Monroe
Mission
1830-1831
June
5, 1830. The following were received into the church, viz: James Perry, Tuppeha,
Ishtimayi, Tushkaiahokti, Pohaiki, Mrs. Mary Colbert, Mrs. Charlotte James,
Molly (Creek woman) and Frances, colored
woman. The following children were
baptized: Nuseka Colbert's two sons, Thomas Stuart and George Washington, Betsy's
(sic) son Alexander, Tuppeha's daughter Venus, Mrs. James' son Walton, Sally
Fraser's two children, Benjamin and Elsey, Molly's children, Caroline and
Benjamin, Fraser's daughter Susan, Mobile and Laney's daughter Louisa, Silpa's
daughter Rebecca.
August
1, 1830. Polley Hogan, native, and Lydia
and Lizzie, colored people, were examined and received into the church. The
following children were baptized: Brother and Sister Blair's infant daughter
Katherine, Daniel and Cassander's son, Isaac, Abram and Dinah's son
August
8, 1830. Mrs. J. Perry's two sons, Levi and Oliver, were baptized.
October
1, 1830. William Colbert's wife, Kunnoeyi, and Mercury, an old black
man, were
admitted to the church. The following children were baptized: Dicy Colbert's son
Slone, Prince and Lydia
's children, Almina, Robert and Tony, Betsy's girls, Liley and Luicinda. AARON
GLEASON, Clerk.
December
20, 1830. ...It having become notorious that the following persons viz: Sam
Pearson and wife, Reuben and Sookey, black
people, members of the church, are
living in open rebellion against God;...Also Lewis, who is charged with habitual
lying, and convicted thereof by sufficient testimony, be suspended...
January
2, 1831. The above named persons were publicly dealt with according to the
decision of the session at its last meeting. Lillah, a black
woman, was admitted
and baptized.
Martyn,
April 30, 1831. Baptized Thomas C. Stuart, son of Nancy and James Boyd; Luke,
son of Christopher and Katherine Moore, and David, son of Henry and Sarah Love.
Session met and was opened with prayer. Mrs. Tiney Pickens a native woman,
presented herself for examination with a view to unite herself with the church.
May
1. The ordinance of baptism was administered to Mrs. Pickens, also (her husband
being present) to her children, Rachel, Mary and David.
September
10, 1831. ...Silpha, a colored woman, applied and was received.
September
11. Silpha was baptized, also the following children, viz: Johnson, son of
This
concludes the year 1830-31 for the