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GIBSON RECORD ■y I
Published to Furnish the People of Glascock Conn ty a Weekly Newspaper End as a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County.
VOL. XXXVIII. No. 35.
Hi–ory of Williams
Creek Church By
County Historian
(From Warrenton Clipper)
(By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County
Historian.)
(Continued from last week)
In 1788, September 27th, Steph
en Darden, who had been placed
in the office of deacon “was
more properly qualified to the!
office of elder and was elected to j
that place. Brother Levi Pruitt;
was elected to succeed him.”
Brother Vining, evidently Jeptha
Vining, was mederator.
At the conference held in Feb
ruary, 1790, “the elders and dea
cons stand in their places,” but
their names are not given nor, as
yet, has the clerk given his
own name, or the name of the
pastor in charge. :
November, 1793, “Brother Edge
came forward and freely ac
knowledged himself to be out of
his duay in giving up after much
persuasion to suffer music and
dancing in his house.”
Peter Winn was excommuni
cated in 1795 “for making a horse
race and running his horse over
the ground and then refusing to
adhear to the church when called;
on to give them satisfaction for
his conduct.”
July 11th, 1795, “Brother Levi
Pruitt and Brother Elisha Pruitt
being cited to this conference to
give the church satisfaction re
specting their joining the order
of Free-Masons. Brother Levi
came forward and agreed that
he would not associate with
ethm in their meetings any more.
. .which regained f^yvshin evf
the ehurh. Elisha Prum,
dently, was not penitent for his
sin and the church conference
gave prayerful thought to the
impending danger to their mem
bers, so the next year, 1796, the
minutes record, “The church, on
mature deliberation, do
and conclude that if any
or members of said church shall
join the order of Free Masons
that they shall be excluded from
the privileges of said church
til they shall render
for their misconduct. Brother
Elisha Pruitt’s affair concerning
his joining the Masons, mature
ly considered, the church do ex
communicate him for neglecting,
or refusing to give them gospel
satisfaction.” So much for
Brother Elisha!
Levi Pruitt did not long escape (
the majesty of the church, for!
the very next conference that '
convened, after his brother was,
excommunicated, her was de
dared out of fellowship, “being
charged with proffering to fight
a duel and offering to bet.”
The Masonic order continued
for many years to cause trouble
in the membership, for WJllis
and Burwell Perry joined the or
der that same year, but on be
ing summoned to church confer
ence “they acknowledged that
they had sinned in so doing and
had in inclination to associate
with them” and they retained
fellowship with the church.
“Brother Vining being about
to travel to North Carolina and
other points, the church do fur
nish him with a letter that may
inform all the churches that he
is in full fellowship with us and
with all the churches in our Un
ion, as far as we know.”
Wm. Lovel and Brother Edge
acted as moderators sometimes
in the absence of “Brother Vin
ing.”
“Brother Lovel and Brothers
Levi and Lemuel Pruitt were ap
pointed to attend the Association
“on Tugalo, Cleveland’s Meet
ing House” in October, 1795,
and Brother Baker to write the
letter to said Association.”
“In November, 1797, the Asso
ciation was again invited to
meet at Williams Creek church.
It was at Clarks Station that the
invitation was given by Aaron
Parker and Willis Perry, who
were messengers from Williams
Creek church.”
Some of the offences were of
Relative prices of
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such an intimate character that
Aprif of 1792, the church deci
j 0 a p po j n t a commission be
for . whom , such , matters .. m, ... 8 ht
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be put. That commission was
composed of Levi Pruitt, Win.
Dismuke, Nehemiah Edge, De
berra Chapman, Amos Boynton,
Elisha Pruitt and John Baker,
and the church further agreed
that no accusation should be en
tered on the church book until
the charges were proved, this
preventing the humiliation of in
nocent members,
James Heflin was called No
verniber 28th, 1797 to the pas
torate of Williams Creek church
and he accepted the call April 21
1798. _
He was to be “at our
monthly meetings on Saturday
and Sunday and every quarterly
meeting and Sunday.” on Friday, Saturday
If a member, once excoinmuni
cated returned to the church and
made suitable acknowledgements
he was restored and “his sins
remembered against him no
more forever,” for in Septem
her 1798 a new church roll was
made and the officers names giv
en thus: Levi Pruitt, elder, ex
communicated; Jeffrey Basdel,
Philip Brantley, William Dis
muke, dismissed; Peter Dismuke,
excommunicated, restored 21st
September, 1798 > excommunica
ted.
Stephen Darden and Philip
Brantley were ordained as dea
cons in March 1800 and Satur
day before ordination day was
set apart as a day of fasiting
and prayeiV The ordination
service was conducted by Saun
ders Walker and James Heflin,
In 1800, Brothers Brantley,
Chapman and Baker were mes
sengers to the Association
which met at Sardis church in
Wilkes county. The Association
met at Williams Creek church
in October, 1801. Brother Ba
ker wrote the associational fet
ter.
lit was agreed in conference
in September 1801, “that the
members of the church do put
in for use of traveling preach
ers and for the support thereof
as a foundation for the same of
their own choice.”
The questions regarding the
family altar were approached
thus in the conference of De
cember 25th, 1801: “Querry—
Is it the duty for church mem
bers, who have families, to set
up the public worship of God in
GIBSON, GA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932.
their families? Answered in
the affirmative. Querry 2nd.-—
What is the most prudent step
to take with the church mem
bers who have families and who
do not set up the public wor
ship of God in them? Answer
—We think it most advisable,
first, to admonish them to their
duty xxx and if such admo
nition do not reclaim them, to
deal with them as transgress
ors.” How far we’ve strayed
from that attitude toward fam
ly worship *n this year of 1932 1
The clerk wrote the letter to
the Association whhh met at
Salem in October, 1802. James
Heflin moved his letter to Wil
liams Creek in 1802.
A small sum of money was
raised that same year to help
the African church of Augusta.
Thomas Rhodes, called and
accepted, began his pastorate
in 1804.
At conference on July 14th,
1894, “A querry put in: Is feet
washing the duty of Christians,
and if it be who is to comply
it, when the time and
where the place? Answered
that it is a duty.”
Stephen Darden and Samuel
Johnson were messengers to the
Association which met at New-!
ford, Wilkes county, in 1804.
John Baker wrote the Associa
tional letter,
Kiokee church entertained the
Association in 1806 and Philip
Brantley and John Baker were
messengers from Williams
Creek.
It was held at Town Creek in
1807, clerk wrote letter, no
messengers; 1808 at Ebenezer,
clerk writes again, Jethro Dar
den and John Baker were mes
sengers; 1809 they met at Tirzah,
Putnam county, Jethro Darden
and John Baker were messen
gers The Association met at
Fort Creek, in Hancock county,
in 1810, clerk wrote the Asso
ciational letter, but no repre
sentatives went from Williams
Creek church. Jethro Darden
and John Baker attended the
next year 1811, when the Asso
j elation met at Grove Meeting
j House, in Columbia county.
(To be continued)
OM Raaua Caitaa
la aaeient Borne It waa the custom,
when honoring a victorious general,
to place behind the chariot In which
he rode to the capltol a slave who
kept repeating amidst the shouts of
crowd, "Beware lest you fall!”
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