Shiloh Baptist Church: A list of 70 coloured male members

This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records.

The minutes of the Shiloh Baptist Church contains a list of male and female “coloured members” dating from 1839 to 1874. Notes written in the front section of the minutes show the dates covered are August 31, 1839 to March 5, 1859, however, several items are dated as far out as 1874. Below is the list of the coloured male members. 

Males—A list of Coloured members

page 1
June, servant to Wm. Cook – DEAD
Jerry, servant to J. K. Daniel – Born
Lewis, servant to J. M. Porter — DL – Dead
Sam, servant to Maj. Morley – DL
Pedegru, servant to Mr. Pope – Dead
Ben, servant to D. C. Watson – Dead
Muphry, servant to Wm. Porter – Dead
Eli, servant to Maj. Morley – Dead
Jim, servant to E. Price – DL
Jerry, servant to Wm. Sanders – DL
Muphry, servant to T. Stocks – DL
Mingo, servant to T. Stocks – Dead
Mark, servant to Mary Jenkins – Ex
Dembo, servant to Mary Jenkins – Dead June 16, 1853
Davy, servant to F. West – Dismissed by letter
Peter, servant to B. M. Sanders – Exct 26th June 1841 – Dismissed by DL, restored 25 March 1863
Ben, servant to J. Cutlipp [or Cutliss] – DL
David, servant to J. Watson – Dead
Charles, servant to W. E. West – DL
Bob, servant to S. Baldwin – Dead
Harry, servant to Wm. Sanders – Dead
Frank, servant to E. Price – DL
Giles, servant to J. Cheney – Dead
Jerry, servant to Wm. Price – DL
Tom, servant to L. Peak – Excluded restored Jan 17th, 1847
Phil, servant to T. G. Janes – DL
Jeffrey, servant to J. K. Daniel
Lewis, servant to E. Price – DL
Kent, servant to S. Anderson (Rest) Excluded – Dead
Sandy, servant to T. G. Janes – DL
Elijah, servant to John Malone – DL
Cyrus, servant to L. Green – DL
Dick, servant to R. Hobbs – DL 7 Jany 1843
Peter, servant to A. King – Excluded
     - - - T. Craddock
     - - R. T. Willis

page 2
Abram, servant of Jacob Broughton – DL
Daniels, servant of John Branch
Charles, servant of Johnathan Kenedy – Restored – Dead
Richard, servant of T. Stocks – DL
Leonard, servant of S. T. Peak
Alleck, servant of Sanders
Joe, servant of Edminson
William, servant of J. Boswell
Charles, servant of A. H. Randle – Dead
Tom, servant of Rev. J. S. Baker – DL
Dary, servant of John Broughton – Dead
Gilbert, servant of James Devant – RL DL
Dump, servant to the estate of Elington
Adam, Excluded. RS of Nov 2, 1862
Henry, servant to Br. J. Willis, RS Nov 7, 1862
[Unreadable] servant to the estate of Elington, Nov 7, 1860, Excluded, [Humphrey]
Alford, servant to W. N. Williams, Exc.
Augustus, servant to W. B. Johnson
Isac, servant to O. P. Daniel
Marshel, servant to O. P. Daniel, RS Dec. 21, 1862
Aaron, servant to J. Boswell, RS Dec. 20, 1862, Exc. 64
Green, servant to Sterling Gresham, RS 20, 1862
George, servant to S. Patrick, Exc. Mch 27th, 1864
Rufus, servant to Y. F. Gresham
Oliver, servant to Johnson Boswell
Aron, servant to W. B. Johnson
Sterling, servant to Mayon Anson, Excl. July 25, 1863
Crawford, servant to the estate of Elington, Exc. Dec 1864
--thern, servant to the estate of Elington
Sam, servant to the estate of Elington
Dennis, servant to the estate of Elington
George, servant to J. Patrick, Excl. 27/64
Phelix, servant to W. Sanders, RS 16th, 27/64 – DL
Willis, servant to W. N. Williams
Jackie, servant to W. N. Williams
Burry, servant to the estate of Elington, Exc. Dec. 1864

The estate of Elington may have been William B. Ellington who died in 1848. The list of appraisements found in Williams’ estate papers included a list of slaves he owned. I found several names from the appraisements list on the Shiloh Church members list—Crawford, Dennis, Humphrey, and Burry [may be Barry]. I did not find Mr. Ellington on the list of male members.

I tried my best to read the writing but may have a few names wrong. When in question, please review the images provided (click on each image to enlarge). You may have better luck than I did at reading.

Legend:
DL may stand for Dismission Letter, Dismissed by Letter, or Letter of Dismission.
Excl. stands for Excluded.
RL may stand for Received Letter.
RS may stand for Resolved.

References

• Shiloh Baptist Church Minutes from 1839 to 1959, images 20 - 21; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34J-3QDX?i=19&cat=193117 (free registration required).
• Wm. B. Ellington (1848), Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742–1992.