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Name | Date Estab | Town-
Location |
Associated
Cemetery |
Source or Contact |
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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 | |||
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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