Paula Phillips added First pastor of First Methodist Church
and death date
Marcelle White Researcher and author- " Levi Brotherton was the pastor of the First Methodist Church in Dalton and is probably (historically speaking) the most well known of all their pastors. He was the pastor of note during the Civil War. These records were donated by the White County (GA) Historical Society and we appreciate their generosity. Please refer to Quarterly( Whitfield- Murray) Volume 26 #1-2007 to reread the letters Rev. Brotherton's two sons wrote to him during the War."
Rev. Levi Brotherton's Burial and Property Instructions to his Family:
Atlanta, Georgia
January 19,1899
Section 1 st
Dear William and Catharine,
Greetings. If I die in Atlanta, I want you take me to Dalton, and you and Martha to bury me on the south side of your dear mother's grave. Martha, Mr. Graves and Fred Cappes who has charge of the cemetery, knows where.
Second 2 nd
I do not want a costly burial. I want to be dressed as if I was going to church.I do not want to be buried in the rain.
Section 3rd
Send a dispatch to the children at Charleston, it is so far and the trip so expensive, they can't come.
Section 4th
If I died with my teeth out, please put them in before my mouth is closed.
Section 5th
I want Rev. W.C. Richardson to conduct the funeral services. I wish the Ministers of all the churches to serve as pall bearers and to assist or take part in the funeral as they may wish, and if any of the members of the church wish to say anything, that they may have the opportunity to do so.
Section 6 th
I wish Brother Richardson to write a short obituary and have it published in the Weslyan Advocate, and a copy sent to each one of my children.
Section 7 th
If I die at Charleston have me sent to Atlanta, William and Catharine meeting me in Atlanta and going with me.
Section 8 th
You will find a slip to its self giving dates and information for the writing of the obituary notice.
Section 9 th
I wish Chapley to have my silver headed walking cane, and John my orange cane that Dear Walter made and sent to me.
Section 10 th
I want William and Catherine to look through my books and examine on the fly leaves and they will see who I wish to have each book. Please pack those that go to Charleston in my black trunk and send them by express. I want Gracy to have my trunk.
Section 11 th
You will find a large lot of diaries or yearly memorandum. Please divide them among all the children, giving each one about an equal number of them. Give Mollie Marcus part. They may interest some of them when they are old and lonesome and grey headed.
Section 12 th-You will find a lot of packages of letters with labels on them, stating what they contain. Please divide them out as nearly as equal as you can. Don't forget to give Mollie her part.
Section 13th
I want Lena Graves to have my feather bed and pillows and half of my bed clothes and Martha to have my new trunk. Pack her things in it and send it to her. I want Bessie McLean to have my bedstead and the balance of the bedding.
Section 14 th
I want Catharine to have my table and chair and my big trunk, and the balance of things in my room.
Section 15 th
I want Mr. Graves to have my Talma??. What clothes I have divide them among the children to keep in memory of me. I want John to have my watch.
Section 16 th
I want John to have my shawl and Martha to have my lantern. You will find some 50 pages in my trunk written with pencil, corrected with pen and ink,giving a short sketch of my life. You may send it to John and he can dispose of it as he thinks best or opportunity may offer. The bundle is wrapt(sic) in newspaer and not folded or noted.
Section 17th
I want Martha to have all the things that I have left there. I had willed Walter my bedstead and bedding, but he don't need it now, and I divided it with Lena and Bessie. By reference to the 13th section you will see that Lena is to have the pillows. Give the bolsters to Bessie. Cut the blankets apart and give each one a blanket.
Section 18th
I want John to have my razor, brush and strap. I want Mary to have her mother's spectacles and her double glass and the other her blue shawl and one silver shank. I want Mollie to have my blue spectacles. I want William to have dear James' pocketbook with its contents. ( Note: James was killed in the Civil War.)
Section 19 th
I want Chapley to have my large pocketknife and Mary to have my small one, and John to have my pocket scissors as keep sakes.
