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The Pioneer Presbyterians in the southern part of Pickens County, many of whom came in from the Carolinas planned to organize a church. On the 29th of September 1838, the Rev. Thomas Morrow of the Tuscaloosa Presbytery organized the church, near Crawford, with fifteen Charter Members, who were:
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LOFTIN | Thomas | BRIDGES | Edwin | EDDINGS | Mary K. |
LOFTON | Andrew | BRIDGES | Martha | DAVIS | Nancy |
LOFTIN | Elizabeth | BURNSIDES | Harry | KNOX | John S. |
RUSSELL | David C. | BURNSIDES | Elizabeth | KNOX | Rachel R. |
RUSSELL | Ann B. | CRAIG | Jane | LOVE | Elizabeth |
Thomas and Andrew Lofton and John S. Knox were elected the ruling Elders. On September 30, 1828 the Session met and decided to name the church - BETHESDA.
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CRAWFORD | Julia |
CRAWFORD | Nelson |
GOING | Eli T. |
GOING | Martha A. |
GOING | Mahala |
GOING | Rebecca |
HERNDON | Mrs. Nancy G. |
HERRINGTON | John |
LANIER | Sarah D. |
LANIER | Thomas C. |
LAVENDER | Mrs. Jane |
WEIR | Mrs. Prudence |
WEIR | Francis |
WEIR | Mrs. Sarah |
WILLIAMS | Eliza |
WILLIAMS | Michael |
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CRAIG | Mrs. Margaret |
LOFTON | Mrs. Elizabeth |
LOFTON | Mrs. Sophronia |
RICHARD | Miss Jane Caroline |
LOFTON | Miss Elizabeth |
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GOING | William I. | BOINB | Rebecca Jane | SOMERVILLE | Mrs. Ann |
BAILEY | Amanda C. | GOING | Josephine | SOMERVILLE | Dr. C. W. |
BAILEY | Martha J. | GOING | Sarah A. | SOMERVILLE | Henrietta |
CRAWFORD | Miss Mary | GOING | Alfred E. | WEIR | J. D. |
GARDNER | Mrs. Elizabeth | HUFFMAN | James | WHITE | Elizabeth |
GARDNER | Mary Ann | JAY | Martha | WRIGHT | Mrs. |
GARDNER | William | JAY | Louis | GARDNER | Hudson |
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BAIlEY | Martha | CUNNINGHAM | Mrs. Elizabeth | CUNNINGHAM | Rosaline |
DUNCAN | Thomas G. | FULTON | Dr. James A. | FULTON | Miss Mary |
FULTON | James H. | FULTON | William L. | WILSON | Miss Davis |
SPENCE | John K. | BOUTWELL | Mrs. Caroline | COUTWELL | Harry |
HUTTON | Mrs. H. L. | GOING | James A. | GOING | John S. |
GOING | Job. | GRAHAM | H. | LOCKHART | Duncan E. |
NUNNELLEE | James H. | NUNNELLEE | E. E. | NUNNELLEE | Carrie |
JAY | Tyler Polk | JAY | James | JAY | Going |
JAY | Lewis | LANIER | Laura E. | LANIER | Thomas B. |
LANIER | James G. | LOFTON | Elias | NUNNELLEE | Mrs. Amanda |
NUNNELLEE | Mary. |
Records indi ate that Miss Davis WILSON came from Centerville Church; and John K. SPENCE came from Greensboro, GA 28, February 1869.
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STANTON | S. S. | STANTON | Mrs. | STANTON | Mary |
STANTON | Jessie | STANTON | Porter | STANTON | Elizabeth |
STANTON | Martha | OSBORNE | Mrs. Maggie B. | OSBORNE | Lula C. |
OSBORNE | Elizabeth | OSBORNE | Martha E. | OSBORNE | Walter R. |
OSBORNE | Willie F. | GOING | Mrs. Maude | AKINES | William |
WEIR | James M. | HOOD | A. | MURPHY | Mrs. Jane S. |
HOOD | M. R. | PADEN | Mrs. M. P. | RUSSELL | Miss Rebecca |
STANTON | Eugene | SOMMERVILLE | Minnie |
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. MORROW came into the church several years later. She descends from the A. E. GOING family and Mr. MORROW was a descendant of Rev. Thomas MORROW. They being the only ones of the congregation descending from one who was present at the organization of the church one hundred years before.
Rev. John K. Spence who was a well known Presbyterian Minister of Alabama, was at one time an Elder of this church. He being the only person who had once belonged to this church - to enter the ministry. The early churches were a sort of court - where frievances of its members were threshed out.
As was custom in the South, before the War between the States, quite a number of slaves were regular member of this church. In later years, the younger generation preferred an organization of their own. The cemetery at BETHESDA, where the older member were laid to rest is well cared for. A Revolutional war Soldier - Thomas LOFTON lies buried in this adjoining cemetery.
Early Presbyterian Churches were located at Carrollton, Pickensville, Reform Franconia, (2) Bradfords, over Sipsey and Sipsey Turnpike.
