According to Ronda Schutz, Joel Phillips gave the old mill for the church. (He was her Great-great grandfather.) Does anyone know his connection to the church? He is not listed as a member.

Membership List of the Historic Phillips Mill Baptist Church

Abstracted in 1989 by Charlotte G. Tucker

Source:

PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH
WILKES COUNTY GEORGIA
1785-1822.
Microfilm Pub. No.1111
Historical Commission
Southern Baptist Convention,
Nashville, TN.

Phillips Mill Baptist Church, Wilkes County, Georgia was organized on June 10, 1785 at George Lea's home. The early church members present were:

Names

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George Lea	Silas Mercer	William Paraker
Owen Fluker	Jesse Tolbert	Dorcas Mercer
Rebekah Turner	Elizabeth Parker	Lucy Lea
Elizabeth Moncreaf	Sarah Flucker	Florannah Winkfield
Anna Winkfield	Nancy Glass	Mary Leverette

Within the early church minutes, a list of members ca 1785 is given as follows:

Names

Dorcus Mercer***	Rebekah Turner	Lucy Lea
Elizabeth Moncrief	Floranna Wingfield	Anna Wingfield
Sarah Fluker	Nancy Glass	Mary Leverette
Marcy Moncrief	Boling Williams	Robert Day
Jacob Mercer	Hart Champion	Joseph Moran
Robert Harris
William Osburn	John Mulkey	Samuel Whiting
Samuel Whatley	Thomas Mercer	James Hammitt
James Moris	William Evans	Walton Harris
Jonathan Ragan	? Deans Junr?	Zacharah Glass, Snr.
John Roberson	Zacharah Glass	Rachel Shipley
Nancy Ragans	Rebekah Craft	Mary Fluker
L--- Hammitt	Francis Atchinson	Susanna Talbert
Franky Day	Elizabeth Crafford	Sarah Pope
Lucy Champion	Phiby Foster	--nnis Mercer**
Lydda Crabb	Anne Stone	Timprinse Mercer
Nancy Osburn	Sail? Mercer*	Elizabeth Moncrief Junr
Tabitha Evans	Grants' Adams	Grants' Ami
Gafford Winny ?	Crafford Anny	D. O. Milly
Deans' Monday	Grants' Philip	Zachariah Glass
Pinkston Lean	Cooks' Stephen	Pinkston's Jack
Dean's Mary	Dermott's Lidda	Cooks' June
Ragin's Bob & Betty	Sextons' Tony	Turner's Jamy ?
Wingfields' Silky	Stephen Gafford	Josiah Moncrief
Asa Atkins	Robirt McGinty	Charles Dean Senr
Nehimiah Edge	Thomas Robertson	William Foster
James Turner	John Lawson	Nathaniel Dean
John Ewards	Binjamin Thompson	Francis Dean
Anna Hendricks	Elizabeth Wilson	Mary Pinkston
Sary Mercer	Elizabeth Dean	--- Lea Nora Jean
Stacy Robertson	Rhoda Mercer	Peggy Rice
Mary Bullock	Deborah McGinty	John ?West?
Jesse Mercer	Wm Watkins	Wm Blanks
John Dean	Samuel Pope	?-ehalah Moran
Moriah Blanks	Bridget ?Justins?	Rebekah - arra
Bridget Mulky	Hannah ?Bassas?	Rhoda Lea
Isbel Davis	Francis Gafford	Anne Gillman
Mary Bays	Hannah Digby	John Leverett Dead
Wm Digby	Thomas Chivers	Wm Fletcher ?Fluker?
Charles Mattox	?Athnial? Weaver	Simon Burney
Samuel Davis	Adam Tarrance	Robert Rowid?
David Allin	Susannah Robertson	Jane Robertson
Delpha Robertson	Martha Harkins	Anne Ragans
Anna Golson	Mary Philips	A_____Pollard Dead
Francis Robertson	Rachel Mattox	Sarah Glass
Jane Chivers	Sarah Weavers	Mary Smith
Elizabeth Mulky	Jimmah Chivers	Sabary Chivers
Dean's Winny	Turner's Sam	Chivers'
Bunney's Benjamin
Mishack Turner's negro woman	Grant's Jack	Binney's Ephraim
Terrel's Grace	Terrels Mat	Hannah Cohran
Mary Ewand
Silah Terrell	David Welborn	Thos Wingfield Dead
Joseph Bay's	Charles Webb	Jacob Autry
Moses Robertson
Jesse Crenshaw	John Middow	John Bankston
John Perry	Wm Robertson	Edward Butler
Joseph Ketchin
Binjamin Ozburn	Jacob Shorter	John Graham
Jacob Car--	Absalom Ramy	Jane Burmels?
Francis Jordan	Elizabeth Autry?	Elizabeth Mattox
Phebe Hubbart	Jane McGinty	Martha Kitchen
Susannah Anderson	Presus Crinshaw	Jane Vandamare?
Eliabeth R---	Anna Robertson	Elizabeth Butler
Elizabeth Gethright
Rebekah McGinley	Terrell's Patrick	Grants' Charles
Terrell's Fortune	Terrell's Aby	Wm Terrell's boy
Finley's Jude	Grant's Jude	Thompson's Jane
Heard's Aggy
Finley's George	Nelson's Sal	Dermotts' Matt
Cook's John	Philip's Sam	Terrell's Patty
Pinkston's Rachel	Stokes' Aggy	Terrell's Lucy
Crutchfield's James	Terrell's Cuffy	Golson's Sam
Terrell's Sarah		Dermott's Betty

