Island Ford Baptist Church Historic Document C 
Transcribed by Suelle Swarts, Suwanee Creek Chapter, NSDAR 
2022 
 
Document C Front 
 
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January 1837 Met in conference in peace  
went into the choice of a preacher  
when Rev Brother R.  
Phillips was found to be the unanimous  
choice of the church.  The call was  
for the Term of Twelve months from  
the date above 
 
 
25th February 1837 
Met in conference in peace. 
opened a door for the reception of members. 
 
 
25th March 1837 
Met in conference in peace  opened  
a door to receive members and received  
by Letter Bro. Lewis Wiggins and Sister  
Sarah Wiggins his wife next appointed  
Brethern J. Compton, R. Fields and 
E. Compton to represent us in the Union  
Meeting  Meeting to be held with us on  
Friday before the 4th Sunday in April 
next. 
 
 
21st April 1837  Union meeting   
the church first set in conferences and  
being in order opened a door for the reception  
of members and Rcd Joab Barnes by  
Experience.  The church then gave peace and  
Delegates from all the churches  
in the 1st Section of our association being  
present proceeded to business 1st appointed  
a committee to arrange preaching during this 
meeting  2 Resolved that the Moderator and Clerk  
of the churches where the union meeting  
may be held in this Section be moderator and  
clerk of the same that is of the union meeting   
3rd resolved to hold the next union meeting 
 ____  1st section with the Church at  
_____ on Friday before Sunday 
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27th May 1837  Met in conference  
which opened singing and prayer   
1st inquired for fellowship then Sister  
Janie Humphrey had complaint against  
Sister Sarah Tidwell charging her  
with speaking many harsh things to her  
in Terms calculated to destroy that  
Christian fellowship which had formerly  
existed between them the church took  
up the charge and after some investigation  
appointed a committee to attend to the  
case and report to next meeting the  
following Brethern were appointed that  
committee viz B. Jones, J. Caloway,  
L. Wiggins, W. N. Flynn and T. M. Bagby. 
 
 
24th June 1837   Meeting in conference  
when 1st the committee appointed last meeting  
reported that they had had the parties together  
and had succeeded in effecting a  
Reconciliation between them.   
2nd  Inquired into the fellowship of the church  
when Brother J. Curbow handed in a  
charged against Brother A. Humphrey 
 accusing him with attempting to slander  
the females generally of this church  
by saying he could easily seduce any  
or all of them to act with him  
in accordance with his carnal wishes   
the charge was taken up and the  
following committee appointed to examine  
into the case and report to next meeting  
Viz. E. Bagby, J. Barker, T. M. Bagby,  
W. N. Flynn and J Compson   
3rd a charge was handed in in  
_____ Sister ______ against Sister ______  
_____ alleging that ______