SURNAME | FIRST/MIDDLE | BIRTH | DEATH | NOTES |
COLSON | IDA W. | 1865 | 1937 | wife of Robert F. COLSON |
COLSON | ROBERT F. | 1863 | 1911 | none |
COLVIN | JACOB | 1801 | 1852 | none |
CONNERLY | A. J. | 1861 | 1911 | born in Vienna; died in Tusacloosa. |
CONNERLY | MAMIE H. | 1865 | 1890 | wife of A. J. CONNERLY |
COTTON | ABCOT | 1840 | 1862 | son of J.C. & J.E. |
COTTON | GEORGE W. | 1842 | 1880 | none |
COTTON | HARRIETTE A. | 1842 | 1916 | wife of George COTTON |
COTTON (?) | J. J. | NONE | 1849 | "J.J.C." - 1849 only on marker |
COTTON (?) | N. H. | NONE | 1837 | "N.H.C." - 1837 only on marker |
COTTON (?) | N. P. | NONE | 1853 | "N.P.C." - 1853 only on marker |
COTTON (?) | W. J. | NONE | 1844 | "W.J.C." - 1844 only on marker |
CRAFT | Mrs. NANCY | 1831 | 1916 | none |
DUNCAN | LAWRENCE | 1868 | 1904 | son of Thomas and Alice |
DUNCAN | THOMAS | 1843 | 1914 | none |
DUNCAN-GILES | ALICE | 1847 | 1937 | none |
EATMAN | ASHLEY WALTER | 1849 | 1901 | none |
FLETCHER | LULA | 1871 | 1945 | none |
GARDNER | JAMES | 1805 | 1891 | husband of Nancy COTTON |
GOODSON | WILLIAM NEWTON | 1835 | 1898 | none |
HAIGOOD | LAURETTA ALEXSENA | 1834 | 1902 | daughter of James & Salenah HAIGOOD |
HAIGOOD | Miss BELL | 1836 | 1859 | none |
HENDRICKS | JAMES | NONE | NONE | son of T.A. & Martha C. (she was daughter of Lewis & Nancy JAY) |
HODGES | A. D. (M.D.) | NONE | NONE | unable to read dates |
JAY | LEWIS W. | 1805 | 1885 | born in Erson Co., North Carolina |
JAY | Mrs. MAY | 1848 | 1889 | none |
JAY | ORELIA M. | 1851 | 1928 | wife of J. M. |
JONES | HATTIE | 1826 | 1904 | wife of Redmond JONES |
JONES | MARY H. | 1829 | 1889 | none |
LANIER | JOSEPH S. | 1848 | 1860 | none |
LANIER | WILLIAM B. | 1846 | 1852 | none |
LOFTIN | ELISABETH | 36 YOA | 1840 | wife of I.N.H (Nash) LOFTIN |
LOFTIN | JANE C. | 1968M21D | 1854 | wife of Absa H. LOFTIN, Jr. dau. Of W. H. & S. W. RICHARDSON |
LOVE | JANE C. | 1812 | 1846 | none |
MAUGHAN | CYNTHIA M. | 1849 | 1926 | none |
MAUGHAN | JOHN FLETCHER | 1846 | 1902 | none |
McMULLEN | MARY A. | 1841 | 1920 | his wife |
NOLAND | L. B. | 1870 | 1887 | son of A. & P. NOLAND |
NOLAND | OPHELIA | 1867 | 1883 | dau. Of ??? |
OSBORN | MARGARET R. | 1844 | 1878 | wife of Rev. I. P. OSBORNE |
PIERCE | NANCY CATHERINE | 1848 | 1932 | none |
PIERCE | WILLIAM RILEY | 1851 | 1906 | none |
POW | FRANK | 1867 | 1935 | none |
POWELL | J. K. P. | 1845 | 1928 | none |
POWELL | Mrs. K. E. | 1869 | 1907 | wife of J. K. P. |
POWELL | SARAH CATHERINE | 1843 | 1881 | wife of Polk POWELL |
POW-STANTON | MARTHA | 1873 | 1946 | wife of Frank Pow |
STAPP | JOHN T. | 1840 | 1862 | none |
STAPP | LAVICY | 1842 | 1876 | wife of William STAPP |
STAPP | MARY | 1804 | 1885 | wife of William STAPP |
STAPP | MARY J. | 1836 | 1900 | wife of William STAPP |
STAPP | THOMAS JEFFERSON | 1869 | 1881 | son of William & Mary L. STAPP |
STAPP | WILLIAM | 1802 | 1880 | Chester District, S.C. |
STATON | SETH SPEIGHT | 1832 | 1912 | Edgecombe Co., N.C. |
TURNER | GEORGE ABNER | 1866 | 1948 | none |
UPCHURCH | BURTON | 1838 | 1895 | husband of Emma T. |
UPCHURCH | EMMA T. | 1845 | 1885 | wife of Burton UPCHURCH |
UPCHURCH | REBECCA L. | 1856 | 1895 | wife of W. H. UPCHURCH |
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