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Eatons Baptist - Binder 1Eatons Baptist and Dutchman Creek Church Binder 1 Compiled Information from the Collection of the Martin-Wall History Room of the Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina ^ Table of Contents Binder 1 1 H try tj Buildings and Deeds 5-11 Miscellaneous Information 13-19 Programs and Events 21-28 Newspaper Articles 30 - 63 Table of Contents Binder 2 Members - Part 1 Table of Contents Binder 3 Members - Part 2 Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina A ^ Table of Contents Binder 4 Cemetery Records Table of Contents Binder 5 History Minutes of Eaton Church, 1790 History Copied by Mrs. Louise Utley, March 24,1962 Eaton's Church, Davie County, Biblical Recorder, 15 January 1879 History of Eatons Church from 1790 to 1890 Dutchman's Creek Church, 1772 - 1778 Under Date I of January 21,1929 Original Records of Eatons Baptist Church Housed at Wake Forest University Library cS History of Eatons Baptist Church, October 9,1954 The Boone Scout April, 1971 Historical Sketch of Eatons Baptist Church 1772 - 1972 with Addendum 1972 - 1989 Time Line o H C ixi h- Cx- i V> XT O d. ss X Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina Ui <51. ki.> r s.> Cv.' Buildings and Deeds of Eatons Baptist Church Pages 5-11 Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina }j :.(.i. -•- XI' 6jt va: 4iiC0i»fir mt hi& tires^noe of V. ^L f' .. r' uiiJ v,ir''4'.,.;'r ^1 < 1*1 §8 r- C/) -n < C • - 00 r- t- ■"n O % \ U1 V ■\iho L^ave the land on 'vhich 'j,.-!ton:.;8 r:,^urch In bni 14? ori'ice of iie,.-icter of lieeds, 3l1 ieoory, K.c. iTl oee Book 16, jj^ue 715, ' \indenture made the ^5th day of T.Tay in the year of oor Lord ^17^9 Det'.^^een Daniel Baton of the County oT Lo'van and State ofNorth Carolina of the one part and Isaac Lsteh as Trustee of theBaptist Society and Con(^regation at Eaton^s Meeting House of thesaid Stctte and County of the other part. V/itnesseth that for Andin consideration of the support of the Gospel and Conveniancy of aBaptist jvleeting House, the Si^id Daniel Eaton have given and granted. \ add by these present do freely give and grant unto said Isaac Ivsteband his successors in office for the use of said Society andCongregation frnever all that tract or parcel of land lying andbeiag in the xfaxKmsHiXK aforesaid Sate and County and on the V/at.-rr of Dutchman Creek in Division ol -jStates in office of Clerk of the C^urt, Salisbury, M.C. on page 518 is found the division of Daniel ... ton's eet t' The widow^s dov;er, name not give. Lot No. 1 to heir Margaret Tomlinson Lot No. 2 to heir Elizabeth Tomlinson Lot No. 5 to heir Mary Horn. "But v;hat land lies in lot No. 3 v/hich ?.as laid off .tor the use and benefit of Baton's Meeting House is excuj-ted out of that lot." Philip Laker and Tno.nas Herrobee, . urv jyors. This Daniel Eaton Vv'ar the son of a John ton vvho bought 560 acres of land on the v.est bank of Dutchman Creek in 1763. oce John's will, oalisoury, N.C- 'Till book C. p. 16, dated itpril 6, 1775, proved Nov. 1789 Ly the executors, aleirs were: wife Blizabeth ^jatoh., son oarnuel baton, son Daniel .paton and "my other children", John was ouried in Lc..ton'E Churcii gravuyj rd. Inscription on stone. Lies the/ Kemains of/ John .ibaton/ Deed Sept 1789/ b _,cd 73 years. Davie Co. Public Library Mocksville, N. C. Site of the original i^utchmans Creek *'*eeting '^ouse. Copied from notes written by ^Vs. Lou Utley , daughter of *^esley Eaton and wife, Susan Purches Eaton. "I have been told that the ^utchmans Creek ^"^eeting House v;_s stood near where the new parsonage stands. I have alos been told that the logs of the church were moved down here and built into wha was called Etchison- Naylor school house where papa taught and where mama and the Waylor & Penry children went to school. *~here Eyerett ^tchison lives." Since Mrs. Utley wrote above Everett fetchison moved out of tr.e house which belonged to his sister Annie Laurie. ^t is now her home. P.M. 1970. o Lr- 6^. M It r r ,E Mrs. Utley also quoted from deed book 30, p. 880 Oct. 26, 1829 Rowan County, N.C. Stephen Horn & wife Mary conveying to Lemuel Kinyoun, all of vRowan, a tract of land on flutchmans creek adjacent to George MQore, John Jones, Philip Baker and George Moore ^r. ( but except the dower of Elizabeth, widow of Daniel ^aton while she lives, after her death it goes to said Kinyon r.except the acre on which the meeting house stands. Price ^250.00 Witnesses; Peter ^aton & Michael Clifford. i davie CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY WIOCKSVILLE, NC i? i-a"MADE IN U. S. A.A H -A- A^ PLACE ^S STAMP SC ""E CO H H oCORRESPONDENCEDutehnaa Creek Church1772 - 1788.Eaton's Eapiisi ChurchOrganised^ 1790%Rebuilt - 1848.Remodeled - 1885.Remodeled - 1900.Rebuilt - 1925.ADDRESS^ C/4(( C.HIIR£HES -AAPh) :?OAVIE CO. PUBLtC LIBRARYmocksv/lle, nc (LhU,RCH€SDftPTiST- EAT6t>iSqFr- >:•h^LQ^VIE CO. PUBLjC_yeR;qj^mocksv/lle, inic)f ^ )(!.MUp.CHtS - Biflf T!Sr '))\f-Vj[niKDAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARYMOCKSVILLE, NCHr 2 < W K- try Ob. C 3: ci 3 -cJ Miscellaneous Information Pages 13 -19 Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina \ ^ mOfr 2 ® ^))va^3,""wsMooMfonand -oo 3M'.a4PC> >M pjLv.c • .., /ii. .X2;5''~ ■>^' -. •f |:?S^ •. :^^^;-q•^i i;♦•;.)mX, mS H' N nIVI XN SS<VJ o_rrTT—n ■mm " i~Tii ■ «■ *^. > » -t ■fV.^1 tv.V .- . i-5a>j'5A.n-\j'^ENTERPRISE. RECORD ' Davis-Trivette House Two stories in height, three bays wide, and one room deep, the Davis-Trivette House was probably built in the 1870s. This tradi tional North Carolina farmhouse with its one-story rear ell was the residence of Alvis Thomas Davis (1844-1901) and his wife Louise (Martin) Davis (1842-1918). They raised a family of seven children on the farm. One son, John Elmore Davis, built a house which still stands to the northwest of this site. Sold out of the family prior to Mrs. Davis's death, the propert}' was purchased by H. W. Greg ory in 1912. He sold it to Burton G. and Mazie C. Trivette in 1942. The Trivettes added the asbestos siding and remodeled the in terior, but they saved one vernacular Greek Revival style mantel in a barn after removing it from the house. Mrs. Trivette still owns and occupies the house. Other features of the house in clude its two gable end chimneys, rear shed-roofed wing, porch es which connect the rear ell and main two-story block, a screened-in porch on the ell's north elevation, and small six-over- six double-hung sash windows. Surviving outbuildings include a double-pen log bam and a frame crib. Batons Baptist Church and Cemetery One of the oldest church organizations in Davie County, Batons Baptist Church was formed as Dutchmans Creek Baptist Church in 1772. The present brick Neo-Oassical Revival style church building, constructed in 1925, is the congregation's third structure. It stands on a hill to the southeast of the cemetery in which are a large number of early gravestones. Batons Baptist Church traces its history to the formation of Dutchmans Creek Baptist Church on October 5, 1772. The ten original members of the congregation were the Reverend William Cook, James Tompkins, Ebenezer Fairchild, Abraham Adams, Triphena Adams, Thomas Eastep, Susannah Bastep, David Reavis, Jamima Reavis, and Jesse Reavis. Land on which a log meeting house was erected had been donated to the church in 1773 by Daniel Eaton. In the 1790s Dutchmans Creek Baptist Church was reorganized and named Batons Baptist Church. In 1848, a new church building was constructed on the site of the present building. This second building was enlarged and remod eled in 1890 and later pulled down to clear the way for the present structure. Members of the building committee included S. M. Brewer, chairman; J. B. Cain, Sr., Secretary; Charles S. Baton, J. W. Btchison, J. D. Collette, the Reverend E. W. Turner, and W. T. Eaton. The new church was dedicated in June, 1930. Sheathed in a brick veneer, Batons Baptist Church is a cross- shaped structure with a portico on its front (west) elevation and a two-stage belfry. The portico, which is supported by four tall columns and has a demi-lune in the tympanum, shields the three-bay nave endwall and its central entrance. Square tran septs, one bay wide with second-story classrooms, project from each side. Their hip roofs intersect the main gable roof. A large education and fellowship wing was added to the rear of the building after 1972. On the interior, second-floor classrooms surround three sides of the nave. To the northwest of the church is the large and well- maintained graveyard. The oldest section is located at the northwest corner which is nearest the original meetinghouse location. Many of the gravestones have tablet shapes with hand some lettering and scribed borders. The majority are larger, rectangiilar stones fashioned out of Carrara marble. One very large table stone erected over the grave of William Womack Chaffin (1790-1823) is held aloft by six marble posts. There are a few obelisks in the cemetery, two of which were erected in the memory of Jesse Green (1822-1902) and Susan Lopp (1821-1877), the wife of Jesse Green. The oldest known burial in the cemetery was thatof "Jona Hunt, deceased September 5,1780 (or 82] in the 67th year of his age." Oavie County Public Librarv ^^oksville, f\jQ ^ (XATtcJ^ G chA /vt /y\SU/^ Pastors of Batons Chureh Prom 1797 to 1925 Chureh organiEed 1790 ])ec» 16, Pirst Pastor Rev. I^azarue '^itehead Rst. OoPer Rev. Wllllojo Britian Bldor John Angel Bldcr William Dowd Elder Lowell Elder John Angel Hev. Ws* Swanson Rev. Thomas Rev. H. RoTfly Rev. Paul Phipher Elder Stephen Horn Elder U&vy. Elder E.S. Chaffin Elder Thos. Miller Elder K.S. Chaffin Elder /e.Il. Griffith Elder Turner Elder J.B. Marsh Elder W.R. Gwaltney iCtder M. Baldwin Elder R.W. Crews Hev. S.F. Conrad Elder W.J. Hopkins Elder W.G, Brown Rev. C.S. Cashwell Rev. J»H. StallingsD.B. Rev. G.B. Swaim Hew. C«S. Cashwell Rev. W*£* Vllson Rev. D*W. Littleton Rev. W.H. Bodd Rev. 3.^. Hall Rev. E.W, Turner 179VX605 1805- 1814 1816- 1824 1824- 1826 1829- 1630 1831 1832- 1833 1834- 1835 1835 1836- 1842 1843 1844 1645- 1848 1849 1850- 1862 1852- 1853 1853- 1857 1857- 1867 1868- 1872 1873- 1876 1877 1878- 1881 1882- 1884 1865- 1686 1887- 1869 1890- 1693 1894- 1897 1898- 1904 1905- 1910 1911- 1914 1915 1916- 1919 1919- 1923 192^1925 Coi?y of this list placed in corner stone of Batons Baptist Church 1925 DAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY MOCKSVILLE, NO C-V-urc-^es- ^{iI1^V'" ',j-\ ^1i VyiOOAVIE CO. PUBUC UBRARVIWOCKSV/ELE, Nc( Eaton's Church Dates Back To Year of 1772 ?H»Sr|Sisi of 1787. On December 12. 1790. the church was ^constituted on the same site as Eaton s Church records trom that date are complete The brick structure shoun above was bmit around 1925 and Ivas been remodeled at various times since then. : Davie County Public Libraiy Mocksvllle, NC n ir--'.fyf^iVir* 11)^. k ^est u/iskes ristmas ..\^V!'/'/' Eaton'a Baptist Church Oct.23,id49 Tru^ kI" ^—> ^'^1 Ijfy j C^L^Jh n A/ cJl^^jL 1^0 \- I rs^scu, C^Lt 6 n rucy^a^ c,. ^ |rbi (!t^ ' § 3 Q- ^ . is: o O O Q 4rs Programs and Events ^ Pages 21 - 28 '2 ir <C w ir- tfV #»«r Sr- O- sr> X V tj Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina 10 THE DAXrie ftecoRD. MOCKSVlLtE, R o ( " PROGllAM FOR DEDICATION OF' | lEATON'S BAPTIST CHURCH 1 1 SUNDAY. ;JUNE 30,1929. 9:45 A. M.—Sunday School 10:30.—"Come Thou MmiRlity Kiug" - . . By CoiigjreRation 1 ! Historical Sketch of The Church . Rev. S. F. Coorad i Special Music ' . . Miss"Katbrine Davis and Choir 11:00.