POPE COUNTY
CHURCH RECORDS

Presbyterian Church
of
Golconda, Pope County, Illinois
Founded 1819
Said to be the oldest Presbyterian Church in Illinois


Records originally copied by Mrs. Scerial Thompson and used by permission of her niece, information for this website extracted by Ginger Hayes
(This is an ongoing project and will be added to as I get time)

Part I - Baptisms

24 Oct 1819 Elenor Lucinda Glass
Wm. Alexander Glass
25 Oct 1819 James Thos. Ferguson
Emeline Ferguson
18 Mar 1820 Margaret E.L. Hanna
Warren B.G. Bogardus
3 June 1820 Joshua S. Hanly
Jane Hanly
Mary Eliza Glass
5 June 1820 Hannah L. Alcorn (adult)
6 Aug 1821 Berthenia Crawford (adult)
Wm. W. Crawford
Thos. Owen Crawford
Jas. Edward Willis
Nancy C. Hodge
Jas. E.Y. Hanna
7 Aug 1821 Harrett Glass
James C. Glass
John Calvin Hanna
27 Nov 1824 Geo. Franklin Hanna
Geo. Davis Hodge
Wm. S. Hodge
Wm. S. Hodge
Francis S. Glass
James Lapsley Glass
James H.C. Hanna
30 Jan 1825 Sarah Cowan
Samuel S. Cowan
1 Aug 1825 Francis Knox Hanna
Margaret K. Williamson
George Williamson
Jane Williamson
John S. Williamson
14 Oct 1825 Christiana Sim
15 Oct 1825 Martha Jane Glass
Nancy Jane Cowan
17 Oct 1825 Francis E.J. Hanna
Benjn. Franklin Hanna
27 Nov 1826 William T.A. Hanna
Andrew Milton Hanna
John Ramsy Glass
3 Dec 1827 John Alexander Sim
Mary Susan Roper
30 May 1828 Margaret Francina Glass
8 July 1828 Wilson Hamilton Hanna
Hanna Elizabeth Glass
14 May 1829 James Jack Sim
5 July 1829 Emeline Thomas Alcorn
Mary Masadora Alcorn
16 Aug 1829 Elizabeth Warford (adult)
6 Jun 1830 Francis Stephenson Glass
12 Sep 1830 Parmelia Jane Ellis
Mary Hancock (adult)
Hanna Agusta Alcorn
17 Jul 1831 Samuel Davidson Hemphill
John Franklin Hemphill
Sarah Caroline Hemphill
Mary Elizabeth Hemphill
Robert Guilford Hemphill
4 Oct 1831 Sarah Threlkeld (adult)
29 July 1832 Agnes Salina Hanna
John Newton Glass
Wilton Sim
Jan 1834 Sarah Elizabeth Jane Hanna
6 April 1834 Mary Hancock
James Hancock
Frances Hancock
29 Jun 1834 Francis Lytle Sim
23 Jul 1834 Agness Mary Glass
9 Jul 1836 George Hodge
Margaret Zerinda Hanna
15 Jul 1837 Artemisia Scott
Bennett Franklin Scott
Robert Calvin Scott
Jeremiah Josephus Scott
30 Aug 1839 Robert Wilton Hanna
5 Nov 1839 Samuel Hodge
John Hodge
Eliza Jane Alcorn
5 Jan 1842 Theodocia Adalaide Alcorn
6 Jan 1842 Juliett Raum (adult)
30 Jan 1842 Green Berry Field Raum
William Wallace Raum
Elizabeth Lowth
Nancy Dobbins
