Greenville Presbyterian Church Elders and Deacons

Transcribed by Jackie Towner from LDS Film 0533479, item 4.

Date elected	Name	Remarks
July 15 1790	David Jewell	Formerly a deacon in the church of Salisbury, CT
May 3 1793	George Wright
July 14 1793	Titus Hill	Resigned July 14, 1797
July 28 1797	Oliver Gibbs	Dismissed Feb 28, 1802
Oct 31 1806	Oliver Gibbs	Dismissed Jan 17, 1813
Feb 11 1813	Thomas George
Feb 11 1813	Nathan Botsford
Mar 14 1824	Eazer Knowles
Mar 14 1824	Amos Scofield
Oct 4 1831	David Morse
Mar 23 1853	Nelson Knowles

Mar 5 1824	Isaac Smith	Term of office expired Jan 1826. Dismissed April 1828
	Thomas Caldwell	Dropped after Feb 13, 1828
	Benjamin Foster
	Eliakim Reed
	Nathan Botsford
	Levi Callender	Dismissed, date not given, see Feb 1843
	Abel Wakelee
	David Morse, Junior	Declined to serve and was not installed
Mar 1825	Enos Collins
	Voted that the elders in the future be elected for four years: and that two shall be elected each year. The present Elders were divided by lot into four classes as follows:
	Benjamin Foster & Isaac Smith	Term expires Nov 1825
	Abel Wakelee & Thomas Caldwell	Term expires Nov 1826
	Nathan Botsford & Levi Callender	Term expires Nov 1827
	Eliakem Reed & Enos Collins	Term expires Nov 1828
Jan 16 1826	Benjamin Foster	Re-elected
	James Stevens	In place of, Isaac Smith who had removed from Congregation.

Note: To adopt the rotary system for the Eldership, was unusual for the Presbyterian Church at this early day. There is no evidence in the minutes that the resolution adopted in March 1825, was strictly carried out. On July 9^th 1827, a ninth elder appears at the meeting of the session, without evidence of election, namely Franklin Foster. The name of Thomas Caldwell disappears after February 13^th 1828. The Foster family still further increased their representation in the session on August 25^th 1830, when Theodore Foster appears, but without any evidence of election.

On Oct 4 1831, at a church meeting it was decided that the session of the church “should remain permanent, strictly Presbyterian.” And that the session should consist of 15 Elders. The following persons were then chosen.

Oct 4 1831	Nathan Botsford	Dropped after Feb 23 1842
	James Stephens
	Enos Collins	Dropped after July 2 1839
	Benjamin Foster	Dropped after Dec 30 1850
	Jonathan Sherill	Dropped after April 11 1844
	Franklin Foster	Dismissed Mar 2 1837
	Amos Botsford
	Japhet Collins
	William Norton
	Timothy J Miller
	David Hickok
	William B Hull	The last meeting he attended was Oct 21 1834.Dismissed Mar 2 1837
	Asher Morse
	David C Scofield	Dismissed Feb 22 1838
	Russell Wakeley	Dropped after July 3 1847
Feb 1843	Levi Callender	He was received back again as a member of the church on Dec 22 1842. He appears to have resumed his former seat as an elder, without any formalities. He appeared at a meeting of the session in Feb 1843 and was chosen moderator of the meeting, there being no pastor at the time. He continued to perform the functions of an elder until Jan 9 1849, when his name was dropped.
Jan 23 1855	Perkins King

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