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JOHN PADGETT

1831-1834

The exact date of birth is not known for

Elder John Padgett, first pastor of High Shoal

Baptist Church. As a young man, possibly in his

early of mid twenties, Elder Padgett served as a

soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married

Celia Hollyfield. John Padgett first appeared at

the Broad River Association in 1808. He was

ordained to the ministry in 1811. He served the

New Hope Church in Rutherford County and the Big

Spring Church in the Catawba River Association.

By the time High Shoal Baptist Church was

organized in 1831, Elder Padgett was advanced in

years. He provided thorough and capable leader­

ship to the young church from July, 1831, until

September, 1834. Elder John Padgett died in 1838.

SOURCE: TO HIGHER GROUND: A BIOGRAPHY OF HIGH SHOAL BAPTIST CHURCH by: Garland A. Hendricks (286.175691/H38)

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. / kuow.11 .. as the ",Co11stituti9nal '.Krng's Mountmn4ssociapon. • ·. /Afte·r the -reconciliation' co1ivention,was neld 'at Zoar the l>.,1 :neaver J)~_ln chlfr,ch, ·with Elt)er Faunelf,,·.returned to their ·~::·;._places .a~;a: c6.1!sti,tuent .·9( th.e ~ihg's 'Mou~~tain .A'ssociatio111

. aud has ,ever s~nce proved lbyal to the·.associate Qody. EJdei: . ···.·Parrnell, .,while a· lay m()mber/represente,d his·church in tbo ·

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. · ·;. '.,'. · ····PADGETT, E.LpE~. J9~-Ni1piJears to :have joined 'the church >t~\i.?.1 t fit;~! at $~ndy Ruri,;soon" a.fret~ thE> organiz,atiun of the .Broad -~r: · · · <J:{1Yer. 4-~sooiation·, and co,ntiu t1ed his, n'lem bei·::lhip, there until ~,. '., ~81?~· whe.n he appeared iu- .the '.Associatio[\' a~ a delega~

.y~::•; .. ,,!1:om. Ne\v·Hope ch.~rch;,R~ih~rford, ~ounty, N. C. He wu .• ..,.. .. ·. ~· ........ afterwards transferred to B1 a Spri1w eh urch, wirnre he re. ·:-, ·,f~ ·.' ·wai1ied for several years·, bec~miug a ~uember of the Cataw ·•· ·'··-~/;~ ,Hi\'er,Associatiou. ··.He attern:ard becamt\ a member of Hi~

-?;··-:,• Shoals· cliurch in its organizat{on· iti ·'1830. · · He was 'orditined · ;· i7' "to the· Gospel ministry iu the year 1811, and at the session ·~' '1~-r.1 • (. • of'the.Broad, l~iver body ·.in 1838,· the' follo;ying eutrs wus

, , ',!·. made· 01rth'3 mrnutes: "It becomes our- painful dt1ty to re. • !. ,; , ~o,r~ the ,·d.eath o(Elder J9hn Pad~e~t,· wh9 depart~d ilia

hf~ some t10.1e d~rmg the past assoc1at1011al year." . , ·'! The s_e1·vices ·-r~udered, .i..ly .hi 1!1 in the µospel ministry, and the.faithfulness ·a1}d zeal with which he discharO'etl the

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. ·' tiuue'd to. do for mvre' tbati forty' year:s,) entitle him to the , ~·em~ru.bt'anc~ .. and re.spect. of all good men; for he not oolr1 i ~11,lns,<ga,rl~)~te,~t,~rnght the he~lthful d.octrrnes ofthe GoslJl!l

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,\v1n1 fore~· ·~~ci .. ~\th ~0nfi<l~;1 ti'ut.;be e\fe~,% his .. decliniug

· ·be had ~pokeu, by discoveri 1<h~11tb'. and· his approaching 'd the ehristiiw cau::ie .. He. die gre1;1t.J9v~·and'1·~gard for his whose·opportuqities in lifo ~ worth ofrilt1ch a good. man: ,

·, lri. olferit1g ,this tribute" 9eparted 'b_rother, vie' ~arnest

· .al1d frierttls; yet we: ad vise t thOse h~ving,no::Q.ope ;··for a !;ilessing&.:of his usefulness a gr~at '1'.easo~, fo, 1-)e~\eve his, i rest in a ... .far better land~to

