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PASTORS HILL GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH 1822-1997

................................. Called  ..............  Left

Simeon Buchannon ..  Nov. 1822 ...... Jan. 1826
Colmore Lovelace  ..  May 1826 ....... Mar. 1830
David Thurman ........  May 1830 ....... Sep. 1830
* Benjamin Keith ...... Oct. 1830 ....... Apr. 1831
John Rush ................  May 1831 ....... June 1833
James Nall ................ July 1833 ......... Feb. 1836
Jacob Rogers ........... Aug. 1836 ......... Nov. 1836
Benjamin Keith ......... Aug. 1836 ......... Mar. 1839
* Squire L. Helm ...... Sep. 1839 ......... Nov. 1839
James N. Brown ....... Nov. 1839 ........ July 1840
Squire L. Helm ......... Aug. 1840 ......... Apr. 1843
George H. Hicks ...... May 1843 - Died before Aug. Mtg. 1873
................................ (Served a little over 30 years)
C. S. Sterrett Oct. 1873 Jan. 1878
H. P. Coffman Jan. 1878 Dec. 1881
James H. Fullilove Jan. 1882 Jan. 1886
* David Dowden Feb. 1886 Dec. 1889
x Ben Hagan Jan. 1890 Did not accept.
David Dowden Mar. 1890 Dec. 1890
x R. C. Kimball Feb. 1891 Did not accept
Judson C. Willett Apr. 1891 Apr. 1901
Evarts B. English Oct. 1901 Apr. 1903
R. C. Kimball June 1903 Feb. 1907
C. W. Boles Mar. 1907 Sep. 1912
W. S. Shipp Nov. 1912 Dec. 1915
x H. A. Barnett Feb. 1916 Never did notify church that
he would accept.
W. J. Banks Apr. 1916 Aug. 1916
* Joseph R. Kysar Oct. 1916 Dec. 1917
0. P. Estes Feb. 1918 May 1918
Joseph R. Kysar June 1918 Oct. 1919
R. C. Kimball Nov. 1919 Feb. 1920
H. F. Smith June 1920 Dec. 1920
x E. G. Diamond Mar. 1921 Did not accept.
A. E. Cate May 1921 Sep. 1922
T. E Smith Oct. 1922 Mar. 1923
0. L. Rivers Aug. 1923 Feb. 1924
William H. Dillard Apr. 1924 July 1927
William L. Powell Oct. 1927 Sep. 1928
Alex Carswell Dec. 1928 Aug. 1929
C. D. Martin Jan. 1930 Nov. 1932
H. R. Burkhart May 1933 Dec. 1933
C. W. Bowles Feb. 1934 Oct. 1935

Burton Calico Mar 1936 July 1937

Evarts B. English Aug.1937 Dec. 1947 (Made Pastor Emeritus
in August 1956)
Graff Parish May 1948 July 1951
Harry Moore Sep. 1954 May 1957
Oriece Hartman June 1957 Dec. 1959

* served twice
x did not serve

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PASTORS - CONTINUED (1822 - 1997

Called Left
William Bargiol Jan. 1960 May 1962
James Adams June 1962 Sep 1961
William C. McKnight, Jr. Nov. 1964 Jan 1966
David Al Myers Mar. 1966 Jan. 1969
James I.Tilson Mar. 1969 May 1970
Ron McKinney June 1970 Sep. 1971
Robert H. Watts Oct. 1971 Apr. 1973
Kenneth Milby Sep. 1973 Mar. 1978
Danny F. McClung May 1978 Apr. 1979
Dan Francis May 1979 Feb. 1984
James Arms Feb. 1984 June 1987(0ur first "full
time." pastor)
Frank Dawson Aug. 1987 Aug. 1992
Jerry Shacklett Jan. 1993 Present

Jerry Shacklett is the Great-Great-Great-Great-Great- Grandson of two of Hill Grove's founding members, John Shacklett and his wife Rachel Wimp Shacklett.