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First Baptist Membership role 1848-1854
The beginning of the First Baptist Church is found in the organization of the Crooked Creek Baptist Church on March 28, 1807, in the of cabin Elder Jesse Vawter at the top of what is now Michigan Hill. In 1832 the members decided to move down into the city of Madison. In June of 1853, a cornerstone was laid for the new church on Vine Street but it was not completed until 1860. A new wing was added in 1964. Madison First Baptist Church records taken from microfilm (Roll # 124) on file at the Jefferson County Public Library.
Abbreviations:
Bapt. - Baptized or by baptism
Dism. - Dismissed
Exp. - Experience
Fr. - From
Ltr. - Letter
Mar. - Married to
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| ?, Elizabeth | Died July 7, 1849 (abt. 75) |
| Allen, Elizabeth | May 1853 from Barry, Ill. (Mar. Orrin Graves) |
| Ball, Amanda | Rec’d. by letter April 1851 |
| Ball, Ann Eliza | Rec’d. by letter April 1851 |
| Ball, Lucinda | Rec’d. by letter April 1851 |
| Ball, Nancy Ann Danner | Rec’d. from Union Ch. Ct. 1848, Mar. (George?) Ball after Oct. 1848 |
| Ball, Susan Ann | Rec’d. by letter April 1851 |
| Ball, Thomas | By letter April 1851, Died June 21, 1851 |
| Barber, Edwin C. | Dism. By letter |
| Barber, Harriet N. | |
| Barmore, Marie | Excluded Feb. 1850 |
| Bennett, J. P. | Member Feb. 1853 |
| Bernard, Eliza | Rec’d. from Sulpher Fork, Henry Co., Ky. |
| Bernard, Polly | Rec’d. from Sulpher Fork, Henry Co., Ky. |
| Bishop, Charlotte | Rec’d. Dec. 1849 from Corn Creek, Trimble Co., Ky. |
| Black, James, Rev. | Member Oct. 1853 |
| Black, Susan | Member Oct. 1853 |
| Bowman, Emily | |
| Bowman, Nancy | Nov. 1849 from Clough, Ohio, Dism. Aug. 1851 |
| Bowman, William | Nov. 1849 from Clough, Ohio, Dism. Aug. 1851 |
| Branham, Francis | Dism. By letter Feb. 1850 (w/o Robert) |
| Branham, Robert | Dism. Feb. 1850 |
| Bright, Mary E. | Dism. By letter |
| Bright, Sarah | Dism. By letter Sept. 1855 |
| Brimamin, Elizabeth | |
| Brimamin, Samuel | |
| Brimanin, Leah L. | |
| Brindle, Cynthia | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Calaway, Eliza Ann | |
| Carpenter, Sarah | Rec’d. by letter from Fleming, Ky., Bethel Ch. Feb. 1849; Died March 1853 (age 45) |
| Cash, William | 1852 |
| Castler, Eunice P. | Rec’d. from Jerico, Feb. 1850, Dism. By letter to Louisville, Ky., Apr. 1853 |
| Chaney, Sarah | |
| Chapman, Elizabeth | Dism. By letter 1851 |
| Chapman, Mary Ann | |
| Clark, James | Oct. 1853 from North Madison |
| Clark, Maria | Dism. By letter Sept. 1852 |
| Clark, Minnie D. | |
| Clark, Susan | Oct. 1853 from North Madison |
| Clegg, Catherine | Died June 9, 1849 (cholera) |
| Clegg, Hannah | Dism. By letter to Mt. Zion, July 1851 |
| Connett, Ruth | Member 1854 from Coffee Creek |
| Cosby, Sarah A. | Dism. By letter 1853 |
| Cosby, William | Dead |
| Cosby, William | Dism. By letter 1853, Died Oct. 25, 1854 Member Hebron Ch. |
| Critchlow, Henrietta | Member June 1852, Dism. 1852 |
| Critchlow, Joseph | Member June 1852, Dism.1852 |
| Cully | From Bpt. Ch. Richmond, Va. Letter dated May, 1853, Presented Aug. 1853 |
| Cushing, Clara | Dism. By letter Nov. 1850 |
| Custis, Smith | Dism. By letter March 1851 |
| Danner, Barbara | By letter rec’d. Aug. 1850, Dism. Feb. 1851 |
| Davis, Amenee | Dism. Aug. 1854 |
| Davis, Elvira | Rec’d. by letter June 1851 |
| Davis, Margaret | |
| Davis, Milly | Died 1849, 94 yrs. 3mo. 2 dys. |
