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Legacurry Presbyterian Church.
Our Story

By J. M. Magowan

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

APPENDIX I

 

OUR MINISTERS

PHINEAS WHITESIDE 1841-1865
WILLIAM BROWNE 1866-1907
Senior Minister 1907-1914
ANDREW FREDERICK MOODY 1907-1909
THOMAS JAMES KINNEAR RANKIN 1910-1949
JOHN MCCAUGHAN 1949-1983
Senior Minister From 1983
WILLIAM McBride CAMPBELL 1984-1990
CHARLES JOHN CARSON MCMULLEN 1991 to date


APPENDIX II


 

MEMBERS OF THE KIRK SESSION

1845 REV. P. WHITESIDE
ROBERT GARDNER
WILLIAM McVICARS
 
1868 REV. W. BROWNE Deneight
  THOMAS DAWSON SENIOR  
  THOMAS Dawson JUNIOR Deneight
  GEORGE WHITE Ballyhomra
1908 REV. A.F. MOODY  
  ROBERT ARMOUR Ravarnet
  JOHN CLARK Deneight
  JOHN CLARKE, JP, Lisnastrean
  CAMPBELL GARDNER Lisnastrean
  ARCHILBALD HARVEY Cargycroy
  WILLIAM GEORGE WHITE Ballyhomra
1922 R.H. CLARKE Lisnastrean Co-opted
1927 JAMES SHORTT Cabra, Co-opted
1932  REV. T.J.K. RANKIN  
  ROBERT BOYD, teacher Cabra
  R. H. CLARKE, JP Lisnastrean
  JAMES CROTHERS Lisburn
  CAMPBELL GARDNER Lisnastrean
  MATTHEW MORROW Crossan
  JAMES NEILL Ravarnet
  WILLIAM GEORGE WHITE Ballyhornra
1943 REV. T J.K. RANKIN  
  JOHN CAUGHEY Legacurry
  R. H. CLARKE, JP. Lisnastrean
  W. ERNEST CLARKE Lisnastrean
  JAMES CROTHERS Lisburn
  JAMES GORDON Ballycrune
  MATTHEW MORROW Crossan
  WILLIAM McILVEEN Crossan
  WILLIAM G. WHITE Ballyhomra
  HENRY VICTOR WHITE Largyrnore
1962 REV. J. McCAUGHAN  
  JOHN CAUGHEY Legacurry
  W. ERNEST CLARKE Lisnastrean
  HERBERT FERGUSON Deneight
  DANIEL. GARDNER Ballyhomra
  JAMES GORDON Ballycrune
  THOMAS H. WILSON Lisburn
  J.C.H. WOODS Lisnoe
1973 REV. J. McCAUGHAN  
  THOMAS F. BRYANs Lisburn
  W. ERNEST CLARKE Lisnastrean
  WILLIAM J. DAWSON Deneight
  HERBERT FERGUSON Deneight
  DANIEL. GARDNER Ballyhomra
  A.A. GRAHAM Lisburn
  JAMES S. REID Cabra
  THOMAS H. WILSON Lisburn
  J.C.H. WOODS Lisnoe
1986 NORMAN MAWHINNEY Deneight, Co-opted
1989 REV. W. CAMPBELL  
  THOMAS F. BRYANS  
  WILLIAM DAWSON  
  HERBERT FERGUSON  
  DANIEL GARDNER  
  A.A. GRAHAM  
  NORMAN MAWHINNEY  
  JAMES S. REID  
  THOMAS H. WILSON  
   J.C.H. WOODS  
1992 REV. C. MCMULLEN  
   THOMAS F. BRYANS  
  CHRISTOPHER CLARKE  
  WILLIAM J. DAWSON  
  GORDON DICKSON  
  HERBERT FERGUSON  
  JOHN FERGUSON  
  DANIEL GARDNER  
  A.A. GRAHAM  
  ROBERT McCULLAGH  
 REV. D. McKINNEY
NORMAN MAWHINNEY
JAMES S. REID
THOMAS H. WILSON
 J.C.H. WOODS

