun, W. S. Price, J. Louis Summey, Jno. A. Pendergrass, J. R. Smith, R. F. Jr. Primm, Gerald, C. Smith, Johnny Pernell, P. H. Taylor, E. C. Purefoy, George W. Terrell, Isaac Parrish, Vestal W. Temple, D. L. Pugh, J. M. Teel, Z. B. Porter, A. H. Todd, N. J. Poe, E. D. Thomas, C. F. Poe, W. D. Thomas, J. S. Pool, E. Y. Turner, M. M. Poerschke, R. E. Turner, E. W. Porch, Geter R. Tucker, G. A. Powers, J. L. Tuck, E. A. Randall, Henry Tucker, T. P. Rivenbark, W. B. Thomas, Fayte Richardson, Noah Todd, N. J. Richardson, J. B. Thompson, J. C. Rogers, John C. Tribble, Harold W. Rogers, William Townsend, B. Royal, F. M. UpChurch, A. Ruffin, C. E. Vipperman, J. H. Raymond, F. B. Walker, E. M. Scotten, A. K Wallface, W. M. Seawell. Quincey Wall, R. E. Seymour, T. Y. Watson, W. F. Sears, D. R. Watson, B. N.

164 Way, H. F. Womble, S. Waff, W. B. Wilson, J. C. Weatherman, J. L. Wilson, N. W. Weaver, A. White, J. M. Weaver, R. H. Wheeler, C. C. Webb, G. M. Wheeler, L. E. Warfford, W. L. Williams, W. W. Woodson, J. F. Williams, H. W. Womack, F. G. Willis, J. B. Woodruff, W. E. Yarbro, T. S. SANDY CREEK ASSOCIATION

According to Purefoys History, page 74, we have no record of the Associa- tion from 1758 to 1805, and we quote, "From its organization to 1805 its preced- ings were never printed; they were recorded in a book annually, which was con- sumed by fire; in the house of William Lightfoot, which was burned in 1816."

Shiloh Church in Camden County is the oldest baptist church in North Caro- lina, organized in 1727 by Paul Palmer, with 32 members. Grassy Creek was organized in 1754. Jersey Church was organized in August 1755. The Sandy Creek Church was organized on the 14th day of November 1755.

You will find a complete list of all the Minutes of the Sandy Creek Associa- tion from 1858 to 1910 bound in one volume at Wake Forest College Library, Winston-Salem. North Carolina. Placed there by the late Rev. Rufus Lineberry. The deaths of our Departed Ones from each local church was first printed in the mintues of 1925 when H. A. Teague was Clerk. In 1830 Samuel Wait represented the newly organized Baptist State Convena- tion of North Carolina and accepted a seat in the Association held with Loves Creek Church on the 23rd day of October, 1830. The name of the Presidents of the Womans Missionary Socieety was first printed in the 1924 minutes of the Association. The 200th Session of the Sandy Creek Association will meet with Pittsboro Church on Thursday, October 2nd, 1958 and at Loves Creek Church on Friday, October 3rd, 1958. Rev. George M. Graham Moderator. Rev. Wilbur W. Hutchins vice Modera- tor. Eugene R. Andrews, Clerk. H. A. Teague, Historian. Miss Burdine Womble, Training Union Director. Rev. Eugene Edmonson, Sunday School Supt. and Mrs. Harvey Faulk, Associational Supt. of W. M. U.

Rev. M. E. Cunnup was elected to preach the annual sermon. J. R. Duffie, Alternate. The 100th session of the Association was held with the Loves Creek Church on October 3rd, 1858. Rev. George W. Purefoy preached the Centennial Sermon using as his text, "From the days of John the Baptist until now." Matt. 11:12. Rev. C. W. Bazemore was selected to preach the Bicentennial sermon at the 200th session, to be held with Loves Creek Church on Friday, October 3rd, 1958. Program Committee, Rev. John Smith, Chairman. G. D. Knott, and Jack R. Duffie.