—Sermon Rev. lyivingston Johnson Prayer—Rev. p. W. Turner Special Music Choir DINNER HOUR 1:30 P. M.. . . . Song by Congregation Prayer •Special Music » 1:45—Address Rev. M. L. Kesler Special Music 2:20—Address:"Dedication of the people with the house to the ongoing of His Kingdom" . Rev. H. T. Penry Short Talks by Visitors n I 1 I I 1 1 m Q 3 2 By GO ^ ? >0- CO it: d ^o 9 UJ > < o A> O S- o w 1 DAVIE COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION (For all Suauay School People of all Denominations) EATON'S BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR MOCKSVILLE Under the auspices of DAVIE County and the North Caro lina Sunday School Associations. SUNDAY JULY 31, 1932 CONVENTION THEME: 'THE CHILD, THE HOME AND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL' COUNTY OFFICERS: Latta B. Ratledge W. B. Allen President ... Vice President 1 Mrs. J. S. Holland See. TVeas. STATE OFFICERS: J. B. Ivey, Charlotte President L. W. Clark, Spray Chrm. Ex. Com. Rev. Shuford Peeler, Salisbury Gen, Secy. ! teyk County Public Ubraiy ^ MORNING SESSION, SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1932 9:45 Song S-ervicG Morrison Howoll, Song Leader Scripture Reading and Prayer Rev. E. W. I'urner 10:15 Five minute talk: "Chief Objectives of the Sunday Schoor' J. B. Gain Five minute talk: "How we do it" T. I. Caudell 10:25 Song: "Take Time to be Holy" 10:30 Address: "Meeting the Needs of Young People" Miss Daisy Magee 10:50 Special Music to be selected 10:55 Business Session: Record of attendance by Schools Report of County and Township Officers Appointment of Nomanation and other committees. 11:15 Music 11:20 Address: "The Importance of Child Life" Rev, Hhuford Peeler, Salisbury, N. C., Gen. Secy. Stated Sunday School Association ] 1:40 Offering for the Support of the County and State work: Announcements 12:15 Adjourn Fellowship Dinner: Everybody Bring a Basket. AFTERNOON SESSION 1:45 Song Service G. W. Everhardt, song leader Devotion Rev. John W. Foster 2:00 President's Message Election of Officers and other business Music 2:20 Address: "Religion in the Home" Rev. W. I. Howell 2:40 Music 2:45 Address: "Witnessing for Christ" Rev. Shuford Peeler 3:00 Group Conferences: Children's Division led by Mrs. Eessie Ferebee Young People's Division led by Miss Daisy Magee Adult Division led by Re'v. Shuford Peeler - 3:35 Re-assemffile. Reports from group conferences Special Music 3:45 Adjourn — c O (Y NIGHT SESSION—YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROGRAM THEME: YOUTH AND CHRISTIANITY Presiding Wade Hu-tchens 7:30 Song Service By Young People 7:45 Worship Service, Theme: "Jesus The Way" Frazell Cain 8:00 Address; "Youth in the Sunday School" J. B. Cain 8:20 Special Music By a Young Person 8:30_ Address: ' " th and Christian Stewardship" Miss Daisy Magee 8:50 Offering fc. t ,: Support of Young People's work Hymn: "Jesus Saviour Pilot Me" 9:00 Benediction by a Pastor :o:-o NOTE : Special recognition will be given the school having the largest delegation. The name of the school will be placed on the honor roll, and if this school has 50 percent of the officers and tea chers present, a star will be placed after its name. J.'-.SIGNIFICANT FACTS and OBJECTIVES 1. The Association helps each denomination in-the S^ate to be come more efficient in Sunday School methods, whereby the 1,232.954 people in North Carolina not in Sunday School may be reached f the Sunday Schools and won for Christ. 2. We are attempting to hold a county convention in each of the 100 counties in the State. 3. The Association distributes free of charge thousands of leaf lets dealing with every phase of Sunday School work. 4. The Asso-ciation maintains a free circulating library of than 900 volumes, thereby making it possible for our Sun ay c oo workers to read these books on helpful methods and principles simply for the asking. Hundreds of workers avail themselves o this service. Library catalog sent on application. 5 The Association sells nothing, but it is supported by free will contributions. It especially needs your just this time of the year when we are trying to hold ^o^^^^tions . and institutes in each of our counties m "the state" in communities where the contributions are not sufficient pay th.e cost of tho mooting. NOTE: All townships in the county are expected to be repre- sented by large delegations. Each church should send as many delegates as possible. Be present for the opening and stay for the close. Printed and Donated by The Mocksville Enterprise )<i HuR.cne5 ' Baptist -EAtows■" >■* i*j<awMjiniwaa" i., <))17721972^<*yuyatibe ofSctiooo CJoktcJ^*MoQ&aodlm, oNok^ doKotUm^tifOBAk pUamxs of yout oomptut^ciiiAoixSiaadamakJ, onod ^omo^ {laming ^tmiaos^undct^, iAm tusmnHeiA of ^fugusi^€^i*mb»^ toi^ tlaran o olooA woxJkp tew^9^IB03fiSS£flSac^S«3^ ^*^1—d^Mtattcsdj•4:DAVIE CO. PUBUG LIBRARYMOCKSVILLE, NO C. HuacHtS' fiftPTisr-- ffS- ?'f?3^ atong^ aptistC ijurclrp-^V^e CO.PUuiiC UlMa:>tasvilte,N.C. 27028r^i4fiSII 11 1 1^IIIII iiliii ii i isaRoute TwoMOCKSVILLE. N. C.Enter to Worship Deoart to Serve."Holding Forth the Word of Lil ^ d H U-R-CHtS ' fcfHPTlSr-))Batons Baptist ChurchNovember 22, 1981Dr. Wayne HillMiss Sarah MerrellMrs. Cindy Pope1^8 torPianistOrganist10:00 A. M.L. H. DowneyDeree EatonSunday SchoolDirectorPianist11:00 A. M.PireludeCall to WorshipInvocationWelcome and AnnouncementsHymn of WorshipScriptureInstrumental MeditationMorning PrayerHymn of StewardshipOffertoryDoxologySpecial MusicSermonHymn of DedicationBenedictionPostlude**********Morning WorshipDr, HillCongregationDr. HillDr. HillCongregationCongregationDr. HillCongregationO.Scheduled Meetings:7:30 P. M. Wednesday - Prayer Service/Bible Study8:15 P. M. Wednesday - Choir Practice*****************Our Known Sick:Mrs. Agnes Hunter - Room 766 - Forsyth MemorialMiss Evelyn Sink - Room 465 - Forsyth MemorialMrs. Lola Etchison - Room 139# Davie County Hosp.Mr. Joe Hoover - Room 108, Davie County Hosp.Mr. Everette Latham - At HomeMrs. Nina Arnold - At Home******************Things to Be Thankful ForThe good, green earth beneath our feet.The air we breathej the food we eat,Some work to do, a goal to win,A hidden longing deep withinThat spurs us on to bigger thingsAnd helps us meet what each day brings.All these things And many moreAre things we should be thankful for. . .And most of all our thankful prayersSould rise to God because He cares.-Helen Steiner Rice**************************** Newspaper Articles Pages 30 - 63 -c- < llJ Vi CJ, 42a w X Kj OJ 3: Davie County Public Library Mocksville, North Carolina @ o c A P \ :b :N »r» \ nr o Church, Foriiyied In 177g • "Nov. fho f.welffVi rlnv 1775r~Tn"Nov. the twelfth day, 1772"^ew Church to' Be Deilicated •^,Uiie ^0 Started With Plon^rs OCP . RECORDS KEPT E^ly Trials, of Congregation Shown By Mary J. Heitman ' * • r In this day of many changes s nuqiber of old. church sites'hay^ i^Oan <1 ViQY1 r1/\vtAy1 • ' 4>1«aN *been abandpned; the'* iheniber^ . often uniting with churches nearr er their homes. A notable ex> ception to this stands near Cana in . Northwest Davie. This is Eaton's Church, first called Dutch man's Creek Baptist Church, which was organized in 1772, !Eatop:'s Church is a fine exampls of a modernly equipped rural , church with a historic back ground, that is making jprogress with the-years. ' The early records of the church have been preserved, and many interesting facts have been gath-. ered from tlfem. J. T. Alderman, of Henderson, who taught for a number of years in Davie County, wrote a fine sketch of the early- Baptist churches in the Forks of the Yadkin. / Among these grst. places of worship Dutchman's Creek Church, with its three arms, Boone's Ford, Deep ' Creek and Mulberry Fields (Wilkesboro) oc- .pupied a .prominent place.■"Regular" Baptists' -Dutchman's - Creek Church wasorganized^ October 5, • 1772, tl)e majority of the members being English, though the Dutch Bap^ tist, who c.ame South from Lan- xaster County, Pennsylvania, uni- •ted with them. Professor'Alder man, says of this church: "It was a Regular Baptist' Church, . rigid in -principles and discipJiine." ' . ! A -fopy of the old church re cords begins with this date: "1772 Oct. tjhe fi ftln At the constitu tion . of the Regular Baptist v^ Church in North Carolina, Rdwanvr^yj^^[ pounty, in the Forks of the Yad^^*- . Jcin, there were "ten members, their names are as follows: William Cook, the minister; Jam es Tompkins, Ebenezer F-airchild,i'Abraham Adams, Trip^ena Ad- J ama, Thomas Easteb, ^ Susanna. Jlou ,*In Rowan County in the Forks *ofthe Yadkin, at a meeting held at our meetiilg-house. We proceedr , .ed .that in the fi rst place to choose a deacon, and the person made '■ choice of for that office 'Was Jam es Tompkins; in the next place to appoint -a clerk, and the'-per son chosen , for that office ' was Ebenezer Fairchild; in the nextplace to'"appoint and prefix a dayfor pur» (joipmunion season, "vvhich-was the fpur^ Sabbajth in this instanj; November for tl^e fi rst, and so to continue onward every fourth Sabbath in every third month." Another -e^ctract from the " re cords read thus: 'This book is to be kept foy the use of the Church in North, Carolina, made in the'year one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two, made by Ebenezer Fairchild, Nov. the 24th day (1772), John McGlamroeIs appointed to preach at: Deep ■Creek 28th of Sept., . at Eaton's the 30th, 29th at Ridge Meeting — n"igo o O ■ SS! IT! u; se, 30th at Deacon NicholasWhite's, the fi rst of Oct. at 'Jon athan Boone's, the 2nd, at. the \ Fork Meeting-Hoiise, the 3rd,' at, Cutbeand's, the 4th, at Grant's, the 5th, at Eaton's again. There bas been added since Mary Easi'teb by letter Nov. 22nd, 1L772, Elizabeth Tompkins added by letter, Berry Bray, added by letter^-^ Benjamin Cutheard added by baptism, Ebenezsr Frostj added by' baptism, all on the seventh 'day«of March, 1773, fi fteen 'membeM.in the'whole." ' . i.'jPioneer .• ; ' jEbenezer Pairchiid, - the ft rsi^.!clerk, later moved to /WataugSj - County, where some of his der eendanta now live. An -interest* - . ber Ridgc>!^an4'.wasVa fe aptiat ppn{J. gregatiqn. H' .was lOcateS^nekr'the present'' site>f 1 peth|ehfl^"..Methodist Chbrch 'in,-.pavie cduil^,,ty. The ^WaQhovia '.Repqitis toythe Unitas E^atru-m (MqraiAansR-tor 1778, sjtaje/that BrotherjiUt«preached' 40 large "p^jugiii.egationyii ..at.- Timber. Ridge. Me'eting*Hpuse^(' He; also ppeap^iea -there....opl'^Eeb| •|27,177,5', .whep, the Bantist preaohwJen ''Murphy,; was . .'present.' llha■Jdiary also sa^js that "Ob'the.'.jthe Baptists ho^ a-big mepttiiig^KEvan's '^chooj.' ^on -DutciJiS i Creekvi • • 'i ■man's■'; ,Ta|ciqg^ upr^again the ear., cords of " 'Putchman's r Craeli^.11 .churph. it rsjadB aa folplo'w.a.:'"' "At-/; to ur f. mete ting held on! Apri|j *'^1773 7n the fi rst place llrop^s^jji,'j Ho take out a deed for'the psej |the church, the man appointed tor;{»tne punpose was Eheijezer- Fftirlr.! te hild . . in the nekt pHce fcpjprovide a table fon the! use OJP the:f F.l«i;;eh by ft e afor^jd ' piacuseipp; . "(1778) jijne*tl\e fi ft|i.Aii'-PpWmeeting it was agreecl.ltljat "theiib.!should but' one speak at pnce, '}tj.was^ also agreed that none^pf' thp'brethren should speak'! but ".thr^*times to one thing withput liberty 'from brethren. . It w^B further,; agreed that a 'door. skould^'>«lbftcpeneq that our, flppairate -b^reth-ti -it ren V. , .. might' coynmurie with us,' they fwalked prderly and. boldheretical prinaiples.