Dumplin Baptist Church Minutes, 1797-1860

Part 3 of 24 Parts

Transcribed from the WPA Typescript and Submitted by Al Baumbach
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February the 8th 1800 -- being Monthly meeting in Course the Church proceeds as follows and considers how much we neglect our Respective Church meetings & for a Rule amongst any member failing to attend must give their reason why they do not.

April 12th 1800 -- being meeting in Course.

May the 10th 1800 -- being meeting in Course.

June the 14th 1800 -- the Church met being meeting in Course & proceeds to business & appoints Jer. Shelly & John Cate Sen. to attend our next Association to be held the second friday in August at Richland meeting house Grainger County and Appoint Br. Jr. Shelly to write our Church letter to the Association & being the same for our next meeting.

July the 12th 1800 -- Church met it being meeting in Course & proceeded to business -- first appoints Jer. Shelly Clerk for our meeting -- 2nd. by our Church letter being read & approved 3rd. By a dore of admition being open & received -- Lucy Cate by Letter -- 4th our next Communion to held 2nd.Saturday in September.

September the 12th 1800 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course proceeded to business -- 1st. Queary is it a duty incombent on the Church of Christ for Christians to wash each others feet in submition to Christ Example left to our next meeting to answer. (p.15) 2nd. Queary -- is it a duty to observe fasting & what to abstain from -- Laid over to our next -- Appointed that from this time the Church meet by 11 o'clock.

October the 10th 1800 -- the Church met, it being meeting in Course & proceeded to take up the Reference Concerning the Duty of washing of feet in the Church answer -- Wee believe it is Duty & that we appoint it to be done on Saturday before our Communion -- 2nd. Concerning fasting we believe it to be duty to fast to avert some threatened Calamity or to implore God's blessing & pardon for past sins & strength for days to come.

November the 8th 1800 -- Church met it being meeting in Course & opened the same by singing & prayer.

December 1800 -- meeting being disappointed.

January the 10th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course -- opened the same by singing & prayer.

February the 14th 1801 -- the church met it being meeting in Course & opened the same by singing & prayer.

March the 14th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course & proceeds -- grants br. James Mainer a letter for him and his wife & Sister Delilah Manard given satisfaction for the charge against her & granted a Letter -- Sacrament appointed the 2nd. Saturday & Sunday in April.

April 10th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course.

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May the 9th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course.

June the 13th 1801 -- Church met it being meeting in Course Received by Br. Chas. Cate by experience.

July 11th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course -- 1st. Chose br. John Cate & John Tyler Deligates to the Association -- 2nd. Br. John Cate to write the letter to the Association -- 3rd. Received Sister Mary Routh by Experience.

August the 8th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course the Letter to the Association read & Approved.

September the 12th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course -- Church proceeds & acknowledges their fault Concerning John Cate Sr. & Br. Richard Condra of long Islant and consider that Act to remain void & of know affect & to inform the Sister Church as long Islant By writing a letter to inform then of the matter.

October the 10th 1801 -- it being meeting in Course -- 1st. We consider not to write to the Sister Church but to Let the matter ly.

November the 14th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course.

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December the 12th 1801 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course.

January 1802 -- Meeting Diappointed.

February the 13th 1802 -- the Church met it being meating in Corse.

March the 13th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse. -- Recd brother Stephen Colyear by Experiance.

April 10th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Course -- 1st. Appoints Sister Mary Cate & Sister Mary Laurance to taulk with Sister Carter and to know what keeps hir from atending Church meeting -- 2nd. Sacrament meeting apinted in June Second Saturday & Sunday.

May 8th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse -- Sister Carter came forward and gave hir Reason for Neglect of Commen to Church meeting.

June 11th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse -- 1st. Chose Brethren to attend the Association -- Brother Colyear & Br. John Cate Jr. 2nd. Apointed Br. John Cate Jr. to write the Churches Letter to the Association against next meeting.

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July 10th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse. 1 -- Read Sister Lucy Jones by Letter -- 2 -- Rec'd Sister Rody Paton by Experience. 3rd. Rec'd Sister Mary Queen by Experance -- 4 -- Rec'd Sister Alle Russell by Experance. 5th -- Rec'd Br. Wm. Cate by Experance. 6th Rec'd Sr. Prissillah Coons by Experance -- 7- Rec'd Br. Wm. Chambers By Experiance -- 8 -- Rec'd Sister Dorety Chambers by Experiance - 9 - the members rec'd before is Baptised -- Br. Molder & Br. Samuel Cate & Sister Prissillah Sharp.

