I am descended from the William Cathey and Griffith Cathey in the list of early male
members. The Alice Cathey may be the sister of Griffith, and Alexander may the the
brother (Griffith also had a son named Alexander). Alice, Alexander, and Griffith were 3
of the 5 children of James and Jane Rutherford Cathey. Griffith also had a son named
William. Jane, Griffith and William are all buried in the Cathey family Cemetery on
Love's Branch in Maury County. William also marrined into a Brown family, although I
do not recognize any of the Browns listed below.
Alan Scott
Missouri City, TX
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Subject: Re: [CATHEY] Cathey's Creek Church - Maury Co., TN
The following is transcribed from the original typed historical account of
Cathey's Creek Church of Christ , written by A.B. Cathey of Isom, Tennessee, and
Published on March 12, 1903 in "The Gospel Advocate".
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By request, an historical sketch of this church is written for publication by
the Gospel Advocate. It will doubtless prove interesting to those who are at
present members here, to those who have emigrated to other sections and to all
who desire to learn such facts as may be given concerning the good bretheren
whose preaching we have enjoyed.
_
This is one of the oldest congregations in Maury Co. dating back eighty years or
more. The writer remembers hearing preachers here for the last seventy years. He
is informed that a brother named Kinkade, who lived in Bedford Co. Tenn., held a
meeting under a brush arbor at the place where the road leaves the creek and
that Mrs. Alice Cathey was baptized during that meeting. She died in 1822. A
brother named Hill probably preached here about date. Bro. Nichols who lived
near Mt. Pleasant, in Maury Co. was one of the early preachers here. Dr. James
N. Brown preached here about seventy years ago. He was a Physician a school
teacher and a farmer. He emigrated to Ark. where he died. Bretheren W.M.R.
Wooten and C.F.R. Shehane preached here when they were young men. The former
settled in Davidson Co. Tn., and died not many years ago.
The latter wrote and published some poems some of which perhaps non existant. He
went to S.C. where it is said he joined the Universalists. Bro. Ephraim R.
Osborne came to Columbia, Tn. from Ky., in 1836 and he preached in the
surrounding country about twenty years. He then went to Union City, Tenn., where
he died at an advanced age. He was a very pleasant speaker on his oratorical
powers secured large audiences at his appointments. Bro. J.K. Speer was one of
the early preachers, he had great power as a reasoner and his preaching embraced
a period of more than 20 years, beginning about 1830. In 1850 or thereabout he
moved to Lawrence Co., Tenn., where he died. Bro. Wm. Gooch was contemporary
with Bro. Speer. He held a debate with a Mormon at Dunlap, Hickman Co., Tenn.,.
The debate was largely attended. He baptized the writer in October 1844. Bro.
James Anderson held debates with Wm. Ralston a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher,
abt., 60 years ago. Bro. Anderson lived in Willia!
mson Co., Tenn and was the father of Bro. Wm. Anderson now of the Nashville
Bible School.
Among the early male members of the church here that I remember were Alexander
Cathey, A. James Cathey, Wm. Cathey, Griffith Cathey, James Cathey, Matthew
B.Cathey, Tom Brown, Joseph Brown, Robert L. Brown, James Whiteside, Alexander
Cathey, Wm. Cathey, Matthew B. Cathey moved in 1836 to Miss. and settled near
Thyatira, Tate Co. at which place there is now a large congregation.
Up to the time of the Civil War, the church here did not meet for worship except
on occasions when there were appointments for preaching. Soon after the close of
the war the brethren built a new meeting house and since, they have met
regularly for worship on the Lord's day. Protracted meetings have been held, at
which many of our brethren of good talent have labored. New houses of worship
have been built at several points near this place, one at Kettle Hills, one at
Dry Fork, one at South Point and one is now being built on Curry's Branch. As a
consequence the number of members here is not as large as it was before the
establishment of these churches.
Bro. S.A. Worly and John A. Goodman are active elders in the teaching on Lord's
Day and the other elders E. Jones, Dr. John C. Cummis and C.R. Whiteside look
after the financial matters, the employment of preachers and the general welfare
of the church.
The following brethern have preached here: James Anderson, Wm. Anderson.
_____Beasley, J.W. Birdwell, T.J. Brooks, James N. Brown,_______Armstrong, John
N. Barnes, J. McBarnes, Wade Barrett, ________Brown,______Burton,
_______Caldwell, George W. Cone, S. Craig, W.D. Craig, _______Cooper, Strether
M. Cook, ______Darnell, F.H. Davis, N.C. Derryberry, _______Dorris, C.A.
Derryberry, W.W. Dugger, _______Elder, _________Evans Jr., ________Eichbaum, Wm.
Gooch, Alexander Graham, J.W. Grant, Asa Hardison, W.R. Hooten, ______Hooten,
________Hester, A.C. Henry, __________Hoover, ________Holbrook, A.P. Holtsford,
______Jones, Nathaniel Kelley, Allen Kendrick, ________Kinkade, Carroll
Kendrick, __________Kirkpatrick, ______Locke, _______Land, T.B. Larimore,
Wm. T. Lee, David Lipscomb, Granville Lipscomb, Wm. Lipscomb, S.R. Logue, John
A. Manire, E.C. Meacham, J.C. McQuiddy, J.H. Morton, John M. Morton, Wm. Morton,
J.M. McCaleb, ________Ratliffe, ______Reulhac, Wm. Sisco, R.T. Sisco, David R.
Sowell, F.C. Sowell, E.G. Sewell, Samuel Sewell, John N. Sidener, _______Stine,
Joshua Speer, Wm. S. Speer, Joshua Speer Jr., J.W. Scobey, J. Paul Slayden,
C.F.R. Shehane, _____Spivey, John Smith, _________Smithson, F.D. Srygley,
R.B.Trimble, E.A. Timmons, ________Todd, A. ____Todd, James Williams,
________Williams, B.S.B. Waldren, James White and R.G. White.
A.B. Cathey
Isom, Tenn.
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