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MOUNT VERNON MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
THIS CHURCH NOW HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF
75 BUT AT THE TIME OF THE ORGANIZATION
IN 1858 HAD ONLY NINE MEMBERS AS
FOLLOWS.JOHN S KIMBROUGH AND WIFE,
F B HUBBARD AND WIFE,MARY Y SETTLE,J G
SETTLE AND WIFE,AND SIMEON STYLES AND
WIFE.AT AN EXPENDICTURE OF $1,200 A
FINE WELL FINISHED STRUCTURE IN WHICH
SERVICES ARE NOW HELD WAS BUILT IN THE
FALL OF 1881.IT IS OF FRAME 28 X 42 AND
WAS DEDICATED BY rEV F W HOUCHIN,BENJAMIN
GENTRY,AND P T GENTRY.THE LATTER GENTLEMAN
WAS THE FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH AND
SERVED AS SUCH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BEING
SUCCEEDED BY W L T EVANS,W W KILBUCK,AND
DANIEL R EVANS THE PRESENT MINISTER IN
CHARGE.
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