Beulah Methodist Church

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Submitted by: Myra Dowden

I am a member of this church and grew up in this area. My family has been here since before the beginning of this church. I would be happy to answer any questions abut the area or its' residents. Myra

Organized July 29, 1860

Beulah Methodist Church was organized on July 29, 1860. The Reverend B.F. Alexander, a circuit rider of the Methodist Church, and with the assistance of most of the members listed as having joined in 1860, Beulah Methodist Church began and it has never been without a pastor since its organization. The doors were open throughout the Civil War & Reconstruction Period, and for the duration of World War I and II. The first preachers, known as circuit riders, traveled long distances on horseback and served several charges. Some of the members of the church would build a room on to the back of their home for the preacher to stay while visiting his charges.

Beulah Methodist Church is located in the northwestern corner of Natchitoches Parish, approximately five miles North of Marthaville on Highway 487. The church that stands today is the third to occupy the site since the organization of the church in 1860. The first building was constructed of logs. It was torn down in the early 1900's and replaced by a larger board and batten building. This building had two front doors and two large fireplaces. I was told by some of the elders that it was customary for churches to have two doors back then, one was for men and the other was for women and children. In 1924 after an election that had been held there the day before, the church burned to the ground. John A. Ingram donated lumber and hauled it to the site from his mill where he and other members from the community built the present structure. It sits just a few hundred feet from the highway with the Beulah Cemetery behind it. These forty acres were donated by Adam P. Massey on the 30th of November, 1861 for the purpose of a Church Edifice, Camp Ground, Burying Ground and Parsonage. Two tabernacles once sat on the grounds not far from where the church now sits. These were the sites for large revivals and regular singings and get togethers. The tabernacles and church grounds were also a safe haven for weary travelers on their way west. People would camp and rest up for days even up to a year before pressing onward through the wilderness. The Church was also used as a school until a school house could later be constructed. This first school house stood on church grounds located across Hwy. 487 where Charlie and Bonnie Montpelier now live. The cemetery began in 1861 and ironically the first person to be buried in the cemetery was Maaka Massey, the nine year old daughter of Adam & Emily Massey. While services were being held, screaming was heard at the Bolton home about a half mile east of the church. When the men went to see what was wrong, they found that the young daughter of Nancy & Elijah Bolton had just passed away. They placed her next to Maaka. In May of 1988, a memorial marker was placed at the grave site of the two girls marking the graves of the first two to be buried in the Beulah Cemetery. Since its' beginning in 1861 it has grown to over 1,200 grave sites 351 of these are unmarked graves. The cemetery records were compiled by Myra J. Dowden but could not have been completed without the help of Deannie James that has kept up the records and that of Ethel J. Wagley who has helped to identify many of the unmarked graves and a special tribute to Tommy Jennings, some of these records were copied from his book he published in 1964 and would have been lost if not for this.

The data on the following pages was taken from the original records kept by members of the church. Unfortunately, over the years, pages containing names of members have been lost, but for the most part the records or in tact. The Register of Pastors, Register of Members, Register of Baptisms and some of the minutes from the Church Conference Records are included. Both spelling and grammar are uncorrected.

BEULAH METHODIST CHURCH
Register of Members

Name Date How Received and Date of Death or Disposal

B.S. Porter 1860 - by letter-died 12 October, 1876
E.A.R. Porter 1860 - by letter-died 12 April, 1901
Jacob M. Porter 1860 - by letter- transferred in 1875
J.W. Howard 1860 - by letter - 1865
Adam Porter Massey 1860 - transfer- died 8 March, 1892
Emily M. Massey 1860 - transfer-died 25 December, 1895
William O. Massey 1860 - transfer-died 21 October, 1865
Mary Massey 1860 - transfer-died 17 April, 1880
Isabela Wade 1860 - transferred 1884
Elijah Bolton 1860 - transferred without letter 1868
Nancy Bolton 1860 - transferred without letter 1868
C.P. Autry 1860 - transfer-removed with letter 1865
William Walker 1860 - moved without letter to Texas
Robert N. White 1860 - by letter-died 3 May, 1869
Martha White 1860 - by letter-transferred 1868
Elizabeth Jennings Bardwell 1860 - profession-discontinued 1900
Mary U. Olive 1860 - informally withdrew by joining SBA