· · t1on .of .everlast\ug joys, ai;d hurmo1:1i.9us, songs .to his . Et )\•ith. the•1nnum~1:aule. con1p1

· hf glorio4s .. splendor arouu , Great Jehovah' God." · . .. . I · • · Ef der P,adgett had not l)ut in the, war. of the Hevo

, well triedi· he' bore 'arms in < peudence ·we 'have all so fon :4111, so much .;~p'preciate. ai1d 11reacher 11e_ra11 keP, arnougs

. (1' pastoi:al dut~~s, ::tnd wher !tea·au_d'loved.' He·was u treugtb irnd' endurane~. 1 und,e-rgone in' his ~arl,y piun1 veJop his ,t;llU.SCU lar system, a 111~,r:>,ically. 8peaking. We • HT his birth, but ll'al'tl from 'that be liecam~ a member o daiI~d 'u"iiu istc1·, and couseq .a gr~at. ·age whell' he died P.l'o.b~qle age of_ tweuty-five

· leaves bel.nnd lrnn a goqd n: venerated .ancestor, are mos· He intermarried with Miss J. Holl di~l<l. "

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PAJ)GE.TT, ELDER ALANf .:·Rutherford county, N: C . Shoals; that chureh then be .Association. Iu 1841 the H

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,,..'jtb force and with confidence iu their correct9ess and truth, b4t b~even, in his decliniug years; ratified the things whieh' \re had spoken, by discoveri1)g ~~oly ealmuess iu view' of .leath and his :approaching 'dissol u"' r; which did honor to die christiau cause. He died as. he ad lived, expressing · ~t love and rt!gard for·.his fellow-men, and beloved by all-, \-hose oppDrtu~ities in 'life. enabled them to appreciate the t1orth of such a good man: : . ~ ·. · . . ·

In. offering this tribute .of respect to the: memory of our departed brother, , .. ,;e earnestly J>yrnpathize with his relatives' .tnd friends; yet we·adyise them: not to sorrow and grieve as »

those having no hope ; for although we are deprived' of the· blessings of his usefulness and prese'nce here, yet we -have gt~at reason to believe bis immortal spirit bas gone home to reat'in a far better land+-to be enriched with, the.full frui­ tion of everlasting joys, and there to lisp'undying praises in· lll.lrroonious. soilgs to bis Eternal King, and ever to mingle with the innumerable company of ,happified spirits.that,.fly · iu gloripus .splendor arouud the dazzling throne of. the . Great Jehovah, God." . "' ·

Elder Padgett had not only been a soldier of the Cross,' . but in the war of the Revolution, when men's souls were'·. well tried, he bore arms in detence of. that liberty and inde­ iiendence we 'have all so long enjoyed, and.which we should till so m·uch appreciate aud ml<leuvor to perpetuate .. ~ As a: tireacher he ranked amol1gst the most.useful in the discnarge ut' paRtonil duties, and where best kn.own was most appre~i" •ted·a11.d loved. He wM.'U large; raw-boned .man, of great arength and endurance. The hardships and toils . he bad· undergone in his early pioneer life had tended greatly t~1 pe~ . velop his. mu,scular system, and he had become al moilt u' giant, 11h,riiicnlly P.peaking. \Ve are not informed, as to 'the time··. of bis birth, but learn from. the rninutes of the Association that he became a menilier of the.hlldv iu 1808, .then' an ·or- I • Juin-C:d ri1inistci·, aud cohsequeutly he ri1ust have attaiued to· ' tt gr~at age when- he died in 1838, having Rerv-ed ,at ,the , probable age of. tweuty-five in the !{evolutionary war.-· He leaves bel.nnd }nm a go'?d many descendarlts who, like. their \'enerated anGestor, are mostly of the Baptitit faith and <>rder. He ,intermarried with M1ss Celia Ht>llyfield., a sister of Elde'r:. J. Hollsfie1<l. · · , .• .. r"' . ·

.--:--"- .. - ·' PA,DGETT, ELnEi ALAN~ON w~s born April 10th, 1800·: in

.Ruthertord' county-, N: C. · Jmued the church .·at Hio-h hoaJs, that church then being' a member of the Broad Ri-~r A-ssociation. · Iu 1841 the High Shoals church was dismissed

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