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1 KILGALCH In 1820 we are told, or perhaps 1817, as is stated by some, a soci was formed in this neighborhood the purpose of religious worship Rev. Kelsy (or Kelso) and which the following were membt Eld Bowie and family, James Aun and family, John Hulins and* fam Thomas Davis and family, John and lamuy, vviinam uiose ana i< ilj,T^Irs. ChandJer and Thomas L; son and family. This society met awhile at the home of Eli Bowie a no doubt, at the homes of others its membership. There was then established place of worship. The eiety grew out of a desire on part of its members to organize fermnch of the Methodist church. Eli Bowie, the first class lea in the church, had been converted the Christian faith at a revival m? ing held on the Hodges-Abbev road sometime before. He and wife, it is stated by the older he. in the family, had walked from th home near the present site of t church to the point of the revi meeting, said to have been loca" near the residence of the late J drew Stevenson on the Hodges-Ab ville road. As there was certainly other Methodist church in the coui then nearer than Cokesbury, it_ . likely that the other members of 1 church, or society, also joined 1 Methodist church at this meeting, at similar meetings, which were ten in those days held by the Met! dist preachers. Rev. Joseph Tra tells us that when he . was located Mt. Ariel (Cokesbury) he often hi meetings in the surrounding count visiting among other places Abl ille Court House, where a Method church was organized according the date on the corner stone of \ Abbeville church in 1823. It was meetings of this kind that the ol< Bowies and the others or tne me bers went, and where they embrac the Methodist faith. The whole this section or that part settled all was settled by Presbyterians. 1 Bowies themselves were of the Sc tish 'Presbyterian church, though Bowie had not been a .member of a church prior to his connection w Gilgal. It is stated that a brush art was built at the present site of t church in 1820, and services began be held here. The land upon whi the services were held belonged th< as it is stated to us, to one John A Kee, who resided at the old B. Eakin homestead, now owned Mrs. John Henry Greene and her cfr dren. There was objection to the cation of the church at this point ? r:embers of the Presbyterian chux in the neighborhood, but Mr. McK .:nid to have taken the position tt if the Methodist church was desig ed by the Master for good it wov live, and if not then it would r tcng remain to trouble the neighbi oooa. oo iar as we are aoie to lea now no deed was made to any pi i cf the grounds upon which the art vrzz erectcd. Perhaps there was soi kind of a license, maybe verbal a maybe written. It cannot be told nc because the records of Abbevi County have been twice destroj by fire and there is no way by wh to trace the title. In 1821 a log church was bu which stood, as well as we are al to learn just to the rear of the pr ent church, though we are not. si of this. It may seem strange that 1 members of the church would erec i : I I S 1 I "TI i c I JV Admi: ? ORCH-A SKETCH ? ir.'building upon lands of another wit ety out title, but it must be remember* for that neither lands nor lumber we i by j then valuable, and perhaps a verb of license then was all that was thoug jrs:} necessary. It was not until 1840, tryjfar as records show, that a legal co ily, veyance was made to the use of t' son | church. In that year the log chur im- was removed or abandoned, and | aw-1 frame church was built. The land u for' on which it was built was deeded ] nd,1 George Nickles and Joseph Eakin of'Eli Bowie, Andrew Monroe, Jam no'P. Bowie, William Nash and Georj so-1 Penney, as trustees of Gilgal Meth the'dist Church, for a meeting housea the lands being a portion of t! | plantations of the grantors, and dc der cribed as containing one and a hs to'acres. The plat shows that a strip jet-1 the lot conveyed extended beyoi ille'and included the spring always sin his'used by the members of the churc ads'The consideration of this deed w teir! "In consideration and for the pu ;his pose of promoting the publick wo val ship of God." ted In 185d James G. E. Branyan co ^.nJveyed to the trustees of the churi be-1 one acre of land, to be used as a b no'rial ground, it being stated that tl ity1 grounds were already being used f is'this purpose. This is the site of tl the1 old graveyard where the older heai the1 of the church, or some of them ai or' buried. This land is stated to hai of-' belonged to Ann Bowie, the moth* ho- of Eli Bowie, arid the place of tl vis burial ground was selected by he at it is stated. She is buried there ar eld was the first grown