* Darleen C. Miller, darleen.miller@juno.com and Barbara Ulus, Bbulus@aol.com, report that this is Jael (Green) Mercer, wife of Jacob Mercer.

**Barbara Ulus, Bbulus@aol.com, reports that this is Annis Mercer wife of Thomas Mercer.

*** Barbara Ulus, Bbulus@aol.com, reports that this is Dorcas. She also reports that Jael, Annis and Dorcas are all sisters who were children of William Green and Ann Robinson.

The names listed as "Cooks' June, Ragin's Bob & Betty, ect., appear to be slaves who were members of the church.

Membership list of the Historic Phillips Mill Baptist Church
Abstracted by Charlotte G. Tucker

Source for the information is

PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH
WILKES COUNTY GEORGIA
1785-1822.
Microfilm Pub. No.1111
Historical Commission
Southern Baptist Convention,
Nashville, TN."

PHILLIPS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH, WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, MALE AND FEMALE MEMBERSHIP LISTS RECORDED CA 1822.
Information abstracted by Charlotte Green Tucker
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
July 10, 1989.

Male Members now in the church.

John Robertson Dis-	Samuel Whatley D-	Owen Fluker Dead
Walker Pery, D	John Leveritt Dead	Jacob Kain Dead
John Lawson D-	Josiah Moncrief Ex	William Robertson ex-
Edward Gresham Dead	George Smith	John Wilson D
John Turner Dis-	Micajah Bennett Dis-	Lewis Miller D-
Jacob Tarver Senr. D	Winright Lawson Dis-	Adam Lawson Dis-
Wm S. Foster Dead	Wm Robertson Junr. Dis-	Benjamin Powell D
Nthaniel Harris D	John Rice Dead	Samuel Roe D
John Sanders Dis-	?Miles? Dennison? D	----- Pollard D
Jacob Tarver Junr. Dis-	John Lewis - Dis-	Joel P. Leveritt D
M. Moriah Mercer Dis.	Henry Garland Dis-	Benjamin Ozborn Ex
Charles Mattox Dc	Henry B. Gibson	Burrell Green Dis-
John McGinty Dis-	Wm Evans ex	?Bedj.? Tarver, Jnr. Dis-
Burrell Glaze Ex.	Caleb Simmons	James Rice Ex
Elijah Smith dis	John Shackleford D	Marquis Johnson D

Female Members Whites

Stacy Robertson Dis-	Elizabeth Butler	Mary Leveritt D
Delphia Lawson Dead	Ann Robertson D	Rachel Lawson
Susannah Foster D	Sarah Taylor	Elizabeth Bennett Ex
Nancy Lea	Patsey Leveritt	Polly Robertson Dis -
Susannah Lawson Ex	Polly Bagley Dis-	Martha Leveritt D
Ruth Sanders Dis-	Mary Roun? Dis-	Sarah Gibson Dead
Elizabeth Moncrief	Anne Powell D	Eliz Johnson
Caty Camel	Sarah Lewis	Elizabeth Miller Dead
Caty Green Dead	Margaret Pope D	Jemimah Wilkerson D
Nancy Ozborn	Sally Simmons	Bridget Mulky
Polley Tarver Dis-	Rebeckah Turner Dis	Jane Hail Dead
Elizabeth Cunningham	Patience Crenshaw Dis-	Elizabeth Gresham D
Susannah Harris D	Elizabeth Langdon D	Mary Taraver D
Elizabeth Kain Dis-	Ath Cruise D	Susannah Russel Dis-
Eliza Smith Dis-	Penatu? Smith	Nancy Hammack
Nancy Dearing D	Elizabeth Perry Dead	Jenny Moore Dead
Elizabeth Evans D	Patsy Brown Ex	Polly Chaffin
Patsey More Ex	Sarah Parker Dis-	Elizabeth Edge

Tom Hammack thammack@datasync.com

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