^'' Underi.thf? date, Jppa .5th, it Bay8:' -'*At|:Our qiwte^Iy Imeeting ithere^S added by ibaptisijd' John EaWiiS• Elizebpth' his; wife; .there VWma|So added James Rea.vis,,and ?'hiS . At;oqr me.eting <hei^the third day of July jt wae^'al/grbed that t|ie church'sh6pldhe.sii[its own expenses, and thftt.pn -piiS mon.thly'meetipgs.hefora buK^comimppion seaspn. tf .ds' agreed; IffiMcontrihurion should ■; 'bp !-madp''; aSmong the brethren for to' definaxthe charges. ) It'da also agreed bMHh.e brethren - that those'thar dq!not ettepd a^ -Qpr mpnthly* n^eet^lixDgs must- abidS by ' those ^agye'eSmenta piade hy•those that dp. aS teiid-: •.. ''"(1778) pQ.t T-he ■h*^et)wJ^en met and opeped -tha mp^WJlg and signed, the .,.«dp^s V I" (a" 1 m • % o o P' CSS m o ^ C O 00 SettervV;Tbair^^%»"; ^ ll^k'.iiT'Ld be«' a iranchio/t ;t^ :S?.'±r aaaoclaHon. '^aa «r«a,^.which had beed a Virgijftla aBBOclatlon, waa drtfa^^ k^^o^^HcolU li^- M (1774) July the second. O^r : flcular Church !." ■. 'Dutol^u^®'''^ • » '1772 untiliBhowcd progrcBS ttm m^u^Uthe Rftvolutlon,; when there' ,,nheaval. ft s the member-'pome U"Pheava»f «»» +1,^ Torv and■j'PS'-'.r C"■" V'^&•".r^<•■;'»;,",i'..phoY.-n hy i*}'® ^November S, IT'S agreed Upon by:the bie-•" onTerning the •Ameneaa^auae.- ®f ZISyTdl'ao^ 'drssv^s."? May 3rd. It was furth-aareed tbat six of the I>1^ nnrchase the elements ' 5 h ,^8 an indeBepdent )>ody. In .oiiB Bame y®S'®t^iPhuroh was reorganized, and ivBin^roe ch»®8®S to Eaton's Church..; as one Daniel" Eahui •"»»have .given the church Bite. .The.l^eeL installed ®t this time wasRev. Laaarus Whitehead. an ableand eonsecrated^marn with aga^,for mlBsions.. He laboieo nuntil 1805, and later mpvodTnHiaua where he was pastor of,. the Elk Bhptiet: .pli®• In 1818 a missionary .s®®'®^'' was formed at Est®"'®.Ind was p-liberal.the cause of n»>89'®h®- ^t^®® ®t o? our communion,season, and 80^11835..-• . , . •■ . ■|,fp? our comm ^ ^ AssociaHpnto go Hunt. Wil- 'i- Routh Yadkin AssociationFarm Associalipn . "Iv®" W iint Andrew Hunit v The South Yadkin ^H^"RuUedWwnUsro Brown.l formed '"fj®'®'/'thWi!S, wmw, ,s-r i'if'?. S R VS.!2Sl!:srr:;..»afe5!2^^^^ ii reouest was granted afteri p j^. >jew .Hope. Society, fi..!letveSSration. ViUl®" «?^l! eXa^y Bethel. ,i}ew.. U,nion. nnd?"A''"»f,ed tV the pastorate . i™deil;. Twi'hS{ ■(Mich P.4v•was'ktuipdilnrf occupied; the. Rr®#®"''; S. I boarded;.-This bJildln?I'm,dnied.;saveral.tirn«s,w|,|'g5^'ing; ante-bellum days& '.whe?e the ulave,sUatLw hflck Btructure, :wittt • .tJSlarge' auditorium, tpany Hbh'tfJ'Sol Tooma. and J|«Pt®®tfor records, was built m IbZ^>Ad is on«. that ; any coipmun^'should be proudi to posses^. W-T.'Eaton, of ^Vlnstori-Sale^.formerly lived in .Eavic -^o^un^,lyas the^argest fW* M'TearWblfinal debt was paid R", 'il929 through the[•BTStone^trpet, ^ others "■' . -• -'■.The. VelWPt graveyftr4 ja,a.Slevel stretch pf grounj .jt th®^ -the .hiU . on■f»hurch stands. 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Thechurch was organi^d October 5, 1772, with Rev,William Cook as pastor. The records are moreor less complete tin it was reorganized in 1790and the name changed to Batons Church. At"the • reorganisation Rev. Lazarus Whitehead wasiiistal.ed as pastorr H 3 nerved J^he church for a^umber of years with signal success. He was a^an of more than ordinary ability and plantedtheseeds of church industry and called the peoplejto observe the commands of the Saviour while;on earth and endeavor to extend His kingdom'among men. Collections were frequently takento assist in the spread of the gospel in foreignlands. His was a working church; they werealive to all questions of service and duty. Heresigned the care of the church about 1805, butthe seeds sown ripened into fruit worthy of hisefforts. In 1818 a Missionary Society was formedin Batons Church, which contributed regularlyto the State organization for the promotion ofmissions. It was through the invitation of EatonsChurch that the Baptist State Convention was induced to meet at the Union Camp Ground nearby in 1835. Whitehead had gone, but his influ-euue 111 this upward trend of affairs was xeit longyears after.About the begiuning of the last century therewas a great migr.ition of the people of the Piedmont section of North Carolina to the new Stateof Indiana. In 1812 he was pastor of the ElkiHorn Baptist Church in Indiana.More should be written of this faithful ministerof the early time.' in oar State, tut the rocoid.sare ajl^ too short to learn much about him.1/ll'^M;.^ .5 C Vvuj:<jV\ .-v t,u\Yi tlLj i-x-i/ 'HJXlcUtlilL^ e tJ 2 rv./-^ I YV, J ,A~^ vv-^ i4j^ a4-tLi.''bt^ ^ rV*-WJirM- . ^^ -HtfO CJaM.WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBERf- 9^0-.-lag€atoD's Church History.By F. R. LeagansA largf aodHippiecialive audienrei^isLened to the history of Eaton's*-8aptist church recently in the fel-rlowsbip meeting held there. The• L *' y» /^hurch IS located eight miles northMocks;ille and is perhaps the.strongest country church in a radi--vis of £fty miles. >'Organized as Dutchman Creekchurch in 1772 it^ membership wasicaUered from the Forks of theVaMkin to North Wilkesboro, thent^known as Mulbery fields and from ,Bali.sbury to Winston Salem Tbi.sorganization first had meetingplaces scattered at vantage points[throughout Davidson, Rowan,^avie, Forsyth, . Yadkin. Surry,flrednll and Wilkes counties. TheCwork was directed from the centraltpoint where the church house wase* .located. The services at these vant-l^ge points for the corivenienee ofabe membership were held some|[iimes in residences of propimentI en of the community, in sthoo))uses where available and otheraces to suit the convenience of;e people. IThe records show that a meeting')use in what is now Lower DavieDavidson county, was the re-lence of Jonathan Boone, who itclaimed was the Squire Boone,Lber of Daniel Boone. Several ofese.meeting houses were, later or-nized into churches. . Timberdge Meeting House which is now'ilhlehem .church, jiear JUpck.sle^ was one of the first to orga-ce a church. Fork Baptist Churcli,-which has perhaps sent out more ^ministers of the gospel lhati any j.-dhurch of the couniy was organiz-'red about 1790. with the chailer>ajembers coming from the oldipuicbm.an Creek -church. Provi[deuce, in Surry county; Farming-hou and Cedar Creek, in Daviefibounty; Cross Roads, in Yadkinfcouuty and Union Hill, in David-fion county^, were all organized byphis body after its name was chang-,fed in 1790 to Eaton's Church,f The church, after its institutionto 1772, flourished until the Re-ifeblutionary War when great con-'fusion arose among the member-tehip rcdaiive to what stand theffihurch should take. In a church^nierence it was agreed thay'shouldt&ny member favor the cause of the,^olouies he should not betaken in-1io account by the church for his-tactipns.I When the Baptist Slate Cooveu-^on was organized in 1830, Eaton's; Jburch joined ibis group at theirst opportunity and perhaps may)e termed a character member of:he present convention with its 2,-feoo church and 400,000 members.v'Eaton's-was also a pioneer inBunday School work as the minntesiyhich are well preserved and com-plete» record the organization of a^unday school in 1845. No litera-fehre was available at that time but^fae older 4nembers of the .schoolwere taught from the Bible and thefchlldren were taught to read andfwrite. The textbook for part offehe time, at least, being the old-|blue-baf;k spelling book. In 1S49.^•Sunday School ^library w-s pur--Phased, and placed in the churchpbr the convenience of all who werelable.io cre.ad.Wflhs.tn-Cook, Lazarnes White-;-head, Rcn-. Mr. Coker, WilliamBriton, Ji>hn Angell, WilliamDowd. Re«V. Mr. Lowell, William ,-Swanson, Rev. Thomas R. Roby.'Paul PhiffT, Stephen Horn. Mark;Ktay, N. >'3. Cliaffin. Thomas Cbaffin, R. H. G-riffith, William Turner,.J. B. Marsh, .W. R. Gwaltnev,^Mose? Bald-win, R. W. Crews, S.^Conrad, W. J. Hopkins, W. G.,Brown. C. S. Casbwell, J. N. Stall-angs, S. D. Swaim, Walter E. Wil-soDj Di. '"W, Littleton, W. H. Dodd,Tonaer. S. W. Hall, I,..Tate and V. M. Swaim. A total-of Ihirty-four pastors, several .whohave served two or three times,since the organixation 158 years aRo. -1 •' 'Six ministers of the go.spel .hav^been ordained in the church andanany have been licensed and given*Wheir ordination papers in college,^r seniinary "churches .and else-fewbere. Those ordained and datespf .ordination ate: W. "M. Gardner.H8d7; Thomas Miller. 1849; W. M.pruDt, 1863. and M. F. Booe, iqiS.'i A new -house of worship was-fcuilt and dedicat in 1848. This'pructure with a few additions and-piteraiious was used until in 192.^^phen a modern bouse , of worshijJfcpnstructed of bri^k and electrically lighted, at a cost of about eiglijjeen thousand dollars, , was com-[pleted in 1925 ahd dedicated in 1k92.v . •davie CO. PUBLIC librarymocksville, MC[ # The old cemetery is a vernnier-'jijesting'pbce and holds the bones of:jinany illustrious American pioneers.4[Several hand hewn lombstones bearthe dates of the years of the warwith England and doubtless a num-iber of those-patriots who died forjIhe American cause are bunetfthere. One stone is recalled whichbears the inscription. "Killed inthe Battle^pf Bunker Hill." Aidiligent search recently failed tolocate thi.s particular stone though..-■- .Mrs. J. W. Etchison, the churchhistorion, read the history .and Dr.,fW. jB- Wafl", pastor of First Bap-,pst Church of Mocksville, delivered an address on "ODe Hundred"»ears of Baptist History in North;Earolina." Rev. -M. Swaim is jEaton*0 Baptist ChurchOct-30,1947. EATON'S BAPTIST CHURCH, near Cana, possessing one of the oldest organizational histories in this section ofthe state, yet having one of the most modern and complete church edifices. O (U ."Q Ij o . 13 0) Q- = w cz -ic: ZJ o o O 02 > nj Q 2 o < Ui t ih- t- CU <5: cO X Eaton's Baptist Church Dates Back to October 1772 Formerly Known As Dutchman Creek Baptist Church By GORDON T0MLIN80N I am indebted to Miss Flossie Martin for a collection of articles dealing with rural churches of this section, compiled by the late Dr. Adelaide Fries of Salem Col lege. Most of thc-dota in-(hc fol* lowing article concerning the Dutchman Creek • Eaton Church is a result of Dr. Fries research on .the subject. 