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MT. TABOR BAPTIST CHURCH
BARREN CO KY
5 NOV 1798 THROUGH OCT 1870
Source:
Barren’s Black Roots Volume 4, Michelle
Gorin Burris,
Gorin Genealogical Publishing,
(c) February 1995. By permission.
ALLEN, Phoebe Received by
experience, a girl of Mrs. Allen
ALLIN, Mary 3rd
Sat Feb 1847, slave of E Allin, called on
for dancing, etc. Excluded
ALLIN, Rice 28 Feb
1841, received by experience and baptism, E Allin’s slave
ASTIN, Polly Likely
Austin. 3rd Sat Aug 1829 –
excluded
BALLENGER, Flemming Cited, no
information
BIRD, Silvy On
original roll, noted “moved off”
BLAIN, Peggy 3rd
Sat June 1810, received by experience
BLAINE, Charles 2nd
Sat Oct 1808, received by letter from church
in VA, servant of George Blaine.
BUFORD, Eva On
original roll, no information.
BUFORD, Ever 3rd
Sat May 1829, received by experience
BUFORD, Rose 3rd
Sat Nov 1812, received by experience Captain
Buford’s slave
BUFORD, Reubin 3rd
Sat Mar 1830, servant of Old Capt. Buford,
charge against.
Excluded 3rd Sat Oct 1837.
Restored later.
BURNETT, Jack 3rd
Sat Jan 1812, received by letter. 3rd
Sat Oct1812 granted dismission.
BUSH, Esther 3rd
Sat Oct 1830, granted letter of demission
BUSH, Phebe 3rd
Sat Aug 1842, granted letter of dismission,
servant of Willis A Bush
CARDIN, Chesley 3rd
Sat Dec 1829, servant of David Cardin, cited
on charges. No further.
CARDIN, Christopher 3rd
Sat June 1831. Called “old man” – chosen to
sweep out and keep clean Meeting house.
CARDIN, Isaac On
original rolls, marked “gone”. 3rd
Sat May 1830, servant of James Cardin
CARDIN, Kit On
original rolls, shown “dead”. 3rd
Sat Dec 1829 he cited for drinking too
much. 3rd Sat Jan 1830, charges
dismissed. 3rd Sat Dec 1833,
excluded
CLACK, Henry On original
rolls, dismissed 1848. 3rd Sun
May 1829 received
CLACK, Jenny On original
rolls. 3rd Sat Aug 1810, slave of
Susannah Clack received by
Letter from Salt River Church. 3rd
Sat Feb 1811 cited on charges. 3rd
Sat Mar 1811 acquitted. Marked dead, no
date.
CLACK, Lucy On
original roll, no information.
CLEMONS, Slave 3rd
Sun July 1820, slave of Lucy Clemon, no
first name shown.
CLEMONS, Lucy 3rd
Sat Dec 1820 charged. 3rd Sat Feb
1821 – case continued. 3rd Sat
Mar
1821 charged with attempting to poison her
owner, excluded. Might be
same as above.
COCKRELL, Joseph Sun 28 Feb 1841
– property of Booker Cockerill, restored to
fellowship
COCKRELL, Minerva Sun after 3rd
Sat 1841 – property of Booker Cockerill,
received by experience
COCKRELL, Patience On original
roll, marked excluded. 3rd Sat
Aug 1829, owned by Jos G Cockrell.
COLE, Fereby W H Cole,
owner. Charges laid 3rd Sat May
1825, acquitted.
CRENSHAW, Glouster 3rd Sat
Nov 1821 – Travis Foster (white) charged
with “using the cudgel
improperly on Gloucester.” Had struck him
with his walking cane, Church
decided that Foster had gone too far and
Foster given opportunity to
rectify the situation. 3rd Sat
Mar 1842, joined by experience and to be
baptized.
CRENSHAW, Jemima On original roll
in 1798, deceased 1841.
CRENSHAW, Jenny On original roll
in 1798, deceased 1839. 3rd Sat
Feb 1837, church to employ
Jenny if she agrees, to sweep and keep
meeting house in order and to be
Paid $3.00 a service; paid in 1838 at $4.00
a meeting.
CRENSHAW, Judy 3rd
Sat Jan 1833, former property of B M
Crenshaw excluded for fighting.
CRENSHAW, Sam On original 1798
rolls. Shown slave of Thomas J Crenshaw,
letter of
dismission given 3rd Sat in Apr 1825.