Susan J. Walker 1860 - profession-died in January 1879
Mary Massey 1860 - prof.-removed without letter 1880
M.C.I. (Maaka) James 1860 - profession-died 24 December, 1867
B.P. Sanderson 1860 - letter-removed without letter 1868
Mary Ann Fleming 1860 - profession-died 1908
Evaline Olive 1860 - by letter 1867
Elizabeth Olive 1860 - by letter 1867
John F. Massey 1860 - profession-died 26 December, 1874
Mary Jane Place 1860 - profession-died 30 April, 1887
Polly Dew 1860 - profession-removed with letter 1881
Martha C. Berry 1860 - letter-died 1884
Patrick M. Britt 1860 - Sept. 9 by letter- without letter 1864
Frances Autrey 1861 - profession-gone by letter 1865
Amanda Barnhill 1861 - profession-died 1896
William Varnon 1861 - profess. -moved 1867 without letter
Susan L. Varnon 1861 - profession-died
R.S. Knott 1861 - profession-died
Mary E. Whisner 1861 - profession-left country
Sarah Jane Autrey 1861 - profession-by letter 1865
A.J. Dew 1861 - profession-died in 1864 in the Army
Thomas J. Porter 1861 - profession-transferred 1892
William M. Autrey 1861 - profession-died in 1864 at Alexandria
T. Wiley Olive 1861 - profession-killed in 1863-Vicksburg
Sophia M. Clarke 1861 - profess. -died in 1862 of pneumonia
Sophia Weeks 1861 - profession-by letter 1864
William A. Weeks 1861 - profession-by letter in 1864
Sophia A. Weeks 1861 - profession-by letter 1864
David Dykes 1861 - profession-died 1 Mar 1900
Abigal Jane Free Megason 1861 - profession-died
Permelia A. Wilkinson 1861 - profession-discontinued 1900
Amanda M. Dykes 1861 - profession-died 1864 of pneumonia
Elizabeth Varnon 1861 - profession-died in 1885-full of faith
Nancy Westfall 1861 - profession-died in peace 1875
E.E. Crump 1862 - profession-died 25 December, 1898
Margaret V. Dykes 1862 - profession-withdrawn
J.F. Stovall 1862 - profession-by letter 1864
Martha Stovall 1862 - profession-by letter 1864
Sarah Jane Byrd Place 1868 - profession-died in 1933
Vina Knott 1863 - profession-died 24 December, 1909
Margaret Jane Sanderson 1863 - by letter-died in 1872
Harriet E. Dykes 1863 - profession-dead 2 Aug 1898
Julia Ann Jones 1863 - profession-withdrew in 1864
Virginia Fox 1863 - profession-moved off 1869
Nancy Walker 1863 - profession-died in 1877
Susan A. Roach 1863 - letter-moved off 1867
Francis M. Lefevre 1863 - profession-died 1864
Lucretia Lilly 1863 - prof.-transferred to Marthaville 1884
George Olive 1863 - profession-died 1864
George Lefevre 1863 - profession-withdrew 1868
Willis Varnon 1863 - profession-died in 1888 of old age
James Walker 1863 - profession-died in 1864 at Vicksburg
Mary Redding 1863 - profess.-moved in 1866 without letter
Louisa Durr 1863 - profession-died in 1867
John C. Carlton 1863 - profess.-moved in 1865 without letter
Sarah Deane 1863 - profess.-moved in 1865 without letter
Piety Harrison 1863 - profession-absconded in 1864
Matilda L. Allen 1863 - profess.-moved in 1864 without letter
Mary Jane Berry 1863 - profession-died in 1877
Virginia Allen 1863 - profess.-moved without letter in 1864
Frances Abernathy 1863 - profess.-moved in 1864 without letter
Clarissa Jennings 1863 - profess.-died in 1884 in perfect peace
E. Elizabeth Glass 1863 - prof.-moved in 1872 without letter
Lucinda Durr 1863 - profession-died 19 Sept. 1934
Mary M. Woods 1863 - profession-transferred in 1887
Martha L. Williamson 1864 - profess.-moved in 1869 without letter
Acenia Williamson 1864 - profess.-moved in 1869 without letter
Virginia C. Williamson 1864 - profess.-moved in 1869 without letter
Emily Winn (Ballard) 1864 - profession-died 3 April, 1922
Judia Ann McConnell 1864 - burned to death 1869- died in peace
Frances Barnhill 1864 - profession-died in 1888
Stedman Olive 1864 - profession-died in 1876
Martha Ann Autrey 1864 - profession-by letter in 1865
Nicy Barnhill 1864 - profession-transferred in 1890
Talitha S. Ballard 1864 - profession-moved to Marthaville
Sarah Coats 1864 - profess.-joined the Baptist 1870-dead
Lena Knott 1864 - by letter 1889, died 21 Jan 1903
James B. Knott 1866 - profession-by letter 1883
Henrietta Knott 1866 - profession-by letter 1883
Peter L. Campbell 1866 - profession-transferred 1869
William W. Jones 1866 - profession-1868 joined the Baptist
James E. Lewis 1866 - profession-moved 1870 without letter
Berry Varnon 1866 - profession-died 21 July 1912
Virginia A. Woods 1866 - profession-lost sight of 1893
Elizabeth Carlton 1866 - profession-died 1867-in great peace
Martha Walker 1866 - profess.-moved 1884 without letter
Jane Crump 1867 - profession-trans. in 1890
Isabela Byrd 1868 - by letter-died in 1873
John Winn Byrd 1868 - by letter-killed in 1884 by falling tree
A.J. Knott 1868 - profession-died in peace 1873
A.J. Place 1868 - profession-left country
Alfred Padon 1868 - profession-joined Camplellites 1869
Henry Dalton (or Dolton) 1868 - letter-moved without letter in 1869
Louisa Dalton (or Dolton) 1868 - letter-moved without letter in 1869
John Goodman 1868 - prof. -moved without letter in 1869
Mary P. Bennett 1868 - profession-died May 24, 1922
