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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThomas Eaton Swann Papers, Tabor Church-Thomas IREDELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, STATESVILLE MoCo Fe Se THOMAS EATON SWANN PAPERS ALPHABETICAL GROUP: Be | YEARS usted -RED. RATIO. ; .20-/ DATE FILED yt 2 ae eeeeeeod ‘ ‘ ¢ ae i Lbdror » 4% Tide. "Vahe. 4D Chrcdgok ot Arete '/ 12%2- (3% } thee « Aff Ug- ait OL (as 4e (ie 2 Flajolp Wrote ~ (JA 1334 peorid an: ey. We As REE fort: Ve op f Jere wf i ck . . ft a ” , Ney Z 9 yy Fe . Eig ol tle bends jf0u) be Bae Pe. Fate me v-fa d) 8 iP ee ~ t T5702 - Hy yor Ie Es a~ +e e . 7 . burch, "situated 8 miles ‘from Bethany/ in the North: East corner-of the : ee 3 ) ie, e 6 ation "was built qgbout the year 1800. The Ruling Elders were John M. Conned, William Anderson and John Todd.. .Méssers Anderson and “Todd moved west., About 1822, the ruling elders Sf. gharpe, James Uc E: “ ; ‘ . ; t S bg John M. Young and Abner’ Caldwell. When. Rev. Stephen Frontis took chargé of Yabor amd Sethany in 1828, the heads of families of Tabor were: Jolin : ; = : i é Andreys, Placibo Houston, John M; Young, Samuel Young, Francis. Young, John McClelland.; Nathaniel’ Holmes. Lebitious Gaither, James Holmes, James .H. Hall,’ John Bailey, Solomon Summers, Walter’ Beall, Shelddn Lemmon, Grove Jomlinson, F. Caldvell, Mrs. Ruth.Caldweli, Milus Dobbins, Mrs, Amelia Gaither, , John Tomlinson, , Hugh Andrews, Amos Sharpe, Alexander Long, Allen Gill, Henry ; : Oe ee | tees ao Gill, John Cochran, Thomas Cochran, Mrs. Armstrong, Notley Tomlinson. ¢ . ‘ * A Z i rota 29, j | ps 4 (he ‘communicants were as follows: Hugh Andrews, Catharine Andrews, Rébecca Armstrong, Amos Sharpe, ‘Mary Sharpe, James Holmes, Esther Holmes, Aebecca adgen, shes F. Caldwell, Ruth Caldwell, Lemira Reid, Sarah Young, Betsy ‘lousten, John M. Young, Eliza-M. Hall, James H, Hall, Betsy Hall, Mary Young, * John McClelland, Elizabeth McClelland. - Total 20. 7 (7, 1936, Fhe Rev..-Stephen ‘rontis preached his farewell seruon. ¢ berate ve ar 4 : | a3 [PRN err tate oe Car Pe ceabc pod Pvetere. | 0 ab hy bnkbdg | 9 Ae | Y LI ibe Le fp — U Teton ay ; es a Ox —% eae | ys es i eerie a = de ee . : ie | : oe = M AM TER "pak hi ew neler 1 Fb LOE : Re ee i rae je Cc. - os ary 7 es, eee mated Rac EColo, a ee To Jou ALA beaten, | 2b / BT de TMS iy VO, | fede , = : : a J —- “ \ . Lal, ey nih Fern. = QKike = J | Ey na bad a ge. Lotro Prcas etd lag, LE wie: . ee pa ein He] Le Dk: foal ide Mined) . ia fp~o0 <n eye d 7 Be Nidsel : Carpe la Yo? Jot: sg | t tAt thu =o bay | | “Bais Salt Sets ewe: Ss ae | §-4-/ $35—~ Tle beret Qe at ie tee - Camp Ton-A-Wandah FOR GIRLS a Hendersonville, North Garolina “ &, chnemad Kak. mo / btrrrd ( Lt rez: _ a 7 ie oetr Ih, 14% fC noel. bef phi { Aen? (hema LG SI expression. i und ast chairman He ‘was P Church, Coo ast chair Commissioners: te wite; d of Ww, NayYLor, Pastor, GERALD Cooleemee. - . First Church, ith. fs « /eelosete “t— ae ; | pes a ET os pothe “am be euecte ahs GAS 2 PP Ok, RoR a pa one Cee <cdeideaiese <& 4 ® # aero! ro “ri we; : op: IY ? iD te | 2. , : tk Welt. e Hie ~ rags Ete a oo Skt An 4 . « * A ‘ + , oe. bale . t4- oo. <_ol “y . ‘ -F th oe J Pei triri_dh L #4 an ott ‘ en “4 ; : . , : et 7t- rerun ant ne . OL. K - oh A tre i Y Fa ofits eo Vit. py HH 4, a %&. di, meus wie hf BE cera Btls >fy “~ e ' : L . tT ak Y if nay pp Neate reba ie he a i: At, aed S rays fe me Ke Whyte tas att Ls i woee, 2, a 2 Lt HAhene LL ag pe fe {- he ant Hiiiwaiie kbd gp Whe ne “ Mediu ws ot es { + + gy —_= a ‘ - i ‘S Te d Oat Mh Acute] JF fetolngs or Gyn? he Ment tenes le . Tota Softy a ho ape ee ted si Ve t 7 ce festa bine. te Ath wm “p< 4 Af fay mt Pec ce Ahn € , fe . P en WA. hs We ea /y Le 604d % i ro re Wirt Jats Aad A+ 4G t See AA he aid by te Che os bth - J thd Wak - hs we ( 6 make, 1 ry a Bh lf 4° ng my te an he ee wy Morey Anan Ff the P-pfe dorm, be at i “ at WL Lu Aah g oe aeehenecbite, I Cte. fone @ v a <5 ‘“ an: —_ <;. UI ™ a sccm : nnd vate a ter the pon ee wn Man: r- vw hene, hk. a A = 4 be that Ml. Meng, ke a madad: by Or Ait, cane nse tn hain ig as Bria he uae ta betty ott Pane erry. + Ban ef ux ft. oc.” . ome uf OU a C2 + bet é Wee he ke th my Fe tne kt yi it 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY—Mr. and Mrs. Calloway C. | Templeton, both natives of the Union Grove community, will observe | their 50th wedding annivesear on Sunday, September 3, A reception | is planned on that day ‘from 2 to 5 p.m. in the social rooms of the | Union Grove Methodist Church. ‘Friends and relatives are invited te attend. The Templetons have 13 grandchildren, and one great-grand- | child. 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Whcof Corel tyaen | .. | WES Chee Moy ? - « U ¢ ee O 9 ® ct he ~ o os ° . oe answering the qyestions : Ce ~me ® Brdngiek: SG ; 4/750 May perce Ath 2 Cork YX Afi Tt Calan Le ee LS aa Galea an oe heed fre Lt FRAG. /9F1- KR, at ree ce ree APRIL 193 ‘ SS a peeps spa eee > ” ' ee INC ‘OME Amount Descriptions. : EXPENSE ee Deseéription e oN % Hi BED. oe bs ee Lypad i Ss oom orl : L rabies ¢ /ia3 oh CIS pb Whale A. 775> AP ¢ so | 1209 JS pet wn pysg 4S = ryal~ 7) 2 ; ( Looe own. ‘TUESDAY, JULY 23,1935. _. Early History of Knight. on to North Car- siins, he acnu in the richest. while Rowan was yet.a * son. This: tand 1} Creek, and ineluded. the mountain Junction. - which. stil] 3 Third Creek Church \ Tite deat et the original site of ~~ % Records Show That Congregation oes Organized in 1887--Patriots uried jn Cemetery.[— ¢ 7 By ‘Julia. Goode! Fagan’ 7 (in Greensboro News) Salisbury, July 22,—Gn July 24, Pecple from many parts of North Carolina and- from other states will — at Third Crees church, in owan county, for an old-fashionea home coming in celebratio f the centennial of the. erection whe pres- ent church building. Third Creek. church graveyard has for many vears been the recipient of much publicity RS the resting place of Peter Stew- - sart Ney, widely ’ conceded to have ‘een Napoleon's Marshal Ney, of. ‘France. But aside from thi ftewart Ney. enigma, which &o chal- Yenges research. Third Creek church, ‘is, in its own right, of great. historic Interest. Present — social changes have Prought.. changed — soci} problems, which, in turn, have modified social order. Viewing this cld Scoteh-Irish thurch, not only 28 a@ religious. or- #anizaton, but more @ pioneer institution, meeting the roblems: of its community, we see Ww interwoven its teachings, tradi- 7 » ter ‘es and service are: with the very} life of the settlers on the frontier of the eolony of North Carolina.