| Davis, Sally | |
| Davis, Susan | |
| Davis, Thomas | |
| Davis, William | Dism. Aug. 1854 |
| Days, Mary | Member Sec. 1851 from New Marion, Iowa |
| Days, William | Member Sec. 1851 from New Marion, Iowa |
| Denton, Margaret A. | Dism. By letter March 1854 |
| Dougherty, Sarah | From Scott Co, Ind. Jan. 1849 |
| Dutros, Mitilda | By Relations, Member March 1852 |
| Dutton, Isaac | |
| Dutton, Lydia | |
| Eliza Jane West | March 1853 from Indian-Ky C. |
| Evans, Sarah | Dism. By letter Aug. 1851 |
| Everheart, Joanna | Dism. By letter June 1848 |
| Geen, Ellen | Dism. By letter June 1848 |
| Geen, John, Jr. | |
| Geen, John | |
| Geen, Mary E. | |
| Geen, Sarah | |
| Geen, Sarah | w/o John |
| Geen, William W. | |
| Gillet, Edgar | |
| Gillet, Mary | Deceased Dec. 15, 1849 (abt. Age 35) |
| Gillet, Simon S. | Moved out of State Nov. 1854 (Trustee) |
| Gillett, Emily | Deceased Dec. 15, 1849 (abt. 35 yrs of age) |
| Gillett, Salone (Salome?) | Deceased April 21, 1851 |
| Goode, Richard | Excluded March 1854 |
| Goode, Sarah | |
| Gordon, Harriett G. | Rec’d. Apr. 1853 from Indianapolis |
| Graves, Sister | Relative of Sister Allen |
| Greenleaf, H. C. | Oct 1852 Member, licensed to preach Sept. 1853, Dism. Mar. 1854 |
| Griffin, Joseph | Dism. By letter Jan. 1851 |
| Griffin, Mary | Dism. By letter Sept. 1849 |
| Gutherie, Sarah A. | July 1851 |
| Hall, Louisa | Dism. By letter Feb. 1852 |
| Hall, Sarah | Dism. By letter Feb. 1852 |
| Hamilton, Susan | Rec’d. Dayton, Ohio, March 1849 |
| Haney, Martha | |
| Harper, J.E.C.F. | |
| Heming, Amos | Dism. By letter Feb. 1848 |
| Hendricks, Margaret | |
| Hendricks, Milton | Dism. By letter 1850 |
| Hening, Mary | |
| Hibbs, Hamilton | Died Aug. 1854 |
| Hinkley, Anne Mariah Vail | Husband, H. H. Died Galveston, Tx, Dec. 10, 1849 (age 29) |
| Hughy, Mary | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Humphrey, Minerva | |
| Humphry, Samuel | |
| Jones, Allen | Dism. Nov. 1848 |
| Jones, James | Dism. Nov. 1849 |
| Jones, Lewis | From Lafayette, Ind. Dec 1849 |
| Jones, Louis | Dism. By letter Nov. 1848 |
| Jones, Louisa | Dism. By letter Nov. 11, 1849 |
| Kirtly, James A. | Dism. By letter Sept. 1849 |
| Kirtly, Margaret | Dism. By letter Sept. 1849 |
| Landsberry, Anderson | Rec’d. June 1850 from Indian-Ky. Bpt. Ch. |
| Lane, Jed | Dism. By letter Apr. 1852 |
| Lane, Jedidiah | Dism. By letter April 1852 |
| Lane, Jedidiah | June 1853 returned letters of Dismission |
| Lane, Lorina | June 1853 returned letters of Dismission |
| Lane, Louisa | Dism. By letter April 1852 |
| Lane, Louise | Dism. By letter Apr. 1852 |
| Lee, Ellen | Dism. June 1849 |
| Lewis, Edward G. | Rec’d. from New Castle, Ky. April 1849, Excluded Jan. 1849 |
| Lewis, Mercy | Rec’d. from New Castle, Ky. April 1849, Excluded Jan. 1849 |
| McColgin, William | Excluded June 1851 |
| McCubbin, Elizabeth | |
| McCullough, Mary | Rec’d. Nov. 1850, Dism. Nov. 1854 (Mar. Briscoe) |
| McDean, Penelope | Rec’d. from Philadelphia Feb. 1849, Dism. June 1849 |
| McGoughlin, Susan Leah | From Indianapolis, Mar. 1854 |
| McKay Almira | |
| Mefford, Benjamin | |
| Mefford, Francis | Dism. By letter Feb. 1850 |
| Miller, Mary | Dism. By letter Oct. 1847 |
| Monfort, Ann D. | Became member Feb. 1852 |
| Morrison, Sister | Mar. 1854, family of Sister Denton |
| Mulvey, Rebecca | Rec’d. by baptism March 1849 |
| Naughten, Elizabeth | |
| Nichols, Leona | |
| Orvill, Catherine | Dism. By letter June 1851 |