DAVIDSON, Adam On original
rolls in 1798. Excluded. Received by
experience 3rd Sat June
1829, slave of Ben Davidson.
DAVIDSON, Easter 3rd
Sat Feb 1811, charges brought, excluded 3rd
Sat Mar 1811.
DAVIDSON, Edmund On original rolls
– shown excluded, then returned. 3rd
Sat May 1829,
slave of “old sister Davidson”.
DAVIDSON, Esther On original
rolls, shown restored. 27 Feb 1841, slave of
H Davidson.
DAVIDSON, Goin 3rd
Sat May 1850, servant of Isaac Davidson,
brought note from his
master, told of his experience and received
for baptism.
DAVIDSON, Juda On original
rolls. There was a Judy Davidson noted 3rd
Sat Sept 1841
who brought a note from her master, Thompson
E Davidson, told of her
experience and was received for baptism.
DAVIS, Harriot 1st
Sat July 1810, H. Davis’s slave.
DISHMAN, Dick 3rd
Sat Oct 1857 – charge against for joining
Presbyterian Church, excluded.
DISHMAN, Priscilla 3rd
Sat Jan 1830, discussion on charge – no
further reference.
DODD, Elzy 3rd
Sat Apr 1851 – letter of dismission
requested for Elzy who was shown
As an “old black brother”
DODD, Martin 3rd
Sun Sept 1819, letter of dismission granted.
DODD, Sabret 3rd
Sat Nov 1850, letter of dismission requested
– “old black sister”.
DODD, Tabor On
original rolls, owned by Widow Tabor.
DUFF, Reuben 3rd
Sat Mar 1847, H Duff’s slave, charged with
drinking to much. No further
Reference.
DUFF, Rosanna 3rd
Sat June 1856, letter of dismission granted
DUKE, Charlotte On original
roll. 3rd Sun June 1826, received
by experience, to be baptized.
DUKE, Silva/Silvy On original
roll. 3rd Sun Aug 1829, received
by experience, slave of G Duke.
DUKE, Ursely 3rd
Sat Nov 1830, shown formerly the property of
George Duck, now of
Mr. Parrish, charges and excluded.
EDMONDS, Slave No first name
shown, name should be spelled Edmunds, 3rd
Sat May 1820,
received by experience.
EDMUNDS, Lucy On original
rolls. 3rd Sat May 1832, slave of
Captain William Edmunds,
received by experience.
EDMUNDS, Lydia Sunday after 3rd
Sat Sept 1841, slave of Charles P Edmunds,
brought note
from her master, told of her experience,
received for baptism.
EMMERSON, Eda On original
rolls. 3rd Sat June 1932,
“property of Henry Emmerson” joined
by experience.
EMMERSON, Kit Sunday after
the 3rd Sat July 1850: “Kitt, a
black brother, formerly the property
of Zachariah Emmerson & Silvey, Kitt’s wife,
belonging to the widow
Waller received into fellowship. Only
reference ever seen of husband and
wife in the white records.
EMMERSON, Lydia Sunday after 3rd
Sat Aug 1841, received by experience.
EVANS, Aaron On original
rolls, marked “gone”
FERGUSON, Fereby 3rd
Sat June 1814, received by experience. 3rd
Sat Mar 1815. “she is seeking
the advice of the church respecting her
intention to marry she having been
once before married and her husband yet
living in the state of Virginia
alleging an involuntary separation having
parted them beyond the hope of
reunion. The church therefore set her at
liberty to act as at discretion and
advise accordingly.” The white church did
seemingly understand the
situation she was in; she did not want to
“live in sin”. This had to happen
so many times.
FORRESTER, Rason 3rd
Sat May 1864. Report that he had moved and
can have a letter of
dismission if he applies.
FOSTER, Solomon 3rd
Sat Dec 1829 – cited for drinking too much;
excluded 3rd Sat Feb 1830.
GARNETT, Ben Died 1848.
Had been received 3rd Sat
Sept1820, slave of Judge Garnett.
GREER, Toney
3rd
Sat Sept 1810 received
GRUBBS, Phebe 2nd
Sat Oct 1808 “Received from different
churches in Virginia ...Phebe,
a servant of John Grubbs. 3rd Sat
Nov 1811 – letter of dismission granted.
HALEY, Darcus 3rd
Sat Feb 1824, letter of dismission granted
to Dick and Darcas late
servants of Henry Haley Sr but now the
property of Isaac Murphy
HALEY, Dick See above
HALEY, Dicey 3rd
Sat Jan 1813, received by experience
HALEY, Hannah Marked dead
on original rolls. 3rd Sat Feb
1810, received by experience,
death date not shown.