'The titles formerly applied to the Baptists of various groups are somewhat confusing to the gen eral render. The following dcf-! initions of the titles, as given, by Dr. G. W. Paschal, Vollow: General Baptist: Armenian in doctrine, that is in the death of St. Matthew Church Announces Bible School Vacation Bible School will be held at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Davie County beginn ing Monday, June 16 and will continue through Friday, June 20 from 9:00-11:00 in the morning The pastor. Rev. J. J. Smith, will be in charge of the school and will be assisted by a staff of teachers from the Bethel Luther an Church of- Salisbury. The -theme-loF-t he-sehooHv I H-bc-"Wre- Dr. Young To Attend Veterinarian Conference Doctor Clyde W. Young will leave Sunday to attend the 61st annual conference of the N. C. Veterinary Medical Association convening at Atlantic Beach, Morehead City, June 16-17. Dr. Young is currently serving as sec rctary-treasurer of the group. Around 150 veterinarians and wives from all sections dt North Carolina ore expected to attend the annual session. Preconvention entertainment an^ activity have been arranged for early arrivals. One of the highlights of the meeting will be the lectures of Dr. T,.cnn F. Whitney, notcd-au Bible In Daily Living." All interested persons are in vited to attend and will receive a warm welcome. A religious sound motion picture will be shown at the Davie Acad- I emy Community Building on Sat- believing that urday night, June 22, at 7:30 p.m. Christ general I This movie will climax the Bible provision was made for the sal-j School being hold at St. Matthews vation of all men,.and any one| Lutheran Church and will empha size "Living the Bible." The mo vie is entitled "45 Tioga Street" may be saved by believing on' Jesus Christ. Particular Baptist: Calvinist, believing in Predestination. This group later took the name of Regular Baptists. Separate Baptists: At first call ed "new Lights," were in some respects followers of Whitefield,' making much of the work of the T to all farms with anj used for milk purp< eludes both dairy ar one or more cows f sumption purposes. Edgccombe Coun bottom in the stal 16.27 per cent of a' milk cows, wihch m fanner out of every cow. The counties that per cent of farms w are practically a which comprise the < ern part of North < The counties thai best, next to the m -tiesr iir per- «ent- o milk cows are all mont section, \vhich vie. The per cent ol he community is invited to view this religious movie. TYPHOID CLINIC A typhoid clinic will be held at the Center Community Build ing Friday evening,' June 13, " from 7 to 8 p.m. Children above , . three months of age who have not Holy Spirit m the conversion of . . , , .......been immunized against dipthena, men and in the guidance of. . . , ...i whooping cough, and tetanus, mayChristians. receive the first dose at this din These names were declared ob->. * 1C» solcte in 1788. The 'Missionary Baptists" of today have charac- teristscs inherited from all three groups. Constituted 1772 The Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church was constituted Oct. 5, 1772. The leading members were English. The Dutch Baptists who came down from Lancaster Coun ty, Pa., united with this church and it became a center of influ ence in the community. Daniel j ,, , . -u^ . , „ . Juniors here Monday night. The Boone's family were members of .—-— Mour-run outburst-elimaxed-a-se&'t s c urc . contest that saw Mocksvllle .^heboro Her Locals Drop ll*Inning Game to Lexington Jrs. Lexington scored four big runs in the top of the 11th inning to de feat the local American Legion Whil thor, lecturer and specialist on dogs and other small animals. Dr. Ed Chambers of Rossvillc, Ga., specialist oh dairy and beef ani mals, will also give a series of lectures. x JOHN DANIEL ON TRIP TO KANSAS John Daniel left Sunday for Witchita, Kansas, for a week of free schooling at the Coleman Manufacturing Company on the installation and repair of oil heat ers. Mr. Daniel received the all ex pense paid trip as a representa tive of the Daniel Furniture and Electric Company of Mocksvllle, which was one of 35 dealers in the two Carolines so recognized on the basis of volume of stoves sold. Use An Enterprise Want Ad e Friday In Legion Junior Game e the churchbook bears the| name of Dutchman Creek Church, (C«mtiBued on Page 3) | t score two runs in the last of the ninth to tie-up the game. Mocksvllle scored one run in ing. Boger relieved and pitched two innings, followed by Spry, and Paul Martin finished the con test. Winters, Peoples, Sizcmore and Boger, each had two hits to lead the attack for Mocksville. Swaim -led-the-attack-for L^ington-and had a homcrun in the sixth. James Smith of Boonvifle pitched the local Juniors to a 3 cattle and calves pi allels that of milk and calves refer to as well as milk cow Hogs and ^igs an uniformly through! In a few counties farms with hogs an es the counties that per cent of farm w: SOLDIER'S i FOUND ON I Mrs. R. S. Osbor: eon, Rt. 3, (former) Mocksville), reccr word that the bod Pfc. Henry Boyd Os covered by natives Island of Isuken J Pfc. Osbome w reported to have action on April 11, led in the 27th Divis Recently Mrs. Osl a letter from Col. Ji water, QM Corps, ed that an army tea ered the body of Pf* Osborne on the islai to reports by the ni Further investiga ropoligists, chcckini against Osborne's dental records es identity. Mrs. Osborne has the remains of hci home for re-burial tery of Reeds Meth Davidson County. SCHEDULE C THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1952 Eaton's Baptist Church Dates Back to October 1772 THE MOCKSVILLE (N. < (Continued Irom Pafe One) | the record says that "The .Church of Jesus Christ" was constitutedj in 1772 with Rev. William Cook as minister and nine additional members,—James Tompklns, Eb-j enezer Fairchild, Abraham Ad-^ ams, Jemina Reavis, Jessie Rea-| Vis, Triphena Adams, Thomas^ Estab, Susanna Easte^ David Reavis. ~ j On Nov. 12, 1772, James Tomp- Icina was elected deacon, and Eb-| enezer Fairchild was elected • clerk. Days were also selected for the monthly business meetings, and for the quarterly communions. This church was listed by Mor gan Edwards, a leading Baptist preacher of that day as an "arm" of the Shallowford church, "The Church of Jesus Christ" lined up. with the Regular Baptists. How ever, on June 5, 1773, the "door was opened for the Separate brethren if they walk orderly and hold no heretical principles." An interesting entry in the Dutchman Creek Church book under the date of Nov. 3, 1775; !| OOOIBatonfylSm vaUTdl. V \ r wow/ ARE we ^ipcK^ \ ^ / «a^ \ V SONNAHAvEA ^ A PETUNrA/y ^ J y J m ^CANtTiUAiOUTA QAftD&4 urrnL>ou^v8 /% rrTliMeTOdAOW. MOiOOC^MOOBAClOASETrtVLUUm YouSm'miBCKT^Youtt9r&€ffSMOKB,'TBsrcMms Imj FOR 30 DAYS. 'XXJAT-gQNC'Wm.TEU.VPU MOW 1^ MtCO AHP PtAVOftFU. A CidAAETrg CAN 06.' * Sundoy—June 15th "It was agreed upon, concerning tiic American Cause, If any of the brethren sec cause to join in it they had the liberty to do so, without being called to account' by the Church 'for it, but wheth-i er join or not Join there be used' with brotherly love and freedom for the future." This entry was made five months after the action taken by the men of Mecklen burg County, and eight months before the Declaration of Inde pendence, July 4, 1776. Tories and Whigs Dr. Fries states in the article that this entry indicates that dis cussion was rife in the forks of the Yadkin between Tories and the Whigs, and suggests that pres sure had been brought to bear upon the church to declare dis cipline for those upon the Ameri can side, which was definitely re-' fused, though the Loyalists were also left at liberty, so far as the church was concerned. On March 15, 1777, the mem bers of the Dutchman Creek Church reaffirmed their alleg iance to their confession of faith, their form of church government, their rules and discipline; and further they declared that "we believe that State laws and con stitutions are not to be canceled in the Church of Christ wherein they do not concern the worship of God." To that 20 men affi.xcd their signatures. By Jan. 20, 1778. it seems that the sentiment had grown more tense and five members were ex communicated becouse they sign ed a Protest which was being cir culated by the Loyalists or Tories. During the next years the meet ings for business were often held at the Deep Crock meeting house, no explanation for this being giv en. The church book of Dutchman Creek church ends with Oct. 26, 1787. On Dec. 12, 17£K), the church was re-constltutcd on the same site, being known thereafter as Eaton's Church. The records from that date are- complete 'to the present. Eaton's church affiliated itself with the Yadkin Associa tion. In &n»ll IBAQ r<U.....U F OUR Pill the ID Front Mirro Eni I Ho • wi • Ch( • .Cle • Tes • Cle • Chi • Noi • Tie • Ad S««rch«ck port Shirts >rl and good looka for Dad in tltb Man** vhin. And no washing OS wiUi cool V crinlily, _ ik it llirougU the suds, dry on a ly to wear again. A LIcnd of berg rayon, it*s the most practical >irt Dad ever owned.3 swuiMa iiAini 95 )i ^ Bulton Down Cellar 4.9S- kr Bros* Inc. ilishnry'x Store for Men SAUSBUBT. N. C. that date are- complete 'to the present. Eaton's church affiliated Itself with the Vadkin Associa tion. In April, 1803, Eaton's Church 11 mentions Deep Creek church and j ! Flat Rock church na "<itcr«»r ] I churches." ! 2 From 1780 to 1782 there Is a < 2 hiatus In the records. This was 12 the time of severe struggle when 1 2 the male members were in the < 2 army, and the period when the 1 1 British under Lord Conrwallis, \ • were ravaging the homes about 1 > the church. After a lapse of two I » years the records continue until 1 1 Oct. 26. 1787. 1 1 There is a complete roll of the 1 1 membership from the first name 12 to the last, consisting of 189 name: '2 up to 1787. This in an interesting ! 2 list containing ancestral name: 1 2 of families scattered widely ovoi j I the South today. ' 2 Among the first missionary so < \ cieties managed largely by thi 2 1 ladles was organized at Eaton'i 2 2 about I81S. 2 1 The church roll is complet 2 2 from 1790 to the present, with ai 2' unbroken record 7or 162 years. 1 1 The old Dutchman Creel 1 1 Church was built of logs and wa 2' situated north of the graveyard 2 n The second church which occu 1 2 pies the present site was bull 1 2 in 1848, and was weatherboardec 1 2 This building was remodeled sev 12 eral times, and during ante-bell 1 2 um days had a gallery where th 1 2 slaves sat ^ The new brick structjire W£ 2 2 built in 1925. It has a larga aud 1 2 torium, many Sunday Scho( ! 2 rooms, and a fu'e-proof vault fc —, 2 records. — * I' The graveyard is an almo 1 2 level stretch of ground at the fbi 12 on the hill on which the churt stands.-It contains many old tomi I 2 stones with qdaint epitaphs, son ' 2 dating back prior to the Revoli «I tionary War;. «1 Daniel Eaton was said' to ha' 1 2 given the church site . . . hen ' i the- name Eaton; Rev; Lazar 1 12 Whltehead was installed as past Fi o c o t Wins Nylon Cord Superbly Tailored by Roc! new, finer fabric—^Nylon A on. See them in Tan and bh ^21.00 A $27.95 Value Si; Cool Paja Fully Washable . . . Two pi tiful striped patterns . . . ' Gift for Dad! $2.00 Sizes A, B, C am Sport Sh I Cool Weave, Leno Mesh I \ Short Sleeves . . . Solid Cc I ^ Compare anywhere at $1.9 2lorS: New Patterns . . . Super K) S- Pavie Co. Public Lit)rafy MocksvHIe, N. C. Modes villa Matarpplsat Mooksvlllaj Mortli Carolina.