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!r. Lee Delves Into Records
cf Local Baptist Church
and Finds Many Things
cf Interest.
The church some time ago made
request that its ancient minutes be
found ant! brought to light. No
cne could give an information con
cerning them. Now, however, Bro.
Johnny " Rogers clomps and brings the
gU church book which was begun in
1C22 It was found at the Roger's
Lome, having been left there by a
former clerk of the church, Bro
Allman.
The minutes recite how the church
was constituted in the Cherokee Pur
chase, Haywood county, N. C, on
the 7th day of May, 1822, The
presbytery consisted of Elders, Step-
ten White and Adam Corne. Twenty
members came from different churches
to form the body. . "
The following are themembers who
entered the constitution :
Thomas Kimsey, deacon : Zacha
riah Peek, Green H. Freeman, John
Jk Moore, Benjamin. Stiles, John Stu
art, and Jame,s Bryson.
The female members were as fol
lows.: ' .
Nancy Kimsey, Sarah Peak, Nancy
Freeman, -Milley Moore, Nancy Hall,
Charity Stiles, Mary 1 Davis, Rachel
M. McConnell, Mary' Ann Stewart,
Am Bryson, Elizabeth Brison, ' Cath
erine Shields and Elizabeth Redmond.
Thomas Kimsey, ; having formerly
Been a deacon of Crabtree church,
was admitted as a deacon. James
Brison was examined and ordained as
a deacon, May 7, 1822.- ,
After being constituted in. May, 1822
tSte church met at Cowee, Sugarfork,
and Franklin indiscriminately during
fce first several months of the life
el the body. Bro. Benjamin Stiles
was appointed the first clerk of the
rfrarch at the organization. Elder,
Komprey Posey became pastor of the
csnrch in; July, 1822
In 1822 the church was united with
tie French Broad Association, send
ing Bro Posey as messenger to that
body. The church was still meet
iag alternately at Sugarfork and , at
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Coweta, before locitb;; definitely at
Franklin. '
The church continued to meet at
Sugarfork and Coweta until June 1823
when they agreed to meet at Frank
lin and decide dehmtcry the place
for the church to be located. July,
13, 1823, it was decided to make
Franklin the permanent- place ot
meeting for the body.-. The first
communion was celebrated at Frank
lin Aug. 18, 1823.
The meetings at Loweta were ais
t the church met oc
casionally afterward ' at Sugarfork.
A new meeting house was duiu ai
Franklin in 1823. - . -
It is said that the first building
crvr-toA fnr the Franklin Baptist
church about the year 1823 was lo
cated near the mputh oi tne uua
saja river near Franklin. It q is
wiJn that thie rhurch from 1822
onwards became the mother of several
other organizations in the county or
section. It was in 1824 and 1825
tint minv mpmhers were received
at a branch arm of the church located
at Dillard's school house,' most likely
near the present town of Dillard.
Tn 1827 this arm of the church be
came an independent ' body
James Whittaker was a competent
clerk of the Franklin church , over
one hundred years ago . , He kept
neat records His records show that
Cowee church was organized in uwo
after existing as an arm of the Frank
lin body for some time.
The Franklin churcn contempt icu
building in the
uic pitcuuii v v. ...
iooo u iotc AereA to wait
year iota, , uui i. , r u u.
until the grant of land should be
secured from the state, wmm y
done i 1829. The records, show
-4- xA fnr three acres
and 22 poles and cost $11.15. This
is the land on wnicn mc
torium is located. . . , f
of the membership of tranklm in
the. year 1831. . , .
Close contact was "1i1"ai"v "
a.. ;nn.w wrk at Valley Towns
among the Cherokee Indians. Rev.
Tames Kimsey was otuuw w
ministry at Franklin, about this time.
He was atterwaras pasiur . x..v
hn. ' . . . .i u c.rc
It was in 1834 that me ouiw,'
considered the patter pf organmng
c, .Sflioo. Rev. Humphrey
Posey was pastor at- thejime. He
and . others coroiaiiy rc.uu. , -d.
, ' -l ;Prt nf 1 oreamzing
the cnurcn mc y- - -
a Sunday Schobl, commenting on .the
advantages ot sucn an wb" 4'"'
A conference, of ministers and laymen
was held at Franklin in 1835. It was
a:. tViot a. nortion of the
auoui una ni"v ,
members resided on Xartoogechaye
1 1 . kilin llf-i 1 1 1 I I I'll LllViii
ine rranttjui uiuiw r-.- A ,
to form a body oi tneir ow.
manual labor school, was contemplated I
in 1836. This indicataes max iuv.
was an appreciation of culture among
the early members Rev.H Posey
was pastor from 1823 to 1835, when
he moved, his residence to other parts.
u uA pvtpnciivelv air over the
mountain, districts, going as far as ,
Anderson, S, C. on his preacmng
tours. ' His evangelistic labors -were
highly appreciated by the South Caro
lina brethenv as is indicated by
references to his work . in church
books perused- by , the writer near
Walhalla. . . " . .
