Baylor County, TX - History - Seymour First Baptist Church Pastors: 1879-1940*************************************************************************************Copyright.  All rights reserved.http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm*************************************************************************************Pastors of the First Baptist Church at Seymour1879 - E.S. Colthorp1882 - George Washington Black1883 - J.H. Cason1884 - L.J. Crutcher1888 - J.F. Jones1889 - R.W. Thomas1891 - W.H. Parks1892 - R.W. Thomas1895 - J.H. Johnson1895 - J.F. Jones1898 - W.L. Skinner1900 - J.R. Cason1901 - J.F. Elder1902 - W.P. Harmonson1904 - J.W. Brice1909 - O.E. Carter1911 - T.E. Cannedy1913 - O.W. Dean1916 - R.E. Bell1920 - J.R. BalchJ.R. Balch celebrated 20 years of ministry in 1940. Since 1920, 367 members have been added to the church.There were 842 members received by letter and 906 were baptized.