Records of the Walthourville Presbyterian Church, 1855-1863
A digital copy of these records were supplied to TheyHadNames.net by Brian D. Hecker, Columbia Theological Seminary’s C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives public services archivist, from the records donated to the Archives by Dr. Erskine Clarke, author of Dwelling Place. They are described as the record book & diary, vol. 1855-1865, of Reverend Robert Quarterman Mallard, who was the pastor of the Walthourville Presbyterian Church from 1856 to 1863. The records consist of the names of the White and Black (mostly enslaved) members of the church from its founding in 1855 through 1860.
The Walthourville Presbyterian Church is in the National Register of Historic Places and has a Georgia Historical Society marker that reads: “This church was the first colony to go out from old Midway Congregational Church. The first building was erected in 1820 on land donated by Andrew Walthour. The present one, constructed near the original site in 1884, replaced buildings destroyed by fire and storm. Walthourville Presbyterian Church was organized in 1855. First pastors were the Rev. John Jones, supply, the Rev. Robert S. Mallard; elders, William Q. Baker, Thomas S. Mallard; deacons, David A. Miller, Thomas W. Quarterman. Second in size in Georgia Presbytery in 1861, this church led in benevolent gifts. The original site for Walthourville Cemetery nearby was donated by William D. Bacon in 1872.”
Following is a transcription of the records. I am working on researching the names of the Black members of the church and will post that when finished. In the meantime, please contact me if you are interested in someone mentioned here, and I will be happy to pass along what I have done so far.
The names are transcribed as seen.
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102,558
Robert Quarterman Mallard
Record Book & diary
Vol. 1855-1865
Walthourville, Ga
Jan. 1856 – Supply – Apr 13, 1856 – installed – to sometime in 1863
Central Presbyterian Church Atlanta, Ga
Sept. 20, 1863
[Page 1 of the Book]
Pastor’s Book
History: On the 27th day of July 1855, thirty white persons together with three coloured persons were by a committee of ministers from the Presbytery of Georgia organized into a Presbyterian church in Walthourville. A letter had been previously written to the Midway Congregational Church for a dismission to form a separate organization. This letter was signed by Messrs Eugene Bacon, W. Quarterman Baker, David A. Miller, Thomas W. Quarterman & Robert Y. Quarterman. This letter through some mistake was not answered until March 25, 1856 although the request had been acted upon & granted.
Meeting to determine the form
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This was held May 19 1855 Rev. Jno. [John] Jones presiding & resulted in the choice of the Presbyterian form. Votes Presb[yterian] (22) Cong[regational] (2) afterwards declared unanimous.
Names signed to the application to Presbytery for an organization.
Mrs. Thos. Quarterman
Mrs. Sarah H. Quarterman
Miss H.A. Quarterman
Miss Claudia C. Quarterman
Mrs. James N. Jones
Mrs. Harriet S. Handley
Mrs. Jane A. Fleming
Miss. L. Matilda Baker
Mrs. S.L. Quarterman
Mrs. M. R. Miller
Miss Mary E. Miller
Mrs E.R. Winn
Mrs Mary Bacon
Mrs Sarah S. Way
Mrs. Lydia Laing + Feb 12, 1861
Mrs. Sarah M. Quarterman
Mrs. Sarah J. Way
Mrs. Sarah M. Walthour
Miss C. Kalendar
Mrs. C.A. Fleming
Mrs. H.A. Newell
Mr. W. Quarterman Baker
Mr. Thomas Quarterman
Mr. Eugene Bacon
Mr. David A. Miller
Mr. Joseph N. Miller
Mr. Robt [Robert] Y. Quarterman
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Alexander S. Quarterman
Thomas S. Mallard
Thomas W. Quarterman
Dublin, Judy & Lilly svts [servants] of Mr. David A. Miller
First Session: July 28th 1855 9 A.M.
Rev. Jno [John] Jones Moderator
Officers:
Pastors:
1855 Rev Jno [John] Jones having preached for several months before the organization continued with the church not quite to the close of the year 1855.
