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   CHURCHES 

 
Name Date  Estab Town-
Location
Associated
Cemetery
Source or Contact
Good Springs Church
William McKinney, Pastor, a Choctaw
early At the Source of Kiamichi River   Proud Heritage p 105
Lenox Mission
founded by the Presyterian
1855 Across from the Lenox School Hwy 63 E of Whitesboro    Proud Heritage p 105
Double Branch Missionary Baptist Church organized on the banks of Double Branch Creek  William Moses Holland pastor 1882-1884 1, 2 1870   Vaughn Cemetery Proud Heritage p 106
Macedonia Baptist Church - Rev. Lige Harlan was pastor 1881 Pocola  Macedonia Cemetery Proud Heritage p 108
Liberty Hill Church
organized in the Center Point School - John W. Miller, first pastor
1879 Kulla Chaha [near]   Proud Heritage p 109
First Missionary Baptist Association had it's beginning as the Short Mountain Association and is now known as the LeFlore County Missionary Baptist Association 1884 Cowlington   Proud Heritage p 110
Mountain View Baptist Church 1890 Glendale Mountain View
first burial c1880
William Hunt
Old Bethlehem Church  founded by Rev. McNabb 1879 1 mi west of the later town of Hill   Proud Heritage p 231
Cumberland Church of Poteau, leader Rev. L. S. Alexander  1890 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 231
Catholic Church of Poteau - the chapel was in the office of G. H. Witte in the yard of his home - Father Ketchum helped select the site and Father Hubert of Antlers was the pastor 1903 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 232
Church of Christ 1932 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 232
Church of Nazarene 1925 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 232
First Christian Church 1900 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 232
First Methodist Church - first services held by Rev. McElhannon 1893 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 234
Assembly of God Church   Poteau   Proud Heritage p 235
First Baptist Church - Dr. Hardin was the first resident minister 1894 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 236
Cavalry Missionary 
Baptist Church
1961 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 238
Polk Creek Assemby of God Church - Rev. Bruce David was the first pastor 1920 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 239
Free Will Baptist Church 1922 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 239
Immanuel Baptist Church - established as a mission of the First Baptist Church - first meeting was held in the home of J. W. Horne in Lake View 1944 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 240
South Side Missionary Baptist Church - had its beginning as a brush arbor revival meeting by Rev. Murl Walker and became the pastor. 1941 Poteau   Proud Heritage p 240
         
First Five Missionary Baptist Churches were:        
Double Branch 1870      
Cowlington 1877      
Liberty Hill 1879      
Macedonia 1881      
Poteau 1885      



1. Double Branch Missionary Baptist Church organized on the banks of Double Branch Creek 1870. It was the eleventh church of the Baptist denomination in Oklahoma. Vaughn Cemetery is associated w/ the church. Seven of the thirteen charter members of the church bore the name of "Vaughn".  Listing of charter members. The community was known as late as 1920 as "Vaughn Settlement."  The church had a large bell whose tones could be heard for miles around. A certain man rang the bell, his job, when a person died, when a grave was to be dug by the men of the community, for the hour of Sunday School and vaious other activities about which the community should know. No one knows where the bell is located [1963].  First Five Missionary Baptist Churches were: [?all in LeFlore?] Double Branch 1870, Cowlington 1877, Liberty Hill 1879, Macedonia 1881, Poteau 1885. Proud Heritage p. 106-108, 131-132
 


2.WILLIAM MOSES HOLLAND was pastor of the Double Branch church in 1882 while it was a member of  the Concord Association.  He probably continued in that office the next year, for he was it's pastor in 1884 when it helped to form the Short Mountain Baptist Association.  He still held that office in 1885. Submitted by Vicki L. Salmon <vsalmon@tcsn.net>  3 Feb 1999.
 


Double Branch Missionary Baptist Church charter members:
Brother Spears, Moderator and Pastor, age 75
Brother J. C. Vaughn, age 50
Florence Vaughn,  age 49
Zack Vaughn, age 25
Helen Vaughn, age 25
Tom Vaughn, age 20
Hettie Vaughn, age 18
Hassie Vaughn, age 17
Jack Tucker, age 50
Margaret Tucker, age 49
Edd Tucker, age 75
Nancy Tucker, age 65
George Tucker, age 26
Elizabeth Coker, age 25
Dave Wren, age 35
Plina Wren, age 28
Elizabeth Martindale, age 35
Bob Mitchell, age 40
Martha Mitchell, age 35
Becky Mitchell, age 35
Hettie Mitchell, age 35
Poteau Valley Times, Thursday, April 23, 1970 (page 2), article by J.S. Richardson.
Submitted by Vicki L. Salmon <vsalmon@tcsn.net>  7 Feb 1999.
 
 
 


Henry L. Peck, The Proud Heritage of LeFlore County (Muskogee, OK: Hoffman Printing Co., 1967), various.
 

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