Magnolia Church, Warrior Stand, Rev. E. Moore, pastor; Bethlehem
Church, Cotton Valley, Rev. M. Ellington, pastor; Sweet Pilgrim
Church, Union Springs, Rev. E. Thornton, pastor; St. Paul Church,
Cotton Valley, Rev. C. Johnson, pastor; Town Creek Church, Union
Springs, Rev. J. Germany, pastor; Antioch Church, Columbus, Ga., Rev.
E. A. McCall, pastor; Mt. Nebo Church,----, Rev. J. Germany, pastor;
Mt. Pisgah Church, Dick Creek, Rev. W. M. Walker, pastor; Perry Hill
Church, Warrior Stand, Rev. J. S. Tatum, pastor; Mt. Calvary Church,
Union Springs, Rev. H. Jones, pastor; Oak Grove Church, Cotton Valley,
Rev. Mac. Wright, pastor.
They have a membership of about 1,500.
Rev. E. Thornton, of Union Springs, is moderator, and E. A. McCall, of
Columbus, Ga., is clerk.
The writer has been unable to ascertain all desirable facts. Judging,
however, from the character of the men whose names appear in the
lead of their work, we may feel sure that they have organized the
Association in order to advance educational and missionary interests.
[Illustration: Rev. J. L. Frazier, Pastor St. Louis St. Baptist Church,
Mobile, Ala.]
UNION ASSOCIATION.
Was organized in 1874 of churches which seceded from the Alabama
District Association.
They have the following churches and ministers: Greenville--First
Colored, Pine Top, Salem, Old Elm, Pine Level; Pineapple--Arkadelphia,
New Virgin; Monterey--Ridgeville, Spring Hill, Mt. Moriah, Rosemary;
Bugville--Friendship; Dunham--Long Creek; Simkinsville--Pleasant
Hill; Starlington--Pine Level; Allenton--Siloam and Mt. Zion;
Minter--Hopewell; Pleasant Hill--Good Hope, Cedar Grove; Snow
Hill--Shiloh; Georgiana--Friendship; Furman--Antioch; Manningham--Mt.
Olive; Luverne--New Hope; Daisy--Union; Vidette--Star of Hope; New
Providence--Mt. Ida; Farmerville--Cedar Grove; Oakfield--Oakfield;
Forest Home--Rockwest; Sepulga--Spring Hill; Camden--St. Mary. Rev. J.
Nichols, Greenville, is moderator; Rev. J. W. Smith is treasurer, and
Mr. I. N. Carter, of Monterey, is clerk.
Their sessions are rather stormy, as may be said of other bodies.
LEADING MEN.
Revs. L. Adams, H. Thompson, I. Young, W. Morast, S. Albrighton, J.
Beverly, Q. C. Craig, J. Scott, L. McKee, W. Anderson, J. Barrett, G.
Pugh, J. Henderson, S. Skanes, R. Palmer, E. Perdue, M. McLowery, J.
Ricks, J. Moss, E. Wallace, E. Stallworth, William Scott, E. Pickett,
J. Blackman, R. C. Crane.
Prof. I. N. Carter is a strong man in this body, whose confidence and
good will he seems still to hold. They have many naturally fine young
men, but they need a school very much.
UNIONTOWN ASSOCIATION.
Organized in 1872 by the late Revs. Henry Stephens, John Dosier and
John Blevins, is reported to be next numerically to the Alabama
District, containing a membership of about 11,500. They raise annually
for general purposes from $200 to $400. Their “Statistical Table” gives
the following list of churches and ministers:
POST OFFICES AND CHURCHES.
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