Jane Tarver 1868 - letter - by letter 1880
Jane Redding 1868 - profess.-moved 1870 without letter
Julia Nash 1868 - letter - by letter 1874
Rachel Nash 1868 - letter - by letter 1874
Mary Jane Olive O'Brien Watson 1868 - profession- died 6 Aug. 1941
Mary A. Fox 1868 - prof. -moved in 1868 without letter
Hannah Britt 1868 - prof. -moved in 1869 without letter
Felix Britt 1868 - prof. -moved in 1869 without letter
James P. Porter 1869 - joined La AC 1884 died 30 July 1887
Franklin Jennings 1869 - by transfer-died in 1888
Sarah Jane Campbell 1869 - prof. -moved in 1870 without letter
John W. Carlton 1869 - profession-moved off 1884
Lafayette E. Byrd 1869 - profession-died 1883
Levi Bailes 1869 - profession-joined the Baptist 1870
John Lesley 1869 - prof. -moved in 1869 without letter
Mary Taylor 1869 - profession-moved 1878 without letter
Susan White 1869 - profession-transferred 1870
Louisa E. Jackson 1869 - profession-joined the Baptist in 1869
Sophronia A. Knott 1869 - profess.-moved by letter 4 July, 1891
Eliza Jennings 1869 - profession-transferred 1890
Matilda Berry 1869 - profession-transferred 1884
Martha E. Berry 1869 - profession-died 1883
Laura Waugh 1869 - profession-died 1886
Nonia Walker 1869 - profession-transferred 1885
T.G. Waugh 1869 - profession-transferred 1884
L.F. Berry 1869 - profession-transferred in 1884
Daniel Brewster 1869 - profession-moved off
George M. Knott 1869 - by letter 4 July 1891-restored 1893
E.C. Wilson 1869 - profession-transferred 1873
R.J.W. Knott 1869 - profession-withdrew 1879
James S. Waugh 1869 - died in 1877 a consistant Christian
Sarah A. Moran 1869 - prof. -moved in 1876 without letter
Martha Murry 1869 - prof. -moved in 1876 without letter
William Bardwell 1869 - profession-killed in 1874
Mary S. Martin 1869 - prof. -moved in 1879 without letter
Virginia Waugh 1869 - profession-transferred in 1884
Wealthy A. Brasher 1869 - profession-transferred in 1878
Sophia M. Place 1869 - profession-joined Baptist
Sarah Jane Wilson 1869 - profession-transferred in 1870
Thomas Dew 1869 - prof.-moved 1881-died 15 July 1903
James Bostick 1869 - prof.-moved 1871 joined Baptist
L. Thomas Dykes 1869 - profession-withdrew 1877
William B. Latham 1869 - profession-moved off 1877
R.P. Wilson 1869 - profession-withdrew 1869
H.J. Bardwell 1869 - profession-killed 1869
L.E. Berry 1869 - profession-transferred 1874
Mary Taylor 1869 - profession-moved 1878 no letter
Jesse Byrd 1870 - letter- moved 1872 without letter
Lucretia Byrd 1870 - letter- moved 1872 without letter
Samantha C. Waugh 1870 - prof.-died 1879 a happy Christian
William B. Westfall 1870 - profession-moved 1876
James S. Berry 1870 - transfer - died in 1880
Elis E. Barnhill Massey 1870 - died 17 March 1902 in full assurance
Marium Free 1870 - profession-discontinued 1900
Eliza A. Barnhill 1870 - profession-transferred in 1886
Pleasant A. Barnhill 1870 - profession-died in 1882
Josiah Opry 1870 - profession-transferred in 1871
Willie J. Porter 1870 - profession-joined La. A.C. 1888
Isabela M. Durr 1870 - profession -died 3 Mar. 1940
Kate Westfall 1870 - profession -died in 1875
Mary M. Glass 1870 - profession-died 1879
Virginia A. Massey 1870 - profession-died in 1887
Alex L. Berry 1870 - profession-transferred in 1885
Sarah Jennings Sykes 1870 - profession-transferred by letter
Willie Young 1870 - profession-joined Baptist in 1882
Wesley Walker Jr. 1870 - profession-withdrew 1879
William F. Walker 1870 - profession-withdrew 1879
Sam B. Walker 1870 - profession-withdrew 1879
Samantha Westfall 1870 - profession-moved off in 1875
Rosanah Stewart 1870 - informally withdrawn joined S.D.A.
Mary Crump 1870 - profess.-died in 1888 in great peace
A.W. Byrd 1870 - profession-moved in 1873
Sarah Jane Hines 1870 - trans. to Union Grove Sept. 1891
Nancy Tarver 1870 - profession-moved 1871
Maggy Duffy 1870 - profession-moved 1871
Amos Hernades 1870 - profession-moved off 1871
W.R. Wilson 1870 - profession-withdrew 1871
J.M. Brown 1870 - profession-moved 1871
Clinton Berry 1870 - by transfer-died of paralysis 1877
Mary Tarver 1870 - on profession-moved off 1876
Richard Q. Hines 1871 - trans. to Union Grove Sept. 1891
Ben P. Sanderson 1871 - profession-moved 1872
Sally E. Byrd 1871 - profession-moved 1873
Adney Byrd Barnhill 1871 - profession-died 1873
Lucy Berry 1871 - profession-by letter 1888
Amanda Mallett 1871 - profession-died 15 Sept. 1909
Mary Bennett 1871 - profession-died 1891
William H. Barnhill 1871 - profession-died in 1873
Eliza Barnhill 1871 - profession-died in 1874
William M. Ballard 1871 - profession-died
Ann Goodman 1871 - profession-died in 1886
Melvina Allen 1871 - profession-died in 1878
Virginia Walker 1871 - profession-moved in 1880
Ann Olive 1871 - profession-moved in 1874
Lewis Olive 1871 - profession-moved in 1874
Mary C. Gilespie 1871 - profession-transferred 1875
Martha Dew 1871 - profession-died 1880
Nancy E. Dew 1871 - profession-died in 1882
Mrs. Pullen 1871 - profession-transferred 1871
Maggy Lambert 1871 - profession-transferred 1874
Pernina Berry 1871 - profession-joined 1886 Pres.