He was an enlightened and liberal
man of God- He made some enemies
but his integrity was unimpeached.
He was held in high regard by
his Georgia brethem and frequently
preached from the same pulpits as
Jesse Mercer and others of his type.
Rev. Joshua Ammons was ordained
by the Franklin church to the gospel
ministry. It was he that is said to
have taught an Indian how to keep
the Sabbath day by boring' seven
holes in a -log, and instructing the
Indian to put a peg in a , hole every
day for six days, and when his six
pegs gave out, the vacant , noie rep
resented the Sabbath day. It was
to be kept holy and no work was to
be done.. .
A small pox scare came to Frtink
lin in thp vpar 1836. This was the
year in which Sugarfork church was
established, having Deen iormeny a
branch of the Franklin church. . Burn
ingtowri church was organized in 1829
It also had been an arm. .
There were only 51 "members at
Franklin in 1840. This number
dropped to 43 the next year. . How
ever, inanv members went out to
form the above name new cnurcnes.
Wautauea was also organized out -of
the Franklin church " " J.k D Franks
joined at Wautauga; when it -?was an
arm of the Franklin . "churcinf " in ,1842.
It was in this year that the church
made a grea. effort to encourage the
reading of the bible among her mem
bers. The old school house was
sold to - raise funds for . the new
Female Academy.
In 1847 Holly Springs was a branch
of the Franklin church.
Rev. Joshua Ammons -followed H.
Posey .as pastor, at Franklin,' He
was in turn succeeded by E. Hiden.
Seven black- members were in the
I'-anklin- body in 1855. ' The black
r: mbership was neve'r very large.
Minutes of the church were kept on
s' aps of paper in 1854 and 55 and
t? y were ' consequently losty and are
n( t recorded in the ' church book.
Scraps of paper are usually lost. The
church records should be kept up to
date and plainly written in ,the book.
Rev. J. R. Arkons was ordained
to the ministry in 1861 He as-
sibtf-J Ih ftl.tr at lines. Jo.s!.t;a
Amnions contini:cl , as pastor until
about the time of the Civil War
M. Rickman and E. 1). LSrcmlle fol
lowed him. The building at Franklin
was burned about the time of the
Civil War, and the body worshiped
at Holly Springs for some time, re
turning, to Franklin when the new
church was built about 1879. Rev.
J. S. Woodardwas pastor about 1871.
M. Rickman was pastor in 1873.
Francis Elmore was an aged, and
much respected member at Franklin.
He. died in 1874, aged" 84 years.
A more detailed mention may be
given to the members of the church
for the past one hundred and seven
years at a later time. Many of the
most prominent families of the county
have .been connected with the body
during the . last century.
REPORT MADE OF
HICKORY TIMBER
Franklin, N.C, April 26 1929. '
Editor Franklin Pcess. ". '
The tests of hickory specimens
taken from Coweta creeks and the
Ritter logging operation have been
completed by the Forest Products
Laboratory of the Forest Service at
Madison, Wisconsin. . Mr. B. H. Paul
of the Laboratory spent some time in
the vicinity of Franklin last summer
collecting material for this study. He
published his findings . in the Aprl
6 edition of the Southern Lumber
man: ' ', : ' ' ' -
According to Mr. Paul.
"The results in the investigation
show that, in general, the average
strength of , Appalachian hickory com
pares favorably with hickory from
other parts of the country Not
all Appalachian hickory, however, has
sufficient strength to meet the re
quirements of the customary uses
of hickory. The second growth
Appalachian hickory, which was tested
was as high in shock resisting proper
ties as any hickory tested in he
United States." ;
Old hickory makes up but a small
proportion of our virgin stand and the
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inj species has slowed its develop
ment and impaired its quality. It
was in the slow growth specimens
from the old growth trees that defect
such as checks, shake and brashness
were most apparent. i
The present policy of leaving hick
ory in logging operations will ' in
crease the anjount of second growth,
much of which will be large enough
to remove before the competition from
other trees becomes too severe.
. We quote further from the report.
"Because of its usefulness in small
size hickory can be , grown to mer
chantable size in a fairly short time,
On good soil trees which have suffic
ient growing space will reach : mer
chantable size in 50 years. Sugh
trees will contain practically all white
hickory (sapwood) which will , doubt
less be an added advantage in market
ing it. At present there is very little
second growth hickory of merchant
able size in Southern Appalachian
mountain region." V
Thp article sfinws rrnss sections
of hickory . logs cut on Coweta creekJ
and the Nantahala river and tabulates
tlje comparative, tests of virgin and
second growth local hickory with that
of other sections.
ARTHUR A.' WOOD, Forest Super
visor, v , ' .
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