Reverends Andrew Brown and J. Newton were directed to labor on the frontier of South Carolina Presbytery two months, the former in South Carolina, the latter in Georgia, at $16.66 per month. In 1797 we find that Mr. Brown was called to Bethlehem and Philadelphia Churches on Cane Creek [now Oconee County]. These churches were the forerunners of both Ebenezer and Bethel of later date. Rev. Andrew Brown was pastor of both in 1799, but Philadelphia (or Ebenezer) was dropped from the roll of Presbytery that year, and we find no further reference to either Church (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol I: 641).
“On the 12th of September 1803, Rev. Brown obtained leave from his pastoral relations to these churches to travel beyond the bounds of the Presbytery. His absence could not have been long, however, for we find him present regularly at Presbytery meetings and he continued preaching to these same churches as a stated supply. On the 2nd of April 1805, he reported Bethel as a new church organized by him" (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 151).
Around 1816/18 Rev. Brown emigrated with several families from the Bethel Church in Walhalla to Greene County, Alabama. In 1820 he organized the Bethel Church in Tuscaloosa. In 1821 he organized the New Hope Church in Greene County, and in 1823 he organized the Lebanon Church in Tuscaloosa County. In January 1822, he moved to Mesopotamia, and called on the Reverends James Hillhouse and Joseph P. Cunningham in the fall of 1823 to assist in organizing the church in Mesopotamia.
“The day for that purpose being set, he went to Marion, Perry County, to attend a meeting of the Presbytery. He died after an illness of five days, near Marion, on the 8th of October 1823, only four days after the adjournment of the Presbytery of Alabama. He died at the house of Jonathan Penroy, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and was buried in the graveyard at Marion, where the Presbytery had held its sessions. A pious mother in Israel, a Mrs. Munford, erected a monument over his grave.” (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 157)
-- This information provided by Find A Grave contributor Frank Strickland
“On the 12th of September 1803, Rev. Brown obtained leave from his pastoral relations to these churches to travel beyond the bounds of the Presbytery. His absence could not have been long, however, for we find him present regularly at Presbytery meetings and he continued preaching to these same churches as a stated supply. On the 2nd of April 1805, he reported Bethel as a new church organized by him" (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 151).
Around 1816/18 Rev. Brown emigrated with several families from the Bethel Church in Walhalla to Greene County, Alabama. In 1820 he organized the Bethel Church in Tuscaloosa. In 1821 he organized the New Hope Church in Greene County, and in 1823 he organized the Lebanon Church in Tuscaloosa County. In January 1822, he moved to Mesopotamia, and called on the Reverends James Hillhouse and Joseph P. Cunningham in the fall of 1823 to assist in organizing the church in Mesopotamia.
“The day for that purpose being set, he went to Marion, Perry County, to attend a meeting of the Presbytery. He died after an illness of five days, near Marion, on the 8th of October 1823, only four days after the adjournment of the Presbytery of Alabama. He died at the house of Jonathan Penroy, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and was buried in the graveyard at Marion, where the Presbytery had held its sessions. A pious mother in Israel, a Mrs. Munford, erected a monument over his grave.” (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 157)
-- This information provided by Find A Grave contributor Frank Strickland
Reverends Andrew Brown and J. Newton were directed to labor on the frontier of South Carolina Presbytery two months, the former in South Carolina, the latter in Georgia, at $16.66 per month. In 1797 we find that Mr. Brown was called to Bethlehem and Philadelphia Churches on Cane Creek [now Oconee County]. These churches were the forerunners of both Ebenezer and Bethel of later date. Rev. Andrew Brown was pastor of both in 1799, but Philadelphia (or Ebenezer) was dropped from the roll of Presbytery that year, and we find no further reference to either Church (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol I: 641).
“On the 12th of September 1803, Rev. Brown obtained leave from his pastoral relations to these churches to travel beyond the bounds of the Presbytery. His absence could not have been long, however, for we find him present regularly at Presbytery meetings and he continued preaching to these same churches as a stated supply. On the 2nd of April 1805, he reported Bethel as a new church organized by him" (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 151).
Around 1816/18 Rev. Brown emigrated with several families from the Bethel Church in Walhalla to Greene County, Alabama. In 1820 he organized the Bethel Church in Tuscaloosa. In 1821 he organized the New Hope Church in Greene County, and in 1823 he organized the Lebanon Church in Tuscaloosa County. In January 1822, he moved to Mesopotamia, and called on the Reverends James Hillhouse and Joseph P. Cunningham in the fall of 1823 to assist in organizing the church in Mesopotamia.
“The day for that purpose being set, he went to Marion, Perry County, to attend a meeting of the Presbytery. He died after an illness of five days, near Marion, on the 8th of October 1823, only four days after the adjournment of the Presbytery of Alabama. He died at the house of Jonathan Penroy, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and was buried in the graveyard at Marion, where the Presbytery had held its sessions. A pious mother in Israel, a Mrs. Munford, erected a monument over his grave.” (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 157)
-- This information provided by Find A Grave contributor Frank Strickland
“On the 12th of September 1803, Rev. Brown obtained leave from his pastoral relations to these churches to travel beyond the bounds of the Presbytery. His absence could not have been long, however, for we find him present regularly at Presbytery meetings and he continued preaching to these same churches as a stated supply. On the 2nd of April 1805, he reported Bethel as a new church organized by him" (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 151).
Around 1816/18 Rev. Brown emigrated with several families from the Bethel Church in Walhalla to Greene County, Alabama. In 1820 he organized the Bethel Church in Tuscaloosa. In 1821 he organized the New Hope Church in Greene County, and in 1823 he organized the Lebanon Church in Tuscaloosa County. In January 1822, he moved to Mesopotamia, and called on the Reverends James Hillhouse and Joseph P. Cunningham in the fall of 1823 to assist in organizing the church in Mesopotamia.
“The day for that purpose being set, he went to Marion, Perry County, to attend a meeting of the Presbytery. He died after an illness of five days, near Marion, on the 8th of October 1823, only four days after the adjournment of the Presbytery of Alabama. He died at the house of Jonathan Penroy, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and was buried in the graveyard at Marion, where the Presbytery had held its sessions. A pious mother in Israel, a Mrs. Munford, erected a monument over his grave.” (George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in SC Vol II: 157)
-- This information provided by Find A Grave contributor Frank Strickland
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