L. Dow. Vanbecker 1871 - prof.-went to Texas without letter
George W. Bardwell 1871 - profession-withdrew 1897
J. Wesley Smitheart 1871 - moved off 1873 without letter
John Cobb 1871 - moved off 1874 without letter
Missouri Cobb 1871 - moved off 1874 without letter
Z. Taylor Barnhill 1871 - moved off 1879 without letter
James W. Barnhill 1871 - moved off 1880 without letter
Allen Isabela Byrd 1871 - moved off 1873 without letter
Sam D. Crump 1873 - profession-died 1901
E.H Garner 1874 - profession-transferred 1875
E.M. Davis 1874 - transferred 1874 to Pleasant Hill
E.Y. Davis 1874 - transferred 1874 to Pleasant Hill
Elizabeth Winn 1874 - transferred 1884 to Marthaville
Zachariah Taylor 1874 - moved in 1874 without letter
Mary Broadway 1874 - moved in 1874 without letter
Susan H. Redding 1874 - moved in 1874 without letter
Sally Megason 1874 - moved in 1883 without letter
Margarett Fleming 1874 - moved in 1879 without letter
Susan Cranford 1874 - transferred 1874 to Pleasant Hill
Winfield Scott Barnhill 1874 - profession-died August 1907
John Thomas Martin 1874 - profession-died Mar 11, 1942
William Y. Barnhill 1874 - profession-got killed by train 1900
Alice Crump Dykes 1874 - profession-died Jan 12, 1917
Emily Russell 1874 - moved off 1880 without letter
Martha R. Porter Coats 1874 - profession-died June 10, 1926
John William McConnell 1874 - profession-died 3 Oct. 1946
Wesley Walker 1874 - profession-withdrew in 1881
Julia Byrd 1874 - profession-died 1883 in peace
M.S. Waggstaff 1874 - transferred 1875 to Pleasant Hill
Alabama C. Berry 1875 - profession-died June 14, 1941
Cynthia A. James 1875 - profession-died 23 July 1887
Samuel Westfall 1875 - moved in 1875 without letter
Isaac Mallett 1875 - profession-died 23 Dec. 1945
Henry C. Barnhill 1875 - prof.-transferred to Marthaville
William Jennings 1875 - profession-withdrew in 1879
R.L. Williamson 1875 - moved in 1877 without letter
C.W. Bostick 1875 - profession-joined Baptist 1876
Stephen Ethridge 1875 - profession-moved letter 1887
Martha Britt 1875 - profession-joined Baptist 1878
John S. Knott 1875 - died in 1880-Black Jaundice
Henry C. James 1875 - prof.-died in 1876 meninigitis
E.M. Bowden 1875 - moved in 1882 without letter
J.J. Bowden 1875 - moved in 1882 without letter
J.J. Barnhill 1875 - profession-died in 1877
Louisa Knott (Hendricks) 1875 - profession-died in 1927
S.G. Knott 1875 - profession-by letter 1883
Mary C. Massey (Fleming) 1875 - profession-Marthaville
William H. Cannon 1875 - moved in 1879 without letter
Thomas Cannon 1875 - moved in 1879 without letter
Emily Knott Mallett 1876 - profession-died Apr. 20, 1958
Mary C. Carmichael 1876 - moved off 1882 without letter
Everett B. Conklin 1876 - killed in 1876 by steam mill
Albert J. Fox 1876 - profession-withdrew in 1879
Malcom Thompson 1876 - profession-withdrew in 1879
Mattie A. Williams 1876 - prof.-withdrew by letter 1877
Emma Williams 1876 - prof.-withdrew by letter 1877
Laura Williams 1876 - prof.-withdrew by letter 1877
George W. Winn 1876 - prof.-joined Advents in 1885
J.B. Barnhill 1877 - profession-discontinued 1900
Thomas J. Howland 1877 - moved off without letter 1879
Nonia Oliver 1877 - profession-died in 1881
Sally Nelson 1877 - transferred 1879 to Pleasant Hill
Jacob Berry 1877 - prof.-joined Presbyterians 1895
Julia Bowden 1877 - profession-by letter 1884
Crit Bailes 1877 - moved off in 1877 without letter
Anna Knott 1878 - profession-by letter 4 July 1891
Rebecca Jane Knott 1878 - profession-by letter 1883
Emma N.E. Chambers 1878 - profession-by letter 1883
William Tarpley Knott 1878 - profession-by letter in 1883
Jarot Montgomery 1878 - moved to Pleasant Hill 1879
Amanda A. Colton 1878 - moved off 1882 without letter
Lewis Alford 1878 - moved off without letter 1880
William F. Lock 1878 - moved off 1880 without letter
John F. Massey 1878 - died 1882 in peace
Emily S. Massey Crump Brevelle 1879 - profession-died 10 May 1953
Willie L. Gibbs 1879 - moved off without letter 1881
Azalee Rigsby 1879 - moved off without letter 1881
Elizabeth Freeman 1879 - profession-died
Manassas Berry 1879 - profess.-moved off without letter
John Walker 1879 - profession-withdrew 1881
Mary E. Smith 1879 - profession-transferred in 1880
Haywood S. James 1879 - prof.-moved 1885-died 1905
William H. Massey 1879 - profession-by letter
Richard G. Bowden 1879 - profession-by letter 1887
Laura E. Berry 1879 - profession-by letter 1884
Sarena Colton 1879 - prof.-without letter in 1882
Leora E. Knott 1879 - prof.-by letter 4 July 1891
Mary Colton 1879 - profession-without letter 1882
Isaac W. Berry 1879 - profession-with drawn
James Free 1879 - profession-died in peace 1884
Amanda Walker 1879 - profession-by letter 1881
Vada Barnhill 1879 - profession-1889 lost sight off
Charles McCartney 1879 - transfer-1882 without letter
John F. McCartney 1879 - transfer-joined Congregational Ch
Fannie J. McCartney 1879 - transfer- 1882 without letter
Drew Scroggins 1881 - prof.-moved 1887 without letter
N.J. Lilly 1881 - prof.-died 1885 in peace
Samuel Bates 1881 - prof.-1882 moved without letter
Jesse Brumley 1883 - transferred to Marthaville 1884
B.R. Place 1883 - profession-died 6 July 1929
Robert Knott 1883 - profession-by letter 4 July 1891
R. Dearman 1883 - profess.-joined the Baptist 1886
George M. Place 1883 - profession-died 8 May 1888
Wilson Morris 1883 - prof.-joined Pres. Church 1895
R.W. Place 1883 - profession-died 28 July 1897
Marshall C. Knott 1883 - profession- died 23 Jan. 1949
Andrew Patrick 1883 - transferred to Marthaville 1886
Thomas Patrick 1883 - transferred to Marthaville 1886
Mary Brown 1883 - transferred to Marthaville 1885
Robert E. Holladay 1883 - transfer-by letter 1889
Ruth D. Holladay 1883 - transfer-by letter 1889
Alabama M. Porter 1883 - transfer-transfer to Marthaville
L.L.W. Porter 1883 - transfer-gone from country
Jannie Russ 1883 - transfer-transferred 1887
J.M. Hopkins 1883 - transfer-dead
Amanda Barnhill 1884 - profession-transferred 1890
W.N. Fleming 1884 - profession-died
Nettie Bowden 1884 - profession-by letter 1888
Henry Bowden 1884 - profession-by letter 1888
David Coats 1884 - profession-withdrawn
Isabella Jennings Hayes 1884 - profession-joined C.M.