The short sketch mentioned in section 8
Levi Brotherton was born on the 8th day of October 1810 , in Green(e) Co. East Tennessee in 1824.His father John T. Botherton moved to Blount Co. East Tennessee. He lived with his parents until 1833. He professed religion on the 17 th day of September 1829,at Morganton Camp Ground, Tennessee and joined the Methodist Church on the morning of the 18 th, and baptized by Joseph Ascue(Eskew) a preacher long and favorably known in the Holston Conference.He was licensed to exhort by Russell Bird soon after joining the church.He held his license some eight years. He left Blount County in 1833, in company with John Stanton the grandfather of the preacher Stanton's of the Georgia and Colorado Conferences. He came into the Cherokee Nation and remained among the Indians untl they went wesst which was five years. Used to worship with the Moravian Missionaries. He was licensed to preach by Rev. David Cummings P.C. at Mount Olivet Church, thirteen miles north of Dalton Georgia in the year 1837. Was ordained deacon in 1842, at Knoxville, Tennessee by Bishop Waugh of Baltimore. Was ordained Elder at Madison, Georgia by Bishop Andrews in 1848. He was twice married. The first time to Miss Winnie Epperson on the 4th day of December 1834. She died on the 26th day of July 1848. She left four children. He was married the second time on the 28 th of March 1850 to Miss Martha Ann Gudger.They raised five children. He second wife died 22 July 1885. He (his) wives are buried side by side in the cemetery at Dalton, Georgia. The writer can get some points out of my condensed History of Methodism and select and arrange as he thinks best from what he knows of himself. He might say that his services were sought as far as he was known in the days of his prime. I wish Brother W.C. Richardson to write this off and have published in the Nashville and Macon Advocates."
He was NOT a man of few words.Gail
In a letter dated December 1st,1846 addressed to "Dear Bro.Brotherton,.... I am sorry you have declined traveling. I have no doubt I could get you work that you will be able to do,which would be better for you than they will do for you at Crossplains( Dalton). Think of this and come to Conference. The Rail Road will be free from Atlanta to Macon. Your's in haste, Russell Rensaur" I guess our area was not consider a prime appointment at that time. added by Gail Hannah
and death date
Marcelle White Researcher and author- " Levi Brotherton was the pastor of the First Methodist Church in Dalton and is probably (historically speaking) the most well known of all their pastors. He was the pastor of note during the Civil War. These records were donated by the White County (GA) Historical Society and we appreciate their generosity. Please refer to Quarterly( Whitfield- Murray) Volume 26 #1-2007 to reread the letters Rev. Brotherton's two sons wrote to him during the War."
Rev. Levi Brotherton's Burial and Property Instructions to his Family:
Atlanta, Georgia
January 19,1899
Section 1 st
Dear William and Catharine,
Greetings. If I die in Atlanta, I want you take me to Dalton, and you and Martha to bury me on the south side of your dear mother's grave. Martha, Mr. Graves and Fred Cappes who has charge of the cemetery, knows where.
Second 2 nd
I do not want a costly burial. I want to be dressed as if I was going to church.I do not want to be buried in the rain.
Section 3rd
Send a dispatch to the children at Charleston, it is so far and the trip so expensive, they can't come.
Section 4th
If I died with my teeth out, please put them in before my mouth is closed.
Section 5th
I want Rev. W.C. Richardson to conduct the funeral services. I wish the Ministers of all the churches to serve as pall bearers and to assist or take part in the funeral as they may wish, and if any of the members of the church wish to say anything, that they may have the opportunity to do so.
Section 6 th
I wish Brother Richardson to write a short obituary and have it published in the Weslyan Advocate, and a copy sent to each one of my children.
Section 7 th
If I die at Charleston have me sent to Atlanta, William and Catharine meeting me in Atlanta and going with me.
Section 8 th
You will find a slip to its self giving dates and information for the writing of the obituary notice.
Section 9 th
I wish Chapley to have my silver headed walking cane, and John my orange cane that Dear Walter made and sent to me.
Section 10 th
I want William and Catherine to look through my books and examine on the fly leaves and they will see who I wish to have each book. Please pack those that go to Charleston in my black trunk and send them by express. I want Gracy to have my trunk.