APPENDIX III

MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL COMMITTEE

In office Prior to 1865
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM Crossan
WILLIAM WEIR Crossan
WILLIAM BELL Ravarnet
DAVID FERGUSON Ballyhomra
ROBERT MORROW Legacurry
ARCHIBALD HOLLIDAY Cabra
THOMAS DAWSON (SEN.) Deneight
THOMAS DAWSON (JUN.) Deneight
JOHN CRAIG Cabra
JAMES MCMILLAN  
WILLIAM WHITE Ballyhomra
RICHARD WILSON Lisnastrean
EDWARD FLAGHERTY Deneight
   
Elected in 1892:  
JOHN BALL Deneight
JOSEPH GILLII.AND Legacurry
WILLIAM HARVEY Crossan
WILLIAM GEORGE WHITE Ballyhomra
ARCHIBALD HARVEY Cargycroy
SAMUEL BROWN Crossan
JOHN BROWN Magheradartin
ALEXANDER McILVEEN Crossan
ALEXANDER DAWSON Clogher
JOHN MCCONNELL Lisnastrean
JAMES FERGUSON Ballyhomra
JOHN DAWSON Deneight
JOHN THOMPSON Deneight
WILLIAM BROWN Lisnoe
LOUIS MILLIGAN Deneight
WILLIAM J. GARDNER Lisnastrean
JAMES GARDNER Largymore
WILLIAM McKIBBEN Ballyhomra
RICHARD HENRY WATSON Ballyhomra
JOHN MORRISON Cargycroy
JAMES IRVINE Crossan
DAVID IRVINE Ballymacbrennan
WILLIAM McCLELLAND Cabra
JOHN HARVEY Cargycroy
ROBERT ARMOUR Ravarnette
JAMES MCCLOY Largymore
   
Elected 1941:  
EDWARD CAIRNS JAMES HARVEY
WELLINGTON CAIRNS JOHN HARVEY
JOHN CAUGHEY JAMES MAGOWAN  
W. ERNEST CLARKE WILLIAM J. McILVEEN
HERBERT FERGUSON ROBERT J. PORTER
JAMES FOREMAN ANDREW WILSON
JAMES GORDON THOMAS H. WILSON
ROBERT HARPER VICTOR WHITE
   
Elected 1991:  
WILLIAM ANDREWS JOHN P. McAUSLAND
CHRISTOPHER J.H. CLARKE ERIC McCLEERY
JOSEPH CRAWFORD ROBERT McCULLAGH
THOMAS CRAWFORD GORDON MCKEOWN
GORDON DICKSON IRENE MCKEOWN
JOHN FERGUSON JEAN MCKINNEY
JAMES GORDON DESMOND MARTIN
NELSON GRAY WILLIAM MARTIN
SHIRLEY JACKSON ROY PATTERSON
CHRISTOPHER KINGHAN WILLIAM RODGERS
WILLIAM KINKEAD IVOR SPENCE
ROBERT LINDSAY RICHARD WRAY

APPENDIX IV ,

CHURCH OFFICERS - SEXTONS - GRAVEDIGGERS

 
GEORGE WATERWORTH 1867
ALEXANDER JAMESON 1868
MRS. A. JAMESON 1888
MRS. JAMES CAUGHEY 1910
CHARLES MCCALLISTER 1919
JOHN CAUGHEY 1926
SAM MORRISON 1931
ROBERT CLARKE 1939
THOMAS CARLISLE 1947 - Deneight Hall
BERTIE HUTCHINSON 1956
JAMES PRESHO 1958
MRS. V. CATHCART 1959
Miss P. MCGIRR 1963
MRS. D. MCCALLISTER 1975 - Wooden Hall
MRS. M. ROWAN 1980
ROBERT BRIGGS and
WILLIAM GOWDY
c.1910 - c.1925 - cut grass, trimmed hedges, cleaned walks etc
  JAMES CAUGHEY,
ROBERT CROTHERS and
ROBERT CLARKE
1900 - 1956 - opened graves