HALEY, Joseph Excluded
1841, returned, date not shown
HALEY, Junior 4th
Sun Feb 1806, received by letter Henry Haley
Negro Junior.
HALEY, Peter On
original roll, marked dead.
HALEY, Richard 3rd
Sat Apr1820, received by experience Captain
Haley’s black man.
HALEY, Toney 3rd
Sat Apr 1818, Toney of the estate of the
late brother Haley granted letter
of dismission.
HALL, Ben On
original rolls, marked thru as excluded –
dead. 3rd Sun Nov 1819,
Received by exp Ben, a man of M W Hall’s. 3rd
Sat May 1821 – charged and
Acquitted. 3rd Sat Jan 1826 –
charged for being intoxicated. 3rd
Sat Feb
1826 – acquitted.
HALL, Henretta 3rd
Sat Jan 1842 – Edmund G Hall’s Henretta
received.
HALL, Marian 3rd
Sat Feb 1821 – excluded for failing to hear
the church, Col. Hall’s girl.
HALL, Milly On
original roll, marked “gone, dismissed
1848.” 3rd Sat Feb 1839 –
Slave of Betsy Hall, joined by experience
and received for baptism.
3rd Sat Feb 1848 – letter of
dismission granted.
HATCHER, Ritter On original
roll. 3rd Sat Feb 1842, Bro A.
Hatcher’s woman, restored to
Fellowship. She had been a member in 1832
and excluded. 3rd Sat Nov
1841, letter received from New Hope Church
as to her status, she to
come and get her letter. 3rd Sat
Dec 1841 –letter to be written to New Hope
3rd Sat Nov 1842, letter of
dismission granted. 3rd Sat June
1843 – she must
have come back and was charged again,
excluded for final time.
HAYDEN, Bristo 3rd
Aug 1820 – charged with crime, found
innocent, restored. 3rd Sat Dec
1820 charged again. Belonged to Elijah
Haydon [name is spelled both
ways] 3rd Sat Jan 1822, cited. 3rd
Sat Feb 1822 – excluded
HIGGINS, Libby 3rd
Sat Apr 1842, Rheuben Higgins servant
received by experience.
HINDMAN, Amy 3rd
Fri and Sat Oct 1811, charge against,
property of Robert Hindman,
excluded
HINDMAN, Mary 3rd
Sat May 1830 – servant of Jno Hindman
received by experience
HOLMAN, Toby 3rd
Sat June 1810 – received by testimony and by
the recommendation of
Mr. Holman (owner) himself.
HUNLEY, Dick On
original roll, marked dead. 3rd
Sat May 1829 received.
JACKMAN, Emeline 3rd
Sat Jan 1859 (protracted meeting). Slave of
W Jackman received
JAMISON, Silvey On original
roll, 3rd Sat May 1818. Received
by recommendation from the
Church at Mt Pleasant, servant of Robert
Jamison.
JENKINS, Billy 3rd
Sat Jan 1842 – received by experience,
servant of James H Jenkins.
JENKINS, Charlotte Sunday after
3rd Sat Mar 1847 – servant of
above, received by experience
JENKINS, Rosanna 3rd
Sat July 1841, servant of above, received by
permission of her master by
experience
JORDAN, Fed On
original roll, no information.
JORDAN, Jim Sunday
after 3rd Sat in Mar 1841,
received by experience & to be baptized.
KIMBLE, Lucinda 3rd
Sat Jan 1842, received by experience.
KINDSAN, Amy Name not known
at this time frame, likely misspelled.
Received 3rd Sat
June 1810.
KING, Edmund Dismissed
1841, servant of Captain King.
KIRTLEY, Anthony Dismissed 3rd
Sat Apr 1849.
KIRTLEY, Solomon 3rd
Sat Oct 1823, charges against – he and Dicy
Kirtley excluded.
LEAVEL, Dick 3rd
Sat June 1810 received by recantation.
LEWIS, Dicy 3rd
Sat Nov 1819, charged, excluded – slave of
Simeon Lewis
LEWIS, Joe 3rd
Sat Nov 1834 – charged, slave of Simon
Lewis, excluded.
