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f and hearty approval of the Inventory of the
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1 first church publication. This book will prove
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‘ The Historical Records Survey Program was initiated as a nation- L
; wide undertaking under the direction of Dr. Luther H. Evans in 3
5 January 1936, as a part of the Federal Writers' Project of the works :3
1 Progress Administration, which was operating in the State at the time. 3‘
. The Survey in Missouri became a separate unit of Federal Project No. 1 =1
3 on October 15, 1936, and continued to Operate as a part of a nation— .33
E wide project. By Act of Congress, Federal Project No. 1 was abolished ii
1 August 51, 1939, and the Missouri Project was converted into a state- i}
3 wide locally sponsored project, under the administrative authority of ‘3
5 Mrs. Anita K. Hynes, State Director, Professional and Service Division, 3‘
3 work Projects Administration. At present it operates as one of a i;
3 nation-wide series of Historical Records Survey Projects, under the ‘3
3 national direction of Sargent B. Child, who succeeded Dr. EVans on 3}
3 lhrch l, 1940. 31
‘ The Survey in Missouri is engaged in compiling inventories of and 31
‘ guides to the original sources of American history, including the id
; public archives of the State and the counties, non—archival historical 3w
; manuscripts, and the church archives. 3
i This is the first inventory of church records to be published in ]1
3 Missouri by the Historical Records Survey, and is one of a series of 3f
{ nationdwide inventories, which when cemplete, will constitute a compre- :j
1 hensive cataIOg of the archives of approximately ten thousand churches 31
1 and religious institutions estimated to have come into existence in 3‘
3 Missouri from her earliest territorial days to the present time. 31
i Subsequent inventories will be published in units devoted to the several ‘1
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3 certain omissions and deficiencies may be found. 5 L]
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i begun on August 16, 1958 by A. Loyd Collins and was completed, as far 3
. as possible, on January 13, 1959 by Harry Gumm. Additional work has 33
E been done in the field since that time including a re-check of the 1‘
3 records which was made by Rev. Hugh Sperry, a Baptist minister in 33
3 Clinton, Missouri. Supplementary research work in St. Louis was done ‘
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: unit of the Missouri Survey, of which Arthur C. Schaefer is editor-in— . o
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3 volume by many individuals in Missouri. we wish to express special 1
f thanks to Dr. John F. Herget, President of the Missouri Baptist 1W
; Historical Society and Dr. H. I. Hester, Custodian of the society for ‘4
g making possible our use of the archives of that society. He also l
g express appreciation to Rev. Grover C. Greenway, lbderator of the Tebo 1
; Baptist Association and Mildred Carter, clerk of the association for I
; their assistance and for making available for our use the minutes of i
1 ' the association. Our sincerest thanks are also expressed to Floyd C. ‘
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1 Rev. G. o. Greenway . . . . . . . Clinton . . . . . . . Moderator 111
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1 Mildred Carter o o o o a o n o 0 Clinton a o o a c o c Clerk 11
1 E. W. Fristoe a o u u u o o c o 0 Windsor . 0 o o o o o Treasurer 1
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Mrs. G. C. Greenway . o I c o o 0 Clinton a o I u u o 0 President
Women's Missionary Union - 11‘
1 Mattie Reese . . . . . . . . . . Brownington . . . . . Director 11
Baptist Training Union 11
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STATE OFFICIALS 11
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Mrs. G. C. Groenway, Member, Board of Trustees, Missouri Baptist 11
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3 Title Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . i, ii ‘
