Elizabeth, George, Robbin, Venus, Sidney, and Lizzy (Penfield Baptist Church)

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

From Penfield Baptist Church Minutes: 1839 – 1885

Colored Church, Sunday Evening, Oct. 30th 1859

The door of the Colored Church was opened, and Elizabeth, servant of Dr. T. P. Janes, George, Servant of Prof. J. E. Willet, Robbin, Servant of Mrs. C. Sanders, Venus, Servant of Mrs. Scott, near Woodstock, and Sidney, Servant of Mr. L. L. Andrews, were received by experience as candidates for baptism. 

Lizzy, Servant of Dr. N. M. Crawford, baptized several years ago, and received into Church fellowship in a Church in Tennessee, having in consequence of the dissolution of the Church organization, been unable to procure a letter of dismission, was, on the relation of her experience, received as a member in full standing. 

Reference

Penfield Baptist Church Minutes: 1839 – 1885, Penfield, Greene County, Georgia.