FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH - POLK COUNTY, TN

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH POLK COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Friendship Baptist Church was established June 8, 1826, only seven years after the Indians were removed from the area under the Hiwassee Cession of 1819.That makes Friendship the oldest church in what is now known as Polk Co., Tn. Below is a list of the available names of Pastors and Church Clerks from 1826 to 1975.
PASTORS
1826- Samuel Short 1844- William Forest 1846- B. W. Buford 1849- C. Hoil, E. Newton, & J. Scarbrough 1850- Calvin Denton 1884- H. C. Cook 1888- C. H. Eaton 1889- J. R. Lawrence 1890- J. P. Fore 1891- Luke Shamblin 1893- W. H. Rhymer 1897- R. J. Womac 1903- J. M. Townsley	1905- P. A. Miller 1906- J. W. Townsend 1912- S. R. Creasman 1915- J. M. Townsend 1917- H. K. Watson 1923- B. P. Kincaid 1924- J. D. Chastain 1925- Roy Thomas 1926- J. W. Townsend 1928- H.W. Passmore, Claude Green 1931- Will Shamblin 1938- M. C. Ledford 1940- C. Doyle Doss	1945- W. G. Smiley 1946- Charlie Helton 1948- B. P. Kincaid 1949- C. R. Green 1953- Herman Matthews 1954- M. D. Berry 1956- Willie Choat 1960- Hobson Gregg 1965- Don Wilson 1968- Wayne Cooper 1969- Jimmy Hutton 1972- Garvin Chastain 1975- Jack Nunley
Church Clerks
1826- John M. Neal 1835- Edward Frather 1836- James Morris * 1879- W. C. Hatcher 1885- G. H. Burns 1885- W. C. Hatcher 1901- Mellie Hatcher Pennell 1910- W. F. Burris	1911- A. J. Painter 1913- A. C. Howard 1919- Lee Blackwell 1923- E. S. Carruth 1926- James Mose 1929- Haden C. Davis 1939- Martha Watkins 1940- Hershell Davis	1946- Ulysses Coe 1957- Maxine Eaves 1958- Barbara Lance 1960- Helen Allen 1961- Haroldean Wiggins 1966- Samantha Davis 1973- Wanda Carter
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*Some names are missing due to lost Church records.

The information below came from a booklet titled" 150 Years Of Friendship", by Terry Blair, Wanda Carter, Johnny Coe, and Deborah Williams. The booklet was handed out to to the congregation of Friendship at the July 4th Homecoming, a celebration of the 150th year, in 1976.

Thanks to Connie Baumann for supplying this information!

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