born :Dec. 23, 1806 Clinton County Kentucky
died :Apr. 7, 1889 Warren County Tennessee
wife 1 was Rutha Walling born :Aug. 3, 1804 died :Sep. 25, 1840
wife 2 was (Mary Greer)(Nancy Denton) born : Nov. 13, 1810 died : Aug. 23, 1883
children of Rev. Isaac DENTON Jr.- Rutha Walling :
A.1 Ozias D Denton (1833 - 1933) married Sarah Melvina Medley Denton (1832 - 1920)
children:
B.1 James Heywood Denton (1859 - 1940)
B.2 America Denton Locke (1861 - 1953)
B.3 Green Ville Denton (1865 - 1936) married Bessie Lee Darnell - Virginia Adella Fuston
children:
E.1 Hattie Denton Glenn (1886 - 1943)
E.2 Bitha M. Denton Glenn (1888 - 1918)
A.2 Isaac Junior Denton Jr.(1836 - 1921) married Samatha Jane Trapp (1846 - 1926)
children:
C.1 George W Denton (1852 - 1915)
C.2 Samuel Denton (1882 - 1926)
C.3 Grover Cleveland Cleve Denton (1885 - 1942) married Mettie Kelley (1882 - 1964)
A.3 James Morica Monroe Denton (1850 - 1911) married Octavia Sullentine Lowery (1856 - 1934)
children:
D.1 William Josiah Denton (1867 - 1930) married Belzara Lawson Denton (1866 - 1939)
children:
F.1 Minnie Ethel Denton Barr (1886 - 1974)
F.2 Joe Everett Denton (1891 - 1957) married Mattie Maud Felkner (1893 - 1991)
F.3 Ada Bell Denton Rice (1893 - 1963) married Sterling Henry Rice (1886 - 1957)
F.4 James Jewell Speedy Denton (1902 - 1957) married Lola L Denton (1904 - 1980)
F.5 James Warren Denton (1904 - 1941)
D.2 Mary Ella Denton York (1869 - 1956)
D.3 Tabitha Jane Denton Womack (1871 - 1958)
In 1852, Rev. Isaac Denton, Jr. was an elder at the Hopewell Baptist Church
in the Sparkmantown
area of north-western Van Buren Co, TN,
just a few miles from the Big Fork area.
Caney Fork Association was represented by Elders
A. Moss and Jesse Stewart, along with
Brethren Isaac Denton, Jr., J.C. Webb, and James Herd.
Elder Moss was requested to occupy the stand.
Agreed that under existing circumstances this Association
do discontinue her correspondence with all sister
associations for the present and we desire it to be understood by our brethren abroad with whom we are in
fellowship that we do not withdraw our fellowship or communion nor our individual correspondence from them
but on the contrary we invite our brethren of the United Baptist Churches
in good order at home to visit us
at our Churches and Associations as often as convenient.
At this meeting, the association was divided into a west and east division.
Note: There is no clear indication in the minutes what these existing circumstances were that resulted in
this discontinuation of correspondence with sister associations. However, it may have had something to do with
a problem involving Isaac Denton Jr of the Mill Creek Church (Old Mulkey)
In the 1839 minutes there was a discussion about some controversy in the Mill Creek Church involving Isaac Denton Jr.
who was a messenger from that church in the 1836, 1837, 1838 associational meetings.
It appears that the Stockton Valley Association was censuring Isaac Denton for some conduct deemed to be improper.
Then, in this 1840 meeting the Caney Fork Association sent seven men to the meeting, one of whom is Isaac Denton Jr.
Perhaps the Caney Fork Association was taking sides with Isaac Denton and this action to discontinue fellowship with
the Caney Fork Association was a political move to neutralize this opposition to their censure of Isaac Denton.
In the 1841 meeting of the association, an entry in the minutes states that: At the request of Mill Church this
Association informs the churches at large that Elder Isaac Denton Jr of said church is excluded from her and that his
credentials have been regularly demanded and that he has refused to give them up.
In the middle of the 1800s (1849, 1851, 1853, 1854, 1856 records are the earliest existing records for the
Caney Fork Association) a Rev/Elder Isaac Denton Jr was a leader
in the White County, TN Sinking Creek Baptist Church
of the Caney Fork Association. The Rev. Isaac Denton listed in the Sinking Creek Church
appears to be the
Rev. Isaac Denton that was excluded from Mill Creek Baptist Church (Old Mulkey) in Monroe County, KY in December 1840.
He had been ordained by Mill Creek (Old Mulkey) in September 1837.Source: Page 521 of Pioneer Baptist Church Records
of South-Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee, 1799-1899.