1856 Jan Rev. R.Q. Mallard became the slated supply.
1856 April 18. Ordained & installed as pastor
Elders —- Ordained
1855 July 27
W. Quarterman Baker
Thos. S. Mallard
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John Boyd Mallard
Deacons —- set apart
1855 July 27 David A. Miller
1855 July 27 Thomas W. Quarterman
1855 October 13 Robert Y. Quarterman
The last mentioned officer died [in 1857]
1858 April 11 James McCollough Sen[ior]
First Communion July 29, 1855
Review of History for Four Years ending with Jan 7 1859 extracted from New Years Sermon preached on communion sabbath. At the organization of this church four years & six months
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Ago its membership stood thus:
White Members
Males 9
Females 21
Total of white members 30
Coloured members 3
Total of membership 33
In the few months following of Mrs. Jones labour’s 4 white persons, females & 2 coloured persons were added making the membership.
When I became slated supply
Males 9 Females 25 & Coloured 5
White membership 34
Coloured membership 5
Total members 39
Deducting the losses by death & otherwise so far as known, the membership stand thus in January 1860.
White members
Male 28
Female 46
Total 74
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Coloured members 38
Whole membership 112
How received:
On certificate 19 white members & 9 coloured members making 28 &
On examination 30 white persons & 27 coloured making 57.
Infant baptisms in this time all except three in the period of my connection with the church
White 27 Col’d [coloured] 24 – total 51
Losses
Death
Robert Y. Quarterman
Mary Bacon
Corinne McCollough
Lindy svt [servant] Eugene Bacon
Change of church
Harriet Newell
Contributions — Systematic [word] introduced in 1857
April 1857 – April 1858 $361.12
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& a box of clothing for the Seminary in Columbia – value $35.00
Total $330.18
The above statistics of contributions were taken from our reports to Gen[eral] Assembly.
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White Adult
Members of our church
In the year of our Lord 1860 February 20.
Mrs. Thomas Quarterman |
Mrs. Sarah H. Quarterman |
Miss Claudia A. Quarterman |
Mrs. Harriet A. Freeman |
Mrs. Sarah Jane Jones |
Mrs. Harriet S. Handley |
Mrs. Jane A. Baker |
Miss L. Matilda Baker |
Mrs. S. Lous. Quarterman |
Mrs. Margaret Miller |
Miss Mary E. Miller |
Mrs. E. Rebecca Winn |
Mrs. Sarah S. Way |
Mrs. Lydia Laing |
Mrs. Sarah M. Quarterman |
Mrs. Sarah J. Hines |
Mrs. Sarah M. Walthour |
Miss C. Kallendar |
Mrs. Amand [Amanda] Fleming |
Miss Mary Elizabeth Baker |
Miss Eloise Baker |
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones |
Miss Sarah M. Baker |
Mr. W. Q. Baker |
Mr. Eugene Bacon |
Mr. David A. Miller |
Mr. Jos. [Joseph] N. Miller |
Mr. Alex. [Alexander] Quarterman |
Mr. Thos. [Thomas] Sam. [Samuel] Mallard |
Mr. Thos. [Thomas] W. Quarterman |
Mr. Jno. [John] B. Mallard |
Mrs. Sarah W. Mallard |
Mrs. Carrie McIver |
Mrs. Ann Quarterman |
Mrs. C. W. Quarterman |
Mr. Wm. [William] B. Fleming |
Mrs. E. A. Fleming |
Mr. E. Payson Miller |
Mr. Jas[James] S. McCollough |