Section 11 th
You will find a large lot of diaries or yearly memorandum. Please divide them among all the children, giving each one about an equal number of them. Give Mollie Marcus part. They may interest some of them when they are old and lonesome and grey headed.
Section 12 th-You will find a lot of packages of letters with labels on them, stating what they contain. Please divide them out as nearly as equal as you can. Don't forget to give Mollie her part.
Section 13th
I want Lena Graves to have my feather bed and pillows and half of my bed clothes and Martha to have my new trunk. Pack her things in it and send it to her. I want Bessie McLean to have my bedstead and the balance of the bedding.
Section 14 th
I want Catharine to have my table and chair and my big trunk, and the balance of things in my room.
Section 15 th
I want Mr. Graves to have my Talma??. What clothes I have divide them among the children to keep in memory of me. I want John to have my watch.
Section 16 th
I want John to have my shawl and Martha to have my lantern. You will find some 50 pages in my trunk written with pencil, corrected with pen and ink,giving a short sketch of my life. You may send it to John and he can dispose of it as he thinks best or opportunity may offer. The bundle is wrapt(sic) in newspaer and not folded or noted.
Section 17th
I want Martha to have all the things that I have left there. I had willed Walter my bedstead and bedding, but he don't need it now, and I divided it with Lena and Bessie. By reference to the 13th section you will see that Lena is to have the pillows. Give the bolsters to Bessie. Cut the blankets apart and give each one a blanket.
Section 18th
I want John to have my razor, brush and strap. I want Mary to have her mother's spectacles and her double glass and the other her blue shawl and one silver shank. I want Mollie to have my blue spectacles. I want William to have dear James' pocketbook with its contents. ( Note: James was killed in the Civil War.)
Section 19 th
I want Chapley to have my large pocketknife and Mary to have my small one, and John to have my pocket scissors as keep sakes.
The short sketch mentioned in section 8
Levi Brotherton was born on the 8th day of October 1810 , in Green(e) Co. East Tennessee in 1824.His father John T. Botherton moved to Blount Co. East Tennessee. He lived with his parents until 1833. He professed religion on the 17 th day of September 1829,at Morganton Camp Ground, Tennessee and joined the Methodist Church on the morning of the 18 th, and baptized by Joseph Ascue(Eskew) a preacher long and favorably known in the Holston Conference.He was licensed to exhort by Russell Bird soon after joining the church.He held his license some eight years. He left Blount County in 1833, in company with John Stanton the grandfather of the preacher Stanton's of the Georgia and Colorado Conferences. He came into the Cherokee Nation and remained among the Indians untl they went wesst which was five years. Used to worship with the Moravian Missionaries. He was licensed to preach by Rev. David Cummings P.C. at Mount Olivet Church, thirteen miles north of Dalton Georgia in the year 1837. Was ordained deacon in 1842, at Knoxville, Tennessee by Bishop Waugh of Baltimore. Was ordained Elder at Madison, Georgia by Bishop Andrews in 1848. He was twice married. The first time to Miss Winnie Epperson on the 4th day of December 1834. She died on the 26th day of July 1848. She left four children. He was married the second time on the 28 th of March 1850 to Miss Martha Ann Gudger.They raised five children. He second wife died 22 July 1885. He (his) wives are buried side by side in the cemetery at Dalton, Georgia. The writer can get some points out of my condensed History of Methodism and select and arrange as he thinks best from what he knows of himself. He might say that his services were sought as far as he was known in the days of his prime. I wish Brother W.C. Richardson to write this off and have published in the Nashville and Macon Advocates."