^ ^uraday JUno 12, 19S2, Vol^ 35# Ho, 9» i Flotupo o£ chiiroh-* "Eaton*a Baptist GSiuroh, near Oana, posaeaslng one ot the oldest organisational lilstorlaa In thla. aeotlon of,,|[}ia state, yet Baying one ot the mat modem complete church itplfljicep Eaton^a B^tlst Ghuroh Bates Baok to October 1772Formerly iOaown as Putdbman Creek Baptist Qbuydh# By Oordon j|cmllhSon X em Indebted to Miss Flossie Martin For a collection art* Icles dealing with rural churches of this section, compiled by the late Dr* Adelaide Fries of Salem College* Most of the data In the following article doncemlng the Dutchman Creek Eaton Church Is the result of Dr* Fries research on the subject* titles formerly applied to the Baptists of various groups are somewhat confusing to the general reader* !Ehe following definitions of the titles as given by Dr* 0* W* Paschal follow? General Baptist? Armealan in doctrine, that Is bellevlpg that In the death of Christ general provision was made for the salvation of all men, and any one may be saved by believing on Jesus CQ^lst* Particular Baptist? Calvinlst, believing In Predestination* SChls group later took the name of Regular Baptists* Separate BaPtAstst At first called "i^w Light," were In some respects followers of Whitefleld, making much of the woek of the Holy Spirit In the conversion of men end In the guidance of Chris* tlans* . Ohese names were declared obsolete In 1768* ^e tMlsslonary Baptists* of today have characteristics Inherited from all three groups* Conaltuted 1772 3he Dutchman* Creek Baptist Church was constituted October 5# 1772* Ihe leading mexid>ers were English* Ohe Dutch Baptists who oaxne doffn from Lancaster County, Pa*, united with this church md it beea]^ a caater of Influence In the eumBrnmlty* IMnlel Boonets family were members of this church* Miile the church book bears the name of Dutchmen Creek Gburcih, the rocord says that "Bie Church of Jesus QbmAst" was constituted ^ lu 177k with Bey* William Cook as minister and nine additional^ mambePB » Jam** Xonqptklns* ai«n»8«p Falrclilld, ibvaJam Mtm,^ J«nlna IteavlB. ^bbbIb RbbyIb, xnp#«m AdWU^ Xbcma BstS,* xjt »usana«yi|h(ited, David RaasrlB. ™. Hovenbep 12, 1772, Jamas Tosqpklns waa sieBted daaoon, endI Sbenesep Falrdbild vas slnoted alerk. Days were also selbotad ^ for the monthly businosa msatlngai, and for tho quirtorly oom» j ^ munlons i* HSila diurob waa listed by Morgan Edwards, a leading Baptist » preaoher of that day as an "axm" of the Sballowford oburohs "Xho ^ Ofauroh of Jeaus O^lst" lined up with the Regular Baptists! mwevsr, on Juxte 5, 1773, the "door was opened for l£e Separate t brethem If they walk orderly and hold no heretloal principles," M Interesting entry In the Dutohman Oreek Ohurdh book under the date of Movember 3, 177St "It was agreed upon, eonoemlng the imviaaa Oause, If anr of the brethem see oause to loin In It ^ay had the liberty to do so without bel^ oalled to aoeount by^ the Qburob for It, but whether join or not join there be used y O 1>1 DAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY MOCKSVILL^ NO with brotherly lov«-and freedom for the future#" Thlo entry wae made five mdnme after the aotlon taken by the men of Heoklen* burg County^ and eight monthg before the Deolaratlon of l»depenF> deneei July Iv# 1776# Ibrles and Whlga T>em Prlea atatea in the article that thla entry indioatea that diaouaalon was rife, in the forks of the Yadkin between Toriee and end WhigSf and suggeats that pressure had been brought to bear upon the churoh to deolare dlsoipline for those upon the Merioan aide# which was definitely refused# though the Loyalists were also left at liberty^ so far as the ohurch was oonoemed* On March 15# 1777# the members of the Dutchman Creek Church reaffirmed their allegiance to their confession of faith# their form of ohuroh government# their rules and diaoiplinei and fur* ther they declared that "we believe that State laws and oonstit^ utions are not to be oanceled in the Church of Christ wherein they do not concern the worship of Qod#" that ^ men* affixed their signatures« Qy Jan* 20# 1778# it seems that t3ie sentiment had grown more tense and five mexnbers were excommunicated because they signed a }>rote8t vhiioh was being circulated by the Loyalists or Tories* Durizig the next years the meetings for business were often held at the Deep Creek meeting house# no explanation for this being given* BM6l||#||6h book of Dutchman Cfreek church ends with October 26# I787*'" On December 12# 179^# the church was reconstituted on the same site# being Imown thereafter as Baton's Church* Ihe recces from that date are coi^plete to the present* chiu^ch affiliated itself with the Yadkin Association* In Apzdl# 1803# Baton's Church mentions Deep Creek church and Flat Bock church as "sister churches*" From 1780 to 1782 there is a hiatus in the records* This was the time of severe struggle when the male members were In the army# and the period when the British under lord CoamwtfLlis were ravaging the homes about the dxuroh* After a lapse of two years the records continue until October 26# 1787* '2 lEhere is a complete roll of the membership from the first ^ name to the last# oonsisting of I69 names up to 1787* This is < an interesting list containing anoestraaX ncmes of families ijw scattered widely over the South today* Amoxsg the first missionary societies managed largely by the to ladies was organised at Baton's about l8l6* ^ me church i^U'is complete from 179O to the present# with 2 an unhroken record for 162 years* c0 The old Dutchman Creek Chur^ was built.of lc«s and was situated north of the gxa veyard* ^ ^ second ohurch which ocoi;ipiea the present site was built^ in loq.0# end was weetherboarded* This buildii^ was remodlled 5 several times# and during the ante*bellum days had a gallery S ihez»e the slabes sat* -5 The new brick xtructure was built in 1925. It has a largewditorium# many Sunday School rooms# and a firo«*»proof vsdllt^ for records* e Oavie Co. Public Ubrary MocksvHIp N r ubrary'"OBivnie, N. C. mocksville, we ! .A>- ^ alawBt level atroteli of ground at tdao oiS ohUToh stands* It contains many SJ Wli!«l4u., seas dating )*c]< pn<,r to i^AwsaJ^Sfc!^ ©ftld'tQ havo given the <diupeh site 4t » 5?*^* 2®^* Lwarua IQilteheed wae ixiatelled aa«j ©hanging tl^ nmt^ 1790# m mMOneduntil when he moved to In^ena* . n » ' ¨ «»• 4A <j &~ dC kii :> I |H iTs CD k v> dJ O Csi :Sl ae P»^e Co. Public L''.dfy : MocksvHIe, 1% C. DAVIE CO. PUBUG UBRARY MOCKSVlLLEi NQ ).,..^^t§&ijriag th&^&zt jrfi^s the'meet- - ...^ / -£•—-- ^ - flnie second diiDIjln^ for business were often%«1q -"." ., •■- ,vx„:^v or^xxoStags for bastaess were often-teld^ ^pre^t"if^,*t the Deep Creek meeting house,; ^ ^ weeih^omaed.i^ito explanation tor this being giv-^This bn2dn^ was rematfcied .sev-dm. The diureh hook ol Dutchmm ^ aAte^^ll-^utA .:ends with Oct, M,-] ^ ^ ^here the"ilW7.-->-: ,. -.v.' /%^- '• ■-•% -r/ , _-». ■ ■ ■•.iT "'■»-• -.' slaves sat '|;On-pec.-12,-4raO,-the church;; .^he new Mcfc structure wes&as;.reKs>nstituted on the. seme. , ^ ^^e^heing known thereefter ss ^ Schools„d e fireo^iol vault .for,,ra&t,tdate :raSB",«cci^elM|to-l£e-records.pssent. 'Eaton-s church ..^lUatei . g^Hveyard -is an almostp°°' - , V _ ■ ■ 't on theiJull on whSchthe .taiurchti53n^prika803,.Eat<mVCh,n;ch „^„tgmsinan^a:tomb.femtions Deep Cr^ quaiW epitaphs, someKElat -Bock >ciiiir£^,.fas -•^tsister * vsir>.pre.• -'/:. i "..;:.'^•^'^-",:-^r".itotmgl«ekpriar'fe«e:Pevplu;-[sc;SY9iil 1780 to/iy82 there .IS ■>- ,; , Eaton was said-to Ji9»b1pat,^ ta -tte,reeords./This was, :^^^ phurcfr^te .-. :a»nce^ toe toekif severe .struggle when!,?—toe male members^ were -in the as paitor;toTOy. Md the j>eriod when the. ;.p^a^.^,elianging the name,'tSritish nnder iorti Conrwallis, |^V: gj,, imta .lls,'Swere .xgvaging homes about mmred to ite^aha.,;-^^-^e, church. After, a lapse of twotheTrexKjrds/continxie^,^€^-1787,..'v.:; . ■iryf-ibere^is^W C£»np1ete^^;^ of thei^ember^'^'tfi^in the-?f^t na^.^ _po,thelast, consis^g of names -.. . ...:,to -i787. ITiism an mterestiiig|eiist-T^ntaining n^iK^ '""" T" ;~fei -faimBes-^Bcattered '• -~L^e'South .tc^y. V. • " • ' ' i".fe:-3i^i^ng'Jbe"fi^ >'^7'' f. - ' - •-.—■ padi^v^as';^^ Eatorfs.- tiAVIF C_An Aid Ar£aniation^ul !ft BAPTIST CHURCH ... located near:^Caina..,posses$es one of the oldest organizational^-T-—.^histories in-fMs section of the «tate, yet it has--r|Me;]of iiiC'inoidern and complete fAiify,h .edifices.. ^.ilTie above picture was made about 12 years'T^teo. The organization of -tills ciiurch dates'backio October 5, 1772 when it was constituted astee Dutchman's Creek Baptist,Chmch. On Dec-"mnber 12, 1790 the church was reconstitute On-.the same site and was th^eafter known as Eaton's Church. .The records from that date .are■complete to tee present date. -i ■•- "r. .. .:-.i.r\oinlI790 to the frr^nt; with an;f-unbriAen Tecorf fer362 ycaib- ..I.. She , bid ::i>atciuhatr .-Cre'elc;^u^h vras. brnlt of^ogs and wasj^tudted •n^^JJ^.:^^grave^^MOCKSV[lLE>- NC" • lig HgpfSpi-^ o ft3 ^H tt 2. 2.: omt:" « 3 ' s g^ 5. o ? ¥3 oa?2 -flt>i £• « s s.M ^ »D — »1 (flff ?.Sffe n gS 3 3 « 3c-P^S.&® i"'®?W P5 _ A5^'s?g'Pl^-possesses oneof sS? ^ ^his section!!l.!r^ stale, yet it has one of the most modern andcomplete church edifices. If was first coiisiitiit^>(ias the Dutchinau Creek Uiiptist Church In 1772 andapparently cea-seti under this name about OctphertJ mn3<5 C »qm S 9 2^ ^ I 5CD OS.g_o • ^o 4 Ot~t HO S^ « wroKSCJl*p fl? S o a*f|i-3O j) ^?»*2 3o , "■?g o g '*'lisi§ ^ ?»•^ h"" -cr o2 1 SJZ? s;f '- 8 ^S-Sig.?-. «■ 3 o-^ fi» > :> ,K8 7^y 5^ e-'SIM^:S urganizaiion-Dui H moaeni cumuc ' * .-<> ::-,-y<HM n EATON'S BAPTIST CHURCH . . . located near ^ Cana...possesses one of the oldest organizational { histories In this section of the state, yet It has t one of the modem and complete church edifices. I The above picture was made about 12 years ago; The organization of this church dates back to October 5, 1772 when it was constituted as the Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church. On Dec ember 12; 1790 the church was reconstituted on the same site and was thereafter known as Ea-. ton's Church. The records from that date are complete to the present date. , . Davie Counfy Public Library Mocksville, NC U.C. (L - Q j^ocksyiljle (^urpfi ; ' jgetg Horoecoming, i.' MOCKSVUIE — Eatoos Bap-, itjat Church oa MockavlUe, Rt 2, tirill'hava lU ^pal hopa^cop- JiQ£ Sunday. .Alter the 11 a.m. worship tliere -will be (Usner oa the church grounds, and later a memorial geryice. The Rev. "Wgljace Oweng "Warsaw, Tenn., 'former.' pastor, will speak.' ' : • . ; 'Vyhe.Rev. ?.'A. Kelly,..pastor of Blaise BaptUt Church;' of ilocltsville; "wiU. speak at'" re- .viva! services '1 to '• be held at 7:30 p.m. daily i^ond^y tbropfih k/~ S* ^w_ 0.->-« i— 9 - I%- R^v. Walter IHPwell. ' ^ Tlw .Rev.' Walter sumed" his duties as pa^r of lihe; Raton's Baptist'-(^urc^ /on July; • •' I . Mr. .HoweU comes.,'here from toe Hiddenite Baplist/'-Church in Alexander, Oounly. He graduated from Waite Foj-esL College in 195i} and th^ Southeastern Seminary in .1961: ? :His family oo.nsisls of a wife aiKl t\yo-year-old . son. ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7-' 4- ^f^i^ailsiiiilltt 1 ;■ -i rll"^-- ."^--A Jarge group of people from-■ i>.,-,.I }' ■■! ^ ; ij Ealons Baptist, eti.iirch attended ; : ^^ .1.-; f ..!|:.- the oFdltiatjon-se'ryicfi Sunday,.; '•L-; >;v^I •nig^t 0^ Wieir' pgstpi^iiev^liPiU':'^I .Bruton' ai.''CotTiinon.''-1^e^ltJi,-:' 'i/j. '■- i Si? f 3f'ui'''■ 'n| «f "7 j SlliilSi'lSiSi f |il Aislj I Eaton'5 Baptist S'lastpL,r:5:|;iSgi 1 Prtiainad In! Charlpttei hy. -' Cecil William (Bill) Bruton.I; Jr.j poY' pastor' 'or /Eaton'sIII Baptist .Church,: MocksYijlo,I - . Routs' ?.' was ordained into ,t,tie,. Gospel Ministry 1 Sunday l^Fcli; 28,' at CommonwealthIBapfisj V, i. Qiurch in ([Jharlotte.-0{ Rev. H. S. Elliott; pastor ofCommonwealtji-'Baptist^urch|i (home church of the j newli I minister) ■ delivered the1§ 1 message, ^'The CSiallenge of theJ|. Ministry." Following a personal[I. testimony by the new pastor'slli father, Cecil ' William Brpton, ■ Sr., and a description qf thel\\ ''Call of^. God'-'' hy Vi^pv-I'., Lawrence Childs, 'supejin-1^1 tendent !of Mi^siope ' of .th.ejl i M e c,k.] e n b u r g ''Bap t i s t[ii ! Association, Bruton '.receiv^I th/s':tite8' of.Ordination,:by; th^laying on\Qf W ltruton®>''-fJ 'V-Bruton, a' n0tlv©'pf;Gaffneyiv^!