Organization of Mountain Peak Church Contributed by Jim Miller   Mountain Peak [Primitive Baptist] Church was organized October 20, 1894 at Mountain Peak in Ellis County. Organizing Elders were J. A. Paine and H. C. Hogan of Tennessee, R. H. Parish and Deacon J. H. Oliver and the following members: W. S. Teague and wife, Martha; J. S. Saunders and wife C. E. Saunders, R. C. Wilson and wife, M. A. Wilson, H. W. Kilgore and wife, D. Kilgore, J. A. Phillips, S. A. Phillips, Elder J. A. Paine and wife S. E. Paine. Elder Paine was called to the care of the church at the time it was constituted and served in that capacity until 1899 when S. B. Kuykendall was called and served until January 1901. S. A. Paine was ordained to the ministry August 13, 1898 at the Village Creek Association by Elders J. K. Gotchef, J. H. Fisher, W. L. Dubose, J. A. Paine, G. R. Hathcock, B. L. Throneberry, S. B. Kuykendall and was again called and is the present pastor." NOTE: J[ohn] S[anford] and C[lara] E[lizabeth] Saunders noted at the church's founding were my maternal great-grandparents who came to Ellis County about 1878 from Senatobia, Miss. The family left Ellis County ca 1907, relocating in Oklahoma, where both John and Clara lived for the remainder of their lives. I am very interested in sharing information regarding the old Mountain Peak Church. Source: History of the Primitive Baptists in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory by Elder J. S. Newman. 1905. J. A. Paine and wife Sallie and Robert C. Wilson and wife Missouri A. are enumerated in the saved portion of the Ellis County 1890 Census.   Copyright © 1999-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:16:08 MDT