Rocky River Baptist Church celebrated her Bicentenniel July 14, 1957 we began with a tea sponsored by the W. M. U. from 3:00 to 5:00 P. M. and a Carna- tion Service on SundayJuly21. July 28 the B. T. U. sponsored a covered dish supper.

165 There was an all day celebration August II. The speakers were: D. E. Mat- thews, association moderator; J. Parks Hackney gave a brief history of church, and Dr. L. L. Carpenter, editor of Biblical Recorder, delivered the morning- mes- sage.

The Matthews quartet was the main afternoon feature. The annual revival was held during the week preaching by Rev. Zeb Caudle closing the following- Sunday with a message by Dr. J. C. Canipe, president of Baptist State convention.

SANDY CREEK ASSOCIATION

The Sunday School Convention of the Sandy Creek Associatiin was organized at Hickory Mountain Church on April 30th, 1922. R. Fred Paschal was elected Moderator. Rev. W. T. Hurst—Vice Moderator and A. Adney Teague, Clerk.

The record of the Sunday School Convention for 1922-1923 and 1924 were never printed in the minutes of the Sandy Creek Association. Beginning with 1925 they are printed in the minutes of the Association.

1923 at Bennett Fred Paschal served as Moderator and H. A. Teague as Clrk.

1924 at Beulah Ed S. Phillips served as Moderator and H. A. Teague as Clerk.

H. A. Teague served as Clerk of the Sunday School Convention of the Sandy Creek Association for 14 successive years. (1922-1936).

A cimplete list of the minutes of the Sandy Creek Association from 1889 to 1958 will be found at the Staley Baptist Church, Staley. North Carolina. Placed there by Mr. H. L. Staley.

The Second Monday in June JUNE 9th 1958

According to the inscription on the monument at Shubal Stearns grave. The old Sandy Creek Assiciation is 200 years old today.

Sarah was old and well stricken in years and had passed the age of child bearing when Isaac was born.

There were 33,468 members received by baptism into God's Kingdom—New born babies in Christ through the "Old Mother" and her Sister Associations last year.

Here"s the Record 1957 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

There are now 3,266 churches with a membership of 844,689. Last year we reported 3,238 churches with a membership of 829,109. This is a gain of 28 churches and 15,530 members. There were 36 new churches reported organized during the year.

BAPTISMS

During the year we received 33,798 members by baptism. Last year we reported 32,468 members by baptism. This is a gain of 1,330. The number of churches reporting no baptisms decreased from 563 to 508.

166 GIFTS

For all local work such as debt, building, lights, pastoral support, and other operating expenses, the sum given was $33,146,491. This represents a gain over last year of $1,479,775, or 4.46 percent. Gifts to all missions, education, and benevolence amounted to $6,171,043, which is a gain of $329,365 or 5:64 percent. The total of all gifts to all causes was $39,317,534. This is a gain over last year of $1,809,140 or 4.82 percent. The amount reported spent on buildings was $8,872,767.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS

There are 3,266 churches of which 3,259 have Sunday Schools. There are 21 mission schools, making a total of 3,280 schools with a membership of 749,530. This is a gain of 14 schools and 12,895 in membership.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS

The statistical report shows 2,699 vacation Bible schools with a membership of 270,443. Included in this are the mission schools. There were 621 churches that did not report a Bible school. Last year we reported 2,679 schools with a membership of 275,479. Mrs. Myra S. Motley is director of the work. In 1953 we reported 102 schools with a membership of 12,291.

TRAINING UNION

There are 3,266 churches of which 2,022 reported Training Unions with a membership of 184,582. This is a gain of 62 Unions and 7,223 members. There are 1,244 churches that do not have Training Union work, Mr. James P. Morgan is secretary of the Training Union Department. Miss Sarah Hull and Mr. William Spradlin are associate secretaries. Mrs. Ann Warren is office secretary, and Mrs. Phyliis Martin is assistant office secretary.

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION

There are 3,266 churches and 2,273 reported W. M. U. work with a membership of 159,949.

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