This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records.
Penfield, Jan. 13th 1850.
The African Branch of the Church met in conference. Bro. Sanders acted as Moderator. Exeline, a maid servant of Mr. Boswell’s was reported as having violated, by an act of adultery, one of the precepts of the Sacred Decalogue. The Deacons were appointed to make the necessary inquiries concerning the case.
The Church adj. W. Davis Clk. pro. tem.
Penfield, March 24th 1850.
Conference of the African Branch. Bro. Wm. Davis presided. Exeline Boswell was excluded from the church. Changed the time for the meetings of the conference to the third Sunday night.
Granted Sister Phoebe a letter of dismission.
Adjourned
G. R. McCall C. p. tem
Reference
Penfield Baptist Church Minutes: 1839 – 1885, Penfield, Greene County, Georgia, pp. 139-140.
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