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10/4/1851 Mr. George Sutherlin received on profession of faith and examination.
1/3/1852 The following persons were received on profession of faith and examination.
   
Dr. William M. Broocks Holbert Hill
Ephraim Harding John W. Lewis
Henry T. Watkins Sarah Huntington
William Gatewood Mary Holder
William C. Adams  
   
    Dr. William L. Stamps and Mrs. E. J. B. Stamps presented a certificate of dismission from Nutbush Church to join the church in Milton.
    Mrs. Annie Watkins presented a certificate of dismission from Presbyterian Church in Oxford to join church in Milton.
4/3/1852 The following persons were received on profession of faith and examination.
   
   
James R. Richmond Henry M. Huntington
Mary E. Jennings Annis Atkinson
Mary Elizabeth Covington  
7/3/1852 Mrs. Christina Garland received on profession of faith and examination.
10/2/1852   Miss Julia Adams received on letter of dismission from Crossroads Church, Alamance County.
     
    Mr. John Merritt on request dismissed to join Presbyterian Church at Floyd Court House, Va.
4/2/1853   Mr. Thomas Watkins received on letter of dismission from Spring Garden Presbyterian Church. (Guilford County, I presume).
4/3/1853 Mr. Lanniston Hill received on profession of faith and examination.
6/25/1853 Mr. Thomas Smith received on profession of faith and examination.
10/22/1853   Session met at house of Mrs. Felicia Gordon who was received on profession of faith and examination.
    A congregational meeting was held the same day at 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Mr. Wharton was elected as pastor. Annual salary to be $600 and he was to preach three Sabbaths per month. He is coming from the Presbytery of Lexington.
1/20/1854   Mrs. Susan Doll given letter of dismission to Presbyterian Church, Madison, Rockingham County, NC.
6/3/1854   Mr. Samuel Watkins appointed as principal representative to Presbytery meeting, N. M. Lewis as alternate.
12/21/1854 Mr. James R. Callum dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Danville, VA.
1/23/1855 Mr. Willoughby Shelton dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Yanceyville.
    "Miss S. R. Jones, a member of the Milton Church, in good and regular standing, was at her own request dismissed from said church to join a Presbyterian Church in Baltimore or any sister church, where God in Providence may fix her residence.”
2/1/1855 Mr. William Gatewood dismissed to Presbyterian Church in Yanceyville.
4/2/1855 Mrs. Mary Atkinson dismissed to Presbyterian Church in Danville, VA.
4/1855 Fifty-four members, seven of them colored.
6/22/1855 Miss Julia F. Adams dismissed to Griers Presbyterian Church.
6/30/1855   Mary, colored servant of Mrs. Lucy Walker received on profession of faith and examination.
10/18/1855   Mr. Henry Huntington appeared, having been cited, on charge of intoxication which he admitted. Suspended from sacrament “till he give satisfactory evidence of his repentance.”
10/19/1855   “Jim, a colored servant, belonging to Mr. C. H. Richmond, having been cited, appeared before the session on the charge of adultery which was confessed by him. The session decided that Jim be suspended from the sacrament of the church, till he give satisfactory evidence of the sincerity of his repentance.”
10/20/1855 Miss Victoria Garland received on profession of faith and examination.
Mrs. Priscilla Dodson received on letter from church in Raleigh.
12/7/1855 Mr. Henry T. Watkins and Mrs. Annie Watkins dismissed to Nutbush Church.
Mr. Lanniston Hill dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.
4/6/1856 Jim returned to full communion.
4/7/1856   Patience, a colored servant of Mrs. Mary Dodson, received on profession of faith and examination.
    Mrs. Julia A. Wharton received by letter from Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Va. (wife of minister).
    “Miss S. R. Jones, a member of the church in Milton, to whom a letter of dismission was granted on 23rd day of Jan. 1855—not having presented said letter of dismission to any other church and having returned to Milton to reside, has returned said letter to the Session and therefore continues her membership in the Milton Church.”
5/7/1856 Report of death of Rev. Wharton.
11/9/1856 Present Rev. Edward Hines, Mod.
N. M. Lewis
Samuel Watkins Elders
Benjamin Hines
J. Wilson
    Charles D. Hill, David Patterson, Armistead H. Patterson received on profession of faith and examination.
11/9/1856 Congregational meeting.
    Rev. N. F. Whaley unanimously elected as next pastor (from Orange Presbytery). The call was declined by the Rev. Whaley.
11/18/1856 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Lindsey dismissed to Presbyterian Church at Eno.
12/13/1856 Mrs. E. Patterson received by letter from Presbyterian Church at Petersburg, VA.
2/13/1857 Mr. Thomas Smith dismissed to PC at Charlotte, NC.
3/26/1857 Mrs. Julia Wharton dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Lexington, VA.
4/1857 Fifty-five members, nine colored. Fifty children in SS, 10 infant baptisms.
4/20/1857   Congregational meeting. Rev. Willis L. Miller and Rev. Samuel Price nominated for pastor. Rev. Miller received the majority of votes and was later unanimously elected. $800 salary proposed for three of four Sabbaths in a month.
4/23/1857   Rev. Miller visited Milton and said he would accept if approved by Presbytery. He afterward declined without laying it before the presbytery.
6/5/1857 Mr. Charles D. Hill dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.
10/2/1857   Congregational meeting to elect a pastor. The Rev. S. A. Stanfield was nominated and unanimously elected. $800 salary for three Sabbaths per month.
12/12/1857 Mrs. Rebecca Stanfield received on letter from Presbyterian Church at Harmony, VA.
1/14/1858 Mrs. Emma J. Richardson received on profession of faith and examination.
2/10/1858   Miss Rebecca Stegall received on profession of faith and examination and baptized the same day.
2/12/1858   Mrs. Sarah H. Lewis received on profession as Episcopal Church of Tarborough refused to give her a letter of dismission.
Mr. Robert W. Lewis (her husband) received on profession of faith and examination.
3/13/1858 Miss Susan B. Hines received on profession of faith and examination.
4/1858 Fifty-nine members, 9 colored members, 55 in Sunday School.
5/29/1858 The following persons were received on profession of faith and examination.
   