person to be bi ry,'ried at this point, her body restir be-1 according to her request at the fo list'of the .giant oak which is now nes to the middle of the cemetery. A ro< the' partly encased by the growth of tl to1 oak is believed to be the headstoi Jer of her last resting place. In 1854 ] m-'H. Eakin, who had become the ow; :ed er of this land, ratified this conve; of ance by a paper of his own ftand ex at cuted in the presence of Asa Bow 'he and Henry B. Bowie. In the yei ot-j 1882, or 1883, a new graveyard wi Eli established adjoining the cnurch, tl ny'land being deeded to the trustees < ith'the church for that purpose by B. ] i Eakin,- (signed Eakins) by deed wi )0r nessed by A. B. Robinson and W. ' his'Cason. The trustees named as grai to'tees are Asa Bowie, H. B. Bowie, Ei ich1 ward Westfield, sen., C. A. Bott ?n, George Richardson, W- F. Radcli Its'and A. L. Bowie. The lot conveye H J contains a little more than one acr by! Subesquently John Henry Greer lilJ conveyed a small lot of land to tl 1?-, trustees so as to make the publ by(i'oacl the boundary of the cliurch lo ch The church built in 1840 stoc ;ee ~?nd was used by the members of tl iat church until the year 1884, when rn-'was removed, and the present churc ild was built, the present church beiri lot located just West of the site of tl -i i -t 1. mi i i_ j? ii ar- oia cnurcn. ine contract xor u irn' building of the church was let to Ji irt'eob H. Bowie and Benjamin Bowi >or| the former a son of Asa Bowie, an me the latter a son of James P. Bowa nd and both grandsons of Eli Bowie. Tl >w,: lumber for the church was all saw lie | by A. L. Bowie, son of Henry Broi red ner Bowie, and a grandson of E ic'n Bowie. A complete list of the ministe ilt, who have served the church canm I ble be given with accuracy for the re es-J son that either the records have n< ire! been kept, or have been lost or de :he j troyed. However, the following is b t a | lieved to be as nearly an accura )PER A FRIDAY ai LLIE'S HARLIE CHAF 1AR1E DRESSL FOUR STARJ ssion Childi ? list of these ministers as may be had at present: Ministers who have served Gilgal Church in the order named: Rev. Kelsy. (Kelso) Rev. Elisha Escue, assistant. B(jj Rev. Robert Edwards. re' Rev. Manly. ,al Rev. Massy. (Assisted by William ht King and James Glenn, local preachso ' ers. n- Rev. James Dannelly. he Rev. Allen Turner. ch Rev. Joel S. Townsend. a' Rev. G. W. Huckabee. p-j Rev. Samuel Dunwoody. by I Rev. Abel Hoyle. to Rev. R. J. Boyd. es' Rev. H. A. C Walker Sje Rev. Charles Walker. ;0?1 Rev. William E. Boone. ?' Rev. Tracy R. Walsh. he Rev. George Huggins. ss-| Rev. Tristram Stackhouse. ilf ( Rev. H. M. Mood. of( Rev. David Seale. id | Rev. A. M. Shipp. ce Rev. G. W. M. Creighton. hJ Rev. J. E. Watson. as Rev N. Tally. r-J Rev. H. Mood. r- Rev. P. S. M. Williams Rev J. W. Wightman. n- Rev. H. Bass. :h( Rev. W. T. Capers. a-1 Rev. Crowell. ' le Rev. Brown. I ' r?r I Rev. Crowell. le Rev. Mundy. ds' Rev. Charles Walker. rej Rev. A. P.' Avant. re Rev. J. W. Kelly. erj Rey. H H Durant. ie. Rev. A. H. Lester r,l Rev A. M. Creitzburg. idi Re;v. John W. North. a-J Rev. W. H. Lawton. , lg Rev. A. B. McGiloary. I ot Rev. Lewis M. Little. ir Rev. J. M. Carlisle. :k? Rev. W P. Mouzon ie| Rev. J. T Kilgo. ie Rev. John A. Mood. B.l Rev J. W. Murray n-. Rev. Dantzler. < y-| Rev. H. W. Whittaker. e-1 Rev. S. P. H. Elwell ie J Rev. C. H. Pritchard, Jr. ir Rev. J. B. Traywick. as Rev W. A Clark ie Rev. J. L. Siffly >f Rev. John W. Kelly. I.1 Rev. W. R. Buchanan. t- Rev. Marion Dargan r.| Rev. C. H. Pritchara. * n- Rev. R. R. Dagnall i- Kev W. li Segues s,1 Jtev. E. W. Mason. ff Rev W. L. Wait. ;d Rev. R. C. McRoy. e.' Rev. W. B. Wharton. le Rev. W T Duncan ie' Rev. J. W. Elkins. ic Rev. Peter Stokes. t.' Rev. J. E. Beard id' Rev W. E. Wiggins. ie J Rev. G. F. Clarkson. it Rev. R. E.i Sharpe. :hj Rev. J. W. Shell. ig In addition to these preachers, the) ie following/have served the church as ie local preachers at one time or anoth-! a-' e/: e,! Whitfield Auntry id! George Bigby. e,: Thomas Roseman. i ie Hugh A. Porter.. id James Moore. n-' Lewis H. Davis?Lewis Davis reili sided at Abbeville and had lost his ' eyesight when about 14 years of age. rs He was a son of a Doctor Davis who I ot moved West, Lewis Davis joining the a- Memphis Conference' in after years. ot He was an evangelist of some note. s- Andrew Monroe. e-J William A. Fernell. te It is not possible now to give the H O US C ATI IP! iu un a. vxu PUNCTl FEAT' >UN ER > IN A JOINT ATT A1 en 15c % I ' 1 names of those who have been mem- 1 | bers of this church since the begin-j] , ning. The names of the original ] members or founders of the church1 ] have been given in the beginning. In < addition