First Baptist Church & Society of Albion Articles of Incorporation (1848)

First Baptist Church & Society of Albion Articles of Incorporation (1848)

Articles of incorporation

Churches--Michigan

Calhoun County (Mich.)--History

Baptist Church--Michigan--History--19th century

The 1848 articles of incorporation for the first Baptist Church & Society of Albion. Articles were also filed in 1846.

1848-03-02

1848-03-30

1848-05-05

1848-05-31

Crittenden, Luman

Coonradt, J. P.

Ferguson, Fenner

Lewis, Jariah R.

Rice, Osmon

Baker, R. M.

Meacham, John

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MDL.LH.003.055

Albion (Mich.)

Calhoun County (Mich.)

This certifies that the Baptist Church & Society of Albion met March 2nd 1848 in meeting regularly called & notified according to Revised Statute and that they organized themselves into a Society which shall be called the first Baptist Church & Society of Albion. Luman Crittendon, Osmon Rice, Jariah R. Lewis were chosen Trustees for the aforesaid Society in witness whereof we have this 30th day of March 1848 hereunto set our hand & seal.

Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of

L. Crittendon
J.P. Coonradt
Fenner Ferguson

R.M. Baker Moderator
J.R. Lewis Secretary


State of Michigan
County of Calhoun

On this 5th day of May 1848 came before me a Justice of the Peace for said county, R.M. Baker and J.R. Lewis known to me to be the persons who executed the above instrument and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed.

Fenner Ferguson Justice of the Peace

Recorded May 31st 1848
John Meacham
County Clerk

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