Mrs. E. Word Mr. Alex. Bruce
Miss E. J. Jennings  Mr. M. McGehee
Miss Ann E. Wilson Mr. S. B. Holder
   
6/16/1858 Mrs. Mary Bruce received on letter of dismission from Salem, VA.
7/12/1858 Mr. Holbert Hill dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, VA.
10/9/1858 Dr. R. H. Robertson received on letter of dismission from Salem, VA.
10/22/1858   Mrs. M. A. Miller, formerly Miss M. A. Davis, a member who removed from here many years since, dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Va.
1/16/1859   James, a servant of Mr. J. Wilson, who was suspended for irregular conduct, returned to full communion. [No explanation of charges included in minutes.]
   
    The following persons who were members of Gilead Church which has been dissolved were received as members: Mrs. Ann Harris, Miss Julia Harris, Miss Elizabeth Harris, Miss Eliza Pittard.
4/1859   Sixty-eight members, 8 colored members. Fifty-five in SS. Seven added on examination, 6 added on certificate.
4/9/1859   Session met at house of Samuel Watkins. Miss Anna S. Watkins received on profession of faith and examination.
6/11/1859   Mrs. Ann S. Pugh and Mrs. Martha W. Allen (formerly Miss Martha W. Pugh), members of Milton Church who moved many years since, dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Roxboro.
7/9/1859 Miss Mary Wilson received on profession of faith and examination.
Miss Anna R. Stamps received by letter from 10th Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.
7/10/1859   Henry, a servant of Mr. George W. Johnson, received on profession of faith and examination.
10/8/1859 Mrs. Emma J. McLean dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, NC
1/5/1860 Mrs. Mary D. Harding (nee Mary D. Richmond), to Presbyterian Church, Spring Hill, VA.
Louisa, servant of Dr. John T. Garland, received on profession of faith and examination.
5/19/1860   Session met at house of Mrs. Mary Dodson. Mrs. Mary Richmond, Miss Helen E. Richmond and Leanna, servant of Dr. John T. Garland received on profession of faith and examination.
Dr. Thomas P. Atkinson dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Danville, VA.
4/1860 Seventy-one members, 11 colored. Fifty-seven in SS.
4/7/1860   Met at house of Mrs. Mary Dodson. Mrs. Mary Richmond, Miss Helen E. Richmond and Leanna, servant of Dr. John T. Garland received on profession of faith and examination.
5/19/1860 Miss Helen G. Richardson received on profession of faith and examination.
7/19/1860   Mr. Edward R. Stamps and Elizabeth, servant of Dr. Garland, received on profession of faith and examination.
10/13/1860   Mrs. Susan Pate, Miss Martha W. Patterson, Miss Lucy L. Hill, Mr. D. Cleveland Hill received on profession of faith and examination.
10/14/1860   Mrs. E. Evans and Miss Fanny M. Hines received on profession of faith and examination.
1/12/1861   Mrs. Amanda Taylor received by letter from Presbyterian Church of Pittsboro and Mr. Cornelius Hill on profession of faith and examination.
4/20/1861 Mr. Charles D. Hill received by letter from 2nd Presbyterian Church, Richmond.
Mrs. E. B. Lewis received by letter from the church at Pennel.
Cornelius H. Hill dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Raleigh.
4/21/1861   Mr. S. Dodson Richmond and Mr. Thomas C. Evans received on profession of faith and examination.
6/9/1861   Session met Sunday a.m. at home of Mrs. Lucy Walker. Mr. Henry A. Walker received on profession of faith and examination.
7/20/1861   Miss Ellen E. Smith, Miss Mary C. Atkinson and Moses, a servant belonging to Mr. Thomas A. Donoho were received on profession of faith and examination.
7/26/1861   Mrs. Elizabeth Poore cited to appear before the session to answer to “reports in general circulation in this community, highly injurious to the Christian and moral character of Mrs. Elizabeth Poore.”
8/10/1861   Mrs. Poore met with the session and a trial was held on the charge of adultery. Her husband had been gone for about eighteen months and she had given birth to a baby on June 5, 1861.
    Her defense was that she had visited Mr. Poore during the course of his absence, resulting in her pregnancy and that the baby was premature. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Covington testified that on the 9th of November 1860, Mrs. Poore went to visit her husband and was not in the family way when she left. Mrs. Covington, who had attended the birth, testified that the baby had no fingernails or toenails, did not eat for four days following birth and did not cry for one month and slept almost all the time.
8/17/1861   Rebecca Slayton appeared as a witness for Mrs. Poore. She testified that she was at Mrs. Poore’s house and had been living there for several months, slept in the same bed with Mrs. Poore and knew that she was not “in the family way” when she went to visit her husband, Mr. Thomas Poore. She accompanied him to the wedding of his nephew John Poore. She further testified that she had never seen anything wrong or improper in Mrs. Poore’s conduct. She saw the letter from Thomas Poore and the $15 that was enclosed. She was present at the baby’s birth and it was her opinion that the baby was a seven months baby. She testified that Mrs. Poore left to visit her husband on a Monday in November. She testified that the baby weighed six pounds without clothing and eight pounds with clothing.
8/23/1861 The logbook for the stagecoach was produced showing that the date Mrs. Poore left Milton was November 12th, 1860. This was six months and 23 days before the birth of the child. The session ruled against Mrs. Poore and excluded her from the church based on the evidence against her.
4/7/1862 Seventy-three members, 12 colored. Thirty in SS.
6/5/1863   Mrs. Elizabeth Irving received on letter from Mercy Seat Presbyterian Church (Halifax County, Va.).
10/18/1863   Mr. Fielding S. Walker and Ritter, a servant woman belonging to Mrs. Richmond, received on profession of faith and examination.
4/22/1864 Seventy-two members, 13 colored. Thirty in SS.
10/9/1864   Miss Penelope C. Wilson and Miss Mary L. Maury received on profession of faith and examination.
    Mrs. A. Day requested letter of dismission to 1st Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, NC. [I believe this is Aquilla Day, widow of Thomas Day.]
3/12/1865 Mrs. Priscilla Jones dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Yanceyville, NC.
4/9/1865 Miss Lucy M. Richmond received on profession of faith and examination.
10/8/1865 Miss Emma Atkinson received on profession of faith and examination.
4/11/1866 Seventy-four members, 13 colored. Thirty in SS.
6/29/1866 Congregational meeting. Dr. W.L. Stamps and Henry A. Walker elected
elders and Mr. Samuel B. Holder and Capt. John W. Lewis as deacons.
7/8/1866   Mrs. Helen L. Richmond, Miss Henrietta Broocks and Mr. Thomas Stamps received on profession of faith and examination.
9/7/1866   Mr. Giles Mebane and Mrs. M. C. Mebane received on letter from Crossroads Presbyterian Church (Alamance County).
10/28/1866 Ellen Oliver (freedwoman) received on profession of faith and examination.
2/10/1867   Mr. Alexander Bruce and Mrs. Mary E. Bruce dismissed to join Presbyterian Church at or near Halifax Courthouse, VA.
    Mr. N. M. Lewis, Mr. Sam Watkins and Mr. J. Wilson with moderator were appointed a committee to examine the records of this church and ascertain how many actual members there are and report thereon.
4/8/1867   “…Since the last review (?) of this book a great change has occurred in the condition of this congregation as a result of the desolations of war. Its material prosperity has been destroyed—its members scattered. The health of the pastor has also been too delicate to permit him to do the full work of the ministry. By mutual consent an arrangement has been made (for time being?) for a smaller amount of service and for a diminished compensation.
    The pastor acknowledges the receipt of the promised amount up to December 1, 1866 and also the general kindness and forbearance of the people of his charge toward himself.
/S/ S. A. Stanfield”
7/14/1867 Ritter (freedwoman) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Oxford, NC.
4/1867 Seventy-nine members, 10 colored. Twenty-four in SS.
3/15/1868   Mrs. Mary E. Paxton (formerly Miss Mary E. Jennings) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Danville, VA.
4/1868   Seventy-eight members (colored members no longer requested by Presbytery). Twenty-
six in SS.
7/25/1869 Following persons received on profession of faith and examination.
   
