exhibit shows the comparative growth of the work among the
colored people of the Choctaw nation in Indian Territory, the summaries
commencing with the results of the work as left by Parson Charles W.
Stewart, when he was honorably retired from further active service
among the churches, on account of the infirmities of age, in 1890, from
Beaver Dam, New Hope, Hebron, St. Paul, and Mount Gilead, and in 1893,
from Oak Hill and Forest. The report for 1898 is the first one of the
new Presbytery of Kiamichi to include only colored churches.

Church Address Stewart Date of Members in
began organi- 1890 1893 1898 1913
services zation
Beaver Dam Grant 1874 1881 15 34 41
Hebron Messer 1868 1872 12 13 19
New Hope Frogville 1869 1872 38 25 26
St. Paul Eagletown 1877 1878 18 14 27
Mt. Gilead Lukfata 1883 1885 25 25 26
Oak Hill Valliant 1868 1869 30 40 69
Forest Millerton 1885 1887 7 20 13
Sandy Branch Sawyer 1895 16 29
Ebenezer Griffin 1903 12
Bethany Millerton 1904 23
Garvin Garvin 1905 30
Pleasant Valley Lukfata 1906 27
Mount Pleasant Shawneetown 1906 8
Pleasant Hill 4
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Total in Oklahoma 108(145) 37 187 354

Mount Zion Jacksonville, Texas 28
Mount Olivet Rusk, Texas 18
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Total in Presbytery 400

DEARTH OF MINISTERS

This exhibit shows that the membership of the 7 churches, when
relinquished by Parson Stewart in 1890 and 1893, numbered 145, and in
1898, when the Presbytery under the name "Kiamichi" made its first
report, including only colored churches, the n