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Mrs. Elizabeth McCollough |
Miss Elizabeth McCollough |
Mr. John E. Baker |
Mr. Henry H. Jones |
Mr. Wm. [William] John Winn |
Dr. Jos. P. Stevens |
Mrs. Abby S. Jones |
Mr. A. Maybank Jones |
Mrs. Eliza Cay |
Mrs. Ann L.C. Stevens |
Miss M. Catharine Fleming |
Mr. N. Pratt Quarterman |
Mr. C. Augustus Baker |
Mrs. Almira E. Way |
Miss Susan Ann Way |
Miss Ellen Barret Fleming |
Mr. K. Axson Quarterman |
Mr. Josiah S. Fleming |
Mr. T. Quarterman Fleming |
Mrs. Mary S. Mallard |
Mr. J. Edgar Way |
Mr. John Sydney Fleming |
Mrs. Ann H. Bacon |
Mrs. Malvina H. Thomas |
Miss Mary J. Thomas |
Miss Laura Y. McCollough |
Miss H. Elizabeth Miller |
Mr. W.Q. Bacon |
Mr. B.S. Screven |
Mr. Walter L.C. Stevens |
Mr. Benj. S. Baker |
Mr. Thos. [Thomas] Eliott Quarterman |
Miss Augusta Walthour |
Miss Ella F. Stevens |
Miss Julia Miller |
Robt [Robert] Q. Baker |
Hellen L. Jones |
1861 April |
Jno. ??? Quarterman |
Florence Estelle Winn |
Fl??? Quarterman |
Adult members white 1863 |
Mrs. Russell Walthour |
Mr. Wm. [William] Quarterman |
Miss Ellen McCollough |
July 12 1863 |
Miss Harriet Eliz. Quarterman |
Rubie Williams Hickman |
Sarah Margaret Miller |
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Whites Feb. 20, 1860
Infant Members – Baptized children & youth
Unconverted
Robert Baker + p10 |
Charles Baker |
George Baker |
Samuel Baker |
Daniel Baker |
Alonzo Baker |
Jane Ann Baker (dead) July 27 1860 |
Eliza Winn Mallard |
John Boyd Mallard |
Sarah Lydia Mallard |
Ellen B. Mallard |
Charles O. Mallard |
William Mallard |
Sarah Holmes Mallard |
W??? Quarterman |
Huss Quarterman p:10 |
Flavel Quarterman |
Louis Quarterman |
Iowa Quarterman |
Ellen McCollough |
Margaret Miller |
Mary Moultrie Quarterman |
Matilda Louisa Quarterman |
Eleanore Eulalie Cay |
Charles Alfred Cay |
Nathalie Alexine Cay |
Robert Harrison Jones |
Martha Louisa Rowland |
Florence Estelle Winn |
Theodore Winn |
James Winn |
Fanny Augusta Winn |
Mary Tallulah Baker |
Mary Jones Mallard |
William Walthour |
George Walthour |
Andrew Maxwell Walthour |
Josiah Law Walthour |
[Page 14] Infant members – white continued |
Ann Barnard Quarterman |
Robert Quarterman |
Henry Cumming Quarterman |
Mary Tallulah Baker |
Martha Thomas |
Houston Thomas |
Sarah Anderson Jones |
Joseph Maxwell Jones |
Eliza Law Jones |
Josiah Percy Stevens |
Louis Olivia Stevens |
Mary Sumner Way |
Charles Wm. [William] Screven |
Edward Maxwell Screven |
Benjamin Baker Screven |
Matilda Louisa Quarterman |
Geo. [George] Hardcastle Bacon |
Chas. [Charles] Edward Bacon |
Jane Dawsey (?) Bacon |
Thomas Shaffer Baker |
Henry Walthour McIver |
Charles Colcock Mallard |
Stewart Dowse Jones |
Joseph Charlton Hines |
James E. Hines |
Bacon (W.D.R’s) |
*Almira Ellen Way |
Anna Louisa Stevens |
Cynthia Fleming Quarterman |
John William Jones |
Sarah Eliza Rowland |
William Darwin McConnell |
Mary Caroline Fleming |
Mabel Caroline Stevens |
Mary Caroline Walthour |
Should have recorded before the above May 31, 1863 Eliza Burnley Mallard [NOTE: possibly means should have recorded it before Almira Ellen Way, beside whose name an asterisk was written] |
