Finding Aid for the Pleasant Henderson Ordination Certificate, 1844


MS-2183

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, May 26, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Pleasant Henderson Ordination Certificate

Date/Date Range :   1844

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains one ordination certificate for Pleasant Henderson at the Baptist Church in Brawley's Fork, Cannon Co., Tennessee from October 1844. It states that he has sufficiently proven himself worthy, as a former member of the Baptist Church at Enon, Rutherford County, TN. Thus, they have ordained him an Evangelist to lead prayers and preach.

Call number: MS-2183

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Pleasant Henderson Ordination Certificate, MS-2183. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.


Biography / History

No biographical information could be located on Pleasant Henderson.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains one ordination certificate for Pleasant Henderson at the Baptist Church in Brawley's Fork, Cannon Co., Tennessee from October 1844. It states that he has sufficiently proven himself worthy, as a former member of the Baptist Church at Enon, Rutherford County, TN. Thus, they have ordained him an Evangelist to lead prayers and preach.

Subject Terms

  • Baptists -- Tennessee -- Clergy.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Ordination certificate for Pleasant [L. or T.] Henderson (former member of the Baptist Church at Enon, Rutherford County, TN) at the Church at Brawley's Fork, Cannon Co., TN, as an Evangelist. Signed by R.W. [January], Sr., and Wm. F. Sack, 1844