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The arm at Mount Pisgah, having petitioned to her mother Church at Hopewell for a division, in order to form for herself a constitution, and
be organized into a distinct Church, was granted the following letter to which is annexed the names of the petitioners.
State of Tennessee
Henderson County
We the United Baptist Church at Hopewell Meeting house now in conference, do hereby certify that the following members are dismissed from us
in full fellowship for the purpose of constituting a church at Mount Pisgah a new meeting house, in Henderson County.
Done in conference on Saturday preceding the second Lord's day in August, 1835
Signed by order of the Church. (W.F.T. Rainey, Clerk)
Male Members:
Elder John C. Martin
William Todd
Benjamine Todd
Henderson Clark
Henry Morris
Sam H. Burton
Cyrus J. Burns
Black Males:
Ottoway, a servant of T. Johnson
Female Members:
Mary Todd
Nancy Todd
Lucy Clark
Elizabeth Griggs
Eliza Reeves
Nancy Atkins
Clarissa Stanford
Marin Miller
Alie Griggs
Lucy Rose
Sarah Sykes
Nancy King
Jane S. Martin
Sarah Sykes
Judith Foster
Ann A. Burton
Isabella Mann
Elizabeth Burns
Kitty Mann
Christiana Miller
Eliza Cain
Black Females: Penny, a servant of J.C. Martin
Holly, a servant of D. Small
Making in the whole 31 members. And having called to our assistance Elders Lemuel Herron and Jacob Browning to constitute us as a church, on the 25th of April, 1835.
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