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change in the the surname. Here we see Voils changed to Voyles as is
witnessed by the pay voucher. Yet you can clearly see in the picture
below of the land grant map, just three years prior they were using
the old spelling Voils. The name change evidently occurred in the
first generation after coming to America.Then changed to Viles with
Thomas Voils son Levi Viles and then back to Voyles with Levi's son
Calvin Voyles' generation .... <(((< Kateira<(((<
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Map of Thomas
Voils land grant-dated 5/29/1779 |
| Jacob Voils'
great grandson Calvin Voyles was my great-great grandfather. He was
a Baptist minister and the founder of several Baptist churches.
Unfortunately to my knowledge there are no known photographs of him.
However I do have this excerpt from the History of the Friendship
Baptist Church...
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| Elder Calvin Voyles
was the first Pastor at Friendship Baptist Church. He served on
three occassions. 1st--1866-1867,2nd--1875-1876,3rd--1890. Was a
good preacher to get a church started,because he served as 1st
pastor to several churches. Brother Voyles was born on Dec.25,1824,
in Breckinridge(now Hancock)County. He was the son of Levi Voyles
and Bathsheba (Phillips), the daughter of John and Barsheba Philips,
who were married in Daviess County, Kentucky, on Feb.2,1821. Levi
Voyles was born in 1796 in Clearwater,N.C. and died in 1870 in
Hancock Co.,Kentucky.Bathsheba was born in 1802. At the age of 14 in
1839 he professed his faith in Christ as Savior and Lord, but was
not baptised until Jan. 18,1841 at West Point Church Brother Calvin
Voyles was immersed as a Christian believer, by Pastor Jasper
Bristow.Brother Voyles was licensed to preach the gospel in 1849. In
April of 1851, this same church set him apart to the work of the
gospel ministry.The 1859 minutes of the Panther Creek Association
show him to be one of the messengers from and the pastor of the old
Panther Creek Church, together with Brethern D.B. Voyles and James
McBride.The church had 38 members. On Feb.27,1845,Brother Voyles was
united in marriage to Miss Catherine"Kat" Obenchain on a Daviess
County license. Rev. Jasper Bristow officiated at the ceremony which
took place at the home of William Obenchain, the bride's father and
located near the Daviess-Hancock County line. Her parents were
William Obenchain(b.August 3,1795-d.March 1869) and Susanna
(Snider)Obenchain (b.April 3,1791-d.Feb.4,1868, united in marriage
in Botetourt County,Virginia, on Sept7,1816. He was a native of
Pennsylvania and she was a native of Maryland. Brother and Mrs.
Voyles became parents of thirteen children. They were as
follows:Levi N. Voyles (b. March 27,1846 - d.July 21,1921; Elizabeth
Jane Voyles(b. Dec.4,1848 - d. June 1923); Lewis Hardin Voyles (b.
1852 - d. August 22,1912); Mary F. Voyles(b. c. 1860); Andrew P.
Voyles(b.c. 1863) Eliza Voyles(b.c. 1865) ;Sarah L Voyles(b.c. 1864)
Marquis Lafayette Voyles,b.September 16,1960-d.October 21,1947;Susan
M. Voyles(b. Jan.13,1850-d. Dec.1915,Artelia Voyles, Fedelia Voyles
and John William Voyles. Lewis and Marquis , like their father,
became Baptist ministers.Marquis Voyles was noted for his
photographic memory. He memorized in totality the whole Bible and
was written up in Ripley's Believe It or Not because of this unusual
ability. He mainly served in the state of Arkansas. Upon his death
Calvin Voyles was interred in the Roseville Cemetery in Hancock
County.The burial place of his wife is unknown. His obituary in the
Blackford minutes states that he had: "Limited education,Strong
intellect. And was a faithful servant and good minister of Jesus
Christ." Rev. Calvin Voyles served the following churches in
Kentucky: Friendship as stated above;Pleasant Grove
1878-1881,1888-1889;Cane Run(Fairview) 1880-1882;Oak Grove 1890;
Macedonia 1889; Mt Eden 1878-1879,1884-1885,1890;Pleasant Valley
1880;Richland 1881-1883;Pisgah 1881; Hickory Grove 1882- 1884;Little
Valley 1885; Roseville 1885;Hopewell 1889-1890 and
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