George H. Knott 1884 - profession- died 18 Feb. 1959
L.H. Barnhill 1884 - profession-died 10 October 1893
W.N. Free 1884 - profession-withdrew 1888
Jacob Alford 1884 - profession-withdrew 1886
Jefferson Holladay 1884 - profession-by letter 1889
Frank Waller 1884 - prof.-joined Baptist in 1889
Joseph Waller 1884 - transferred 1881 Union Grove
Lucy Debose 1884 - profession-by letter in 1886
Eliza Waller 1884 - prof.-joined the Baptist 1889
Algia E. Barnhill 1884 - profession-lost site of
Louiza B. Barnhill 1884 - profession-lost site of 1893
Sarah Walker 1884 - profession-lost site of 1893
Frances Megason 1884 - by letter-died 16 June 1908
Nancy Born 1884 - profession-transferred 1890
J.W. Debose 1884 - transfer-by letter 1889
Mary Debose 1884 - transfer-by letter 1889
W.N. Holladay 1885 - profession-by letter 1889
George Harper 1885 - transferred 1886 to Marthaville
John E. Knott 1885 - profession-by letter 4 July 1891
Richard Place 1885 - profession-died 1889
Thomas J. Jennings 1885 - profession-don't attend
Della Free 1885 - profession-by letter 1889
Marium Holladay 1886 - profession-transferred in 1890
William Free 1886 - profession-transferred in 1890
Edley Ballard 1886 - profession-transferred 1890
P.P. Byrd 1886 - prof.-died 11 Jan. 1900 in peace
Allen Byrd 1886 - prof.-moved off without letter
T. Baxter Knott 1886 - profession- died in Feb. 1970
Bettie Barnhill 1886 - profession-transferred 1890
Ancy B. McConnell 1886 - profession-died Aug. 14,1893
Paralee Allred McFerren 1886 - profess.-joined Baptist in 1894
William L. Hendricks 1887 - profession-moved off
Eunis Tanner 1887 - transferred 1891 to Union Grove
Nellie Porter 1887 - transferred 1892 to Marthaville
Green Born 1887 - transferred 1891 to Pleasant Hill
William P. Born 1887 - transferred 1891 to Pleasant Hill
Dan P. Born 1887 - transferred 1891 to Pleasant Hill
Maaka C. Fleming 1887 - profession-died 1937
Daniel McKaskill 1887 - profession-moved off
Beulah Crump 1887 - prof.-transferred to Marthaville
Cora Ballard 1887 - profess.-transferred to Pelican
Travis W. Fleming 1887 - profession-without letter 1893
Julia Fleming 1887 - died 23 April 1890 in the faith
David McFerren 1887 - profession-joined the Baptist
Elizabeth McFerren 1887 - profession-joined the Baptist
James McFerren 1887 - profession-joined the Baptist
Amos McFerren 1887 - prof.-joined the Baptist-dead
Lurena McCaskill 1887 - profession-withdrawn
Melton M. McCaskill 1887 - profession-by letter
W.C. Berry 1887 - profession-joined Presbyterian
Amanda O. Glass 1887 - profess.-by letter 18 Oct 1884
T.C. Crump 1890 - profession-died 1919
Ellis Russell 1890 - profession-lost site of
James H. Ballard 1890 - profess.-transferred to Pelican
Margaret Glass Knott 1890 - profession-died 24 Oct 1901
Louisa Jennings 1890 - profession-joined B.A.
