"A
Sunday School was organized sometime before May, 1884, for
in that year it was first reported to the General Assembly as having
three (3)
Officers and teachers, and twenty-eight (28) scholars.
The
school has been kept up through the years, ranging in the
number of attendants from twenty-four (24) to around sixty. The
Superintendents
have been: (page of report missing)
"Bethesda
has given one son to the Gospel ministry, the Rev.
Franklin S. Henderson, son of J. A. Henderson, one of its first Elders,
and has
sent out Elders, Elders' wives, and Deacons to other churches. Rev.
Franklin S.
Henderson is pastor of the Central Park Presbyterian Church, Houston,
Texas.
Officers
of the Church
Ministers:
|
W. R.
McClelland |
1881-1883 |
|
L.
H. Wilson |
1884 |
|
T.
W. White, evangelist |
1886-87,
1890 |
|
R.
N. Smith |
1888 |
|
C.
C. Williams |
1889 |
|
C.
W. Chambers |
1891-1894 |
|
W.
C. Caldwell, S.S. |
1897-1898 |
|
W.
C. Tenney |
1899-1900 |
|
W.
K. Johnston |
1901 |
|
Supplied
by Presbyterial Evangelists, et al |
1902-1912 |
|
S.
D. Logan |
1913-1914 |
|
R.
L. Owen |
1915-1917 |
|
Supplies |
1918-1919 |
|
J.
Z. Haney |
1920 |
|
J.
M. Batte |
1921-1923 |
|
Vacant
|
1924-1928 |
|
W.
J. Eakens |
1929-1931 |
|
C.
Fred Hancock |
1932 |
|
T.
D. Murphy |
1933 |
Elders:
|
Wm.
L. (William Lee) Henderson |
March
26, 1881-1883 (Death) |
|
J.
A. (Joseph Asmon) Henderson (Clerk) |
March
26, 1881-1885 (Death) |
|
John
M. (Madison) Henderson (Succeeded
J .A. Henderson as Clerk)
|
Aug.
11, 1886- |
|
K.
E. (Kirk) Crews |
September
10, 1899 |
|
S.
A. Vernor (Vemon) |
September
10, 1899 |
|
H.
C. (Henry C.) Crews |
March
18, 1917 |
|
J.
L. (John Lee) Henderson |
March
18, 1917 |
Deacons:
|
Thomas
A. Love |
March
26, 1881 |
|
F.
S. (Franklin Smith I) Henderson |
March
26, 1811 |
|
John
M. (Madison) Henderson |
October
30, 1889 |
|
Henry
C. Crews |
July
9, 1889 |
|
H.
K. Crews |
March
18, 1917 |
|
Edd
Williams |
March
18, 1917 |
|
Walter
Crews |
March
18, 1917 |
Church Officers
Records in Montreat, North Carolina (MSS. Records of Session, v. 1, Minutes of the General Assembly and Dr. T. W. White’s Sketch of Bethesda Church. —FT.) dated Nov. 14, 1933 continue: