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First Baptist Membership role 1854-1856
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 |
|---|---|
| Arville, Elizabeth | |
| Ayres, Bonner J. | Dism. Dec. 1855 |
| Ayres, Eliza | Dism. By letter Dec. 1855 |
| Ayres, Eliza | Dism. Dec. 1855 |
| Ball, Amanda | |
| Ball, Anna Eliza | |
| Ball, Lucinda | |
| Ball, Nancy Anne | |
| Barber, Edwin C. | |
| Barber, Harriet | |
| Barber, Mary | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Barnet, J. P. | Dismby letter Jan. 1854 |
| Bernard, Eiza | |
| Bernard, Polly | |
| Bishop, Anna | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Bishop, Charlotte | |
| Black, James | Dism. By letter Aug. 1856 |
| Black, Susan | Dism. By letter Aug. 1856 |
| Blassingham, Leah | |
| Blood, Caleb, Rev. | Rec’d. by letter Feb. 1855, Dism. June 1856 (to Sparta Wisc) |
| Bonner, Rebecca | By letter Sept. 1857 from New Albany, Ind. Bankstone Ch. |
| Bowman, Emily | |
| Branimin, Hannah | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Brenneman, Elizabeth | Death, June 26, 1856 |
| Brenneman, Sam | |
| Bright, Mary El | Dism. By letter Sept. 1855 |
| Bright, Sarah | Dism. By letter Sept. 1855 |
| Brook, Austin | Bapt. Feb. 1855 |
| Brydon, Mary | By letter Feb. 1856 |
| Caloway, Benjamin | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Caloway, Catherine (Mrs.) | Relations, Oct. 1855 |
| Caloway, Elizabeth | |
| Caplinger, Mary | By letter June, 1856 from Indian-Kentuck |
| Caplinger, Solomon | By letter June, 1856 |
| Carpenter, Margaret | |
| Chaney, Sarah A. | Dism. By letter June 1855 to Evansville, Ind. |
| Chapman, Francis | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Chapman, Maryann | |
| Coon, Hannah | Returned letter Feb. 1855 |
| Cosby, Elizabeth | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Cully, Mary | |
| Cully, Mary Francis | By Bapt. Apr. 1855, Dism. Apr. 1855 |
| Cully, Mary | Dism. By letter Apr. 1855 |
| David, Alvira | |
| Davis, Sally | |
| Davis, Susan | Rec’d. Mar. 1855 by letter |
| Davis, Susan | Returned letter March 1855 |
| Davis, Thomas | |
| Davis, William | |
| Davis, William | Rec’d. Mar. 1855 by letter |
| Day, Mary | |
| Day, William | Dead |
| Dunn, Catherine | By Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Dunn, Louisa | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Dutton, Isaac | |
| Dutton, Lydia | Dism. By letter |
| Dutton, Mary | By Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Dutton, Matilda | |
| Dutton, Sarah | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Ennis, Mary | |
| Everheart, Joanna | Dism. By letter Jan. 1855 |
| Geen, Ellen | |
| Geen, John Jr. | By Bapt. Feb. 1847 Excuded |
| Geen, John, Jr. | |
| Geen, Mary E. | |
| Geen, Sarah | |
| Geen, Thomas | Bapt. Feb. 1855 |
| Geen, William W. | |
| Gill, Anne | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Gillet, Edgar | Dism. By letter Jan. 1855 |
| Gillet, Simeon S. | Dism. By letter Jan 1855 |
| Gillett, Edmond | Dism. Aug. 1856 |
| Gillett, Edmund | Dism. Jan. 1856 |
| Gillett, Mariah | Dism. Jan. 1856 |
| Gillett, Mary | Dism. Aug. 1856 |
| Goode, Sarah | Dism. By letter Oct. 1855 |
| Gordon, Harriett G. | Dism. By letter Nov. 1854 |
| Halcom (?), John | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Haley, Julia F. | Bapt. Feb. 1855, Dism. Mar. 1857 |
| Haley, Sylvanus | Bapt. Feb. 1855, Dism. Mar. 1857 |
| Hamilton, Susan | |
| Haney, Martha | |
| Harper, Elizabeth | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Harper, J. F. D. | |
| Hendricks, Milton | |
| Hibbs, Sarah (Miss) | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Hibbs, Sarah (Mrs.) | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Hibbs, Sarah | Dism. By letter June 1855 |
| Hinkley, Ann Mariah | |
| Humble, Mary | Relations, Mar. 1855 |
| Humphrey, Minerva | |
| Humphrey, Samuel | |
| Jenkins, Chola | Dism. By letter Apr. 1856 |
| Johnson, Helen | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Johnson, William | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Jone, Sarah | By Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Jones, Lewis | |
| Kestler,Anne | By Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Knight, Mary Ann | Dism. May 1856 |
| Lane, Jedediah | |
| Lane, Louise | |
| Langberry, Anderson (Lansbury) | |
| Lansbury, Amelia | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 (d/o Anderson) |
| Lewis, Edward G. | |
| Lewis, Mercy | |
| Markley, Susan | |
| Marshall, Margaret | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Maxwell, Isabella D. | Bapt. Mar. 1856, Dism. Nov. 1856 |
| McCubbin, Celia | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| McCubbin, Charles | |
| McCubbin, Elizabeth | |
| McCubbin, Virginia | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| McKay, Alvyra | |
| McLaughin, Susan L | Dism. By letter May 1857 |
| McNaughton, Elizabeth | |
| Mefford, Benjamin & wife | Dism. By letter June 1856 |
| Mefford, Francis | Dism. By letter |
| Miller, Mary | |
| Monfort, Ann D. | Dism. By letter Aug. 1856 |
| Monfort, John | Dism. Aug. 1856 |
| Moore, Elizabeth | By letter June 1856, Dism. June 1857 |
| Mulvey, Rebecca | |
| Owen, Amanda | |
| Pearson, Mary | |
| Pitcher, Susan | |
| Reed, Sarah | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Rodgers, Sarah A. | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Scarf, Mary | |
| Shough, Sidney | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Stapp, D. C. | Dism. By letter Sept. 1855 |
| Stapp, David | Dism. Sept. 1855 |
| Stapp, Elizabeth | |
| Stapp, Margaret G. | |
| Stapp, Milton | |
| Stapp, Robert | |
| Stapp, William | |
| Stephen Wilkins, Rev. | By letter May 1856, from N. Y. |
| Stevens, Rom | Excluded June 1857 |
| Taylor, Mary | Recd. Mar. 1855 from Buck Branch, Shelby Co., Ky. |
| Thomas, Thomas | |
| Thompson, John H. | |
| Todd, Elizabeth | |
| Todd, Elizabeth | Rec’d. March 1855 |
| Todd, Elizabeth | Returned 1854 (w/o Joseph) |
| Todd, Joseph | Restored |
| Todd, Joseph | Returned 1854 |
| Todd, Mary | |
| Torrence, Jennett | |
| Trow, Mary | By Bapt. Mar. 1855 (w/o William) |
| Trow, William | Dism. Dec. 1855 |
| Turner, Thomas | Letter Nov. 1856 from Philadelphia, Calvery Ch. |
| Vail, Catherine | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Vail, Mary | |
| Vail, Mary J. | |
| Waller, John | Died Oct. 10, 1854 in Louisville, Ky. |
| Warden, Celine | Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| West, Eliza Jane | |
| West, Mary Ann | Dism. By letter May 1856 |
| White, Benjamin | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| White, Emeline | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| White, Margaret | Dism. By letter Feb. 1855, Mar. John Lloyd |
| Whitney, Mariah | |
| Wilcoxen, Sarah | Rec’d. Feb. 1855 from Shelby Co., Ky. |
| Williams, John J. | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Wise, Julia | By Bapt. Mar. 1855 |
| Wise, Lucritia | By Bapt. Apr. 1855 |
| Zook, Andrew (Zuck) | Bapt. Feb. 1855 |
| Zook, Elizabeth (Zuck?) |