Lula Dans 1890 - transferred to Gum Grove 1893
Mary Ann Glass Sibley 1890 - profess.-moved to Marthaville
Sarah Ann Glass Johnston 1890 - profession-don't attend
Evaline Olive Harper 1890 - prof.-died Aug 7, 1896 in peace
Julia McFerren Jennings 1890- prof.-moved off without letter
Sarah McFerren 1890 - profession-moved off
Levina Holladay 1890 - profession-moved off
John L. Holladay 1890 - profession-gone
Ittawan Fanny McCartney Sanders 1890 - profession-died in 1949
Ida Jane Thompson 1890 - profession-died May 1896
Franklin Sanders 1890 - by letter-died
C.C. McCartney 1891 - profesion-died
Jessie L. McCartney Middleton 1891 - profession-moved without letter
T.L. McFerren 1891 - profession-withdrawn
H.B. McFerren 1891 - profession-moved off
A.L. McFerren 1891 - profession-died Feb 3, 1899
Tally Knott 1891 - profession-died 1906
Emma L. Barnhill 1891 - profession-gone
Drady E. Bennett 1891 - profession-moved without letter
S.E. Ballard 1892 - transferred from Marthaville
Pearl Knott 1892 - transferred from Marthaville
Mary Byrd 1892 - by profession-
Pearl Byrd Berry 1892 - profession-joined C.M. Church
George H. Megason 1892 - profession-removed 1900
Melton N. Ballard 1892 - profession-died May 12, 1921
Sidney R. Dew Martin 1893 - reinstated-withdrew 1897
Thomas L. Dew 1893 - profession-moved without letter
Leora Knott 1893 - restored- died
(One page missing from book approximately 28 names missing from list)
Adam Smith James 1896 - died 11 Mar., 1935
Callie Sue James McCartney 1896 - died 9 Oct., 1935
Mrs. J.M. Johnson 1896 - deceased
Sallie Hendricks 1896 - deceased
J.B. Fleming 1896 - died 31 July, 1897
Josephine Jones 1896 - moved
W.M. Knott 1896 - died Aug 14, 1896
R.B. Knott 1896 - died
Geneva Jenkins 1896 -
W.U. Beard 1896 - died 1961
Eliza Dean 1896 -
Betty Kidd 1896 -
John F. Jennings 1896 - died 6 March 1948
J.H. Ballard 1896 - died 15 July 1954
Ceband C. Ballard 1896 - lost sight of
John Manning 1896 - died
R.A. Bennett 1896 - died
Carl Knott 1896 - died 1/31/1968
James Knott 1896 - died 1936
H.W. Mallett 1896 - died
Fredonia Byrd 1897 - died 1952
Steadman Wheisner 1897 - lost sight of
Sarah Olive 1897 - died 1919
Mrs. Ann Jennings (Anna) 1897 - died
Mrs. Dora Knott 1897 - died
Maaka Bruce 1897 - died 15 Dec., 1966
Rebecca Olive (Crump) 1897 - died 24 Sept, 1948
Lucy Olive 1897 - died 1963
Anna Byrd 1897 - profession-died in peace Nov 1901
Willis Crump 1900 - by restoration-don't attend
Mamie Selby 1901 - profession-gone to Marthaville
Susie Mallett Coats 1901 - profession-died Aug 1, 1983
M.E. McConnell 1901 - profession-died
Nick Crump 1901 - profession-died 1954
Carry Crump 1901 - profession-died 1958
Henry Mallett 1901 - profession-deceased
J.H. Walker 1901 - profession-gone died 1943
E.S. Durr 1901 - profession-gone
E.C. Hilliard 1901 - profession-dead
Vieva Byrd 1901 - profession-don't attend-died 1965
Elisa Grapp 1901 - profession-don't attend
Emmett Fleming 1901 - profession-gone died 1967
Forest McPhearson 1901 - profession-gone died 1934
Maud Knott 1903 - profession-gone
Mecca Bruce 1904 - died 1966
P.L. Mallett 1905 - profession- died
(One name missing)
C.B. Olive 1905 - profession- 22 Sept 1954
C.M. Bennett 1905 - profession- died
B.J. James 1905 - profession- died 1958
Amanda Mallett Durr 1905 - profession- 9 Jan 1991
K.L. McCartney 1905 - profession-gone died 1966
N.H. Scott 1905 - profession- died 1959
R.L. Bennett 1905 - profession- died
Frank Sanders 1905 - profession- gone
J.H. Dake 1905 - profession- died
A.E. Bennett 1905 - died
Benny Boyt 1905 - 27 Oct 1958
N.C. Crump 1905 - died 1954
Mrs. Carrie Crump 1905 - died 1958
R. Crump 1905 - died 1927
E.F. Sanders 1905 - died 1946
Mrs. E.F. Sanders 1905 - died 1949
M.R. Coats 1905 - died 1926
Polly Dew 1905 - died 1928
M. Dew 1905 - died 1943
John Alvin Ingram 1905 - died 6 Jan 1933
B.P. McCartney 1905 - died 1938
Jessie Middleton 1905 - died 1958
J.W. McConnell 1905 - died 1946
Lucy McPhearson 1905 - died 17 Mar 1963
Thomas Boyt 1909 - died1946
A.S. James 1909 - died 11 Mar 1935
C.L. James 1909 - died 3 Dec 1934
Fannie Ingram 1909 - died 11 May 1948
(Two pages missing from book approximately 56 names missing from list)
J.T. Knott 1914 - lost sight of
Bessie Megason 1914 - died 29 Mar 1983
Marvin Megason 1914 - died 9 June 1962
Annie Lee Wells 1914 - moved off
Edna Knott 1914 - died 1969
Agnes Megason 1914 - died
Lee Martin 1914 - died
Annie Woods 1914 - died 1994
Mae Mallett Winn 1915 - died 17 Jan 1984
Ed Ballard Jr. 1915 - killed in car wreck 1936
Roy Ballard 1915 - died
Mary Graves 1915 - died 2 Jan 1994
J.H. Ballard 1917 - died 1954
Edna Lilly 1917 - moved off
C.C. Ballard 1917 - died
Odessa Ballard 1917 - died 1930
