The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-24

| pose at this writing, he has long since
gone to his reward,) says the first
church organized in this country, was
that at Goshen, the second, the one at
Bethel, the third the one at Nocreek
and the fourth the one at Conditts,
near Point Pleasant. The last time
Bishop McKindree preached at Hart
ford he was too feeble to stand and
preached sitting In chair.
The first Sunday school in this
county was organized by Gen. Robert
Barnett, about the year 1926. It was
/ taught in a vacant house east of the
greensboro and Hartford road near
where the Alexander school house
now stands, two miles from Hartford.
In the year of 1926 Sunday school
was organized at the brick church by
Rev. George McNeely, the Pastor.
The officers were George McNeely,
President: John Denham, Vive Presi-
dent; Robert Barnett, Secretary; and
Thomas Stevens, Treasurer. Thomas
Baird. Higgason Belt, Samuel Ben
nett, G. l.. Davis and Joseph Bennett
were the managers.
On account of the neglect of sew
eral of our fellow Pastors to keep a
record of their work we loose long
link. or a succession of links in the
history of the church at this place, a
fact that we very much regret. We
shall have to jump over long period
of time in which no doubt great
The reader will notice the names
of the respective officers, also the
names of the Offices, instead of Su-
perintendent. it was President and
Vice-President, and then in addition
10 this they had as you will notice a
board of managers.
But we have to leave them here
and jump from this event in the year
OF our Lord. 1928. to the administra-
tion of Rev. J. T. Fender, in 1876,
losing a period of As years.
Brother Pender says: 81 took
charge of the Nocreek circuit in Mar.
1876 and am now closing up my sec
ond year as pastor. this March the LIST,
1878. During the two years | have
received 3 members into the church,
have organized two new churches, or
societies one at Washington school
house and one at Island Station, Nc
Lean county, have had quite a num-
Der of good Tevivals. When / came
to Nocreek the church was not divided
into classes but each society was in
one class.
At Wesley Chapel, made 4 classes
there, appointed 3 as we had one be-
fore. At this place ! appointed the
first woman class leader ever known
on this charge: Mrs. Sarilda G. Ste
vens. At White Oak (now Shinkle
Chapel ! made a new class the first
year and appointed J. d. Chapman
class leader and the second year, APP
pointed Jas. Shaver leader of new
class at the same place. Also j. II.
James was appointed to take charge
of the infant class or members. Very
little system is carried out in any
thing, the people have been used to
working without rule. travelling with
guides. and in the main. are opposed
TO any definite plan of doing things
Though some little improvement is
being made, and has been made in
the past few years Quite a number
of the membership don't seem to care
anything for the minister's welfare,
scores OF them never pay one cent to
the support of the gospel.
This is the closing of Benjamin
\. Stubbin's fourth year as Presid-
ing Elder. -. r. Fender.
write Bro. Pender's name at the
close of his record, as near like his
own signature as possible. All that
remains on record of the history of
the church at NOcreek up to Brother
Pender's time. is the names of the
members of the church at NOcreek in
the year 1914. They appear on the
old book as follows
Thomas Stevens, Glass leader; Nan
cy Stevens, Henry Stevens, was Stew
ard for Sc years; Hannah Stevens.
sarah Barnett. John Bennett, JEFF
ferries Bennett, Ellen Bennett, John
Bennett, Casander Bennett, Samuel
Bennett, Lucrecy Bennett Reuben
Bennett, Thomas Baird, Mantia
Baird, Benjamin Benton. Atheia
Benton. Francis Chapman. Robert
Bennett, Joseph Bennett, Titus Ben
nett, Obed Bennett, Tally Bennett,
Elizabeth Bennett, Rebecca Bennett,
Miranda Benton, Joseph Barnett, Will
liam Ford, Anna Ford. Jas, Ford, Sa-
bra Ford, Anna Hoover, Charlotte
Belt. Cephas Simons, Sarah Fields,
Zachariah Fields and Higgerson Belt.
The record shows that Henry Stew