E Foreword . . . . . ; . . . . . o iii A
E Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . iv, v E
% Advisory Committee,
} Missouri Historical Records Survey . . . . . . vi
g Tebo Association Birectory, 1940 . . . . . . . vii F
A Maps . Q . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4 E
i History of the Tebo Baptist Association . . . . . 5
V Officers of the Association, l855—-. . . . . . 18- v
3 Abbreviations, Symbols, and Explanatory Notes . . . 20 1
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j - l. Sardis Baptist Church . . . . . . . . 21 E
2. Tebo Baptist Church . . . . . . . . 22
A 5. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church . . . . . . . 23 ‘
g 4. First Baptist, Windsor . . . . . . . 24 i
A 5. Bethlehem Baptist Church . . . . . . . 25 E
a i 6. Calhoun Baptist Church . . . . . . . 26 ‘
i 7. Mt. Zion Baptist Church . . . . . . . 27 I
i 8. Bronaugh Chapel . . . . . . . . . 28 g
i 9. Good Hope Baptist Church . . . . . . . 29 H
a 10. Mt. Gilead Baptist Church . . . . . . . 30 H
11., First Baptist, Clinton . . . . . . . 51 l
12. Hartwell Baptist Church . . . . . . . 33 >
13. Mt. Hope Baptist Church . . . . . . . 34
14. Urich Baptist Church . . . . . . . . 34 ‘E
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1 . 15. Montrose Baptist Church . . . . . . . 55 - 11
16. Fairview Baptist Church . . . . . . . 36 1
1 l7. Peaceful Home Baptist Church . . . . . . 56 11
l8. Corinth Baptist Church . . . . . . . 57 11
1 19. Brownington Baptist Church . . . . . . 38 1M
20. LaDue Baptist Church" . . . . . . . 39 1
1 21. Deepwater Baptist Church . . . . . . . 4O 1
1 22. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church . . . . . 41 11
1‘ 25. Salem Baptist Church . . . . . . . 41 11
1 24. Garland Baptist Church . . . . . . . 42 :1
1 25. Parks Chapel . . '. . . . . . . 43 11
1 26. Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church . . . . . 44 1
1 27. Quarles Baptist Church . . . . . . . 44 1
1 28. Mt. Zion Baptist Church . . . . . . . 45 1
1 29. Stone Mission . . . ' . . . . . . 46 1
1 30. Hickory Grove Baptist Church . . . . . . 47 1
1 31. Finey Baptist Church . . . . . . . . 47 1
52. Golden Gate Baptist Church . . . . . .‘ 48 ‘1
1 35. Baptist Mission . . . . . . . . . 49 , 1
1 34. Second Baptist, Windsor (Colored) . ' . . . 49 1
1 3?. Second Baptist, Clinton (Colored) . . . - 50 1
1 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1
1 Chronological Index . . . . . . . . L . 53 11
1 Church Name Index . . . . . . . . . . 54 11
1 Place Name Index . . . . . . . . . . 55 1
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I, Baptists in Edssouri I
I The first known members of the Baptist denomination who located I
I in Vissouri were Thomas Bull and his wife and her mother, Mrs. Lee, I
I who settled in what is now Cape Girardeau County in 1796.1 Although I
I most of the early settlers in the territory were of the Catholic faith, I
I there were a few Protestants in the region. This is evidenced in a I
I report by Gayare to the Bishop of Havana on the religious situation in I
I 1772, which mentions the fact that some Protestants and Jews had been I
I expelled.2 I
I Reverend Josiah Dodge, a Baptist minister from.Nelson, Kentucky, I
I delivered the first protestant sermon known to have been preached west ' ,
l of the Mississippi River. It was delivered in February 1794 while he I
I was visiting his brother, Dr. Israel Dodge, near Ste. Genevieve, ‘
I Missouri.3 I
I Elder John Clark, a "Baptist in principio"4 but a Methodist at I
I the time, made several missionary trips from Illinois to St. Louis and I
I vicinity in 1796.5 Three years later Rev. Thomas Johnson, an aged I
I Baptist clergyman from Georgia and one time missionary to the Cherokee 1
I Indians, visited the Cape Girardeau district. While there he adminis-
I tered the ordinance of baptism to Mrs. Agnes Ballew in the waters of '
I Randall Creek, which was probably the first Protestant baptism west of
I the Mississippi.6 I
I Another early Baptist preacher who visited and preached in St.
