The Case of Joseph
1825
From the Minutes of the Sand Run Baptist Church:
22 Jan 1825
Bro. Joseph Graves brought in a complaint against Joseph a black member belonging to bro. B. Deulany for striking a man with a stone. Also another complaint by bro. McCoy against the said bro. Joseph for stealing turkeys from bro. Harvey, for which he was tried before a magistrate & publicly whipt, the matter was taken up first in relation to the first charge, for which he acknowledged he was guilty of sin: Secondly in relation to the second charge (which he deneyed) the church found him guilty of sin in this charge also. Satisfaction was not obtained. Therefore in consideration of both charges he was excluded.