He was NOT a man of few words.Gail
In a letter dated December 1st,1846 addressed to "Dear Bro.Brotherton,.... I am sorry you have declined traveling. I have no doubt I could get you work that you will be able to do,which would be better for you than they will do for you at Crossplains( Dalton). Think of this and come to Conference. The Rail Road will be free from Atlanta to Macon. Your's in haste, Russell Rensaur" I guess our area was not consider a prime appointment at that time. added by Gail Hannah
Paula Phillips added First pastor of First Methodist Church
and death date
Marcelle White Researcher and author- " Levi Brotherton was the pastor of the First Methodist Church in Dalton and is probably (historically speaking) the most well known of all their pastors. He was the pastor of note during the Civil War. These records were donated by the White County (GA) Historical Society and we appreciate their generosity. Please refer to Quarterly( Whitfield- Murray) Volume 26 #1-2007 to reread the letters Rev. Brotherton's two sons wrote to him during the War."
Rev. Levi Brotherton's Burial and Property Instructions to his Family:
Atlanta, Georgia
January 19,1899
Section 1 st
Dear William and Catharine,
Greetings. If I die in Atlanta, I want you take me to Dalton, and you and Martha to bury me on the south side of your dear mother's grave. Martha, Mr. Graves and Fred Cappes who has charge of the cemetery, knows where.
Second 2 nd
I do not want a costly burial. I want to be dressed as if I was going to church.I do not want to be buried in the rain.
Section 3rd
Send a dispatch to the children at Charleston, it is so far and the trip so expensive, they can't come.
Section 4th
If I died with my teeth out, please put them in before my mouth is closed.
Section 5th
I want Rev. W.C. Richardson to conduct the funeral services. I wish the Ministers of all the churches to serve as pall bearers and to assist or take part in the funeral as they may wish, and if any of the members of the church wish to say anything, that they may have the opportunity to do so.
Section 6 th
I wish Brother Richardson to write a short obituary and have it published in the Weslyan Advocate, and a copy sent to each one of my children.
Section 7 th
If I die at Charleston have me sent to Atlanta, William and Catharine meeting me in Atlanta and going with me.
Section 8 th
You will find a slip to its self giving dates and information for the writing of the obituary notice.
Section 9 th
I wish Chapley to have my silver headed walking cane, and John my orange cane that Dear Walter made and sent to me.
Section 10 th
I want William and Catherine to look through my books and examine on the fly leaves and they will see who I wish to have each book. Please pack those that go to Charleston in my black trunk and send them by express. I want Gracy to have my trunk.
Section 11 th
You will find a large lot of diaries or yearly memorandum. Please divide them among all the children, giving each one about an equal number of them. Give Mollie Marcus part. They may interest some of them when they are old and lonesome and grey headed.
Section 12 th-You will find a lot of packages of letters with labels on them, stating what they contain. Please divide them out as nearly as equal as you can. Don't forget to give Mollie her part.
Section 13th
I want Lena Graves to have my feather bed and pillows and half of my bed clothes and Martha to have my new trunk. Pack her things in it and send it to her. I want Bessie McLean to have my bedstead and the balance of the bedding.
Section 14 th
I want Catharine to have my table and chair and my big trunk, and the balance of things in my room.
Section 15 th
I want Mr. Graves to have my Talma??. What clothes I have divide them among the children to keep in memory of me. I want John to have my watch.
Section 16 th
I want John to have my shawl and Martha to have my lantern. You will find some 50 pages in my trunk written with pencil, corrected with pen and ink,giving a short sketch of my life. You may send it to John and he can dispose of it as he thinks best or opportunity may offer. The bundle is wrapt(sic) in newspaer and not folded or noted.
Section 17th
I want Martha to have all the things that I have left there. I had willed Walter my bedstead and bedding, but he don't need it now, and I divided it with Lena and Bessie. By reference to the 13th section you will see that Lena is to have the pillows. Give the bolsters to Bessie. Cut the blankets apart and give each one a blanket.
Section 18th
I want John to have my razor, brush and strap. I want Mary to have her mother's spectacles and her double glass and the other her blue shawl and one silver shank. I want Mollie to have my blue spectacles. I want William to have dear James' pocketbook with its contents. ( Note: James was killed in the Civil War.)
Section 19 th
I want Chapley to have my large pocketknife and Mary to have my small one, and John to have my pocket scissors as keep sakes.