APPENDIX V

 

PRECENTORS

DAVID FULLERTON 1846
JAMES WOODS 1866
MR. WALKER 1888 - Choir Leader
JOHN WOODS c.1890
DAVID GILLILAND c.1896
WILLIAM DAWSON c.1900
MR. SCOTT 1916
JOHN CLARK 1918 - Choir Leader

 

HONORARY ORGANISTS

MISS SADIE WOODS 1918
MISS JESSIE CLARKE 1925
Miss ENA GARDNER 1930
Miss FRANCES A. GARDNER 1931
MISS MAUREEN CROTHERS 1935
MISS KATHLEEN TEASE 1963

 

 

ORGANISTS

MR. VAL GOUGH 1983
MR. W. LEWIS 1990
MR. R. HINDS 1992

 

APPENDIX VI

SABBATH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS

THOMAS DAWSON, SENIOR C.1843
ROBERT BROWN 1892
JOHN CLARK 1900
WILLIAM GEORGE WHITE 1910
DANIEL GARDNER 1942
WILLIAM DAWSON 1965
TREVOR HARRISON 1984
JOHN FERGUSON 1989

 

APPENDIX VII

DAY SCHOOL TEACHERS

(Incomplete Lists)
CABRA NEW BRIDGE SCHOOL - (PURG)
c.1824 - MR. J. THOMPSON c.1837 - MR. J. MAGOVENNY

Inspectors - REV. C. LETTE AND REV. W. WRIGHT.
The Rev. W. Wright who was the minister of Anahilt, 1802 - 1839 is said to have described the road from Anahilt to Cabra School as "sheer purgatory". Hence we have Purg School and Purg Lane!!

 

LEGACURRY SCHOOL (Old Schoolroom)

1858 MR. JAMES WHITE
c.1860 MR. ENTWHISTLE (1)
1867 MR. DIAMOND OR MR. ENTWHISTLE (2)
1874 MR. WILLIAM GARRETT
1880 MR. JAMES MCCLOY
C.1910 MISS MCCALLISTER
C.1912 Miss HANNA
1915 MISS S. J. WOODS
1922 MR. ROBERT BOYD


 

APPENDIX VIII

CLERICAL SONS


Rev. John Campbell Gardner Ball, BA, born 1879. Son of John and Eliza Jane Ball, Deneight and grandson of Patrick Gardner, Ballyhomra. Licensed by Dromore Presbytery in 1904, Ordained in Ardglass in 1909. Chaplain to the Forces 1916-1919. Married Miss Mary Mowatt of Glasgow in 1919. Installed in Campsie United Free Church in 1922. Died at Falkirk in 1965. In 1959 he donated a brass flower vase for our Communion Table, inscribed "Memories".

Very Rev. John Davidson, MA, DD, born 1837, son of Arthur H. and Mary Davidson, Legacurry. Licensed by Belfast Presbytery in 1861. Ordained in Glenan in 1862. Married Anna Arnold, Dunmurry in 1878. Clerk of the Monaghan Presbytery (1877 - 1922) and Clerk of the Synod of Armagh and Monaghan (1890 -1922). Moderator of the General Assembly 1907. Died 1922. Buried in family grave in Legacurry.
Rev. Thomas Davidson, MA, born 1834, son of Arthur H. and Mary Davidson. Licensed by Belfast Presbytery in 1859. Ordained 1 st Garvagh in 1860. Died at Ballymoney 1865. Buried in the family grave in Legacurry.

Rev. James Alexander McCaughan, BSc, BD, son of Rev. J. and Mrs. McCaughan, Legacurry Manse. Licensed by Dromore Presbytery in 1979. Presently minister of 1st Dunboe.