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Coloured Members – Adult Feb 1860
Dublin *died Aug 31, 1860 | To Mr. David Miller |
Judy | To Mr. David Miller |
Lilly | To Mr. David Miller |
Abner | To Col. Joseph Quarterman |
Joe | To Alexander Quarterman |
Betsey | To Dr. J.P. Stevens |
Hagar | To Mrs. Lydia Laing |
Sam | To Mrs. Norman Way |
Cinder | To Mrs. Norman Way |
Nanny | To Mr. W.Q. Baker |
Sophia (*) | To Mr. David Miller |
Sibby | [left blank] |
Toby | To Dr. Wright |
Catharine | To Mrs. Anne A. Baker |
Nancy | To Mrs. N. Way |
Nancy * | To Dr. J.P. Stevens |
Maria | To Dr. J.P. Stevens |
Boston | Free |
Jim | Mrs. Y. Quarterman |
(*) Died April 9, 1860 |
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[Page 16] | Coloured Members – Adult – Continued |
Tenah | To Mr. Y Quarterman |
Betty | To K.A. Quarterman |
Sampson | To J.E. Baker |
June * | To Mrs. S.M. Quarterman |
Isaac | To Edward Quarterman |
Sambo | To Edward Quarterman |
Lindy * (dead) | Blank |
Stephen | To T. Quarterman |
Emma Jane | To Mr. G.W. Dunham |
Emmanuel | To Mr. Eugene Bacon |
Delia | To Mr. W.Q. Baker |
Margaret | To Mr. John B. Mallard |
Ishmael | To Henry Way |
Susan | To Mrs. Ann McConnell |
1860 |
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Chloe | To Axson Quarterman |
Mary | To Mrs. Geo. [George] Dunham |
Cornelia | To. Capt. P.W. Fleming |
Cinder * | To Mrs. Robert Quarterman |
Chaney | To Mrs. James McCollough |
Lindy | To Mr. David Miller |
[Page 17] | 1860 Coloured Members – Adult – continued |
Sary | Mr. Jones Jones April 9 |
Mary | Judge Fleming April 9 |
Celia * | Mrs. T. Quarterman April 9 |
Ellen | Mrs. McConnell April 9 |
Ben | To Mr. Edgar Way July 8 [probably Way, Joseph Edgar] |
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| October Communion |
Elvira | To Rev. R.Q. Mallard |
Rosella | To Mr. Columbia Harris |
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| 1861 |
| January Communion |
Will | Svt [servant] of Dr. ???? Savannah |
Rosetta | Svt [servant] of Mrs. Chalmers |
Julia | Svt [servant] of Mrs. T. Quarterman Sen. |
| April Communion |
Margaret | Svt [servant] of Mr. W.L. Walthour |
| July Communion |
Harriet | Svt [servant] Mr. Egar [Edgar] Way |
| October |
Cate | Mr. Edward Way & Cate my servant |
| Jan[uary] |
Eve | On certificate about this time [see Eve as mother of Ben, Alfred, and Rosa, belonging to Mrs. McConnell. She was on certificate from the Midway Church.] |
Caty | Estate of James Winn |
Infant Members – Coloured in 1860
Chaney | “Chaney, Rosena & Miley children of Tenah, Svt [servant] of Mr. T. Quarterman” |
Rosena | “Chaney, Rosena & Miley children of Tenah, Svt [servant] of Mr. T. Quarterman” |
Miley | “Chaney, Rosena & Miley children of Tenah 16, Svt [servant] of Mr. T. Quarterman” |
Dye | “Dye, Samson, Nancy, Isabella, Daphne, Charlotte Children of Betty, servant of Mr [or Mrs] Axson Quarterman” |
Samson | “Dye, Samson, Nancy, Isabella, Daphne, Charlotte Children of Betty 16, servant of Mr [or Mrs] Axson Quarterman” |
Nancy | “Dye, Samson, Nancy, Isabella, Daphne, Charlotte Children of Betty, servant of Mr [or Mrs] Axson Quarterman” |