^<;^v^^ I i-Degree frpiri lililiEiSiSi^ Observance Ip Be Aiig, 20 • Mocksville Cliurcli Plans Bicentennial i By Virtie Stroup staff Rallglen Raporlar n MOCKSVILLE — Tbe -200- year history of,Eaton's Baptist Church on Mocksville, Rt. 2, says that ' three of its first members were brothers of Daniel Boone, the pioneer ex,- plorer. This is only one of the liighlights of tbe church's history. j Other historical events will be j revealed on Sunday, Aug. 20, ; when the 32S-member con- I gregation observes its biceo- I tennial. ! Dr. W. Perry Crouch of ! Raleigh, general secretary of the Baptist State Convention, will speak at tbe 11 a.m. worship that day and dinner ' will be served on the church ' groimds at noon. At 1:30 p.m. there will be a memorial service for members who have died in the past year. Also the five daughter churches will be recognized and the history of the church will be read by Jim Wall, Davie County historian. James A. Eaton, a o'dairy farmer and member of the family which helped /to found (he church, will be in>(iharge of the services for the day. The church is currently without a pastor. The Rev. Bill | Brutun. who served about a! year, resigned in June to return to radio work. The church history, gathered from a number of sources, calls the church "one of the oldest in the upper Yadkin valley, and one of the must hibtorlcul in the Piedmont section of the state." The 12-page history then sets out to prove this evaluation. The church was founded as a regular Baptist church with 10 members on Oct. 5, 1772, on the banks of Dutchman's Creek in | what was then a part of Rowan County, in the forks of the , Yadkin. (The forks of the Yadkiii, the history reports, was a term used loosely to indicate , all territory between tfio Yadkin I and South Yadkin rivers which includes Davie County. And, of course, it is now in Davie i County.) j 1 The settlement was piade by i I a small group of pioneers, j largely of English exfr&ction, j who migrated from Pennsyl vania. ' I ! The church apparently was | reorganized in December, 1790,' aiul was named Eaton's, ac cording to the history. The choice of a name at this time was probably influenced by the fact that the first land was i r->. ..^1 Eaton's Baptist Church as It appealss today. given by Daniel Eaton, son of John Eaton, who had owned 360 acres in the locality. The land contained one acre, two rods, 24 ikiIcs and un old log meeting house made of hartd-hewn logs with an oak shingled roof, a floor of dirt and seats from split logs smoothed down for sculing comfort with with no backs. This building was torn down in 1654 and the material was later used for a school building. The churches at that time, the history says, were involved in education "and the standards set for schools were high." The trustees for the church were instructed to secure a lot beside the church in order to open a school, Fork Academy. One of the academy's Huperinlendents, John T. Alderman, later became superintendent of schools in Davie County. Eaton's fir.st Sabbath school was established in April 1845. The next building was dedicated in 1848, remodeled in 1890 and replaced in 1925 by the pre.sent. brick building which was made: possible largely through a gift} from William T. Eaton of, Winston-Salem. I From tbe regular Baptist! Church on Dutchman's Creek five congregations were organized: Providence in Surry County, January 1805; Cross Roads in Yadkin County, September 1935, now called Courtney ; Union Hill i n , Davidson County, March 1851, now at Clemmons: Farmington In Davie County, February 1878, , and Cedar Creek, a Negro church in Davie County in 1872. The ministers who have been ordained from this church are William Garner. 1634; Edward M. Chaffin, 1835; Nathan S. Chaffin, 1847; ThomaB Miller, 1849; William Brunt, 1 8 6 3; MUlard F. Booe, 1918; H. Wade ' Hutclions, 1936, and Cecil Ellis Leagans Jr., 1964. J 5: d o" o o o iy ^ /'1r- ii:. & «. . ..Twt xiunarea Years ^^tct • fl • ^r^rft^WiSySSSiS:XBy Brenda SummorsDuring this period "there were 'meetingSitting on the crest of the hill at the intersection of two roads both known as^Eaton's Baptist Church Road, the church|building almost appears to survey thefsuiTounding community.% The founders have long since departed.P 5 vice will be recognition of the five daughter ,; ? - XL -1. u -11 *i' places' in various parts of the territory to; ^churches, and a history of the diurch will1 _ L.--*..-:— t;-, I meet the needs and conveniences of theI early settlers. Records show that "the-I - ;fL L u 1 usual place of meeting" seems to haveI A 12-page history of the church prepared »« ««-een used in reference-to the church onDutchmaiis Creek", which was accepted« L L L» •. ibeen used in reference-to the church on§ for the occasion recounts the church s past. $3 i"II ThS Members have died. Some have moved toMother communities, new members and neW- s4f n J ■!'Ie history, written from church records | ,i s ^ L las the "mother church".! < and other sources, states that the church |i i , L ... i The church history describes the firstis one of the oldest in the upper Yadkin'pleaders have helped to continue theitraditions. The buildings have changed,|times and traditions have changed, but the|manories and the dedication of many Valley and one of the most historical in the |>2Schurch. "The 'old log meeting house' hasPiedmont section of the state. It was in- ^^been established as having stood, ap-proximately, at the North comer of^manbers are still a part of Eaton's BaptistI,^Churdi. * 'I The new and the old will be mingled'i^together as Eaton's Baptist Church•^celebrates its bicentennial anniversary atI|the annual homecoming Sunday, Augustizoth.Several activities have been planned forfluential in establishing other churches, ofthe same faith, in this area. It has among thelamfat the pre^t par^nage. 'It was% the oldest original recqrds of Baptist made of large hand-hewn logs from the•churches in North Carolina." ne&rby forest. The roof was made of o^On October 5,1772, it was constituted as a shingles; the floor of dirt and the seats|the day to celebrate theMchurch's 200-year^history.I Guest speaker for the jVa.m. worshipregular Baptist church, on the "Banks ofloutchmans Creek", in Rowan County, inI the Forks of the Yadkin. (The term "Forksi^of the Yadkin" refers to all territory^between the Yadkin and South Yadkin4'rivers which included Davie (bounty).» Records indicate that there were ten§ service will be Dr. W. Perry Oouch ofRaleigh, secretary of the Baptist StateConvention. Dinner will be served on the$ church grounds at noon. A memorial•: service in honor of members that diedI during the past year will be at 1:30 p.m.^Ihat afternoon. AJ ^eluded in this ser-I original members of the church. "The ji settlemait was said to be made by a small :ifrom split logs; smoothed down for seatingcomfort with no backs to the boiches.Holes four or five feet Wide were left for thewindows. This building was torn down in1854 and the material lato" used for aschool building.' "Gravestones in the chiurch cemetery dateas far back as 1778.Edward, George and Jonathan Boone,H group of pioneers, largely of English ex- brothers of Daniel Boone were among thep traction, who had migrated from Penn- first members of the Dutchmans Creeksylvania. Territorial boundaries extended Baptist Qiurch.t from the Forks of the Yadkin toWilkesboro." 'cause began developing among memlx^irsm 1775, and church records indicatefive members were excommimicated in1778 because they signed a i»H)test whichwas being circulated by the Tories (Britishsympathizers). It is believed that thisincident may have caused a disruptioh inorganizatimi of the church during the threeyears afttf this. Records show that thechurch did continue to function for a few1790.dee. Ccyears after the war. No records exist<X:-covering the period firom 1787 to Deceinb«*Hie church was reorganized in 1790 andgivoi the name of Eatons. The historystates that "The choice of a nanie at thistime, was probably influoi^led by the factthat the first land was given by DanidEatm, who was the son of John Eaton.tJohn Eaton owned 360 acres in the locality.John was buried in the church cemeterywhen he died in Septanbor, 1789. WhenDaniel Eaton's estate was divided amonghis heirs in 1825, the portion laid out forEatons Meeting House was excq[)ted fromLot No. 3. This extended North from thepresent cemetery to w iron post at GreasyBranch.Education was emphasized by thechurches during this period. Records indicate thai Fork Academy was started bythe church.The first Sabbath School was establishedat Eatons in Ai»11 1845 according toresearch done by Mrs. J. W. Etchison.)OAVIE CO. PUBUC LIBrIryFNTERPRISE-RECORD ^ j Growth in fJie. nomber of church mem-^bers lead to the erection and dedication of amew building in 1848. Ihe site of the churchWas "the crest of the hill East of and nearf 'the site of the Old Outchmahs CreekChurch."llie minutes of a church conference onFebruary 25,1854, state "that Ben F. Eatonreported that 'On May last; according tothe order of the Church', that be hadpurchased a record bdbk, and bad securedthe services of J. H. Foote and S. 0. Tatumto transcribe the contents of the originalchurch records to this new book, andhaving done so, he presoit^ said book tothe chur-ch." The book contains a complete, history of activities of the church from 1790' to 1902. The book is now being housed in theBaptist Collection Room at Wake Forest' University Library."In 1872 the church celebrated its onehundreth anniversary. The history--•ss--*-' •presented at that time was written andgiven by Dr. J. W. Wiseman. The articlediscusses the "jrfiillosphies and humanitiesof that era, and how they were developedthrough daily living and the importancse ofthe church in the lives of the people in thatday."The church building was remodeled in1890. Galleries were removed, and thevestibule and bell tower were added.After some members of the church weretold they did not need a bell tower becausethey had no bell, a drive was begun to raisefunds for the bell. This same bell hangstoday in the tower of the present building.The history states that "The bell peals; have sent forth the call to worship formany years, and it has also rung, or tolledon the occasion of a death in the community. It has served well as a me^s ofcommunication in this rural counts-side."The presait brick building was begun in1925 and dedicated on the 5th Sunday inJune 1930. The building was made possible,largely throu^ a gift from William T.Eaton of Winstoo-Salem, who was a formerresident of Davie County. His ancestors; and relatives had worshipped at die' church.', The church parsonage was started in1958 and dedicated in 1963.In the past few years the sanctuary hasbeai rearranged and folding doors haveI bera put up to make new Sunday School^ classrooms. An organ has just been pur-I chased with money secured throughprivate donations. Recently, cushions forthe pews were purchased,i "rtie church is presently involved in theplanning stages of an education building. Abuilding fund has been started and blueprints have been secured. The church alsohas plans to remodel the church pulpit area. and choir area of the sanctuary.Three churches in Davie County wereorganized from Eaton's Baptist Church.: Cedar Creek was organized in 1872;Farmington, February 1878; and IjamesCross Roads in late 1800's. Churches inother counties are Providence in SurryCounty organized in January, 1805; Cross• Roads In Yadkin County, September, 1835;Union Hill, (which w.as in Davidson County, thai, but now in Forsyth County) March,. 1851.Mimsters that have been ordained from1 J,this church are William Gamer; 1834;fEdward M. Chaffin, 1835; Nathan si• 3Chaffin; 1847; Thomas Miller, 1849;^T WUliam Brunt, 1863; Millard ij, ' F. Booe. 1918; and H. Wade I> Hulchens, 1936. Cecil Ellis :Leagans^ Jr., was licensed •to preach by Eaton's BaptistChurch in 1964.The church is currently jwithout a pastor. The Rev.Bill Brutoh, who served jI about a year, resigned in }June to return to radio work. 