' I Louis County as early as 1801 was Thomas R. musick of Kentucky. He
I later became a citizen of St. Louis and was instrumental in the organ- I
I ization of Fee Fee Baptist Church in 1807.7
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I Elder David Green, a native of Virginia, came to the territory
tel I from Kentucky in 1805 and did much to spread Christianity in early
I hfissouri. He preached to a few Baptist families that had settled in
I what was known as Tywuppity Bottom, about 10 or 12 miles south of where I
I Cape Girordeau is now lecdted. After having preached a feW'sermons to
I these families, Rev. Mr. Green returned to Kentucky, and somei8 or 10
IionI persons organized the Tywappity Baptist Church in 1805 in what is now ' I
'0veI Scott County at the site of Commerce, Missouri. This church soon I
‘e 1. Walter Williams and Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, Missouri, Mother of g
I ingest, I, 493. ”'"“"'” "' I ‘
I 2. R. S. Douglass, History_2§ Missouri Baptists, p. 8; Louis Houok,
i Spanish Rcrime, I, 115. .
§ 3. Louis Houck, A History 2f Missouri, III, 203. I
I 4. Williams and Shoemaker, pp. 213., p. 493. I
I 5. Houck, §_History 2£_Efissouri, III, 203.
I 6. Ibid., p. 204. E
I 7. Douglass, SE? 312., p. 21. I'
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diedfi3 The-following year Elder Green moved with his family to l
Missouri. Here at the home of Thomas Bull, 2 miles south of the l
. present town of Jackson, Missouri, on July 19, 1806, was organized ‘
Bethel Baptist Church, the first permanent Protestant church west of '_
the Mississippi River. David Green, minister, and George Lawrence
and Henry Cookerham, deacons, officiated in the organization of the
church. The constituent members were: David Green, Thomas English, '
[ hfilliam Mathews, Leonna Green, William Smith, Jane English, Agnes i
} Ballew, Thomas Bull, Clary Abernathy, Edward Spears, Catherine Anderson, {
Anderson Rogers, Rebekah Randal, John Hitt, and Frances Hitt. Thomas A
l Bull was writing clerk, William Mathews was selected as singing clerk, ;
l and Elder David Green served as pastOr until his death in 1809.9 l
The first meetings of the church were held in the various homes !
in the community.33 A log church building was erected on the farm of
» Thomas Bull in 1813, and John hitt was appointed doorkeeper of the
church.11 ' A
From these beginnings in southeast Missouri, the Baptist denomina- ‘
tion spread to St. Louis where Fee Fee and Cold Water churches were
i organized in 1807 and 1809 respectively.12 Other churches were soon W
i established as the Baptist denomination moved farther west to Montgomery
i County, where some Baptist families settled as early as 1809. The
E Baptists gradually moved to the central, western, and northern parts ,
E of Missouri. Rev. Thomas Fristoe preached in the schoolhouses and log ‘
{ cabins in Chariton, Carroll, Linn, Randolph, Monroe, Lafayette, and ‘
; Howard Counties.13 , ”
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l Fishing River Association, embracing churches in Clay County and ' 3
1 the surrounding territory, was organized in 1823.14 Blue River
l Association, consisting of churches in Central Missouri, was organized 3
E from churches dismissed from the Fishing River Association in 1854. 1
t This was followed by the organization of 10 churches in 1855 from.the “
E Blue River Association into a new association known as the Tebo Baptist 1
{ Association. This association included 4 churches from Henry County, u
l 5 from Benton County, and 5 from Pettis County.15
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3 Douglass, 2p. £33., p. 21. H'
l 9. Duncan, pp. 333., pp. 38 f.; T. H. Jenkins, Qld Bethgl Church, p. 8. ' ‘
i 10. Douglass, 2p, git., pp. 25 f. q,
} 11. Jenkins, 23. 3,139., p. 10. g;
1 12. Douglass, pp, 233., pp. 40 and 48. y
‘i 15. H. E. Truex, Baptists l§.Ei§§22£i: pp. 33 and 56. ,i
1 14. Douglass, 2E'.2$E°I pp. 77, 97, and 98. 5M
L 15. Peter Brown, History of the Tebo Baptist Association, p. 1, {3,}:
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‘ ‘ The Tebo Baptist Association now cemprises all the white Baptist 3
churches located in Henry County, Missouri. They all belong to the 3
3 Southern Baptist Convention and are affiliated with the Missouri l