to these the following early became members of .the church, if in fact, some of them were not mem bers at first: The Buchanans, Ruffs, ] Kirkpatricks and Richafrdsons. It is said that Mrs. Buchanan, who was , the mother of Mrs. William Gordon1 and of Mrs Jane Donald, and the grandmother, of Mr. H. W. Gor- , don and Mrs. Ed Wilson was the i j'l first person to contribute in a finan- ( cial way to the support of the minis-] ( for in nViqrrra TV?q mnnotr uroa rtffarflrl v??ui*uv- iiiwiitj n?u to Eli Bowie, who informed Mrs J, Buchanan that no money was ' paid '( for the preaching, but she insisted on' ] paying, saying that she had been'] reared in this w^y and desired to1 support the preacher in a financial' way. ' % 1 Class Leaders. < As already stated Eli Bowie was i the first leader of the church. Hi11 served as such until hit death in June j ' 24th, 1844, and was succeeded by his > son. Cant. James Price Bowie. trith' Henry Penney as assistant (Henry being the grandfather of David R. i Penney mentioned hereafter.) James j P. Bowie resigned his office in 1854 < and was succeeded by his brother, -i Asa Bowie, who resigned in 1877 and < ipnm! i . . I HALL D I A certain well-known 4 "I have to know the c Now it maybe a fa that just as all hash lc i i oi /\%% /\/3 Iio new CU1U. ?ICOIlCIlCU YOU HAVE TO KN< NITURE. I The average individu FURNITURE?he 1< he puts his faith in his It is needless to soy tl niture possible fo obi 1 IF IT IS A CHEAP I jj Then we offer you th< M that can be had in the On the other han ff a 1 _ _ 1 _ js we orrer you me pick < 1 WE KNOW FURNI1 IS OUR BUSIN1 I Hall E TWi )AY JUL\ URED I URING MA CHI CK ON GROUCHES was succeeded by another brother, t Henry Bronner Bowie, with David R. fi Penney B3 his assistant. Henry B. t Bowie ssrred in this office until his p ieaih. . t Sunday School. The first Sunday school was organ- !* ized at the church in 1833 with Eli*e Bowie as superintendent. He served r in this office until his death, when he 0 was succeeded by his oldest son 0 lames P. Bowie who served until * 1852 or 1853, when he resigned and 11 was succeeded by his brother Frank-j a lin Bowie, the latter serving until his death in 1860, when he was succeed-j u ed by his brother Asa Bowie. Asa I Bowie served until 1877 when he re-^ 3igned and was succeeded by anoth-J er brother William B. Bowie. The latter resigned on account of ill health in 1881 and was succeeded by David R. Penney, who served in this capacity until 1885 when he remov- c ed from the neighborhood and was succeeded by W. F. Radcliff, grand- J son of William B. Bowie, who served | until 1919 when he resigned and was succeeded by Thomas S. Palmer, the' incumbent. School. Some years after the church was established members of the church ind people of the community realiz-j sd that the propagation of religion went hand in hand with the teaching of the young. Then and ever since v WESTMENT CO I i lawyer was asked if he 1 ook," he answered. ,r cry from hash to Furnii >oks alike, so does much up, at any rate. OW THE PEOPLE BEH al cannot be expected to ;aves such knowledge to ; lawyer or his physician. lat we are selling only th i - * -_ ? .1 _ _ i _i_ [am ai ine prices we asit. >IECE OF FURNITURE s best article for the pric< open market. d if it is an expensive pie of the market. URE AND HOUSE FU ESS. Investment IMBIIlllliiilllilfflllMMilli 0 DAY r 30th- 31 IOMAN iBEL NORMA ZSTER CONKL AND GLOOM Adul i j-v he church ha8 had no more fertile ield of endeavor than that of edncaion, though in these latter years rivate and church schools have had * he competition of public schools and nstitutions of learning fostered by he state. A school house of logs wais rected on the church grounds to the \ ear of the present church, and many f the older generation of this day btained all they have of learning fct his school house. The teachers whojie tames are remembered and given us re the following: .* ' > Vj Thomas Cochran, brother of Sam-" ij el W. Cochran. ' Henry Cannon ,father of H. B. Jannon. ' .. > John Mcllwain, brother of Naney Icllwain. . : Henry Winn. ' \ j Ebehezer Wallace, Greenvale hurch. Thomas Franklin, son of WiUsoa 'ranklin. V',&' $? >, Margaret Norris (Mrs. Wm. King) Jane Russell (Mrs. L. D. Bowie.) Lewis D. Bowie. ; Samuel H. Cochran. Calvin D. Haddon. F. L. Morrow. Mary Catherine B. Radcliffe. j Francis' Henry. Larkin Nickles. , Orrie Winn (Mrs. A. F. Se?- ; q mght), . # MPANY j iked hash. 9 ture-but it is a fact, B ' 1 TAitmi4-iiwn tirViA** if r uiiunuc?-wacu xi/ INDTHAT FUR- E know all . about K hi^ dealer?just as ? K e Best line3 of Fur- 5| S YOU WANT If/ e you are limited to p j ce you desire, then p RNISHINGS. IT | l'Y>' i..vs t Co. I I" s I st m w m t IN > ts 25c v . ij