Beulah Mae Ballard Thomas 1917 - Shreveport
Lucy Law 1917 - died 6 Apr 1984
Alvin Megason 1917 - died 1958
Luella Boyt Griffith 1917 - died
Mrs. H. Boyett 1917 - died
A.J. Place 1917 - died 1931
S.J. Place 1917 - died 1933
L.E. Place 1917 - 26 Feb 1977
Mrs. L.E. Place 1917 - died 1983
Lillie Harper 1917 - died 1955
Zelma Barnhill 1918 - moved to Texas
Anita Ballard 1918 - died
A.C. Berry 1918 - died in 1941
Lutie Berry Posey 1918 - died 1968
Elsie Boyt Davis 1918 - died 12/31/1982
H.B. Boyt 1918 - died
Luvina Crump Smith 1918 - died 1995
L. Durr 1918 - died
Ola Ingram 1918 - died 1974
Flora Jones 1918 - gone to Texas-died 1995
Alice Olive 1918 - died young
Annie Olive 1918 - died 12/21/1995
Katy Lee Olive Litton 1918 - died 1978
Maggie White 1918 - died
Baxter Knott 1918 - died 2/28/1970
Mrs. E.S. Brevelle 1918 - died May 10, 1953
Cassie L. Bruce Miles 1919 - moved-died
Mrs. Lillie Sanders 1919 - died
Mrs. Sarah White 1919 - died
Janie Osborn 1919 - died 1929
Mrs. Martha Prim 1919 - died
Willie Bell Petty 1919 - died
Woodrow Ballard 1920 - died 1949
Robert Ingram 1920 - died 1955
Carrie Ingram 1920 - died 1959
Joella Davis 1924 - 26 July- died 1987
Robert Davis 1924 - 26 July- died 1948
Amanda Durr 1924 - died 1991
Lawrence Crump 1926 - died 1961
Leo Durr 1926 - died
Exy Crump 1926 - died 1975
Sillar McCartney 1926 - died 1984
Minnie Barnhill 1926 - died 28 Apr 1976
Osa Olive Stafford 1926 - died 1 Mar 1987
Estelle Ingram 1926 - died
Ruby Barnhill Berly 1926 - transferred to Baptist
Alice Barnhill 1926 - died
Roy Barnhill 1926 - died 1978
Velma Ingram Durr Mims 1926 - died 1990
Myrtle Ingram Hayes 1926 - died 1979
Nettie Smith Knott 1926 - died Aug 22, 1953
Robert Barnhill 1926 - died 1962
O.H Knott, Sr. (A.J.) 1926 - died 1957
Christine Prothro Crump 1926 - died Apr. 21, 1993
John B. Crump 1926 - died 1946
Selma Olive Delasel 1926 - died
Harvey Place 1926 - died
Oscar Barnhill 1926 - died 1934
Alvin Barnhill 1926 - died 1985
Rollie Knott 1926 - died
Ruby Knott 1926 - moved to Mich.
Mrs. Tobe Elkins 1926 - died
Thelma Berry Arnold 1926 - moved to Wallace
Minnie Carroll 1926 - died
Eva Carroll 1926 - died
Alice Cordova Hinton 1926 - died
Rebecca Crump 1926 - died 1948
Mrs. Lester Durr (Estelle) 1926 - died 1971
Lester Durr 1926 - died 23 May1989
Shirley Durr Lasseigne 1926 - died
H.E. Berry 1926 - died 1963
Mrs. Hugh Myers 1926 - died
Annie Lee Durr 1926 - died 1973
Clyde Hilliard 1926 - died
Lizzie Mae Jones 1926 - died
Lois Hayes 1926 - died 1964
Mrs. Leora Hayes 1926 - died
Marvin Megason, Jr. 1926 - died 1966
Mrs. Myrtise Olive 1926 - died 7 Aug 1961
Mrs. Donnie Ainsworth 1926 - died 2 Feb 1983
Mrs. Willie James 1926 - died 12 Aug 1977
Nora Cutright Walker 1927 -
Mattie Knott Jennings 1927 -
Mrs. E.S. Durr 1927 - moved off
Genelle McCartney Whatley 1927 - 29 Apr 1992
Mrs. T.E. Elkins 1927 - died
Clarence Durr 1927 - died
Arthur Wells 1927 - died
Oscar H. Knott 1927 - died 10 Dec 1988
Ethel Wagley 1927 -
Mrs. Marion Bruce 1927 - died 1956
Sam James 1927 - transferred to Bethany
John Dew 1927 - died 1960
Mrs. Mary Watson 1927 - died 6 Aug 1941
Ollie Durr Haskins 1927 -
L.W. Brown 1929 - died
Mrs. L.W. Brown 1929 - died 1938
D.S. Stafford 1929 - died 1981
Blanche Barnhill Roe 1931 - transferred to CrossRoads
Corinne McCartney Womack 1931 - transferred to Shreveport
Lawrence Wells 1931 - moved to Shreveport
A.J. Osborne 1931 - moved off
Keeler McCartney 1931 - deceased
J.T. Martinka 1931 - moved to Texas
Roland Knott 1931 - converted to Mormans
Lenus Berry 1931 - moved to Miss.
Austin Megason 1931 - died
Adrian Barnhill 1931 - died 1982
Roy Ballard, Jr. 1931 - moved to Texas
Mary Louise Ross Knott 1931 - converted to Mormans
Arvazina Elkins 1931 - died
Rita Knott 1931 - moved to AZ
Addie Brown Cooper 1931 - moved to Vidalia, LA
Jo Evelyn Durr 1931 - moved to Lake Charles
Kate Mallett 1933 - died 4 Aug 1978
George Mallett, Jr. 1936 -
Mrs. R.W. Knott 1936 - died 26 Dec 1993
Emily Mallett 1936 - died 20 Apr 1957
Travis Durr, Jr. 1936 -
L.W. Sanders 1937 - died
Mrs. L.W. Sanders 1937 - died
DeLois Knott McCartney 1937 - 25 July
Kate Berry 1937 - moved to N. Orleans
Betty Lou Wagley Rigsby 1937 -
Madeline McCartney 1937 - died
Alice Durr Bruce 1937 -
A.J. Knott, Jr. 1938 - deceased
Rhetta Knott Eason 1938 - died 1982
Mrs. J.H. Ballard 1941 - died
Wm. James Gooden 1942 - died
Esta Lee Smith 1942 - died
J.W. Beavers 1942 - moved off
H.S. Beavers 1942 - died 1961
Mrs. H.S. Beavers 1942 - died 1967
Louise James Maroney 1942 - moved letter to Bethel
Mrs. Maggie Kilgore 1944 - died
Mrs. Lucille Siegel 1944 - moved off
Delma Gene Kilgore Trivania 1944 - moved to Shreveport
Jannett Popp 1944 - moved off
Hugh L. Myer 1946 - moved to GA.
John Durr 1946 - died 1985
Rufus W. Knott 1946 - died Feb 21 1981
Jennie Ainsworth 1946 - to Shreveport
Anice Eloise Cox Durr 1946 -
Edeline Barnhill 1946 - joined the Baptist
B.T. Durr (Dude) 1946 - died 1985
R.V. Durr 1946 - died 1977
Mrs. Lee Nabours 1949 - deceased
Bennie Jane Wagley Rhodes 1950 -
Mrs. J.A. Barnhill 1950 - died 1952
Ruthie Blue Cotten 1950 - moved to Anthony
Lucille Blue Pruitt 1950 - moved to Anthony
Myrtis Blue 1950 - moved to Shreveport
Henry Barnhill 1951 - deceased
Clytie Knott Mitchell 1951 - trans. to Shreveport
Garland Knott 1951 - moved off
Jimmye Faye Knott Birdwell Holmes 1952 -
Julie C. Mathis Montagne 1952 -
Claudette Middleton Batts 1952 - moved to Oil City
Mrs. Lee McCartney 1952 - died
Ann Megason 1952 - moved to Winnfield
Edward Sepulvado 1952 - died 2 Apr 1980
Mrs. Edward Sepulvado 1952 - died 5 Apr 1975
Eloise Sepulado Putch 1952 - moved to Shreveport
Virginia James 1953 -
Fern Ballard 1953 - died
Mrs. Polly Middleton (R.H.) 1953 -
Mrs. Martha Berry 1954 - died
J.J. Coats 1954 - died 1964
Francis Cox Patterson 1954 - joined Baptist
B.C. Crump 1954 - moved off
Mrs. Clarence Durr-Florence Youngblood 1954 -
Gloria June Durr Harris 1954 - transferred to KY
Joy Faye Durr Nelson 1954 -
Naomi Ainsworth Kaiser 1954 - died 1995
Lela Mae Freeman 1954 -
Audrey Jean Freeman Stoker 1954
E.C. Fleming 1954 - died 1967
Joyce Hendricks 1954 -
Emmett Gene Hendricks 1954 - trans. to First Ch. Natch.
Wesley Ray Hayes 1954 - died 1987
Reginald Middleton 1955 - died 1963
Joe Ingram 1955 - died 26 Aug 1992
Elma Ingram 1955 - died 13 Mar 1993
Frank James 1955 - death July 28, 1964
Willie Frank Sanders 1956 - died 1967
George Mallett 1958 - died 1979
Mattie McCartney 1958 - died
Madeline Strebeck 1959 - moved off
Jack Wells 1959 - died 1974
Bessie Porter 1959 - died
Mackie Porter 1959 - died
Terry Gene Hendricks 1959 - transferred to Baptist
John E. Walden 1959 - died 1985
Myrtie Walden 1959 - died 1979
Otis Ray Parks 1960 - died May 20 1966
Mary S. Ballard 1963 - moved to Texas
Bob D. Ballard 1963 -
Otto Parks 1966 - died Apr 14 1989
Faye Barnhill Parks 1966 -
Kenneth Wayne Parks 1966 - transferred
Judy Kay Lauw Baxter 1966 - transferred to CrossRoads
Faye Haskins Jenkins 1966 -
Don L. Ingram 1966 - converted to Catholic
Frances Ingram 1966 - died 1970
Mickey Ingram Simmons 1966 -
Teddy Ingram 1966 - transferred to Bethel
Lynn Ingram 1966 -
Leo Lauw 1966 - transferred
Louise Smith 1966 -
Amanda Marie Hendricks Cater 1966 - profession
Mary Bell W. Blount Reeve 1967 -
Clint Sanders 1968 - died
Louis Watson 1968 - transferred
Mrs E.B. Martin 1969 - transferred
E.B. Martin 1969 - died 1970
Delores Barnhill 1969 - transferred to Marthaville
Virgil Barnhill 1969 - transferred to Marthaville
R.V. Middleton 1969 - died 1986
Mrs. Johnnie Neitte 1969 - died 1995
Arthur Ainsworth 1970 - Died Oct 28 1991
Donnie Ainsworth 1970 - Died Feb 2, 1983
Perry Eugene Ingram 1970 - died May 9 1976
Clara Ballard Ingram 1970 - died May 23 1993
Margaret Durr 1971 - moved to Texas
Tracey Dale Durr 1971 - transferred to Bethel
Donald Durr 1971 - transferred to Bethel
Jackie Nelson 1977 -
Jack David Nelson 1977 -
Hal Birdwell 1978 - transferred
Lela D. Durr 1978 -
Robin Rene Durr Jones 1978 - transfer in 1996 to Natch.
Kenneth Dowden 1980 - by letter
Myra Dowden 1980 - profession
U.V. 'Dick' Durr 1980 - profession
J.W. Coats 1981 - died 1987
Jan Hart 1987 -
Rommeiss Gamble 1987 -
Charles E. Montpelier 1988 - by letter
Bonnie Gale Durr Weeks Montpelier 1988 - by letter
Leonard Montagne 1989 -
Steve Champagne 1989 -
Milda Champagne 1989 -
Lee Champagne 1989 -
Travis Champagne 1989 -
Cody Champagne 1989 -
Odell Weeks James 1990 - July 7
Lois N. Olive 1993 - profession
Nolan Gamble 1993 - by letter
John C. Durr, Jr. 1993 - died 1994
Kimberly Dian Dowden 1994 - profession
Emily Michelle Dowden 1994 - profession
Margie Dowden 1995 - by letter
Glen Ballard 1995 - by letter
Joseph E. Rhodes, Sr. 1997 - Jan. 26
Wayne H. Nitsche 1999 - Sept.
Carolyn Nitsche 1999 - Sept.