Isabella | “Dye, Samson, Nancy, Isabella, Daphne, Charlotte Children of Betty, servant of Mr [or Mrs] Axson Quarterman” |
Daphne | “Dye, Samson, Nancy, Isabella, Daphne, Charlotte Children of Betty, servant of Mr [or Mrs] Axson Quarterman” |
Charlotte | “Dye, Samson, Nancy, Isabella, Daphne, Charlotte Children of Betty, servant of Mr [or Mrs] Axson Quarterman” |
Albert | Grandchild of Cinder, servant of Mrs. Norman Way |
Charles | Child of Lilly, svt [servant] of D.A. Miller |
Phebe | “Phebe, Chloe children of Nancy, servant of Mrs. E. Stevens” |
Chloe | “Phebe, Chloe children of Nancy, servant of Mrs. E. Stevens” |
Mary * | “Mary, Prince children of Lindy, svt [servant] of Mr. Eugene Bacon” |
Prince | “Mary, Prince children of Lindy, svt [servant] of Mr. Eugene Bacon” |
Ben | “Ben, Corinne, Matilda, Joseph, Sallie children of Catharine, servant of Mrs. J.A. Baker” |
Corinne | “Ben, Corinne, Matilda, Joseph, Sallie children of Catharine, servant of Mrs. J.A. Baker” |
Matilda | “Ben, Corinne, Matilda, Joseph, Sallie children of Catharine, servant of Mrs. J.A. Baker” |
Joseph | “Ben, Corinne, Matilda, Joseph, Sallie children of Catharine, servant of Mrs. J.A. Baker” |
Sallie | “Ben, Corinne, Matilda, Joseph, Sallie children of Catharine, servant of Mrs. J.A. Baker” |
*Died July 23, 1860 |
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[Page 19] | Infant Members Coloured 1860 |
Niger | “Niger, Windsor, Florida, Abby children of Chloe, svt [servant] of Mr. Axson Quarterman” |
Windsor | Niger, Windsor, Florida, Abby children of Chloe, svt [servant] of Mr. Axson Quarterman” |
Florida | Niger, Windsor, Florida, Abby children of Chloe, svt [servant] of Mr. Axson Quarterman” |
Abby | Niger, Windsor, Florida, Abby children of Chloe, svt [servant] of Mr. Axson Quarterman” |
| July 1860 |
Charles | [Charles & Caroline were bracketed together across from Sary, Mrs. S.J. Quarterman, and Alfred, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones – perhaps indicating that they were their parents] |
Caroline | [Charles & Caroline were bracketed together across from Sary, Mrs. S.J. Quarterman, and Alfred, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones – perhaps indicating that they were their parents] |
| April 15 |
Susan Lorenna | “Susan Lorenna, Marie Esther, William Wallace, John Francis [children of] Chaney, est. of Deacon McCollough” |
Marie Esther | “Susan Lorenna, Marie Esther, William Wallace, John Francis [children of] Chaney, est. of Deacon McCollough |
William Wallace | “Susan Lorenna, Marie Esther, William Wallace, John Francis [children of] Chaney, est. of Deacon McCollough” |
John Francis | “Susan Lorenna, Marie Esther, William Wallace, John Francis [children of] Chaney, est. of Deacon McCollough” |
Prime | Child of Mary, Judge Fleming’s |
| 1861 |
Ben | “July 28 Ben, Alfred & Rosa children of Eve servant of Mrs. McConnell” |
Alfred | “July 28 Ben, Alfred & Rosa children of Eve servant of Mrs. McConnell” |
Rosa | “July 28 Ben, Alfred & Rosa children of Eve servant of Mrs. McConnell” |
| 1862 |
Mary Elizabeth | Child of Mrs. Quarterman’s Samson & Mrs. Winn’s Caty |
Emma Adeline | Of Mrs. T.Q.’s Julia |
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