LEWIS, Levi Sunday
after 3rd Sat Sept1861 – servant
of Polly Lewis restored
LOCK, Ben 3rd
Sat Jan 1833, former property of Elder Jacob
Lock, charged along with
Judy, property of B M Crenshaw for fighting,
excluded
LOCK, Elizabeth 3rd
Sat May 1850, Robert and Elizabeth, servants
of Jacob Lock, received
by experience and to be baptized.
LOCK, George On
original rolls, excluded 1849.
LOCK, Robert See
Elizabeth
LOGAN,
Robert 3rd Sat
Jan 1811, received by experience. 3rd
Sat June 1815 – charged. 3rd
Sat July 1815, excluded
MARTIN, Aggy Shown dead
Nov 1842. 3rd Sat Mar 1810, James
Martin’s slave received by
Experience. 3rd Sat Fe b 1815 –
charged with running away from home,
asked Martin to let her come to next
meeting. 3rd Sat Mar 1815 – case
continued. Never cited again.
MARTIN, Caroline On original
rolls. Sun 24 Nov 1839, noted slave of
Charles Martin, received
By experience and received for baptism.
MARTIN, Hudson 3rd
Sat Oct 1843. Charles Martin to be summoned
to have Hudson appear.
After laying the case over, 3rd
Sat Jan 1844 – case continued and never
mentioned any follow-up.
MARTIN, Judah On original
rolls. 3rd Sun June 1829,
received. 3rd Sat June 1831,
charged
with stealing meat. 3rd Sat July
1831 – suspended while investigating.
3rd Sat Aug 1831 – totally acquitted
MARTIN, Mariah Fri before 3rd
Sat Apr 1866 – excluded. She is found on the
1870 Barren
Co census as a mulatto, domestic for William
G. Jackson in Glasgow
Junction (Park City).
MAYFIELD, Anaca Sunday after 3rd
Sat Dec 1830, Thos Mayfield’s servant,
received by experience
MONTAGUE, Paul 3rd
Sat Feb1812, restored to fellowship and
letter of dismission granted.
MOSS, Cynthia 3rd
Sat Sept1810, received by experience.
MOSS, Isaac 3rd
Sat Sept 1825, received by experience and to
be baptized. Granted letter
of dismission 3rd Sunday Mar
1826.
MURRELL, John 3rd
Sat June 1810, received by experience. 3rd
Sun May 1811, cited for
leaving his wife and moving in with another
woman. 3rd Sat Nov 1811 –
excluded.
MURRELL, Reuben 3rd
Sat Aug 1830, servant of H P Murrell,
received by experience.
MURRELL, Tom 3rd
Sat Oct 1824. Servant of Samuel Murrell Jr
received by experience and
was baptized that day.
McDANIEL, Edmund 3rd Sat
May 1853. A R McDaniel applied for letter of
dismission for his
Servant.
NEWELL, Harriet On original
rolls, marked dismissed by letter.
OWENS, Kit On
original rolls. 3rd Sat Sept
1850, formerly property of “old brother
John Owen” applied for letter of dismission
for himself and wife Winney.
OWENS, Kith 3rd
Sat June 1822 – servant of John Owens
received and baptized. Same as
Kit?
OWEN, Winney See Kit
PARISH, Ursely 3rd
Sat Nov 1830. Formerly the property of
George Duke, now of Mr.
Parish, excluded
PARISH, Stephen Mon, Tues or
Wed after 3rd Sat in Jan 1842 – received by
experience.
Charged with dancing 3rd Sat Jan
1847. Acquitted.
PICKETT, Rachel 3rd
Sat Sept 1810 – received by experience
PORTER, Franky On original
rolls, no other information
PRESTON, Cesar Cited in
church index, not found.
PRESTON, Jefferson 3rd
Sat in Jan 1859, J B Preston’s servant,
received by experience
PRESTON, Winny On original
roll, just marked dismissed by letter
RENICK, Cisley 3rd
Sat Nov 1811, received by letter.
RICHARDSON, Jeaney On original rolls,
no further citation
RICHARDSON, Sam 3rd
Sat Jan1810, received into membership. 3rd
Sat Nov 1814 – cited for
Fighting. 3rd Sat Nov 1814 –
another charge, excluded. 3rd Sat
Nov 1828 –
(must have returned or a different man),
charged. 3rd Sat Jan 1828 –
acquitted. Note: Sam had been charged with
polygomy. Brother Jacob
Lock, pastor, took up his defense and stated
“it appears that the white
church full recognized the slave’s marriage
and the sanctify the marriage.”
Likely this was another case where his first
wife and he had been
separated due to being sold.