Rev. James Shortt, son of James and Jane Shortt, Cabra. James, sen., was an elder in Legacurry (1927 - 1930) when the family moved to Canada. James, jun., entered the ministry as a mature student. Ordained in United Church of Canada. Presently he serves the Congregations of Andrew and Unwin in Alberta.

Rev. John White, born 1816, in Ballyhomra, brother of William and George White, early members of Legacurry. Licensed by Dromore Presbytery in 1843 and ordained in Carluke Free Church, Scotland, in 1845. He was Carluke's first minister. He died in 1908 and is buried in Carluke.

Rev. James Donald Bailey, son of John Bailey and Emily McDonald of Ballyhomra. Probably born in the 1860's. He became minister of a Church in Blufton, United States of America. The name `Baily' appears on our Church records from 1845. The family grave is on the right hand side of the Church.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT 1870
Treasurer, R. Morrow, in Account with Congregation

 s d

s d.
To Seat Rents  49 18 9   By Balance due Treasurer 1869  1 17 11
Missions   5 15 3  Rev. W. Browne 47 
Collected for Precentor 4 3 3   Poundage 2  9 0  
Sabbath Collections 10 3  7 Missions:        
Grass of Green 0 12 0     Foreign 1 0 0  
            Jewish 1 5 0  
            Colonial  1 0 0  
            Church Extension  0 18 0  
            Soldiers and Sailors   0 15 0  
          R Catholic   0 17 3
          Precentor  5 0  0  
          Fees of Presbytery 0 15 0 0
          Interest 0 10 0  
          Communion Expenses 1 4 0  
          Rent 1 4 0  
          Sexton 2 0 0  
          Coal 0 5 2  
          Sundries 0 10 0  
          Balance in Hand 1 2 0  

70 12 11   70 12 11  

Arrears of Stipend -November 1870, �5 13s 10d


 

Treasurer, R. Morrow, in Account - Debt and Building

 s d

s d.
To Received from former Treasurer 39 15 8 By W. McNally, Contractor 72 0 0 71 0 0
Soiree 7 0 0 Stonecutter 6 10 0
Borrowed 50 0 0 A. Jamison, Sexton 0 13 0
Captain Hunter 10 0 0     W. Harvey's Account 0 15 7  
Major Mussenden 5 0 0     Advertising for Teacher 0 5 0  
Balance due Treasurer 1 11 0     Stone Finishing 5 5 0  
            Young & Mackenzie 1 11 6  
Patterson' Account 3 2 7
            Repairs of School 5 19 0  
Low for Cement 4 16 0
Railway Carriage 0 2 8
Pelan for Cement 0 13 6
Millar for Sand 0 11 10
Gordon for Carting 0 8 9
Old Debt on 10 2 6
Maps for School 0 10 0
       
 

113 7 0       113 7 0  

FINANCIAL REPORT 1900
ORPHAN SOCIETY ACCOUNT - Mr. John Clarke, Treasurer
Dr. Cash Contra, Cr.
To Amount Collected �7 15 0 To Amount Collected �7 15 0

 

LIQUIDATION OF DEBT ACCOUNT

 s d

s d.
To Amount Collected by 150 0 0   By Bill and Interest paid        
Rev. W. Brown 13 0 0

Northern Bank 52 0 0
To Amount Collected by Glebe Loan Debt 80 0 0
Committee           Rev. Wm. Brown-Expenses        
Subscribed by           connection with Collection 5 0 0  
Congregation and           Repairs to Manse paid by        
result of Sermon 154 15 2   Rev. Wm. Brown 13 0 0  
            Stationery, Postages and        
            General Expenses in        
            connection with Sermon  4 19 1  
            Mr. Samuel F. McConnell's        
            Account 4 15 0  
            Mr. R. Bain -        
            Promissory Note 50 0 0  
            Mr. John Dawson on Account of Promissory Note 70 0 0  
            Lisburn Standard Account 2 0 0  
            Lisburn Herald Account 1 10 0  
            Balance due late Treasurer 5 11 9  
            Range and Setting for        
            Teacher's Residence 5 6 0  
           