The short sketch mentioned in section 8
Levi Brotherton was born on the 8th day of October 1810 , in Green(e) Co. East Tennessee in 1824.His father John T. Botherton moved to Blount Co. East Tennessee. He lived with his parents until 1833. He professed religion on the 17 th day of September 1829,at Morganton Camp Ground, Tennessee and joined the Methodist Church on the morning of the 18 th, and baptized by Joseph Ascue(Eskew) a preacher long and favorably known in the Holston Conference.He was licensed to exhort by Russell Bird soon after joining the church.He held his license some eight years. He left Blount County in 1833, in company with John Stanton the grandfather of the preacher Stanton's of the Georgia and Colorado Conferences. He came into the Cherokee Nation and remained among the Indians untl they went wesst which was five years. Used to worship with the Moravian Missionaries. He was licensed to preach by Rev. David Cummings P.C. at Mount Olivet Church, thirteen miles north of Dalton Georgia in the year 1837. Was ordained deacon in 1842, at Knoxville, Tennessee by Bishop Waugh of Baltimore. Was ordained Elder at Madison, Georgia by Bishop Andrews in 1848. He was twice married. The first time to Miss Winnie Epperson on the 4th day of December 1834. She died on the 26th day of July 1848. She left four children. He was married the second time on the 28 th of March 1850 to Miss Martha Ann Gudger.They raised five children. He second wife died 22 July 1885. He (his) wives are buried side by side in the cemetery at Dalton, Georgia. The writer can get some points out of my condensed History of Methodism and select and arrange as he thinks best from what he knows of himself. He might say that his services were sought as far as he was known in the days of his prime. I wish Brother W.C. Richardson to write this off and have published in the Nashville and Macon Advocates."
He was NOT a man of few words.Gail
In a letter dated December 1st,1846 addressed to "Dear Bro.Brotherton,.... I am sorry you have declined traveling. I have no doubt I could get you work that you will be able to do,which would be better for you than they will do for you at Crossplains( Dalton). Think of this and come to Conference. The Rail Road will be free from Atlanta to Macon. Your's in haste, Russell Rensaur" I guess our area was not consider a prime appointment at that time. added by Gail Hannah
and death date
Marcelle White Researcher and author- " Levi Brotherton was the pastor of the First Methodist Church in Dalton and is probably (historically speaking) the most well known of all their pastors. He was the pastor of note during the Civil War. These records were donated by the White County (GA) Historical Society and we appreciate their generosity. Please refer to Quarterly( Whitfield- Murray) Volume 26 #1-2007 to reread the letters Rev. Brotherton's two sons wrote to him during the War."
Rev. Levi Brotherton's Burial and Property Instructions to his Family:
Atlanta, Georgia
January 19,1899
Section 1 st
Dear William and Catharine,
Greetings. If I die in Atlanta, I want you take me to Dalton, and you and Martha to bury me on the south side of your dear mother's grave. Martha, Mr. Graves and Fred Cappes who has charge of the cemetery, knows where.
Second 2 nd
I do not want a costly burial. I want to be dressed as if I was going to church.I do not want to be buried in the rain.
Section 3rd
Send a dispatch to the children at Charleston, it is so far and the trip so expensive, they can't come.
Section 4th
If I died with my teeth out, please put them in before my mouth is closed.
Section 5th
I want Rev. W.C. Richardson to conduct the funeral services. I wish the Ministers of all the churches to serve as pall bearers and to assist or take part in the funeral as they may wish, and if any of the members of the church wish to say anything, that they may have the opportunity to do so.
Section 6 th
I wish Brother Richardson to write a short obituary and have it published in the Weslyan Advocate, and a copy sent to each one of my children.
Section 7 th
If I die at Charleston have me sent to Atlanta, William and Catharine meeting me in Atlanta and going with me.
Section 8 th
You will find a slip to its self giving dates and information for the writing of the obituary notice.
Section 9 th
I wish Chapley to have my silver headed walking cane, and John my orange cane that Dear Walter made and sent to me.
Section 10 th
I want William and Catherine to look through my books and examine on the fly leaves and they will see who I wish to have each book. Please pack those that go to Charleston in my black trunk and send them by express. I want Gracy to have my trunk.
