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Rev George Washington Cole

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Rev George Washington Cole

Birth
Franklin County, Missouri, USA
Death
1851 (aged 51–52)
Dent County, Missouri, USA
Burial
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Source: Texas County Genealogy Trails
Contributed by Margurette Powell.
Partial source: The Texas County Heritage.
Record of organization of thr Union Baptist Church in August 1847.
Without doubt the earliest Church to be instituted in Texas County.
Notes: Met according to appointment at the house of Michal (Michael) Killion and went into the constitution of a church. G. Cole and John Springer, Preachers of the Gospel of Christ in the Union Baptist Church, and in good standing. This being done the Saturday before the 4th Sunday in August 1847, G. Cole Pastor of Union Church. (Members)Joseph Butler, Barberry Butler, __ McKinney, Dabney Lynch, Church Clerk. SHSMO.org Place name: Stone Hill Description: In Meramec Township. A rocky river bluff which was named by the Cole family. (History Dent, p. 594; MISSOURi H. R. vol. 23 . p. 310) A village in southern Meramec Township. A post office since 1886. Named for its location on Stone Hill. The second largest town in the county it claims to be the oldest settlement as George Cole came to the Meramac Banks in 1828. History dent page 594 postal guide; Plat Book; JR Watkins.) Source: O’Brien Anna . Place Names Of Five Central Southern Counties of Missouri ; M. A. Thesis , University of Missouri -Columbia 1939.
Source: Texas County Genealogy Trails
Contributed by Margurette Powell.
Partial source: The Texas County Heritage.
Record of organization of thr Union Baptist Church in August 1847.
Without doubt the earliest Church to be instituted in Texas County.
Notes: Met according to appointment at the house of Michal (Michael) Killion and went into the constitution of a church. G. Cole and John Springer, Preachers of the Gospel of Christ in the Union Baptist Church, and in good standing. This being done the Saturday before the 4th Sunday in August 1847, G. Cole Pastor of Union Church. (Members)Joseph Butler, Barberry Butler, __ McKinney, Dabney Lynch, Church Clerk. SHSMO.org Place name: Stone Hill Description: In Meramec Township. A rocky river bluff which was named by the Cole family. (History Dent, p. 594; MISSOURi H. R. vol. 23 . p. 310) A village in southern Meramec Township. A post office since 1886. Named for its location on Stone Hill. The second largest town in the county it claims to be the oldest settlement as George Cole came to the Meramac Banks in 1828. History dent page 594 postal guide; Plat Book; JR Watkins.) Source: O’Brien Anna . Place Names Of Five Central Southern Counties of Missouri ; M. A. Thesis , University of Missouri -Columbia 1939.


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