History of Liberty Baptist Church. ".". Liberty Baptist Church was organized July 15, 1843. The old LaMotte Baptist Church, great in numbers and in boundaries, contributed toward its formation. The members in the southeast part of the congregation, thought it best to form a church nearer their homes. Among those who entertained this belief were D. Y. Allison, Sarah Allison, Benjamin Long, Jane Long, Isaac Martin, Mary Martin, Thos. F. Highsmith, Elizabeth Highsmith, Wm. V. Highsmith, Sina Allen, Rebecca Rash, and Amos Rich. Elders Stephen Kennedy and Wm. S. Bishop officiated at the organization.
Since then the pastors have been: Elders Hezekiah Shelton and A. J. Fuson, by direction of the New York Home Mission Board; Solomon D. Monroe, D.Y. Allison, J. T. Warren, T.J. Neal, and J. L. Cox, the present pastor. The first church was built of logs eighteen by twenty feet, and a few years afterward another room of the same size was added, at a total cost, perhaps, of $200. The second church was built in 1874, and cost about $1, 200. It has sixty-three members, and a Sunday-school, which was organized in 1865 by Jacob Clements and Rachel E. Dickinson. Clements was superintendent.
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Rebecca (Clayton) Rash, DY Allison family, & Highsmiths, Longs, Martins & Rich, were also members as was Hezekiah Shelton.
History of Liberty Baptist Church. ".". Liberty Baptist Church was organized July 15, 1843. The old LaMotte Baptist Church, great in numbers and in boundaries, contributed toward its formation. The members in the southeast part of the congregation, thought it best to form a church nearer their homes. Among those who entertained this belief were D. Y. Allison, Sarah Allison, Benjamin Long, Jane Long, Isaac Martin, Mary Martin, Thos. F. Highsmith, Elizabeth Highsmith, Wm. V. Highsmith, Sina Allen, Rebecca Rash, and Amos Rich. Elders Stephen Kennedy and Wm. S. Bishop officiated at the organization.
Since then the pastors have been: Elders Hezekiah Shelton and A. J. Fuson, by direction of the New York Home Mission Board; Solomon D. Monroe, D.Y. Allison, J. T. Warren, T.J. Neal, and J. L. Cox, the present pastor. The first church was built of logs eighteen by twenty feet, and a few years afterward another room of the same size was added, at a total cost, perhaps, of $200. The second church was built in 1874, and cost about $1, 200. It has sixty-three members, and a Sunday-school, which was organized in 1865 by Jacob Clements and Rachel E. Dickinson. Clements was superintendent.
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Rebecca (Clayton) Rash, DY Allison family, & Highsmiths, Longs, Martins & Rich, were also members as was Hezekiah Shelton.
Family Members
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Louisa Clayton Shelton
1823–1849
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Samuel Thomas Clayton
1825–1890
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Syrophia Clayton Ford
1827 – unknown
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Harriet Clayton Midgett
1828–1888
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Elizabeth Clayton Lindsay
1831–1897
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Minerva Clayton Martin
1833–1897
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George Price Clayton Jr
1835–1923
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William Clayton
1838 – unknown
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James Milton Rash
1841–1896
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Stephen James Rash
1841 – unknown
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Amos Clinton Rash
1843–1900
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