'I Many people at Eaton's jI Baptist Chyrch have worked jI to make this a successful jI Bicentennial celebration. |, Jim Eaton is CTialrman ofthe event. Bill MerreD is{ Sunday School Superintendent; Bob Langston,i Trainmg Union Director; and Qyde; Hulchens, C^hairman of the Board ofDeacons.Those on the history committee are Mrs.Minnie W. Pope, Mrs. Florence F.I - Ferebee, Mr. John Boyce (Dain, Sr., Mr.• Jim M. Eaton (deceased. 1971). and MissMossa E. Eaton, Chairman.The history sketch was prepared by MissFlossie Martin, Mrs. Annie Eaton Brower,; Mrs. Faye Cain Rich and Miss AnnieLaime Etchison.Those on the program committee wereBUI Ma-rell and George Winfrey (died in, July, 1972).Mrs. BUI Merrell, Mrs. Lester Richie,j Sally Richie and Mrs. Bob Langston were. in charge of the publicity.VIE CO PUBUC LIBRARY This water glass and pitcher were used byMOCKSVILLE, no ministers in the old church.ENTERPRlSil-o^ 0R3 Mr. J B. Cam and Mrs. S.N. Brewer, two of the church's oldestchurch's past history and the coming cele-Photos by James BarringerdL li s"/"- sThe Clerk's bench dates back to 1820. In the early churches, aclerk topk minutes of church proceedings.enterprise. RECORDB9M1B Ca POBOC DBRARYCO. PUBLIC UBRARyCMocKsviaa no r . A- ;:*. >iV,y-C'.2lFtJlfll r;:«v '• ■Is&v^:. ;• •-tW'.j: • •;- "^.trf. *. ■■ : 2 Vir • ■ • . • - -.^ -" - - ' -■•i:>. ifr-k Eatom'Baptist Church Observes 200th Anniversary .•• Ealon's BaplUt Church will obiicrve their bhccnlennlal anniversary Sunday with a special service.. This churchdates back to 1772 and is one of the oldest churches in the entire area. A special feature on Eaton's Church and theplans for this observance appears on Page « of this issue. (Phot by Barrlnger) ENTERPRlSE-KECQRn o ?5 < 5pg 5 ^^Au-zta. BcLpfii :smr^ "f| I^Vf'Levl^ ^yilUwnB^i •r^The I^ev., Lewis W. WUliams, pastor of. the Sweetwater :; Baptist Qiurch of Hickory, has accepted the call of the Eatons ' Baptist Church of MocksvIUe. i ^The new minister" assumed his new duties Sunday, July 8, at the morning worship service. | ,iHe is the former pastor of i Midway and Bethel churches in i Union County, Uie Big TiJck i Qiurch in Stanly County, the ! Deep Creek Church in Anson i County, the South River Baptist ; CSiurch in'iredell County, the ij Eirat Baptist Church of Sparta and the Mt. Calvary BaptiatJ Church. Banner Elle.' n : • Mr. Williams has served in i| various places of lea^efahip, . induing Moderator of . the ! South ' Va^Hin n n Baptist J Associatioii,' the. AHegany ! Baptist Asspciatiop aiid, the General Boardz-of'^0 Baptist ^ate Conyentioh:'<^. •; , • > n vt^iMr, Mra. Williams have ' five'Children, all of whom'are Jnarried."'Itonald of .SfatesvUle, Margaret' " (Mrs; T'l Wade Livingston) Lynda (Mrs. Marc .i' YeaUey) David of Charlotte, - and Phyllis (Mrs. Ravid Sloan) '? Eaton's Church Calls Pastor Batons Baptist Church has called " Bennie Gibbs as their pastor eilective June 6 1976. He comes from the First Baptist Church, Tarboro, North Carolina where he served as Minister to Youth. He is a native of Currituck, North Carolina. He is a graduate of Mitchell CoUege, Campbell College and in 1975 received a Master of Divinity- Master of Religious Education , from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Wake Forest, North Carolina. Mr. Gibbs has also served a four year tour with the United Slates Aij- Force, with a one year tour at Phan Rang, Vietnam. His interests are sports, mechanics, gardening and sharing Christ's love. He and his wife, the former Nancy Benfield of Statesville. have two childien, Kevan 9 and Leanne 4. They reside at the parsonage Route 2 Mocksville. Mr. Gibbs says, "We are delighted to be in Mocksville and into the Eaton Community where God had called us to be and to serve. We pray that God will use us to his glory and the people will respond to His Word The Rev. Bennie Gibbs We have found the people most cordial and eager to serve the Lord with us," Come and visit Batons Baptist Church and experience the warm fellowship it has to offer. 7-f-(f7U 'ENTERPRISE. RF^n'^n 7-1- Davie Co. Public Libtary (ylocks'iiU, N. C. Sund^ At Eaton's Baptist Church Bennie Gibbs, pastor of Batons Baptist Church, will be ordained to the Gospel Ministry, Sunday afternoon, Septemb^ 12, at 2:30 p.m. Mr. Gibbs, a native of Currituck, North Carolina and graduate- of. Campt)^ CoUege and Southeastern Seminary of North Carolina, began his .ministry at Batons in June of this year. The ordination service will have The Reverend E.B. Hicks, pastor of Front Street Baptist Church, StatesviUe, and Bobby ^ Boykin of the Communication Department of the Southern Baptist State Convention as featured speakers. The special music will be brought by Miss . Sarah Merrell, Music Director of First Baptist Church, : Cooleemee. Robert Langston, chairman of the Diaconate wUl preside over the service and Elmer Thomas, South Yadkin Associational Missionary, wiU present the puipose of.the or- ^nation. >n Mr. Gibbs is mamea lo me former Nancy Benfield of Mates. They have two chUdren Kevan, age nine, and Leanne. age four. Batons Baptist Church ex tends a cordial invitation to mends, former members, and neighbors lo attend the service. A reception honoring Mr. Gibbs IS to follow at the pa§toriura. • Hie Rev. Bennie Gibbs ^ Ordination Service c T- f- ( Davie Co.Puljiic l . Mocksville, N. L DAVIE CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY MOCKSVILLE, NO .<LCOKD. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1979 ^Is j;"' t «» Jfl'J L " "-ij^ i v«. /TjrS I"'' ' ^ 'jSL- i!. ^■ 9 I ^ . "ifjd s-n? Eaton's Church Breaks Ground For Mew Building Ealons Baptist Church broke ground for an Educational and FellowshipBuilding, Sunday. April 22, 1979. The ground breaking ceremony followed the regular '^rship service. Former Pastor Bill Brutonbrought the message and conducted the ground breaking ceremony.Mrs., Yvonne Sheets, Chairman of the Building and Planning Committee made the Charge to the People and turned the first shovel of dirt. Other members of the Committee are Lester Richie. Bill Merrell,Bob Langston, Gene Ellis and Charles Eaton. The building and parking facilities will be built on land donated to the Church by Mr. and Mrs.Lester Eaton. Excavation will start immediately on the project. 6ene Ellis Is contractor. Picture4 above, left to right: Virginia and Lester Eaton, Lester lUchle ai^d Yvonne Sheets. v.- Z t ■ / 7? 9 DaviG Uo-huuiii Moeksvtile, N. U, 4D - DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE BFrn.n THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 29, 1983Davie County Public LibraryMocksvilia, NCJohnny G. WalkerNewPastorAtEaton's Baptist- , Johnny G. Walker has recenUy^umed duties as the new pastor of^tons Baptist Church in ruralDavie County.Reverend Walker's previousMTc.Walker received his theologicalSoutheasternTheological Seminary at WakeSt' "r'n "''y- received hisMaster of Divinity Degree in 1977,W^Mvi .carried to Connief L have , twoJohn Allen, a junior atDavie Hi^, and Ann Marie agrader at North Davie, Jr.High. hfrs. Walker is a registered 't^ell^ivf hegin work atiredell Memonal in Statesville.I^vie Co. Public Ltbraij-MocksvHIe, N. C.saHWH-p -PAVIE county enterprise RECO^, THURSDAY, Aug. 13,1992 Hor^^^ming, "^R^val Batons Baptist' Church wll) celebrate homecoming Aug. 16. ' The Rev. Walter Howell, former pastor, will bring the message at the 11 a.m. service. A covered dish din ner wiU follow in the fellowship hall immediately following the worship service. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m., worship at 11. . • Revival will be Sunday-Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. . ' Speakers for the revivd meetings will be: Sunday, the Rev. Glen Dai^ (former pastor at Farmingtan Baptist Church); Monday, tte ReV,VDavid Wooten (retired i pastor '' from Charlotte); Tuesday, the' Rfev. Michael.Hill (pastor, Hrst Baptist Church, Black Mountain); ''alitl Wednesday, The B.F. Daniels T. Gospel Chcnr from Union Bafitibt Church, Winston-Salem.':. , A homemade ice cream and deSS^fellowship' will be Wednestfi^ following the service.-• -r • IIr a iXi \ >- w-> o. <1 ca > m '■X A X OAVIE CO. PUBIK DBfURT MOCKSVILL^ NC 5 5 DA VIE COUNIT ENTERPRISE RECORD, Get 2,1991 Batons Baptist Church To Celebrate 225th Year Eatons Baptist Church will be cel ebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of the church on Oct. 5. Thechurch was originally found on Oct.5.1772. Thespeakeratthc 11 a.ni. service will be Dr. R.G. Puckctt, editor of the Biblical Recorder. Revival services will be held Sun- day-Wednesday, Oct. 5-8 at 7:30 nightly. Sunday evening is a gospel sing featuring the Carter Family and the church choir. The speaker for Monday's service will be tlie Rev. Ron Haiiison, director of missions of the South Yadkin Bap tist Association. Tucsday'sspcaker is the Rev. Walter Howcil, former pa.stor at Eatons, and retired V.A. chaplain from Columbia, S.C. Wednesday, the Rev. W.E. Pettit, retired pastor from Winston-Salcm will present the message. The Rev. David L. Gilbrcath is pas tor at Eaton's Baptist Church. a o H < H lO f- o- cCt vo d X O Oavle County Public Library Mocksvilie, NO C.5 _ \iViA%*. .'.^t ^ /. 1 Oldest west of Terse' Mocksville's Batons Church marks 225thIt was not a banner year on the world scene! In colonial America, the seeds of the Revolutionary War were about to sprout! Up in Boston, the colonists were agitated over some actions of the British Crown. The Boston Tea Party would come the next year, soon to be followed by "the shot heard around the world" and the outbreak of war. The year was 1772, and a band of Baptists out in the "Forks of the Yadkin" wanted to start a church. The proper title was long but very descriptive: The Regular Baptist Church in North Carolina, Rowan County, In the forks of ^ the Yadkin." m - The birth of m " the church ^ came during ^ Moravian . missionary by ' the name of . ... • Soelle de- scribed as a mj|||^||g2H| 'spiritual stiri in the neighbor- .. hood/^ accprd:.,./; Ing to David L ' Gilbreath, Batons' pastor. There were P/ISTOR—Davii 10 charter been pastor of Eaton members, but He presided at the at within two and wrote an undatt years, the church's history. membership totaled 107. The formation of the church was significant in terms of geography, the development of the N.C. colony and the westward expansion of Baptists from down east to the Piedmont and on to the mountains. It is believed that Batons is the oldest Baptist church in North Caro lina west of Lexington, where Jersey Church, established in the 1750s, is located. Jersey Church was of the Charleston, S.C., tradition with a focus on organization, an educated ministry and a structured type of worship. John Gano is most often . Pv4STOR—Daxrid L. Gilbreath has n been pastor of Batons CAurcfi since 1987. He presided at the unnit^rsary service and wrote an undated summary of the church's history. identified with the Charleston tradition and was pastor at Jersey for a short time. This is In contrast to the Sandy Creek tradition, founded by Shubal Steams In 1755, which stressed an uneducated ministry, no organization except the Sandy Creek Association which Steams started and con- 1 trolled, and highly emotional, evangelistic-type services. (A unique thing in early Baptist history is that Steams ' and Gano respected one another. Gano was invited to preach several days at Sandy Creek,aB although : H the styles ' B B traditions . B of two ^^^ men were very': U different. In his > B history of N.C. H Paschal indi- H Gates the . , H preaching' B mission by Gano B - was successful.) B In ancient times, the ..c.