1. "Counties Embracing Area Once Large as States", In the Shadow of the Lost Pines. BASTROP ADVERTISER, anniversary Edition, Bastrop, 1955, p. 21, Hereafter cited as ADVERTISER, Anniversary Edition.
  2. William Henry Korges, Bastrop County, Texas: Historical and Educational Development, Master's Thesis, University of Texas, 1933, p. 166. Citing Grammels Laws. Vol. 1, p. 358. Citing.
  3. Ibid, p. 166/Williams Stuart Red, THE TEXAS COLONIES AND RELIGION, 1821-1836. E.L. Shuttles, Austin, 1924, p. 81
  4. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, Vol 1, Broadman Press, Nashville, 1958. p. 1375
  5. J.M. Carroll, A HISTORY OF TEXAS BATPISTS, Baptist Standard Dallas, 1923, p. 123.
  6. Ibid.
  7. O.W. Sumerlin, "Founding of Bastrop Baptist Church", In the Shadow of the Lost Pines", op. cit. , p. 38.
  8. Robert A. Baker, THE BLOOMING DESERT, Word, Inc., Waco, 1970, p. 29, citing Carroll, J.M., op. cit., p. 42.
  9. Ibid, pp. 34-35.
  10. Ibid, p. 40.
  11. Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, op. cit., p. 1376
  12. Ibid
  13. Smithwick, Noah, THE EVOLUTION OF A STATE, the Steck company, Austin, 1935, p. 282.
  14. Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, op. cit., p. 1376.
  15. Baker, op. cit., p.44.
  16. Ibid , p. 45.
  17. Ibid, p. 87.
  18. Minutes of Austin Baptists Association, Regular Session, 1899.
  19. Kimball, J.A., "Reminiscences", Texas Historical and Biographical Magazine, Vol. II, Austin, Texas, 1892.
  20. Minutes of the 4th Annual Session of the Colorado Baptist Association, 1850.
  21. Minutes of the 5th, 6th, and 7th Annual Sessions of the Colorado Baptist Association, 1851 — 1853.
  22. Deed Records of Bastrop County, Vol. H, pp. 690-691.
  23. Kenneth Kesselus, HISTORY OF BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS BEFORE STATEHOOD, Bastrop Stationers Press, Bastrop, 1986, p. 44, citing Bastrop County Deeds, Vol. H., p. 690.
  24. Minutes of the 8th — 12th sessions of the Colorado Baptist Association, 1854-1858.
  25. Minutes of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Sessions of the San Marcos Baptist Association, 1858-1860.
  26. Bill Moore, BASTROP COUNTY, 1691-1903, Nortex Press, Wichita Falls, 1977, p. 104. Hereafter cited as Moore.
  27. Kenneth Kesselus, Personal Interview, May 16, 1988.
  28. Minutes of the 3rd Annual Session of the San Marcos Association, 1860.
  29. Moore, 104.
  30. Kenneth Kesselus, BASTROP COUNTY, 1846-1865, Jenkins, 1987, p. 94 citing Bastrop County Deed Records, Voil. 1, p. 441. Hereafter cited as Kesselus, BASTROP COUNTY 1846-1865.
  31. Ibid, p. 194, citing J.S. Newman, A History of the Primitive Baptists of Texas, Oklahoma, and Indian territories, Tioga Baptist Trumpet, 1906, p. 16.
  32. Ibid, p. 194.
  33. Kenneth Kesselus, Personal Interview, May 1987, citing the ADVERTISER. 1879.
  34. Ibid.
  35. Minutes of Annual Sessions of the San Marcos Association, 1880-1881.
  36. O.W. Sumerlin, A HISTORY OF BASTROP, Master's Thesis, University of Texas, p. 120, citing ADVERTISER, April 16, 1881.
  37. Minutes of the Austin Baptist Association's Annual Sessions 1887-1888.
  38. S.L. Brannon, Sr., "History of the Baptist Church", Unpublished Manuscript.
  39. O.W. Sumerlin, "In the Shadow of the Lost Pines", p. 38.
  40. Ibid, citing ADVERTISER, May 2, 1891.
  41. Minutes of Annual Sessions of Austin Baptist Association, 1891-1901.
  42. Sumerlin, "In the Shadow of the Lost Pines" p. 38.
  43. Minutes of the Austin Baptist Association, 1909.
  44. Minutes of the Austin Baptist Association, 1903-1908.

From this point on, the information about the church has been taken from the minutes of its monthly business conferences and the dates appear in the narration.

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