MINUTES OF BIG SPRING PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
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Church Record for the Year 1840

January Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring.

February Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring.

March Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Took up request of Bro. John Hill for a letter of dismission for himself and wife and after considerable altercation the question being taken by the church whether he should have a letter of dismission or not. The church split in their opinion on his not holding a bar against the institutions of the day and as such his request could not be granted.

April Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
Dismist William Ritter by letter.

May Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring.

June Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st John Hill and Thomas Harper excluded for sitting in fellowship with Mulberry Gap Church and saying they would do it again when they knew their conduct in it did hurt the church.

July Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st The following named persons having separated themselves from the church by meeting together and forming themselves into a separate boddy and as such is nor more of us while continuing in the same. The above persons are namely James Sims, Mercurius Cook, George Schultz, James Bartlet, Polly Hill, Polly Schultz, Barthena Harper, Nancy Bartlet, Polly and William Cook, Rebecky Bartlet.
2nd Appointed Crisley Plank, Hirum Hurst and William Marcum Deligets to the Association.
3rd Appointed Bro. Daniel Marcum to cite Sister Candice McMalon to attend next meeting to answer to a report that is in circulation about her.
4th Nancy Hurst, Louisa Hurst and Mary Hurst excluded for leaveing the church in disorder in not applying for a letter of dismission.
5th Bro. William Laffoon appointed to cite Sister Viney Flemings to attend next meeting.

August Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Candice McMalon excluded for joining the Presbyterian Society and declareing she held the principals of an open communion contrary to the principals of the United Baptist.
2nd Vina Flemmings excommunicated for the sin of fornication.
3rd The church agree to adopt as their articles of faith the same articles adopted by the Powels Valley Association as no articles of faith had ever bin entered on the church book heretofore.
4th Association letter read and approbated.

September Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st A charge brought by Bro. Thompson Hurst against Bro. George Rose for warranting of him. Appointed Brethren John Breeding and Samuel Day and James Jonson to cite Bro. Rose to attend next meeting.
2nd Rec'd a petition from our sister church at Punching Camp praying us to send members of our church to set in fellowship so as to give each other a letter of dismission to join other churches. In answer to said petition Samuel Day to attend them accordingly.

October Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Took up the reference relative to Bro. Thompson Hurst and Bro. George Rose and settled it to satisfaction of the church.

November Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Received James Bunch and Isabel Bunch by letter.
2nd Called Brother James Jonson to the office of Deacon for the church.
3rd The church agree to petition Mountain Creek Church, Mouth of Barren Creek Church and Davises Creek Church for their ministerial Brethren to attend us at our next meeting for the purpose of ordaining a deacon in our church. Appointed William Evans to bare our petition to Davises Creek Church, Bro. Larkin Harrel to bare our petition to Mouth of Barren Creek Church and Bro. Samuel Day to bare our petition to Mountain Creek Church.

December Second Saturday 1840. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Dismist Joseph and Susanah Priddy by letter.