RICHARDSON, Teney 3rd Sat
Nov 1809, received by experience, slave of
Richard Richardson.
Shown on list later on as “gone.”
RODES, Adam On original
list, marked “Gone-dismissed.”
RODES,
George On original list,
marked “gone.” Had been received by
experience 3rd
Sat in Apr 1831.
ROGERS, Ester On
original list – no more date. Owner was Dr.
George Rogers of Glasgow.
ROGERS, Moss Fri or Sat,
1st in Apr 1811: An example of
the first African-American
woman was allowed to be on a committee to
decide a matter. A progressive
church.
SAMPLES, Mary 3rd
Sat Mar 1812, received into membership
SEMPLE, Mary 3rd
Sat Jan 1822, granted letter of dismission
belonging to the late George
Semple. Could be Mary Samples above.
SHERLEY, Daniel 3rd
Sat July 1829, Wm A Sherley’s servant
received by experience. Name
Normally spelled Shirley.
SHORT, Aggy On original
list, marked “dead”. Fri before 3rd
Sat in Oct 1909, received by
experience, Fleming Short owner.
SHORT, Agnes 3rd
Sat May 1813 – charges brought against Bro
Duke for whipping a black
Sister, Agnes, who was the property of Bro
Fleming Short. 3rd Sat June
1813, acquitted, both apologized.
SHORT, Jefferson On original
list marked excluded.
SHORT, Jugg Same
SHORT, Milly On
original list, 3rd Sat Jan 1852,
Rev. James Brooks applied for letter of
dismission for her, formerly the slave of
Fleming Short.
SHORT, Moses On original
list, shown excluded. She had joined 3rd
Sun Aug 1829, slave of F. Short.
STOCKTON, Hinny On original
list, no further mention.
STOCKTON, Lewis On original
list, shown dead in 1845.
STROTHER, Dafney 3rd
Sat July 1814, received into membership
WALKER, Nathan 3rd
Sat Sept 1804, he baptized. Dismissed 3rd
Sunday June 1826.
WALLER, Price Sun morning
after 3rd Sat May1850; rice,
servant of Widow Sarah Ann
Waller came forward with a note from his
mistress, told an Experience &
Was received for baptism.
WALLER, Silvey 3rd
Sat July1850. See Kit Emmerson
WALTERS, Ann On original
list, dead 1843.
WATKINS, Henderson Sun after 3rd
Sat Sept 1842, servant of Thos. Watkins
received by
Experience and to be baptized at Salem
Church.
WATKINS, Solomon 3rd Sat
Aug 1842 – servant of Thomas Watkins,
received by experience
WHEELER, Ben On original
list, marked excluded. 3rd Sat
Dec 1829 – charge for “taking
hard on his master). 3rd Sat Jan
1830, case continued. 3rd Sat Feb
1830,
excluded. 3rd Sat Aug 1850 –
Benn, a former member, formerly owned by
Nathaniel Wheeler, made satisfaction and was
restored. 3rd Sat May
1853, “old brother Benn” for letter of dismission for him, Judy his wife
& Delphy his daughter. Notes: He is found on
the 1870 Barren Co census
using his former master’s surname. He is
listed at age 106, a gardner,
born VA. His wife had pre-deceased him; he
resided with an Essex Bibb
age 23 and his wife Harriet, 24. There was
another Bibb family also there.
WHEELER, Delphy 3rd
Sat Oct 1849, servant of N Wheeler received.
Daughter of Ben above.
WHEELER, Judith See Ben
WHITNEY,Franky Belonging to
Sister Frances Whitney, 1st Sun
Dec 1839, received by
Experience.
WILSON, Amy 3rd
Sat Aug 1830, Jno. Wilson’s slave excluded.
WILSON, Davy 3rd
Sat Mar 1827 – charges raised. 3rd
Sat Aug 1827, refused to hear the
Church, excluded.
NOTES: This was the oldest Baptist church in
Barren County and its membership was drawn
from not only Barren Co but Edmonson, Warren
and other
counties. The church (which is
still in existence) was first located in the
timber across from Beaver Creek. At
baptizing times, the pastor, members
and
baptismal candidates walked through the
timber to the (Killion) Creek Mill on Beaver
Creek. This old mill, still standing, was
built in 1797 while
the property was still
in Warren County, parent county of Barren
County. The mill changed hands several times
over the early years, once being owned
by
Fleming Short. Thus it appears that Short
had many slaves who worked at the mill and
were members at Mt. Tabor.
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