This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records.
African Ch’ Oct. 8th 1848.
Bro. Martin acted as moderator in conference. Sister Matilda, a maid servant of J. M. Porter’s was received into the church by letter. After some remarks by the moderator, colored brethren Peter Jackson & Peter Hillyer were elected deacons. The church then adjourned.
W. Morgan, Clk.
Reference
Penfield Baptist Church Minutes: 1839 – 1885, p. 124, Penfield, Greene County, Georgia, Mercer University Libraries.
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