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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

Part I - Baptisms

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