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First Baptist Membership role 1856-1864
The beginning of the First Baptist Church is found in the organization of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church on March 28, 1807, in the of cabin Elder Jesse Vawter at the top of what is now Michigan Hill. In 1832 the members decided to move down into the city of Madison. In June of 1853, a cornerstone was laid for the new church on Vine Street but it was not completed until 1860. A new wing was added in 1964. Madison First Baptist Church records taken from microfilm (Roll # 124) on file at the Jefferson County Public Library.
Abbreviations:
Bapt. - Baptized or by baptism
Dism. - Dismissed
Exp. - Experience
Fr. - From
Ltr. - Letter
Mar. - Married to
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Vail, Mary | |
| Davis, Sally | Died July 4, 1859 |
| Chapman, Mary Ann | |
| Humphreys, Minerva | Died March 28, 1861 |
| Whitney, Mariah | |
| Todd, Elizabeth | |
| Hinkley, Ann M. | |
| Zuck, Elizabeth | |
| Stapp, Elizabeth | Dism. By letter May 1858 |
| Carpenter, Margaret | Dism. By letter May 1858 |
| Barbour, Harriet | Dism. By letter Mar. 1858 |
| Bright, Mary E. | Dism. By letter Dec. 1858 |
| Patton, Lydia | Died Jan. 9, 1858 |
| Scarf, Mary | |
| Haney, Martha | Died July 31, 1861 |
| Naughten, Elizabeth | |
| Davis, Thomas | |
| McCubbin | Dism. By letter Oct. 1859 |
| Fefford, Francis | Dism. By letter June 1859 |
| Thomas, Thomas | Died June 21, 1857 |
| Humphry Sam | |
| Dutton | |
| Barbour, Edwin | Dism. Mar. 1858 |
| Stapp, Milton | Dism. May 1858 |
| Stapp, William | |
| Braneman, Samuel | |
| McCubbin, Charles | Withdrawn at his request Oct. 1861 |
| Geen, John Sr. | |
| Pitcher | |
| Stapp, Margaret J. | Died Feb 6, 1865 |
| Arrel, Elizabeth | Died Nov. 21, 1860 |
| Todd, Mary | Married Dec. 1861 (Oct. 11, 1861) Aden G. Gainy |
| Ennis, Mary (Mrs.) | |
| Davis, Margaret | |
| Caloway, Eliza Ann | |
| Bowman, Emily | Dism. March 1858 |
| Geen, Sarah | |
| Geen, Ellen | |
| Goode, Sarah | |
| Markley | Excluded Dec. 1864 |
| McKay, Alvira | Rec’d. by letter 1860 (now Mrs. Ahimaas Chambers) |
| Geen, William W. H. | Excluded Sept. 1861 |
| Stapp, Robert | Dism. May 1858 |
| Tompson, John W. | |
| Blassingham, Sarah | |
| Harper, J. E. C. F. | |
| Millr, Mary | |
| Hendricks, Milton | Dism. By letter |
| Chaney, Sarah A. | |
| Mefford, Benjiman | Rec’d. by relations June 1859 |
| Bernard, Polly | |
| Bernard, Eliza | |
| McMillin, Mary | |
| Mulvey, Rebecca | Dism. By letter Jan. 1859 |
| Lewis, Ed. G. | Dism. By letter Jan. 1859 |
| Lewis, Mary | Dism. By letter Jan. 1859 |