> ^. H ' comerstorie'o'f a B building was aniH indispensable i ,. Gilbreath has • part of the -,| :hurch since 1987. structure be- ; t/ersary service cause from it all iummary of the dimensions of , the building emerged. The i cornerstone was just that; it set the ; direction for the whole building, if it ; were improperly placed, the integrity of the whole building was in jeopardy. For many years now, the comer-; stone of a Baptist church house is more symbolic and decorative than anything else. It is usually the last ; thing set — not the first — after the building has been completed. The corneretone of Batons Church is most informative because of the many references on it: "Dutchman Creek Church, 1772-1788; Batons Baptist Church, organized 1790, rebuilt 1848, remodeled 1885, . !dw. s'Kin'iW -V '.o«uwj>iu.KQ Jgvv.'JfjpfAA In JlViJ-j/ remodeled 1900, rebuilt 1925." The first congregation came to a painful end, weakened by an internal dispute over the propriety of the Revolutionary War. The pastor opposed the war as improper rebel lion against the British Crown, but church members favored the war. The first building — a meeting house made of hand-hewn logs from the nearby forests with holes left for windows (without glass) and split logs for pews — stood at the northeast corner of the lawn gj of the present parsonage. fe-' TTiroughout his ministry, jB' Pastor William Cook and Dutchman Creek Church ^ were thoroughly missionary, 7® according to the church history. — John Gano preached in the j- area and baptized 34 con- 5- verls between March and - October of 1774. At one point, ^ brothers of Daniel Boone U were members of the cppgre- gation. ^ i G Other meeting places were f'ss established by Dutchman Eato Creek to meet the needs of f'est the people as conveniently as possible. These were: The Forks, Boone's Ford, Deep Creek, Timber Ridge and Mulberry Fields. The Dutchman Creek Meeting House seems to have been the church's usual place of meeting and identifies it as the mother church, according to Pastor Gilbreath. Weakened by the controversy (and no doubt the war itselO. the congregation dwindled and ceased to function between 1787 and 1790. it was resurrected and probably given the name of the family which donated the land for the present site and cemetery. William Petty and Andrew Baker, both ministers, met with eight men and nine women in December 1790 to constitute a Regular Baptist Church at the old site. ! November 1, 1997 G Batons Church has assisted in the organization of six churches: Provi dence (1805), Courtney (1835), Union Hill (1851), Cedar Creek (1872), Farmington (1879) and Ijames (1896). The first meeting of Yadkin Association was held with Batons Church, according to Ron Harrison, director of missions for South Yadkin Association which was formed from Yadkin Association. REETINGS—Ko« Harrison, director of missions for South Yadkin Association loith which Eatons Church is affiliated, brought greetings and best wishes to the congregation. Harrison brought greetings and best wishes to the congregation on Oct. 5 during the 225th anniversary celebration. He was one of the preachers for the revival which started that evening in the church. Batons Church began supporting the B^tist State Convention of North Carolina in 1831, the first year after it was organized. A "Sabbath School" was organized in 1845 — the year the Southern Baptist Convention was formed — and a Woman's Mission ary Union was organized in 1911. During the 225th anniversary celebration. Biblical Recorder Editor R.G. Puckett delivered the sermon. Pastor Gilbreath commented that Eatons Church and Dutchman Creek Church produced a church which is "very historic, with a very rich heri tage, holding forth the light of Christ." SETTING—The present sanctuary of Batons Church is located on a beautiful well- landscaped knoll overlooking the original site of the log building and the cemetery where the church started in 1772. . • f''8f''ighted the 225th anni;h annivon Oct. 5,1997.ersary celebration' Eatons 10-24 News Biblical Recorder: Journal oT the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina News Search die Biblical Recorder; Search Options Saturday. OcL 25,1997# Mocksville's Batons Church marks 225th anniversary It is believed that Batons is the oldest Baptist church in North Carolina west of Lexington, where Jersey Church, established in the 1750s. is located. By R.G. Pucfcett M It was not a banner j'ear on the world scene! X In colonial America, the seeds of the Revolutionary War were about to sprout! Up fe in Boston, the colonists were agitated over some actions of the British Crown. The Boston Tea Party would come the next year, soon to be followed by "the shot heard around the world" and the outbreak of war. HL; Theyear was 1772, and a band ofBaptists out in the "Forksofthe Yadkin" wantedto start a church. The proper title was long but veiy descriptive: "The Regular ' B H Baptist Church in North Carolina, Rowan County, in the forks of the Yadkin." The birth ot the church came during what a Moravian missionaiy by the name of . Soelle described as a "spiritual stir" in the neighborhood." according to David L. has Gilbreath, Batons' pastor. There were 10 charter members, but within two years, the " membership totaled 107. The formation of the church was significant in terms of geography, the development of the N.C. colony and the westward expansion of Baptists from down east to the Piedmont and on to the mountains. It is believed that Batons is the oldest Baptist church in North Carolina west of Lexington, where Jersey Church, established in the 1750s, is located. Jerse)- Church was of the Charleston, S.C., tradition with a focus on organization, an educated ministry and a structured type of worship. John Gano is most often identified with tlie Charleston tradition and was pastor at Jersey for a short time .•:9 This is in contrast to the Sandy Creek tradition, founded by Shubal Steams in 1755. ^ O which stressed an uneducated ministry, no organization except the Sandy Creek Association which Steams started and controlled, and highly emotional. ^ evangelistic-type services. Q- Q JO(A unique thing in early Baptist history is that Steams and Gano respected one ^ O another. Gano was invited to preach several days at Sandy Creek, although the O styles and traditions of the two men were veiy dilferent. In his history of N.C. qj Baptists, G.W. Paschal indicates the preaching mission by Gano was successful) '5" In ancient times, the cornerstone of a building was an indispensable part of the structure because from it all dimensions of the building emerged. The cornerstone was just that: it set the direction for the whole building. If it were improperly placed, the integrity of the whole building was in jeopardy. For many years now, the cornerstone of a Baptist church house is more symbolic and decorative than anything else. It is usually the last thing set - not the first - after the building has been completed. The cornerstone of Batons Church is most mforaiative because of the many •P O § ^ a F# O r> .0) http://www.biblicalrecorder.org/news/Eatons10-24.shtml 8/13/2008 Eatons10-24 Page 2 of 3 references on it: "Dutchman Creek Church, 1772-1788; Batons Baptist Church, organized 1790, rebuilt 1848, remodeled 1885, remodeled 1900, rebuilt 1925." The first congregation came to a pauifiil end, weakened by an internal dispute over the propriety of the Revolutionary War. The pastor opposed the war as improper rebellion against the British Crown, but most of the church members favored the war fc~ O ci X XJ . The first building a a meeting house made of hand-hewn logs fi-om the nearby forests with holes left for windows (without glass) and split logs for pews a stood at the northeast comer of the lawn of the present parsonage. Throughout his ministry. Pastor William Cook and Dutchman Creek Church were thoroughly missionary, according to the church histoiy. (This was 20 years before William Carey issued the call for world missions, more than 40 years before the Triennial Convention was formed and nearly 60 years before the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina was organized.) John Gano preached in the ^ea and b^tized 34 converts between March and October of 1774. At one point, brothers of Daniel Boone were members of the congregation. Other meeting places were established by Dutchman Creek to meet the needs of the people as conveniently as possible. These were: The Forks, Boone's Ford, Deep Creek, Timber Ridge and Mulbeny Fields. The Dutchman Creek Meeting House seems to have been the church's usual place of meeting and identifies it as the mother church, according to Pastor Gilbreath. Weakened by the controversy (and no doubt the war itself), the congregation dwmdled and ceased to function between 1787 and 1790. It was resurrected and probably given the name of the family which donated the land for the present site and cemetery. William Petty and Andrew Baker, both ministers, met with eight men and nine women in December 1790 to constitute a Regular Baptist Church at the old site. Batons Church has assisted in the organization of six churches: Providence (1805) Courtney (1835), Union Hill (1851), Cedar Creek (1872), Fannington (1879) and ' ^ Ijames(1896). o v / ^ ^ The first meeting of Yadkin Association was held with Batons Church, according - n' sp 2 to Ron Harrison, director of missions for South Yadkin Association which was P ^ ^ formed from Yadkin Association. Batons Church is now affiliated with South ^ ^ Yadkin Associatioa ^ Harrison broi^t greetings and best wishes to the congregation on Oct. 5 during ^ the 225th anniversary celebration. He was one of the preachers for the revival which started that evening in the church. Q Batons Church began supporting the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in 1831, the first year after it was orgamzed. A "Sabbath School" was organized in ^ 1845 - the year the Southern Baptist Convention was formed ~ and a Woman's ^ Missionary Union was organized in 1911. (The N.C. women's missionary ^ organization was formed in 1886 and the national group in 1888.) During the 225th anniversary celebration. Biblical Recoitier Bditor R.G. Puckett delivered the sermon. Pastor Gilbreath commented tiiat Batons Church and E)utchman Creek Church produced a church which is "very historic, with a very rich heritage, holding forth the light of Christ" http.7/www.biblicalrecorder.org/news/Eatons10-24.shtml 8/13/2008 Eatons10-24 The present sanctuary of Eatons Church is located on a beautiful, well- landscaped knoll overlooking the original site of the log building and the cemeterj' where the church started in 1772. nnipn Youth Subscriptipns Sjaff History Help Links a7l Home biblical(</'biblicnlrecorder.prg 10/24/97 http;//www.biblicalrecorder.org/news/Eatons10-24.shtml 8/13/2008 t^\xSlCW^S ' ^-fiPT\5T- C ATOVi 5' )DAVEE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, Thursday, Sept. 29,2022 «- ^-pv, Batons Baptist celebrating'250th . anniversary SundayBatons Baptist Church is celebrating 250 years of ministry on Sunday, Oct. 2 - complete with special guests and acovered dish lunch.The service begins at 10:30 a.m. at the church on 430Batons Church Road, Mocksville.It is the second oldest church in the county, and it'sdaughter churches (ones started by Batons over the yearsin other communities) will help with a revival Sunday-Thursday at 7 nightly. All services will be at Batons, withCourtney Baptist on Sunday, Ijames Baptist on Monday,Farmington Baptist on Tuesday, Union Hill Baptist onWednesday and Cedar Creek Baptist on Thursday. Visitorsare welcome at all services.<5"4^