GOSHEN BAPTIST CHURCH 8 LINCOLN CO., GA.
1866, September 7. Sixth article of Church Decorum stricken out by vote.
The article was a follows: "Resolved, That the Black people who are
members of this church intending to marry at any time shall first make it
known to their master, mistress, or overseer."
(The State did not recognize Negro marriages. The church encouraged it
and sometimes granted permission to one party to separate, if the other
party was guilty of flagrant misconduct.)
The names of persons who having been once added to this Church as
members and have been expelled or excommunicated for various
improprieties.
| 1. Betty, slave of S. Groce 2. Phoebe Pate 3. Wm. Arrant 4. James Smart 5. and wife 6. Harry, slave of Widow Walton 7. Mark, slave of N. Walton 8. Chloe, slave of Newel Walton 9. Mary Ansley 10. Susannah Ford 11. Elisha Holmes 12. Sam Empy, slave of T. Murray 13. John Edmonds 14. Hugh Cooper 15. Amy, slave of W. Harper 16. William Stokes 17. Hugh Cooper 18. Ralph Stovall 19. Wm. Golden 20. Aggy, slave of P. Gillum, removed 21. Tiller, slave of T.Murray 22. Lewis Glaze 23. Samuel Davis 24. Charles Right 25. Lewis Crosson
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26. Charles, slave of P. Gillum 27. Ben, slave of T. Murray 28. Sam, slave of T. Murray, dead 29. Glascow, slave of John Owens excommunicated 30. Joshua, slave of William Smith, removed 31. Toney, slave of William Stokes 32. January, slave of David Murray 33. Kial, now slave of T.W. Murray 34. George, slave of John W. Dooly 35. Lang, slave of Wm. Stokes 36. Michael, slave of Robert Harper, dead 37. Jerry, slave of W. Stokes 38. Humphrey, slave of T. Murray 39. Philis, slave of T. Murray 40. Abe, slave of W. Mathews 41. Betty
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