Balance on hands

10 13 4

304 15 3 304 15 3 d


 

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 1900

 s d

s d.
Dr. Cash         Contra Cr.        
To Pew Rents 44 16 3 By Stipend to Minister 45 0 0
Sustentation Collected 12 4 6  Sustentation sent forward 18 2 0
  Proceeds of Soiree 5 0 2    

 Mission Collections remitted

10 7 8  
  Mission Collection taken 7 8 10     Fuel for Church 1 6 7  
  Burial Fees 1 1 0     Rent of Graveyard 1 4 0  
  Ordinary Collections 10 9 1     Pulpit Bible &c 1 14 9  
  Grass o� Graveyard 0 10 0    

Clerk of Presbytery Fees

1 1 0  
  Ulster Bank Interest 0 12 1     Sabbath School Expenses 1 0 2
  Balance from           Sexton's Salary (year) 1 12 6  
  Liquidation of           Communion Expenses 0 5 0  
  Debt Account 10 13 4  

 Drapery for Pulpit

0 8 0  
            Stationery, Oil and Sundries 0 8 8  
            Balance of Cash on hands and        
            and in Bank 13 3 9  
                   

92 15 3

92 15 3

 

BALANCE SHEET FOR 1941

 s d

s d.
To Balance 31-12-40 14 6 9   By Stipend 165 0 0  
General Income 394 15 5 Sustentation 66 0 0
Sabbath Collections  55 12 1 Missions 45 0 0
Special Harvest Collection 17 18 2   Zenana Missions 10 0 0 10 0 0  
Burial Fees etc. 13 2 6    Rent 1 4 0  
Sale of Periodicals 8 10 0   Grave Digger 7 5 0  
Sabbath School Mission Sexton 15 10 0
Boxes 2 4 2   Communion Wine 0 14 4  
Interest from Bequest         Insurance 4 14 6  
of the late         Clerk's Fees 4 6 0        
Mr. John Dawson 1 15 0   Lighting Account 0 15 7  
Interest from Bequest         Heating Account 18 10 0  
of the late         Printing Account 8 17 6  

Mr. Jas. McLorn

1 15 0   Orphans' Society 13 10 0  

Interest from Bequest

Sabbath School Expenses 12 16 2

of the late

        Old Age Fund 10 0 0  
Mr. Jos.Gilliland 0 14 0   Guild Registration 0 5 0  
Interest from Bequest          Bank Charges 1 1 0  
of the late          Periodicals 8 10 0  
Miss Anne Jamison 2 6 10   Children's Missionary 2 4 2
Old Age Fund         C. Hall's Account 1 2 7
Subscriptions 2 10 0   Sundries 1 10 0 1 10 0
Orphans' Society S. School Examination
Subscriptions 5 13 6 Entrance Fee 0 12 6
Zenana Mission British Sailors' Society 8 1 6
Subscriptions 0 7 0 Manse Rates 20 19 4
Orphans' Society Air Raid
Ravarnette SS 1 10 0   Distress Fund 38 0 0
Collection for Air Raid War Damage Insurance 20 12 6
Distress Fund 38 0 0   Governor's Fund 3 0 0  
Collection for Sailors'   B & F Bible Society 2 11 6  
Society 8 1 6   Centenary Service Expenses 1 5 0  
GA for Governor's Fund                       2 0 0   Black-out Material for        
Sale of Waste Paper         Church 4 13 9  
for Governor's Fund 1 0 0   Balance 86 11 6  
Rent of Church Hall                  
from Down Regional
Committee 11 0 0            
Sale of Paper for                  
B & F Bible Society 2 11 3            

585 6 5   585 3 5