Rev. John Ivy Boozer
First Minister of The First Presbyterian Church Of Pine Bluff, Arkansas
May 15, 1858 – August 30, 1864
John Ivy Boozer was born December 12, 1825 in Smyrna Church community of Newberry District, South Carolina; he was the son of George and Sarah Wilson Boozer. John Ivy Boozer married Mary Jane Stearns Hunt (born December 7, 1838 and died February 2, 1900) of Lexington, North Carolina on April 13, 1857 in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. To this marriage were born two children;
George Andrew Boozer was born January 3, 1859, and baptized on May 14, 1859 by the Rev. Thomas Frazer of Little Rock. Mary Elizabeth Boozer, born April 17, 1862, both children were born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Mary Elizabeth Boozer died July 9, 1865 in Pine Bluff and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery. George Andrew Boozer died October 21, 1921, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is buried in the Moravian Cemetery there.
Rev. Boozer visited Pine Bluff, the county seat of Jefferson County with a view to ascertain the prospect of building up a Presbyterian Church in said town and county. Being encouraged from the visit a petition was drawn up to be presented to the Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions asking for an appointment and appropriation to sustain a missionary in said field. The petition, signed by J.F.T. McKinnie, M.D., Shelby Currie, M.D., Thomas J. Trueheart, and Thomas G. Gillespie, M.D. was forwarded to Rev. W. W. Will, D.D. corresponding Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board in Louisville, Kentucky in December 1857.
The above petition was granted appointing the Rev. John I. Boozer to occupy the field as a Domestic Missionary, his commission date being January 1, 1858 with an appropriation of $200.00 to sustain a mission for one year. According to the above arrangement Mr. Boozer and family removed to Pine Bluff in January 1858 and commenced his labors as a Missionary under the auspices of the Board.
It being ascertained that Pine Bluff was within the bounds of the Ouachita Presbytery a petition was forwarded to said Presbytery at its spring meeting in the town of Camden, April 1858 asking for the Presbytery to appoint a committee to organize a Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff. At said meeting leave was granted Mr. Boozer to labor within the bounds of the Presbytery till the next regular meeting; and a committee consisting of Rev. A. R. Banks and Elder George Wilson was appointed to organize a Church at Pine Bluff on Saturday the 15th of May, 1858.
Dr. Shelby Currie and Mr. Thomas J. Trueheart were elected ruling Elders in the Pine Bluff Presbyterian Church and having been ordained and set apart to said office in their former church connection were installed as Ruling Elders over the newly organized Church.
Pauline Ashley Cherry, Judge Lawrence E. Dawson and Jack D. Currie, current members of First Presbyterian Church are descendants of Dr. Shelby Currie, and Jane Gillespie Starling also a current church member is a descendant of Dr. Thomas G. Gillespie.
Rev. John I. Boozer was a delegate from the Synod of Arkansas to the organizing convention of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America (later Presbyterian Church in the U. S.) held in Augusta, Georgia on December 4, 1861.
Rev. John Ivy Boozer died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas on August 30, 1864 and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery, next to his daughter Mary Elizabeth.
First Minister of The First Presbyterian Church Of Pine Bluff, Arkansas
May 15, 1858 – August 30, 1864
John Ivy Boozer was born December 12, 1825 in Smyrna Church community of Newberry District, South Carolina; he was the son of George and Sarah Wilson Boozer. John Ivy Boozer married Mary Jane Stearns Hunt (born December 7, 1838 and died February 2, 1900) of Lexington, North Carolina on April 13, 1857 in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. To this marriage were born two children;
George Andrew Boozer was born January 3, 1859, and baptized on May 14, 1859 by the Rev. Thomas Frazer of Little Rock. Mary Elizabeth Boozer, born April 17, 1862, both children were born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Mary Elizabeth Boozer died July 9, 1865 in Pine Bluff and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery. George Andrew Boozer died October 21, 1921, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is buried in the Moravian Cemetery there.