Baptist General Association.l6 I
The first settlers came to what is now Henry County in 1850, and ' 1
the first religious services were held that year at the cabins of the 3
settlers by Rev. Addison Young, a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher. 3 i
A Methodist circuit rider, Rev. Abraham Millice, preached in the county w
3 in 1851, and Thomas Keeney, a Baptist minister, preached to the pioneer fl
‘ settlers during the following year.17 J
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Elder Henry Avery, a minister of the Primitive Baptist (anti- 1
missionary) faith came to the county in 1831 and was the first resident
, minister in the county.18 He was born in Roane County, Tennessee,
3 October 18, 1795. He united with the Big Fork Baptist Church in ‘
Tennessee in 1826, moved to St. Louis County, Missouri in 1850, and
. came to Henry County on July 10, 1831. He affiliated with the High ,
Point Church in Johnson County and was granted a license to preach by ‘
that organization. The following year he was ordained by a presbytery 3
of that church composed of Elders J. warder, J. White, Thomas Ricketts,
J and William Simpson. He traveled extensively over central and western
Miss0uri and preached to both the Indians and whites until his death on ' 3
1 September 26, 1845.19 ‘
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‘ The first church in Henry County was organized on May 4, 1839 at
J a log school on Tebo Creek about 5 miles northwest of Calhoun, . '
Missouri.2O It was of the Primitive Baptist faith and chose as its w
name "The United Baptist Church of Jesus Christ at Sardis". It was W
. later known as Sardis Baptist Church. The constitution of the church 3
rejected the missionary principle of preaching the gospel to the t
entire world by the following statement: "no declare that we have f
no fellowship for the Missionary Tract Sunday School Temperance C
r Societies and believing they are inimical to the peace and harmony of H
J the Church of Jesus Christ will not therefore tolerate any of our meme 5
bers in any of the above Societies, although any member has a right to J
J dispose of his or her money as he or she may think proper in a lawful i
‘ manner."21 J%
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t 16. Minutes Missouri Baptist General Association (1939), p. 254. i
17. jiggiifliiififggffihnry EEQ.§E' Clair Counties, Missouri, pp. 86, ‘.
i 125, and 126. M
y 18. Ibid. , W,
l 19. gé_gé Maple and R. P. Rider, Missouri Baptist Biography, IV, lh
20. See entry 1. ' J
21. E:“ioyd Collins, "A Century Old," Clinton (Mo.) The Henry County 1’
‘ Democrat, vol. 66, p. 2, May 50, 1939. "” fig
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The Tebo Baptist Association 4;
p The second church was founded in Henry County in 1840 and was
called the Tebo Baptist Church.22 It was organized in the eastern part }
of the county on Tebo Creek in Leesville Township. A rude log church 1
I building was erected which served two purposes, that of a church in H
which to worship, and a school in which to educate the children of the a
community. The seats were made of split logs and a large fireplace -‘
heated the building. The church was anti~missionary (Primitive Baptist) :
until 1863, when it entered the Tebo Baptist Association as a mission— ;
ary church.25 J
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The third Baptist Church was organized in Henry County in 1844 . l
V and named the Mt. Olivet Church.24 It was located in the eastern part 1
of the county about 10 miles south of Windsor.25 This was followed by y
the organization of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (later known as i
' the First Baptist Churchnof'Windsor, Missouri) in 185.3,26 the Calhoun 1
1 Baptist Church in 1854,2’ the Bethlehem Baptist Church in 1854,28 and 5
i the wt. Zion Church in 1855.29 i
I The early church was generally a log building rudely furnished (
l with log benches for seats and a crude pulpit at one end of the room 3
‘ for the preacher. The sermons were usually very long and full of the 7 w
; fear and wrath of God. Common subjects for sermons in the early days i
were "Sin," "Hell," "Destruction,“ "Death," "Wickodness," "Eternal 1