Section 11 th
You will find a large lot of diaries or yearly memorandum. Please divide them among all the children, giving each one about an equal number of them. Give Mollie Marcus part. They may interest some of them when they are old and lonesome and grey headed.
Section 12 th-You will find a lot of packages of letters with labels on them, stating what they contain. Please divide them out as nearly as equal as you can. Don't forget to give Mollie her part.
Section 13th
I want Lena Graves to have my feather bed and pillows and half of my bed clothes and Martha to have my new trunk. Pack her things in it and send it to her. I want Bessie McLean to have my bedstead and the balance of the bedding.
Section 14 th
I want Catharine to have my table and chair and my big trunk, and the balance of things in my room.
Section 15 th
I want Mr. Graves to have my Talma??. What clothes I have divide them among the children to keep in memory of me. I want John to have my watch.
Section 16 th
I want John to have my shawl and Martha to have my lantern. You will find some 50 pages in my trunk written with pencil, corrected with pen and ink,giving a short sketch of my life. You may send it to John and he can dispose of it as he thinks best or opportunity may offer. The bundle is wrapt(sic) in newspaer and not folded or noted.
Section 17th
I want Martha to have all the things that I have left there. I had willed Walter my bedstead and bedding, but he don't need it now, and I divided it with Lena and Bessie. By reference to the 13th section you will see that Lena is to have the pillows. Give the bolsters to Bessie. Cut the blankets apart and give each one a blanket.
Section 18th
I want John to have my razor, brush and strap. I want Mary to have her mother's spectacles and her double glass and the other her blue shawl and one silver shank. I want Mollie to have my blue spectacles. I want William to have dear James' pocketbook with its contents. ( Note: James was killed in the Civil War.)
Section 19 th
I want Chapley to have my large pocketknife and Mary to have my small one, and John to have my pocket scissors as keep sakes.
The short sketch mentioned in section 8
Levi Brotherton was born on the 8th day of October 1810 , in Green(e) Co. East Tennessee in 1824.His father John T. Botherton moved to Blount Co. East Tennessee. He lived with his parents until 1833. He professed religion on the 17 th day of September 1829,at Morganton Camp Ground, Tennessee and joined the Methodist Church on the morning of the 18 th, and baptized by Joseph Ascue(Eskew) a preacher long and favorably known in the Holston Conference.He was licensed to exhort by Russell Bird soon after joining the church.He held his license some eight years. He left Blount County in 1833, in company with John Stanton the grandfather of the preacher Stanton's of the Georgia and Colorado Conferences. He came into the Cherokee Nation and remained among the Indians untl they went wesst which was five years. Used to worship with the Moravian Missionaries. He was licensed to preach by Rev. David Cummings P.C. at Mount Olivet Church, thirteen miles north of Dalton Georgia in the year 1837. Was ordained deacon in 1842, at Knoxville, Tennessee by Bishop Waugh of Baltimore. Was ordained Elder at Madison, Georgia by Bishop Andrews in 1848. He was twice married. The first time to Miss Winnie Epperson on the 4th day of December 1834. She died on the 26th day of July 1848. She left four children. He was married the second time on the 28 th of March 1850 to Miss Martha Ann Gudger.They raised five children. He second wife died 22 July 1885. He (his) wives are buried side by side in the cemetery at Dalton, Georgia. The writer can get some points out of my condensed History of Methodism and select and arrange as he thinks best from what he knows of himself. He might say that his services were sought as far as he was known in the days of his prime. I wish Brother W.C. Richardson to write this off and have published in the Nashville and Macon Advocates."
He was NOT a man of few words.Gail
In a letter dated December 1st,1846 addressed to "Dear Bro.Brotherton,.... I am sorry you have declined traveling. I have no doubt I could get you work that you will be able to do,which would be better for you than they will do for you at Crossplains( Dalton). Think of this and come to Conference. The Rail Road will be free from Atlanta to Macon. Your's in haste, Russell Rensaur" I guess our area was not consider a prime appointment at that time. added by Gail Hannah
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