Rev. Boozer visited Pine Bluff, the county seat of Jefferson County with a view to ascertain the prospect of building up a Presbyterian Church in said town and county. Being encouraged from the visit a petition was drawn up to be presented to the Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions asking for an appointment and appropriation to sustain a missionary in said field. The petition, signed by J.F.T. McKinnie, M.D., Shelby Currie, M.D., Thomas J. Trueheart, and Thomas G. Gillespie, M.D. was forwarded to Rev. W. W. Will, D.D. corresponding Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board in Louisville, Kentucky in December 1857.
The above petition was granted appointing the Rev. John I. Boozer to occupy the field as a Domestic Missionary, his commission date being January 1, 1858 with an appropriation of $200.00 to sustain a mission for one year. According to the above arrangement Mr. Boozer and family removed to Pine Bluff in January 1858 and commenced his labors as a Missionary under the auspices of the Board.
It being ascertained that Pine Bluff was within the bounds of the Ouachita Presbytery a petition was forwarded to said Presbytery at its spring meeting in the town of Camden, April 1858 asking for the Presbytery to appoint a committee to organize a Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff. At said meeting leave was granted Mr. Boozer to labor within the bounds of the Presbytery till the next regular meeting; and a committee consisting of Rev. A. R. Banks and Elder George Wilson was appointed to organize a Church at Pine Bluff on Saturday the 15th of May, 1858.
Dr. Shelby Currie and Mr. Thomas J. Trueheart were elected ruling Elders in the Pine Bluff Presbyterian Church and having been ordained and set apart to said office in their former church connection were installed as Ruling Elders over the newly organized Church.
Pauline Ashley Cherry, Judge Lawrence E. Dawson and Jack D. Currie, current members of First Presbyterian Church are descendants of Dr. Shelby Currie, and Jane Gillespie Starling also a current church member is a descendant of Dr. Thomas G. Gillespie.
Rev. John I. Boozer was a delegate from the Synod of Arkansas to the organizing convention of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America (later Presbyterian Church in the U. S.) held in Augusta, Georgia on December 4, 1861.
Rev. John Ivy Boozer died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas on August 30, 1864 and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery, next to his daughter Mary Elizabeth.
Rev. John Ivy Boozer
First Minister of The First Presbyterian Church Of Pine Bluff, Arkansas
May 15, 1858 – August 30, 1864
John Ivy Boozer was born December 12, 1825 in Smyrna Church community of Newberry District, South Carolina; he was the son of George and Sarah Wilson Boozer. John Ivy Boozer married Mary Jane Stearns Hunt (born December 7, 1838 and died February 2, 1900) of Lexington, North Carolina on April 13, 1857 in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. To this marriage were born two children;
George Andrew Boozer was born January 3, 1859, and baptized on May 14, 1859 by the Rev. Thomas Frazer of Little Rock. Mary Elizabeth Boozer, born April 17, 1862, both children were born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Mary Elizabeth Boozer died July 9, 1865 in Pine Bluff and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery. George Andrew Boozer died October 21, 1921, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is buried in the Moravian Cemetery there.
Rev. Boozer visited Pine Bluff, the county seat of Jefferson County with a view to ascertain the prospect of building up a Presbyterian Church in said town and county. Being encouraged from the visit a petition was drawn up to be presented to the Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions asking for an appointment and appropriation to sustain a missionary in said field. The petition, signed by J.F.T. McKinnie, M.D., Shelby Currie, M.D., Thomas J. Trueheart, and Thomas G. Gillespie, M.D. was forwarded to Rev. W. W. Will, D.D. corresponding Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board in Louisville, Kentucky in December 1857.
The above petition was granted appointing the Rev. John I. Boozer to occupy the field as a Domestic Missionary, his commission date being January 1, 1858 with an appropriation of $200.00 to sustain a mission for one year. According to the above arrangement Mr. Boozer and family removed to Pine Bluff in January 1858 and commenced his labors as a Missionary under the auspices of the Board.
It being ascertained that Pine Bluff was within the bounds of the Ouachita Presbytery a petition was forwarded to said Presbytery at its spring meeting in the town of Camden, April 1858 asking for the Presbytery to appoint a committee to organize a Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff. At said meeting leave was granted Mr. Boozer to labor within the bounds of the Presbytery till the next regular meeting; and a committee consisting of Rev. A. R. Banks and Elder George Wilson was appointed to organize a Church at Pine Bluff on Saturday the 15th of May, 1858.
