Minutes, 16 May 1836

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He therefore decided that can be <​no​> longer an or a member in this until there be a thorough reformation.— Council all concurred
adjourned for one hour—
)
Clerk of Counsel)
Met in the afternoon pursuant to adjournment when the following charge was read by President .
Ohio May 16th 1836
To the of the , I prefer a charge of unchristianlike conduct against Sisters, Hannah Brown & Lucenia Elliot [Lucena Elliott], both members of this church
The counsellors who set on this case were as follows
Giles Cook
Defendants confessed having been guilty of telling a number of falsehoods,
Counsel called on to give their assent to the confission [confession] and the sisters retain their standing in the church
They were reproved and permitted to retain their standing in the church.
Counsel then withdrew their fellowship from from Charles Kellogg an Elder in this Church by a unanimous vote—
dismissed by Prayer of . [p. 207]
He therefore decided that can be no longer an or a member in this until there be a thorough reformation.— Council all concurred
adjourned for one hour—
)
Clerk of Counsel)
Met in the afternoon pursuant to adjournment when the following charge was read by President .
Ohio May 16th 1836
To the of the , I prefer a charge of unchristianlike conduct against Sisters, Hannah Brown & Lucenia Elliot [Lucena Elliott], both members of this church
The counsellors who set on this case were as follows
Giles Cook
Defendants confessed having been guilty of telling a number of falsehoods,
Counsel called on to give their assent to the confission confession and the sisters retain their standing in the church
They were reproved and permitted to retain their standing in the church.
Counsel then withdrew their fellowship from from Charles Kellogg an Elder in this Church by a unanimous vote—
dismissed by Prayer of . [p. 207]
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