Miss Ellen Smith Miss Sarah M. Taylor
Miss Maitland Wilson Miss Mary Hines
Miss Mary T. Donoho Miss Ella Hines
Miss Sarah Patterson Miss Fanny Mebane
Miss Emma Patterson Miss Mary Stamps
Miss Bettie Patterson Mrs. Virginia Robertson
Miss Kate Walker Mrs. Samuel Watkins
   
8/22/1869 Session met at house of Mr. Eustace Hunt.
Miss Sally Ray received on profession of faith and examination.
12/26/1869 Rev. S. A. Stanfield, moderator
Mr. Daniel C. Hill dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN.
4/1/1870 Eighty-six members (nominally). Twenty-five in SS.
. A. Stanfield, stated supply.
4/11/1870 Miss Rebecca Jones dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Hillsboro.
5/22/1870 Mr. Hill Patterson dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY.
7/10/1870 Miss Lucy Hill dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Oxford, NC
7/17/1870   Congregational meeting. Resolution passed to call Rev. E. H. Harding. [This would be the son of Rev. N. H. Harding, Sr. Ephraim was married to Mary D. Richmond of the Milton Richmonds. He served again as minister from Dec. 1904 to December 1910. I believe the photograph hanging in the church basement is of him, not his father.]
10/19/1870 Moses Donoho (colored) dismissed to Presbyterian Church in Macon, TN.
1/13/1871 Dr. John Wilson dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Mocksville, NC.
1/15/1871 Lewis Walker received on profession of faith and examination.
4/1871 Seventy-nine members. Twenty-eight in SS.
9/14/1871 Appointments to attend presbytery. Note: these entries occur every year.
10/8/1871   Miss Isabella Palmer and William Irvine (a youth) received on profession of faith and examination.
1/5/1872   Mrs. Sarah M. Crabtree (formerly Miss Sarah M. Taylor) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Hillsboro.
1/12/1872   Sarah Dortch and Catherine Dortch (colored) received on profession of faith and examination.
Dr. John Wilson received on letter from Mocksville Presbyterian Church.
4/1872   Eighty-three members (nominally). Twenty-eight in SS. Dr. E. H. Harding, stated supply
   
1/11/1873   Mrs. Cornelia Wilson, formerly a member of the Baptist Church, received on profession of faith and examination.
    Mrs. Lucy M. Montgomery (formerly Miss Lucy M. Richmond) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC.
4/1873 Eighty members (nominally). Twenty-
five in SS. Dr. E. H. Harding, stated supply.
4/20/1873   Miss Mary W. Irvine and Miss Maggie Wilson received on profession of faith and examination.
7/6/1873 Mr. John E. Robertson received on profession of faith and examination.
9/26/1873   Mrs. Sarah Schofield (formerly Shelton) “dismissed to join such church as in the Providence of God she may be led to select.”
Mr. Lewis Walker dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Tarboro, NC.
12/19/1873   Mrs. Ellen E. Roane (formerly Miss Ellen E. Smith) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Winston, NC.
2/10/1874   Mrs. Anna Howard, Mr. Edward R. Stamps and Mr. Henry A. Walker dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Tarboro, NC.
4/1874 Seventy-seven members. Twenty-four in SS.
7/5/1874 Mr. Henry Hines received on profession of faith and examination.
1/3/1875   Congregational meeting resolved to call Mr. Fitzgerald for ¾ of his time @ $750. The call was declined.
1/3/1875   Subsequently Rev. J. D. Dudley of Dinwiddie Co. Va. was called, but illness prevented his acceptance.
4/10/1875   Owing to advanced age and infirm health, Mr. J. Wilson, clerk of the session resigned his office and Dr. W. L. Stamps was elected clerk in his place.
    William Irvine (a youth) who united himself with the church in October 1871, appeared before the session and asked for permission to withdraw from his membership as after mature deliberation, he did not think he was entitled to it as a sincere Christian, which was granted.
4/20/1875   Mrs. Mary Royster (nee Miss Mary R. Stamps) was dismissed to Presbyterian Church in Tarboro.
6/20/1875   Congregation met and elected Rev. W. T. Darnall of Va. as stated supply for ¾ of his time @$800.
9/10/1875   Rev. H. T. Darnall commenced his regular services at Friday night prayer meeting [Note: the church had been without a minister since July 1874. The minutes do not give any indication of what happened to Rev. Harding.].
9/26/1875   Mr. William Farley and wife Elizabeth, William Ray, Edward Hines, William H. Walker, Felix Gordon and Woodson Dodson, a colored man, were received on profession of faith and examination.
10/30/1875 Samuel Watkins dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Henderson.
11/28/1875   Mrs. Augusta Evans requested letter of dismission for her husband Thomas C. Evans to Presbyterian Church in Raleigh.
1/8/1876   Session met at house of Mrs. Emily Walker. Miss Lucy Walker was received on profession of faith and examination.
4/9/1876 Eustace Hunt received on profession of faith and examination.
7/9/1876 Mr. John L. Staten [sic] received on profession of faith and examination.
    Note at bottom of page: Omitted before Presbytery. Total members: 67. Sixty-two in SS.
10/8/1876 Miss Mary Ellen Dodson received on profession of faith and examination.
4/1/1877 Seventy-three members, 50 in Sunday School.
4/8/1877 The following persons were received on profession of faith and examination.
Leonard H. Walker Susie B. Lewis
Ella W. Claiborne Mary J. Claiborne
4/10/1878 Seventy-five members. Fifty in SS.
5/12/1878   Miss Lizzie G. Hunt, Miss Annie L. Irvine received on profession of faith and examination.
4/13/1879 Seventy-five members. Fifty in SS.
1/11/1880   Dr. Stamps presented letter of dismission from church in Lancasterville, S. C. to this church for Thomas Stamps and Minnie J., his wife. They were accordingly received.
2/11/1880 Fielding L. Walker dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Danville, VA.
3/21/1880 Seventy members. Fifty in SS.
4/11/1880   Mr. Henry W. Hagerman received on profession of faith and examination. He had been baptized as an infant.
4/11/1880   Lewis Walker, a former member, received on examination. He did not wish to wait for a certificate.
5/8/1880 The following persons were received on profession of faith and examination.
   
Mrs. Mahala S. Johnson Mary H. Miles
Robert E. Johnson Hattie C. Miles
William W. Walker Mary D. Ramseur
Mrs. Emma L. Walker Daniel M. Hines
Brandon Dortch (colored) Ruth Dortch (colored)
Henry H. Dodson Nathaniel Hunt (lined through in Book)
Glenn J. Hunt George W. Rudder
N. M. Richmond  
   
5/9/1880 The following persons were received on profession of faith and examination.
   
W. Hunt Mary A. Hunt
Mrs. Mary J. Staton Miss Agnes I. Staton
John M. Fleming Miss Bettie G. Mebane
5/23/1880   Mr. Thomas E. Cobbs received on profession of faith and examination. He had been for many years a member of the Baptist church, which declined to give him a letter of dismission.
7/11/1880 The following persons were received on profession of faith and examination.
Capt. John L. Irvine
William Irvine
Miss Whitlock H. Irvine
Thos. Arch. Donoho
Charles R. Dodson
7/18/1880   Miss  Ella H. Hatcher received on profession of faith and examination.
   
12/7/1880    Congregational meeting to select a minister. Rev. Mr. Faucette of Granville County, Mr. Grover of Portsmouth, Va. and Mr. Drew of Mecklenburg nominated. Mr. Drew got most votes. He declined.
    Nominations: Mr. Faucette, Mr. Summey of Asheville, Mr. Summerill and Mr. Grover. On second ballot, Mr. Grover was the winner. Then it was decided not to call him as there was a significant minority not in favor. Mr. Faucette was then elected. The call was issued to him as a stated supply.
2/20/1881   Rev. Mr. Faucette, N. M. Lewis and W. L. Stamps met at church. Letter of dismission granted to Mrs. Maggie P. Darnall to Presbyterian Church at Durham. Certificate of dismission from Shiloh Church of Mrs. Mary H. Faucette accepted.
$600 salary to Mr. Faucette accepted by him.
3/29/1881 Eight-seven total members. Thirty-five in SS.
4/27/188 Thomas E. Cobb dismissed to Bedford Co. Va. [Name spelled Cobbs at joining church]
William W. Walker and Mrs. Emma L. Walker dismissed to Farmville, Va.
5/15/1881 Montford McGehee dismissed to Raleigh.
1/22/1882 Congregational meeting. Rev. Faucette offered and accepted same salary as last year.
Letter of dismission to Mr. Henry Dodson to join an Episcopal Church.
3/26/1882 Mr. John Wilson and Mr. Thomas Stamps elected elders, Lewis Walker deacon.
4/24/1882 Miss Minnie R. Faucette received on letter from Grassy Creek.
Seventy-nine members. Thirty- five in SS.
7/8/1882 Session believes Christians should show a higher degree of piety.
10/8/1882 Miss Nettie Eugenia Freeman received on profession of faith and examination.
11/11/1882   Mrs. Nanny Oliver (colored) received on profession of faith and examination. She is leaving the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Ellen Smith dismissed to Presbyterian Church of Winston, NC.
4/12/1883   Mr. Nat Hunt and Mr. Felix Gordon cited to appear for “non-
attendance” and “conduct inconsistent with a Christian profession.”
Ninety-one members. Forty-five in SS.
4/26/1883   Mr. Robert Johnson appeared in obedience to citation to give evidence. Mr. N. Hunt failed to appear.
5/3/1883 Mr. Felix Gordon failed to appear.
5/10/1883 Mr. N. Hunt failed to appear.
10/13/1883   Misses Mary S. Wilson, Annie D. Faucette and Mary R. Watkins received on profession of faith and examination.
12/5/1883   Mr. Felix Gordon was cited to appear on the charges of “habitual non-
attendance at public worship and intoxication.”
3/12/1884 Misses Mary H. and Hattie C. Miles dismissed to South Boston, Va.
    Mrs. Emma C. Mebane received on letter of dismission from Macon Presbytery, Memphis, TN.
3/20/1884 Members 95
Bapt. Non-comm. 36
Children in SS 48
4/7/1884   Mr. George Rudder presented himself, acknowledged he drank some beer and ale, etc. and unexpectedly became intoxicated, that he has prayed for forgiveness and promised that he would hereafter be on his guard and not be guilty of disgracing his Christian profession and that he would amend his ways. Upon this confession, he was admonished by the Session to be cautious and to abandon all such company as might lead him into temptation.
4/12/1884 Miss Mary Dodson received on profession of faith and examination.
8/26//1884   George Rudder cited to appear on charges of intoxication and Nat Hunt also cited to appear on charges of intoxication and visiting unchaste houses.
9/9/1884 Nat Hunt, Jr. did not appear.
Later the same day. Mr. Rudder did not appear.
9/19/1884 Nat Hunt, Jr. did not appear.
    Later the same day. George Rudder appeared. Admitted guilt and repented. Session admonished him to sin no more.
9/25/1884   Nat Hunt, having ignored three citations to appear, is suspended until he gives evidence of repentance.
1/10/1885 Miss Maud Delia Farley received on profession of faith and examination.
3/11/1885 Members 95
Children in SS 36
4/2/1885 George Rudder failed to appear.
4/6/1885   George Rudder appeared. Confessed he had been intoxicated and unknowingly used profane language. He was suspended for six months.
4/17/1885 Miss Lulia [sic] Mildred Staton received on profession of faith and examination.
7/3/1885   Mrs. Mary Heuser (nee Miss Mary Irvine) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Wytheville, VA.
    Mrs. Emma P. Walters (nee Mebane) received on letter from 1st Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC.
10/11/1885 Miss Willie Hunt received on profession of faith and examination.
Mr. Edward D. Faucette received on letter from Presbyterian Church, Davidson, NC.
3/17/1886 Mrs. Mary Mayo (nee Hunt) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Reidsville.
    Mrs. Minnie R. Walker (nee Faucette) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Leaksville, NC.
3/29/1886 Miss Mary R. Watkins dismissed to connect herself with the church of Durham, NC.
5/5/1886   Miss Susan Wooding Pate and Miss Ida E. Dodson received on profession of faith and examination.
5/8/1886   Mr. Paul Fleming and Miss Penelope Campbell Wilson received on profession of faith and examination. Note in margin: “Miss P. Miles dismissed to church at Darlington, SC, Feb. 6, 98—John Irvine.”
5/26/1886   Joseph M. Francis, wife Mary Francis and Samuel Palmer Taylor received on profession of faith and examination.
9/6/1886   Mr. George Rudder acting up again (my phrasing). Letter to Mr. William Irvine, having moved beyond bounds of this church and asked for no letter.
11/29/1886 Letty Henderson received on profession of faith and examination.
Martha F. Sneed dismissed to Presbyterian Church near Clover Depot, Charlotte Co. VA.
George Rudder and Felix Gordon cited to appear.
5/17/1887   Session decided by a vote of three to one that they would not accept a man who kept a shop and sold spirituous liquor.
    Mr. Joseph Francis cited to appear “to answer rumours charging him with immorality and conduct inconsistent with a Christian.”
9/17/1887   Met at residence of Tazewell Hunt. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hunt received on profession of faith and examination.
9/19/1887   Mr. Joseph Francis and Mr. Felix Gordon cited to appear to answer rumors and charges of conduct affecting their Christian character.
7/26/1887   Out of order in session minutes book) “Session met in the office of Mr. N. M. Lewis. Present: Mr. N. M. Lewis, Dr. Wilson, Thomas Stamps, F. U. Faucette and W. L. Stamps. Opened with Prayer. The session having learned that Benjamin Hines a member of this session departed this life on the 16th of this month (July) adopted the subjoined minutes as expression of their views and feelings on the occasion.
    Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to remove by Death on the 16th instant our beloved Brother Benjamin Hines for more than fifty five years a Member of the Church and for thirty six year a Ruling Elder in the same, the Session of this church duly assembled, desire to bear testimony to his consistency and worth as a Christian man and to his fidelity and stewardship as a Christian Elder.
 
    While they mourn over their loss in his death, they do not presume to question the wisdom or the loving kindness of our Heavenly Father in taking him away. They rather find a special cause for gratitude in the goodness which spared him so long and gave him so large a share of bodily health and still more in that converting grace which brought him in early life to a saving knowledge of the truth as it is in Christ and thus inclined to enable him to spend so many years in the service of his divine Lord and Master.
 
    They would especially bear witness to his modest worth, to his forgetfulness of self and his consideration for the comfort and feelings of others, to his clear conceptions of Truth and duty and to his steadfastness in maintaining the same. For these qualities and further for his sweetness of temper, his kindness of heart, his honesty of purpose, for his constant and punctual attendance upon the services of the sanctuary and for his habitual reverence and devotedness in the house of God, this Session would especially commend him as an example worthy to be followed.
 
    They pray that the great Head of the Church will raise up another in his place, who shall follow him as he followed Christ.
 
    By resolution a Copy of the above Minutes was directed to be sent to the family of the deceased and also copies to be sent to our local paper and the North Carolina Presbyterian with request that they publish the same. Session adjourned with prayer.
.W. L. Stamps, Clk.”
9/19/1887   Mr. Joseph Francis and Mr. Felix Gordon cited to appear to answer rumors and charges of conduct affecting their Christian character.
10/2/1887   Mr. Felix Gordon failed to appear. Mr. Francis’s statement to a member of the session was read and “there was no reason to regard as satisfactory…”
    Mrs. Ann Oliver (col.) having returned to her former connection with the Baptist Church, her name was ordered to be crossed from our roll.”
10/16/1887 Daniel M. Hines and Robert L. Walker elected ruling elders.
1/8/1888   “Lucy A. Lewis appeared and given satisfactory evidence of a change in heart, received into full communion of this church.” (unusual wording—had she done something earlier that is not recorded in the book?)
1/29/1888 Notice to be given for congregational meeting to elect new minister.
2/12/1888 Rev. Faucette elected for additional two years.
3/14/1888   Mr. Archibald [sic] (his real name was Archimedes) Donoho and Paul Fleming cited to appear for “charges in circulation affecting their Christian character.”
3/26/1888 Mr. Joseph Francis and Mr. Felix Gordon failed to appear.
3/28/1888   Mr. Paul Fleming present and through Mr. D. M. Hines confessed his guilt to charges of unchristian conduct, that he was sorry for it and with the help of God try to resist his temptation and never be guilty of like conduct again.
4/6/1888   Mr. Joseph Francis appeared on citation “for the sin of intoxication.” He confessed and hope he had sincerely repented. He was suspended.
Mr. Felix Gordon failed to appear.
4/23/1888 Mr. A. Donoho failed to appear. Suspended “until he gives evidence of repentance.”
4/26/1888 Members 90
Scholars 57 (Sunday school)
5/15/1888 Mrs. Mary S. Cosby dismissed to Main St. Methodist Church, Danville, Va.
5/25/1888 Letter of dismission to Mrs. Mattie W. Read to join the W.W. (?) Church in Fla.
    Letter of dismission to Messrs. John Wilson and Charles R. Dodson, Jr. to Presbyterian Church of Danville, VA.
7/29/1888 Mr. William Robert Spencer received on profession of faith and examination.
Mr. Paul Fleming and Mr. Joseph Francis cited to appear.
8/2/1888 Mr. Francis, having failed to appear, was suspended for sixty days.
Mr. Paul Fleming failed to appear.
9/4/1888 A mistake about date of meeting led session to cite Paul Fleming again.
9/8/1888   Paul Fleming not present, having left town and requested his name be dropped from the rolls in an interview with a session member before he left town. Accordingly dropped.
12/23/1888   At his request, Mr. M. W. Thackston dismissed to 1st Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC.
1/12/1889   Emily Hill Watkins, Florence Hunt, Ellen Ramseur Richmond and Agnes Hughs Faucette received on profession of faith and examination.
12/12/1889   *(This appears to be an error—the correct date would probably be 1/12/1889) Miss Mary Elizabeth Salzman, Miss Clara Taylor of Romney, WV received on profession of faith and examination.
1/26/1889   Samuel Holder Hines, Andrew Jackson Owens (col.) and Samuel Edward Wooding (col.) received on profession of faith and examination. Mr. Wooding to be baptized.
3/18/1889   Letter of dismission to Mrs. Susan B. Foard [nee Hines] to Presbyterian Church of Leaksville, NC.
4/13/1889   Miss Bettie Patterson Watkins, Annie Hinton Richmond and Mary Bessa Lewis received on profession of faith and examination.
4/16/1889 Members 97
Non-resident members 4
Added on profession 13
Infant baptisms 2
Adult baptisms 1
Elders Deacons
N. M. Lewis N. M. Richmond
Dr. John Wilson Lewis Watkins
John W. Lewis Henry M. Hines
Robert L. Walker John J. Hunt
W. L. Stamps
D. M. Hines
6/13/1889   Letter of dismission to Misses Ella W. and Mary J. Claiborne to Presbyterian Church, Danville, VA.
    Letter of dismission to Mrs. Ella H. Anderson (nee Hatcher) to Methodist Church of North Danville.
9/14/1889   Letter from John L. Irvine, Jr. requesting that his name be dropped from rolls of the church, stating that he felt it to be his duty to make the request out of regard for himself as a gentleman, the church as an organization and the cause of Christ.
    “Upon due consideration, the session ordered that the Moderator see young Irvine and advise him to recall his request and urge him to make an earnest endeavour to amend his ways and seek a better life and also that the Moderator write to the pastor of the church at Hampden-
Sydney and ask his kindly and pastoral care and oversight of and in behalf of young Irvine.”
12/2/1889   Memorial to “beloved brother Nicholas M. Lewis” to be written for his family and the congregation.
12/15/1889   Mr. Faucette elected by a vote of twenty-
five for eleven against. Motion made and carried to make vote unanimous.
3/5/1890   Mr. John M. Oliver received on profession of faith and examination and baptized in usual form.
3/19/1890   “It was moved and seconded that the following persons at their own request to wit S. E. Wooding, A. J. Owen, Cornelia A. Henderson, Leonora Phelps, Brandon Dortch and Louisa Dortch be dismissed from this Church to connect themselves with the colored church that is about to be organized in this town. This motion was carried and the letters of dismission prepared by the Moderator.
    The following persons Annie Owen H_____, Lena Rivers McCain and John Walker Richmond were received on profession of faith and examination.
4/15/1890 Members 92
Children in SS 54
8/7/1891 Miss Fannie W. Hines received on profession of faith and examination.
Miss Anne C. Campbell received on letter from Henrico Church, Henrico, Va.
Discussion regarding repair of manse or build a new one.
8/17/1891   Discussion regarding whether to sing the second hymn sitting or standing and whether to sit or stand during prayer. Left to pastor to decide and he will let congregation know as each instance arises.
It was decided to repair the parsonage and rent another house if necessary.
8/21/1891   Nathaniel Hunt, who had been suspended September 25, 1884, was reinstated after satisfactory examination.
10/? /1891 Nathaniel Hunt dismissed to New Hope Methodist Church.
10/8/1891 Misses Maggy (?) Nathaniel McCain received on profession of faith and examination.
    Mrs. M. V. Hagerman and Miss L. (?) V. Hagerman received on certificate from the village church at Smithville, Va.
    Letter of dismission granted to Dr. Thomas Stamps (Ruling Elder) and Minnie H. Stamps (his wife) to join the Presbyterian Church at Lumber Bridge, NC.
1/8/1892 Mr. W. B. McCain received on profession of faith and examination.
Mr. Caleb H. Richmond received on certificate from _______
[Mr. Campbell is now pastor since Aug. 1891.]
    Mrs. Mary A. Faucette and her daughters Emma D and Agnes Hughs Faucette were dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Oxford, NC.
Mrs. Emma Lewis (nee Mebane) dismissed to Graham church.
1/10/1892 Mary Elizabeth Farley received on profession of faith and examination.
1/13/1893 Session met and adopted the following memorial to Dr. John Wilson.
    “Whereas since the last meeting of the session of this church it hath pleased our Heavenly Father to remove by death our Brother John Wilson from his earthly home to, as we trust, the Heavenly fold, it becomes us who remain to record as we bear testimony to his worth and usefulness.
 