Dr. Shelby Currie and Mr. Thomas J. Trueheart were elected ruling Elders in the Pine Bluff Presbyterian Church and having been ordained and set apart to said office in their former church connection were installed as Ruling Elders over the newly organized Church.
Pauline Ashley Cherry, Judge Lawrence E. Dawson and Jack D. Currie, current members of First Presbyterian Church are descendants of Dr. Shelby Currie, and Jane Gillespie Starling also a current church member is a descendant of Dr. Thomas G. Gillespie.
Rev. John I. Boozer was a delegate from the Synod of Arkansas to the organizing convention of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America (later Presbyterian Church in the U. S.) held in Augusta, Georgia on December 4, 1861.
Rev. John Ivy Boozer died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas on August 30, 1864 and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery, next to his daughter Mary Elizabeth.
First Minister of The First Presbyterian Church Of Pine Bluff, Arkansas
May 15, 1858 – August 30, 1864
John Ivy Boozer was born December 12, 1825 in Smyrna Church community of Newberry District, South Carolina; he was the son of George and Sarah Wilson Boozer. John Ivy Boozer married Mary Jane Stearns Hunt (born December 7, 1838 and died February 2, 1900) of Lexington, North Carolina on April 13, 1857 in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. To this marriage were born two children;
George Andrew Boozer was born January 3, 1859, and baptized on May 14, 1859 by the Rev. Thomas Frazer of Little Rock. Mary Elizabeth Boozer, born April 17, 1862, both children were born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Mary Elizabeth Boozer died July 9, 1865 in Pine Bluff and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery. George Andrew Boozer died October 21, 1921, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is buried in the Moravian Cemetery there.
Rev. Boozer visited Pine Bluff, the county seat of Jefferson County with a view to ascertain the prospect of building up a Presbyterian Church in said town and county. Being encouraged from the visit a petition was drawn up to be presented to the Presbyterian Board of Domestic Missions asking for an appointment and appropriation to sustain a missionary in said field. The petition, signed by J.F.T. McKinnie, M.D., Shelby Currie, M.D., Thomas J. Trueheart, and Thomas G. Gillespie, M.D. was forwarded to Rev. W. W. Will, D.D. corresponding Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Board in Louisville, Kentucky in December 1857.
The above petition was granted appointing the Rev. John I. Boozer to occupy the field as a Domestic Missionary, his commission date being January 1, 1858 with an appropriation of $200.00 to sustain a mission for one year. According to the above arrangement Mr. Boozer and family removed to Pine Bluff in January 1858 and commenced his labors as a Missionary under the auspices of the Board.
It being ascertained that Pine Bluff was within the bounds of the Ouachita Presbytery a petition was forwarded to said Presbytery at its spring meeting in the town of Camden, April 1858 asking for the Presbytery to appoint a committee to organize a Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff. At said meeting leave was granted Mr. Boozer to labor within the bounds of the Presbytery till the next regular meeting; and a committee consisting of Rev. A. R. Banks and Elder George Wilson was appointed to organize a Church at Pine Bluff on Saturday the 15th of May, 1858.
Dr. Shelby Currie and Mr. Thomas J. Trueheart were elected ruling Elders in the Pine Bluff Presbyterian Church and having been ordained and set apart to said office in their former church connection were installed as Ruling Elders over the newly organized Church.
Pauline Ashley Cherry, Judge Lawrence E. Dawson and Jack D. Currie, current members of First Presbyterian Church are descendants of Dr. Shelby Currie, and Jane Gillespie Starling also a current church member is a descendant of Dr. Thomas G. Gillespie.
Rev. John I. Boozer was a delegate from the Synod of Arkansas to the organizing convention of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America (later Presbyterian Church in the U. S.) held in Augusta, Georgia on December 4, 1861.
Rev. John Ivy Boozer died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas on August 30, 1864 and is buried in Bellwood Cemetery, next to his daughter Mary Elizabeth.
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