Eugene Dobbins
Elizabeth Ann Dobbins
31 Jan 1842 Francis Jerome Glass
Alexander Johnson Glass
3 Jun 1842 Almeda Threlkeld (adult)
27 Jul 1842 Ameline Jane Bingham
James Williamson
Samuel Roice Williamson
George Lusk William
20 Nov 1842 William Wilson Paisley (adult)
Andrew Jackson Paisley (adult)
Hannah Elizabeth Paisley (adult)
Mary C. Hemphill (adult)
24 Nov 1842 Elizabeth Pryor (adult)
Elizabeth Ann Trusty (adult)
10 Apr 1844 Elizabeth Christiana Sim
John Allen Bladder
The two following by request of their parents,
being members of the Lutheran Church, viz-		 William Henry Rogers
Louisa Elizabeth Blatter
11 Apr 1844 Lucinda Adaline Paisley
Christina Sim Paisley
David Wilson Glass
Martha Juliet Glass
Nancy Catherine Glass
9 Jun 1844 Harriett Ann Threlkeld (adult)
Sarah Elizabeth Hodge (adult)
John Hodge
10 Jun 1844 Nancy Elizabeth Hodge
William Hodge
Martin Van Buren Scott
John Alexander Scott
Nancy Selina Scott
12 Sep 1844 Sarah Catherine Paisley
16 Nov 1844 Frances Elvina Jane Rea
17 Nov 1844 Robert Frances Glass
Agnes Jane Glass
18 Jun 1845 Samuel Theophiles Hemphill
Harriet Hodge Hemphill
29 Mar 1846 Alice Dorotha Fitzroy Hanna
20 Jun 1847 Florence Lucretia Hemphill
Samuel Wilson Paisley
Maria Frances Hanna
21 Jun 1847 Louisa Margaret Frances Blatter
The following by request of the mother,
a member of the Lutheran Church 		Catherine Barbara Blatter
14 SDep 1851 Theresa Julia Hanna
Hillis Hamilton Hanna
Mary Christiana Sink
Nancy Jane Sink
14 Sep 1852 Mary Jane Hancock (adult)
James Hodge (infant)
Mary Alicia Boswell (infant)
Nancy Alivia Boswell (infant)
13 Feb 1853 Polly Baker (adult)
Mary Elizabeth Hancock (infant)
18 Sep 1853 William Franklin Hodge
James Nathan Baker
John William Baker
16 Oct 1854 S.M. Winchester (adult)
Finly Young Hanna (infant)
19 Nov 1854 Harriet Hodge (adult)
(infants) Samuel Wilson Hodge
George Miller Hodge
Harriet Ann Hodge
George Franklin Hodge
Mary Elizabeth Hodge
Samuel Nelson Hodge
17 Jun 1855 Edward Lelton Hemphill
(all infants this date) Leander Sim Hemphill
Elizabeth Jane Hemphill
Mary Ann Hemphill
20 Jul 1858 Mary Josephine Hanna
(all infants this date) Elizabeth Caroline Hodge
Nancy Caroline Hodge
20 Sep 1857 Sarah Jane Katherine Hodge
12 Jun 1859 Joseph Warren Clay Hemphill
(all infants this date) Jessie Edmonia Sink
William Frances Sink
Hannah Julia Hodge
18 Nov 1860 Agness Crawford Hanna
Mary Eliza Hodge
Sarah Catherine Hodge

