Robert R. Black served as clerk of Current River Association for seventeen or eighteen years which is longer than any other man has ever served as an officer of this association. He was born in Tennessee, March 5, 1849, and when he was four years of age his parents moved to Arkansas and settled on a farm about a half mile north of Palatka. He lived on that farm until his death which occurred May 20, 1926, which gave him the distinction of living for 73 consecutive years on the same farm. He married four times and was the father of 21 children. He was a charter member of Mount Pleasant East Church and served as clerk of that church 54 years. He was a messenger to Current River Association in 1881 when it was organized, and was possibly elected clerk at the next session which met with Mt. Pleasant East Church. (The minutes for this session could not be located). But we have record that he served clerk from 1883 – 1899 inclusive. His funeral was conducted by Eld. R. L. Powell and the attendance was said to be the largest ever witnessed at a funeral in that community. He was buried in the Black Cemetery which was named after him because he gave the land for it. -- Leroy Carson Tedford, "A History of the Current River Baptist Association", 1947.
Robert R. Black served as clerk of Current River Association for seventeen or eighteen years which is longer than any other man has ever served as an officer of this association. He was born in Tennessee, March 5, 1849, and when he was four years of age his parents moved to Arkansas and settled on a farm about a half mile north of Palatka. He lived on that farm until his death which occurred May 20, 1926, which gave him the distinction of living for 73 consecutive years on the same farm. He married four times and was the father of 21 children. He was a charter member of Mount Pleasant East Church and served as clerk of that church 54 years. He was a messenger to Current River Association in 1881 when it was organized, and was possibly elected clerk at the next session which met with Mt. Pleasant East Church. (The minutes for this session could not be located). But we have record that he served clerk from 1883 – 1899 inclusive. His funeral was conducted by Eld. R. L. Powell and the attendance was said to be the largest ever witnessed at a funeral in that community. He was buried in the Black Cemetery which was named after him because he gave the land for it. -- Leroy Carson Tedford, "A History of the Current River Baptist Association", 1947.
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