l Punishment," and the like. Just in front of the pulpit they had what j
a was known as a "mourners' bench," where people went to lament their f
. sins and to be prayed for. The sermon was considered good if the y
"mourners' bench" was filled during the preaching of it.30 ‘
musical instruments were unknown in the early churches. Someone :
who could sing would "line off" with a song, and then the congregation .f
I would sing it lino by line as it was read off to them. The women sat H
i on one side of the church building and the men on the other. "Echri- H
Once mtctings" were often held in which the different members of the 'W
church or those present would tell of their rclipicus experiences, of (
E What God had done for them, and of how He had helped them in their many i
' trials. Sermons were filled with death-bed stories and sentiments to WI
arouse the feelings and passions of the congregation. foople often H‘
became so excited during the service that they shouted."1 l
i 22. S33 entry 2. y:
23. James D. Briggs, History_g§ the Tobe detist.Assogi§tion, p. 23. H
I 24. Egg entry 5. 1:
. 25. Briggs, 22'.£i§" p.18. :9
g 26. BriggS, pp. git., p. 26; 323 entry 4. H
i 27. Ibid., p. 8; 333 entry 6. 1
E 28. Briggs, 2p. 3it., p. 6; 533 entry 5. 1%
l 29. Briggs, pp. 213': p. 3;-§33 entry 7. L?U
E 50. Information obtained from Rev. Hugh Sperry, (July 5, 1940), Mi
i by A. Loyd Collins. )'
31. Ibid. p i
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The camp meeting, the most important gathering in the pioneer J
5 community, was common in the early days. It was an out—door meeting 1
1 generally held in the fall, and those attending would camp on the f
‘ grounds until the meeting disbanded. Morning, afternoon, and evening l
1 services were held. A stand was built five or six feet high, and M
1 covered with dirt or sand. A fire built upon this platform furnished ,3
light for the meeting.52
' The Tebo Baptist AssoCiation was organized by representatives from 1
v churches of Henry, Benton, and Pettis Counties, which met with the , 4
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church at Goodin schoolhouse in Henry County 5
,' about half a mile south of the site of the present town of Windsor, 1
Missouri, September 7, 1855. The following churches were represented: 3
Mt. Olivet, Bethlehem, Mt. Zion, and Pleasant Grove, from Henry County; 1‘
Spring Grove, Mt. Pleasant, and Whrsaw, from Benton County; and Elk ‘
Fork, Salem, and Bethel, from Pettis County.55 These churches had
letters of dismissal from the Blue River Association for the purpose ‘
of organizing a separate association.34 Elder William A. Gray was :L
, chosen moderator of the meeting, and Elder C. J. Teas, clerk. The H
r association was called the "Tebo United Baptist Association", and the f
: word "United" was eliminated in 1870.35 It Was the early custom of the ”
, association to meet on Saturday and organize, hold worship services 1
' Sunday, and open their regular business sessions Monday morning.56 h
. The association adopted the abstract of principles known as the ,
‘ New Hampshire Confession of Faith, as set forth in the Encyclopedia '
g of Religious Knowledge.37 This declaration of belief is set forthuin j
' the origihdl minute book (abridged) as follows:58 C
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Declaration pf Faith _ t
' lst. "Of the Scriptures - we believe the Holy Bible Was written M
by—mEH-divi'ne-lyn-i-fispirod. . . . ,1;
‘ 2nd. inthe True E29 - That there is one and only one true and 1g
. living God, whose name is Jehovah, the maker and Supreme l
Ruler of heaven and earth. . . . w
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f 5rd. 0f the Fall of Man - That man was created in a state of IL
hBlifiess. . Tut—bfit by voluntary transgression fell from y}
i that holy and happy state, and in consequence on which all kh
.1 mankind are now sinners, not by constraint but choice. . . . (i
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55. Brown, 32. 323., p. l. H
‘ 54. Briggs, op. cit., p. 5. it
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56. Ibid., p. 2. H;
r 57. Brown, op. cit., p. l. ' M3
. 58. Tebo septisfissooiution, Minutes (1855-69), pp. 12-16 end 18. 1
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