Baptism of Children

Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Date of Birth
. . . .
4 May 1862 Ellen Augusta Hanna J.E.Y. & N.A. Hanna 8/13/1861
Peyton Riddle Hemphill S.D. & Nancy Hemphill 9/12/1861
John Jay Hardin Hodge Wm. S. & Harriet Hodge 12/19/1861
29 May 1864 Edgar Allen Sim Rev. Wm. A. & Marie Sim 7/14/1862
27 Aug 1865 Albert Smith Hanna J.E.Y. & N.A. Hanna 10/20/1863
17 Nov 1866 James Alexander Hodge Wm. S. & Harriet Hodge 9/18/1865
8 Sept 1867 George Winfield Crawford T.S. & A.S. Crawford 5/18/1862
13 Sept 1868 John Wm. Hodge George & Hannah Hodge 12/11/1863
11 Jan 1869 William F. Crawford T.S. & A.S. Crawford 7/15/1868
10 Oct 1869 Anna May Wm. & Harriet Hodge (not given)
20 Nov 1870 Catharine Mariah John & Mary Feely 8/28/1870
27 Nov 1870 Ruth Anna H. Theodore & Elen Steyer 11/11/1867
Flora Theodora Theodore & Elen Steye 3/26/1870
5 Feb 1871 Fannie Elizabeth Asberry & Mary C. Miller 11/24/1870
26 Mar 1871 Rose Shirk John & F.E.J. Shirk 11/27/1866
Cora Shirk John & F.E.J. Shirk 7/6/1870
14 May 1871 Effie Theresa F.K. & Elizabeth Hanna 1870
25 May 1872 Harry Robinson Chas. & Julia McCoy 1/4/1870
Thomas William Chas. & Julia McCoy 12/4/1871
Theodore Steyer Henry W. & Christie A. McCoy 7/28/1871
30 Nov 1873 Anna May Hanna A.M. & Huddah Hanna 8/15/1866
Leticia Maud Hanna A.M. & Huddah Hanna 11/4/1872
Mary Frances Hanna F.K. & Elizabeth Hanna 11/10/1872
29 Mar 1874 Hattie Chadwick Thos. & Lucy McCoy 6/25/1871
Charles Alonzo Chas. & Julia McCoy 2/17/1873
Bertie Eliza Henry W. & Christie A. McCoy 11/11/1873
Anna Julia Theodore & Elener Steyer 1/1873
8 Mar 1875 Olive Bell S.W. & Fanny Hodge 12/13/1873
Willis Langdon F.K. & Elizabeth Hanna 10/21/1874
21 Nov 1875 Jessie J J.A. & Elizabeth Rose 6/21/1875
George Henry C.R. & Julia E. McCoy 4/25/1875
Effie Robinson T.W. & Lucy McCoy 6/24/1875
1 Oct 1876 Eva Marie Koch J.A. & Maria Koch 4/11/1875
3 Jan(?) 1877 Edward Franklin M.A. & I.J. Holland 9/16/1871
Mary Ellen M.A. & I.J. Holland 10/30/1875
Atic R.M. & H.A. Hanna 12/5/1875
1 Jul 1875 Lois John & Fanny Shirk 11/30/1871
14 Oct 1877 Helen Eva J.A. & Elizabeth Rose 7/15/1877
11 Oct 1877 William Michael John & Mary Freely 2/11/1875
John Thomas John & Mary Freely 2/1874
Myrtle Harry & M.E. Clanahan 1/17/1873
Lucy Maud Harry & M.E. Clanahan 8/8/1876
Bessie Lou C.R. & Julia McCoy 6/18/1877
3 Nov 1878 Harry Lon Hiriam E. & Dora Weatherbee 9/1875
Edna McCoy Hiriam E. & Dora Weatherbee 2/18/1877
23 Sept 1878 Cornelia Nellie J.A. & Marie Koch 9/3/1877
15 Jun 1879 Ellen Steyer W.S. & Emma Williamson 9/3/1878
Wm. Alexander Wm. A. Sim 2/8/1878
Mable Helen H.W. & Christie McCoy 2/26/1879
J. Walter C.R. & Julia McCoy 9/20/1878
13 Nov 1881 Charles Roscoe James A. & Elizabeth Rose 8/27/1880
11 Dec 1881 Frederick E. Thos. W. & Lucy McCoy 9/27/1881
26 Mar 1882 Morris James John & Emma Sim 12/18/1881
Mary E. John Allice Young 7/20/1870
Lucinda M. John Allice Young 2/21/1875
Daisy Valentine H.W. & Christie McCoy 9/25/1881
4 Jun 1882 Aaron Earl McCoy C.R. & Julia McCoy 2/17/1882

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