The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 11, July 1907 - April, 1908 Page: 131
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Records of an Early Texas Baptist Church.
and the Clerk of the Church, is directed, at the Request or appli-
cation of Brother Cook, to furnish him with a copey of these Records
as evidences of the same adjorned
A. Bennett Ch. C1. D. Parker MO.
Saturday April 30th. 1842 The Church met and in order Pro-
seded.
1st. Recvd Brother William H. Warren and his wife Sister
Isabella Warren by letters.
3d. The Committee appointed by the church on the subject of
bulding a Meeting Hose Reported a Place as selected by them on
Reuben Brown.s land adjoining Benjamin Davis line, on a point
of a Ridge, nere to and on the north side of San Pedro Bayou.
As a sutable Place on which to build a meeting House. And Mr.
Brown being Present Prefered to donate to the church a sufficant
quntaty of land at that Place for the youse of a Plase of Public
Worship, and to the Settlement for a .School House.
3d The Church Recevd the Report of the Committee and agreed
to build her Meeting House at that Place, and to Rase a subscription
for that purpose, and Continues the same Committee under instruc-
tion to raise said Subscription Papers, for the Prdduct of the Coun-
try to see what amount can be raised, that the Committee with the
church may be better prepared to deturmon on what discription of
a House she will be able to build. Agreeing that the said House
may be occupyed as a School House until the Church or settlement
is able to build a seperate House. and said Committee is further
instructed to examen and designate the quantity of land nessesary
for the Purposes intended and take a bond for the title of the
same, and Report their Program and Prospects at next Church
meeting with their Views of the discription of the House nessesary
to be built at this time. Adjorned.
A. Bennett. Ch. Cl. D. Parker M. O.
Saturday June the 4th. 1842. The church met and in order
Proseded
1st. The Committe on the subject of Building a meeting House
'A tributary of the Neches, in the northeast corner of what is now
Houston county.131
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