August 7th 1802 -- the Church met on the time appointed first -- Rec'd Br. Thomas Jones by Experance -- 2 -- Received Br. John Ruth by Experance -- 3rd. Rec'd Henry Molder by Experance -- 4 -- Rec'd Sister Margaret Mount by Expr. -- 5th -- Rebekah Holloway came forward gave a Relation of the work of God upon hir Soul not Rec'd Because she has two husbands now aLive and is Laid over and sent as a queary to the Association wether Receiving such pursons will not infringe upon the word of God by Paul in the Seventh Romans.

September 11th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse -- 1 - Considered the Reforance Left and Considers no such persons to come into the (p.19) Church -- Rec'd Br. Richards By Experance -- 3 -- Received Br. Thomas Collihan by Experiance -- 4 -- Rec'd Br. Joseph McFarlin by Experiance -- 5th. -- Sister Molter Request a letter & granted.

October 9th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse -- 1 -- Rec'd Sister Susanna Mount By Experance -- 2nd. Rec'd Br. Joshua Newman By Experiance -- 3rd. Apointed Sacrament meeting in January -- 4 -- Rec'd Sister Marget Rimonton By Experiance.

November 13th 1802 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse. 1 -- Rec'd Br. Wm. Mount by Experiance -- 2 -- Rec'd Br. John Lennon by Expr.

December 11th 1802 -- the Church met it Being meeting in Corse -- 1 -- Chose delligates to the Conference Br. Taylor and Br. John Cate Jr. -- 2 -- Rec'd Br. Humphrey Mount by Experiance.

January 8th 1803 -- The Church met it being meeting in course -- furstly Laid Joseph McFarling under sencher of the Church -- 2 -- Appointed deligates Br. John Rylor & Br. John Lennon to site Br. Mcfarlin to the Church -- adjurned till the second Saturday in February the 12th.

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February 12th 1803 -- The Church met it being meeting in Course & after Divine service proceeded to business as follows -- brother Kimbrough Moderator & br. Cate Clerk. First brother Mcfarlin not present Laid over till next Church meeting in Corse. Sister Rhoda Pattern obtained a letter of Dismition & the Clerk to write it -- 3rd. Laid over the matter between br. John Cate & Br. Samuel Cate.

March the 12th 1803 -- the Chruch met it being meeting in Corse -- 1st. -- Considered the Refference Left between br. John Cate & br. Samuel Cate the matter laid over till next meeting -- 2nd. Considered the Refference Left concerning br. McFarlin and has to excommunicate br. Joseph Mcfarlin from the Union of this Church for fighting. 3 -- Rec'd sister Rebecah Elder by experience -- 4 -- Rec'd br. John Hickman by experience -- 5 -- Rec'd sister Mary Carter by experience -- 7 -- Rec'd sister Prudence Forbush by experience.

April the 9th 1803 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse -- 1 -- Considered the Refference left between br. John Cate Sen. & brother Samuel Cate & has (p.21) to Excommunicate br. Samuel Cate from the union of this Church for fighting, keeping bad company -- 2nd. Sister Carter came forward with an allegation against Sister Tharp Laid under the Censure of the Church.

May the 14th 1803 -- they met it being meeting in Corse -- 1st. Considered the matter between Sister Carter & sister Tharp has to excommunicate sister Tharp from the union of this Church for sluring sister Carter's character & for Denying what she had said -- 2 -- Sacrament -- Apointed our next meeting in June.

June 10th 1803 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse.

July the 9th 1803 -- the Church met it being in Corse -- 1st . Appointed br. Colyer & br. Charles Cate Jr. to site br. Valentine Moulder to attend the next meeting -- 2nd. Appointed Deligates to the Assn. Stephen Colyer -- John Cate Sr. & John Cate Jr. -- 3rd. John Cate Jr. to write the Letter to the Assn.

August the 13th 1803 -- Church met it being in Corse. first the brethren made report Concerning brother Laid under Censure of the Church for not attending Church meeting. (p.22) 2nd. Appointed br. Henry Moulder & br. Joshua Newman to site br. Valentine Moulder to attend Church meeting.

September the 10th 1803 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse.

October the 8th 1803 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse -- 1st. br. Moulder came forward & acknowledged that he had done wrong -- the matter let lie till brother Moulder fetches A recommendation from the brethren where he now lives. -- 2nd. br. Thomas Callihan Requested a letter & granted a letter of Dismition -- 3rd . The minutes of the Association was read & approved -- 4th. Rec'd sister Rachel Forbush by experience.

November the 12th 1803 -- the Church met it being meeting in Corse. -- 1st. Rec'd br. Isaac Newman Jr. by experience -- 2nd. Rec'd sister Elizabeth Barnes by experience -- 3rd. Rec'd Sister Sarah Newman by experience -- 4th. Rec'd sister Anna Cate by experience.

December the 10th 1803 -- the Church met it being Meeting in Corse.