| Orvill, John | Dism. By letter June 1851 |
| Owen, Amanda | Died Sept. 25, 1852 |
| Owen, Amanda | Rec’d. by letter Oct. 1849 from Lafayette, Ind. |
| Owen, E. D., Rev. | Rec’d. by letter Oct. 1849 from Lafayette, Ind. |
| Owen, Mary T. | Rec’d. by letter Oct. 1849 from Lafayette, Ind. |
| Palmer, Elizabeth | Dead |
| Patton, Elizabeth | Died Feb. 5, 1849 |
| Patton, John M. | Dism. By letter Oct. 1848 |
| Patton, Mary | Member June 1849 to Harbard’s Creek , Jeff. Co., Nov. 1849 |
| Patton, Susan J. | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Pearson, Mary | Rec’d. from Hebron Sept. 1848 |
| Petford, Lydia | Dism. By letter Oct. 1850 |
| Petford, William | Died Sept. 18, 1850 (flux) |
| Phril, Harriet | Died 1848 |
| Pitcher, Susan | |
| Powell, Caroline | Member 1851, Jeffersonville, Dism. Oct. 1852 |
| Quincy, Edward | Died June 13, 1849 (cholera) |
| Rea, American | Died Dec. 28, 1851 |
| Ryker, Amy | |
| Scarf, Mary | |
| Scarff, James C. | Died Nov. 22, 1848 |
| Smith, Benjamin W. | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Smith, Benjamin | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Smith, Lucinda | Rec’d Sept. 1850 Dism. Sept. 1852 |
| Smith, Nancy | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 (w/o Benjamin) |
| Smith, Nancy | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Spann, Elizabeth | Apr. 1843-Dism. By letter 1851 Bfr. Dism. (Mar. to Mr. James Edgar on Oct. 2, 1851) |
| Stapp, Alice | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Stapp, Cearella | Dism. By letter Oct. 1853 (Married Benjamin G. Quinn, 9-1-1853) |
| Stapp, Elizabeth | |
| Stapp, Jeptha | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Stapp, John H. | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Stapp, Margaret | |
| Stapp, Milton | Became member April, 1843 |
| Stapp, Robert | |
| Stapp, Simeon | Dism. By letter July, 1850 |
| Stapp, Susan | |
| Stapp, Susan | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Steal, Mary | Dism. 1850 |
| Steel, Mary | Dism. By letter July 1850 |
| Steel, Rachael | Dism. By letter July 1850 |
| Steel, Richard | Dism. 1850 |
| Steinbeck, Parmitta | Dead Nov. 30, 1848 |
| Stephenson, Ellen | Excluded Feb. 1850 |
| Stevens, Mary Ann | Rec’d from Walnut St. Bapt. Ch. Louisville, Aug. 1848-May 1854 |
| Stevens, Romulus | Rec’d from Walnut St. Bapt. Ch. Louisville, Aug. 1848-May1854 |
| Stick, Sarah | Member Mar. 1854 from Washington Co., Ohio |
| Storm, Josephine | Excluded 1849 for marrying George Waitt, a divorced man |
| Thomas, Thomas | died |
| Thompson, John H. | |
| Tobias, Sally | Dism. By letter June 1850 |
| Tobias, William | Dism. By letter June 1850 |
| Todd, Elizabeth | |
| Todd, Joseph | Excluded |
| Torrence, Jeanette | |
| Vail, Elizabeth | |
| Vail, Jennings J. | Died Oct. 18, 1852 |
| Vail, Mary | |
| Vawter, Sarah B. | Dism. By letter Oct. 1849 |
| Vawter, William C. | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Waterman, Deborah | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Waterman, John | Dism. By letter Nov. 1849 |
| Webb, Brother | Rejected |
| Webb, Julian | 1850 |
| Webb, Julian | Dism. By letter Aug. 1850 |
| Webb, Ruth E. | 1850 |
| Webb, Ruth | Dism. By letter Aug. 1850 |
| West, Margaret | |
| Whitney, Benjamin R. | Dism. By letter May 1851 |
| Whitney, David | Dism. By letter Sept. 1849 |
| Whitney, Hariah | |
| Withers, Susan | Died on July 27, 1851 |
| Wycoff, John | |
| Zuck, Elizabeth |