Therefore, be it resolved:
    1st. That in Dr. Wilson we have a bright example of what the grace of God can do in softening, refining and forming the pure man; that in Dr. Wilson we can see what Religion can do in making the upright citizen, the kind and loving husband, the tender and affectionate Father and the meek and Christian soldier. Dr. Wilson was a man of Prayer. He had a near access in his supplication at a throne of Grace and was gifted in releating [sic] the promises of God and trusted that God would give him whatever he asked in accordance with the Will of God. Dr. Wilson was ready at all times to bow the knee to God whether at home or in the sanctuary or by the bed side of the sick.
    2nd. That we hold in kind remembrance his gentleness, kindness of greeting and readyness [sic] in discharge of duty, that we shall endeavor to emulate him as far as he followed Christ, that as individuals and as a body we will strive to gain an entrance into the Celestial City, that when that great company which no man can number shall stand before the throne of God, that when we have on the pure white robes of Christ’s righteousness upon us and may be welcomed to a seat on the right hand of God, when we shall dwell forever more and there shall be no more sorrow and no more tears, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
    3rd. That this minute and resolution be sent to the Family of our deceased Brother and to the North Carolina Presbyterian to be published.
Begun and closed with prayer. W. L. Stamps, Clerk”
1/16/1893 Miss Lucy Mayfield Richmond received on profession of faith and examination.
    Miss J. J. Pollard received on letter from Davies Church of Hanover Church, Va. (That is what it says—perhaps it should be Hanover Presbytery?)
4/7/1893 Elders Deacons
Wm. L. Stamps          H. W. Hines
Capt. N. M. Lewis      N. M Richmond
R. L. Walker               Lewis Walker
D. M. Hines                L. G. Hunt
Members 83
SS 43
5/10/1893 Letter of dismission to Miss Miriam W. Stamps to Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, NC.
7/29/1893 Miss Eva Maggie Staton received on profession of faith and examination
10/12/1893   Action on the proposed grouping of the churches was postponed. Rev. Campbell excused two Sabbaths to visit the World’s Fair.
10/28/1893   A communication was received from the stated clerk (Presbytery?) concerning grouping the churches of Milton, Red House and others. Upon motion the Session resolved that under existing circumstances they declined to accede to the plan recommended by the Presbytery.
    Our attention was also called to the indebtedness of the Milton church to the Presbyterian assessment. We deplore the fact, but owing to our poverty and the great decrease in our financial condition, we feel unable to respond at the moment.
1/28/1894   Miss Maggie Johnson and Mr. Joseph White received on profession of faith and examination.
    Mr. John Richmond came forward and confessed that he had been living an ungodly and immoral life and desired henceforth to consecrate himself anew to his saviour.
1/5/1894   *(Out of place in book) Miss J. J. Pollard confesses sin of fornication. Waives trial. Suspended six months.
1/11/1894   Mr. Preston Stamps appeared before the session and made confession of the sin of intemperance and asked the forgiveness and prayers of the session to enable him to overcome the evil habit. The session counseled and advized [sic] with him and was led in a special prayer on his behalf.
3/16/1894 Mrs. Maggie Lewis (nee Watkins) was received by certificate from Durham Church.
2/4/1894   Mrs. G. W. Hunt, a member of the Baptist church and having failed to obtain a certificate of dismission was received on profession of faith and examination.
Mr. A. G. Griffith also received on profession of faith and examination.
    Mr. Thomas A. Donoho, a suspended member of this church, appeared before the session and making confession of his sins and professing true repentance was readmitted to the sealing ordinances of the church.
9/5/1894   Dr. J. A. Hurdle (and others) nominated to attend Presbytery [There is never a mention of Dr. Hurdle’s name anywhere else in the Session records. Apparently he is a member, but when did he join?] Rev. Mr. Campbell to write and send a letter to Presbytery endorsing and commending Mr. Samuel H. Hines in his application to be taken under the care of the Presbytery until he is ordained a minister.
10/14/1894 Miss Grace Donoho received on profession of faith and examination.
12/26/1894   Rev. Campbell granted leave to accept an invitation to preach at Carthage, NC, on 30 December 1894. Mr. D. M. Hines resigned a Supt. of Sabbath School. Mr. N. M. Richmond was elected to fill the office.
1/16/1895   The resignation of Mr. Preston Stamps as Sec. And Treas. Of the Sabbath School was accepted. Mr. John W. Richmond was appointed his successor.
4/18/1895   Congregational meeting scheduled to be held re consideration of a raise for the pastor for the coming year.
4/21/1895 Members on roll 84 Mr. W. L. Stamps resigned as
Non-resident members 17 clerk of the session. D.M
