Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-17
SKETCH OF BAPTIST
CHURCH OF LEXINGTON
DR.. Manly Gives Interesting His
tory of Congregation
CONSTITUTED 70 YEARS AGO
Many Strong Men Have Served as
Pastors of Church

tRemarks by Rev. Or Charles Mani, pastor o.
Lexington Baptist church. on the occasion of the
observance ofits 10Th anniversary y. ay II, 1911
The Lexington Baptist church
was constituted May 9 (second Sun
day., 1871, with sixteen members,
by Elders Remley, Cornelius Tyree
and William Norgrove as constitut-
ing council.
May 10. 1S41, in church confer
ence, Rev. Cornelius Tyree was
chosen pastor, John Jordan and w.
W. Davis deacOns and S. f. Jordan
clerk. DR.. Tyree continued as
pastor Till September Is, 1915, when
DR.. John Newton Brown succeeded
him as pastor and continued till at
least October Z, 1S49.
The next pastor was Rev. Adoni-
ram Judson Huntington, his paste
rate beginning April 1, 1850, and he
remained till October, 1851.
Records of proceedings of the
church are wanting from May 4,
1850, to November 6, 1853. when
Rev. Florence Mccarthy, Jr., APP
pears as pastor and continued as
such certainly through December 3,
1859.
There is, then, another gap in the
records till July 6, 1861. 1t then
appears that in September, 1861,
Rev. Samuel p. Huff became pastor
until according to letter received
from his son, l.. J. Huff the fall Of
1862, when the church seems TO have
been left W ithout a pastor for some
time.
No records from September 20
1861. till May 3, 1868, when, after
comforting together. the church de
cided to take steps the following
day MAY 4, 1863 to secure a pas
tor Rev. William Young of Peters
burg, was called at a salary Of $500.
He seems to have declined the call.
Records are again wanting from
September 3, 1868. to July 30, 1865
Several unsuccessful efforts to Sc
cure a pastor were made. October,
1865, Rev. John William Jones was
called-apparently in connection
with the church at Goshen Bridge
dividing his time between the two.
The salary offered was $500. On
January 81, 1866, DR.. Jones acted
as moderator of the church confer
erce and was presumably its pastor
at that time. became pastor first,
Sunday in November, 1862 At
this conference desire of the-colored
members to form a separate organi-
zatlon was brought to the notice Of
church. A committee was appointed
to ascertain the facts and report.
October 6, 1866, the trustees of
the church were requested to con-
fer with the committee of the Frank
lin Society in relation to the sale of
the church. The original record,
corrected in the hand writing of DR..
Jones, is that the trustees confer
with the authorities of the Presby-
terrain church,
(See also record of October Z, 1866,
in reference to sale OF house,)
October7, 1866, committee recon-
mended that DIR. Jones be called as
pastor for his whole time and Feb.
ruary 5, 1867, DR.. and Mrs. Jones
were received into fellowship on
certificate from Goshen Bridge
church, and it is inferred that from
this time he gave his whole time to
Lexington.
July 6, 1867, the colored members
desiring it, were dismissed, to Or
ganize separately, and the use
of the lecture room granted till
they could secure a place of wor-
ship. with promise of help. They
organized September %. 1867, by
Rev. j. P. Cowan (coloredO and DIR.
]. VIM. Jones.
The second Sunday in April a
meeting, aided by Rev. w. A. B.
Woodfin, began and lasted till the
second Sunday in May; 45 additions
t. the membership, among them T.
T. Eaton and Joseph Shaner.
August IA, 1867, the church joined
the Albemarle Association, having