Children in SS 49 Hines appointed successor.
Value of manse $1000
5/12/1895 Miss Nannie Hunt received on profession of faith and baptized.
6/23/1895 Mrs. J. L. Watkins received on certificate from Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC.
1/10/1896   Mrs. S. B. Hines dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Reidsville. “Clerk instructed, in writing certificate, to give Mrs. Hines and her children more than the usual commendation of the fact that she was not only descended from a family of true Presbyterians for many generations be was herself a staunch Presbyterian.”
1/29/1896   Clerk authorized to draw up a suitable resolution of respect to our brother W. L. Stamps who died on the 19th inst.
    Mrs. L. W. Prince (Miss Lena McCain) dismissed to join Methodist Episcopal Church of Greensboro with her husband.
3/9/1896 Misses Willie and Maggie Johnston dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Roxboro, NC.
3/15/1896   At request of pastor, meeting held to consider the question of uniting with him in asking the Presbytery to dissolve the pastoral relations in consequence of a position with the Virginia Bible Society of Richmond having been offered him.
3/22/1896   R. L. Walker chosen moderator—object of meeting to act upon resignation of Rev. W.S. Campbell.
3/31/1896 Members on roll 83
Non-resident members 15
Children in SS 41
5/6/1896 Miss Mary Taylor received on profession of faith and examination.
5/8/1896 Lewis Staton received on profession of faith and examination.
8/3/1896 Call extended to Rev. W. A. Hall.
11/21/1896   Congregational meeting held to consider propriety of calling Rev. Joseph Evans of Clinton. [Rev. Evans became pastor in April, 1897.]
4/7/1897 Rev. Joseph Evans, Moderator.
Mrs. Annie Campbell dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA.
    Mr. John E. Robertson (gone for 10-
15 years) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Smithfield, VA.
4/22/1897 Members on roll 79
Non-resident members 13
Children in SS 41
8/27/1897 Miss Mollie Dodson dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Concord, NC.
2/6/1898 Mrs. P. C. Hairston (nee Wilson) dismissed to Episcopal Church, Darlington, SC.
    Received on certificate from Presbyterian Church, Clinton, NC, Mrs. S. McN. Evans, Miss Flora Agnes Evans.
4/10/1898 Members on roll 77
Non-resident members 14
7/25/1898   Miss Nellie Elizabeth Hines and Mr. John Thompson Brown Evans received on profession of faith and examination.
9/25/1898   Misses Maggie Wilson Walker, Annie Mosby Wooding, Bettie Lee Oliver, Kate Astin,_____Watkins received on profession of faith and examination.
    Second meeting at residence of F. L. Walker. Miss Martha Donna Griffith received on profession of faith and examination.
10/8/1898   Misses Maggie Belle Jeffress and Signora Jeffress received on profession of faith and examination.
10/12/1898   Honorable Giles Mebane and his wife Mrs. E. C. Mebane dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Graham, NC.
11/13/1898 Mr. Preston Stamps dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg Co., VA.
Mr. N. J. Palmer suspended.
Mr. A. G. Griffith—not living right and to be requested to meet with the Session.
4/9/1899 Members on roll 81
Non-resident members 13
Children in SS 42
6/6/1899 Miss Ida Dodson dismissed to Baltimore, Md.
7/7/1899   Misses Sue L. Richmond and Sallie W. Lewis received on profession of faith and examination.
7/26/1899 Mrs. Julia B. Palmer received on profession of faith and examination.
1/14/1900 Mrs. Mary Ramey (nee Farley) dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Lawrenceville, VA
1/26/1900 Miss Mary Josephine Evans received on profession of faith and examination.
3/7/1900   Mrs. G. W. Hunt, Mrs. Annie Tate (nee Farley) dismissed as follows:
Mr. G. J. Hunt and wife Mrs. Gee (?) W. Hunt to Presbyterian Church, South Boston, VA. Mrs. Annie Tate to Presbyterian Church in Danville, VA.
4/16/1900 Members on roll 80
Non-resident members 5
Children in Sunday School 42
Note: The sheets 144-149 torn from this book by a former clerk of the session.
10/14/1900 Miss Sadie Hines received on profession of faith and examination.
11/25/1900   The following persons received on profession of faith and examination: John Marshall Wooding, Jr.; Edward Hines, Jr.; John Francis Brooks; Hunt Jeffress; Henry Watkins Hines, Jr.; Lizzie Lewis Richmond; Alice Sampson Griffith.
Letter inserted into body
Durham, NC
Sept. 25, 1893
To Session f Milton Church
Dear Brethren,
    By special order of Presbytery at its recent meeting, I am directed to remind you again of the greatly embarrassed condition of our Treasury and the amount of your arrearages.
    It seems for the Treasurer’s report that Milton Church has not paid its Presbyterian assessment for three years which at $12 per year amounts to $36.
    Will you please endeavor to raise the amount and forward at once to Mr. E. S. Moore, Greensboro, NC.
Truly and fraternally yours
H. T. Darnall [formerly pastor of the church]
Stated Clerk
11/28/1900 Miss Maggie McCain dismissed to Methodist Church, Raleigh, NC.
 

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