- Organized in' 1787. ....... Recently, through the minutes of the synod of the old Orange presbdy- “ tery, presePved at Montreat, -# has‘ nm established that Third Creek iz was organized in 1787, instead : as heretofore celebrated ‘8s ar ‘of ‘its founding, This lat- te was accepted until regently perhaps because it was in 1792 that Samuel Young, one -of its members, ceded to its trustees one acre atid nine square perches of groupd on the ridge between Third ard Fourth Creeks, which includéd the then “standing meeting house,- session) house and graveyard, together with the liberty of using the waters off the next adjoining spring.” . Sinee; Samuel Young made the original -do-’ nation, numerous others’ have cedéd land to the church, totalling about 20 acres. The site cf Samuel Young’s house is still gointed out some - yards distant a: the church prép- erty, the remngn aes being its Pon marker, : Picturesque_}igure Samuel Young, was . one of the most picturesque ana interesting fig- ures in the colony of North Carolina in his day. He was bern,in Scotland j The marker ereéted to him the y his descendants some years ag states he was educated atthe Unii- | Versity of Edinburg.’ This. informa- \ a -er’s thinking and living: etry, but no fiction, 8 Peter - particularly as - f a walled-in of a e bad 0” Third Oreek church was not only a devoted member of -its congregation ‘adhd a ‘eivie and political leader in the coment, but also a ve sive, public spir Of affairs. Primarily, of pol = ie was a “planter,” that is, owner of bo or more slaves, as, distinct, from the les- (Ser term, “farmer.” From. the win- dows of his home’ he could look out across his broad green acres stretch- ing over hill and vailey'as far as eye could reach. He was counted a rich {man for his day. But he was not Only a planter, he was -@ business “Man as well. A member of the fam- ily has in her possession papers showing that he and his son, Samuel, Jt., owned a merchant, ship lirs from Philadelphia; that young Yamuel, Jiv- ed in Philadelphia as manager of this line, and "that one of the ships was named the . Samuel Young after the death of his first ried Tate, widow of Robert Tate, and’ Samuel, Jr., further ce- the Widow Tate's daughter, T > was, ov ae for his rel every interest fashioned the patte Like oth well te tn of his days. urge.family to ry, and in the fear of, God. Family" prayer in these Third Creek households was the rule.The children and the negro slaves were instructed }in ism, especially on Stuns days, whieh, by the way, was so Tig- ae observed that’ even visiting on sabbath, it among neat rel- atives, FW egllons, tanta was neither roved sic was jcultivated to be suré, -put ee, brepardtion ier oaweh se > td playing.. and dancing were frowned n, ‘ie the man- ufacture pf. aintain seldom radual Ss went to the point of hilarity. » . long after - uel 3 's day,“the morning dram and social glass” gave way to total ab- stinence among the more exemplary members, Samuel Young's family and his servants, yousg and old, at- ded Sunday schoo and any service " ‘In. > home, eo Ig ca + retry Was féstered by the content’ of. large and comprehensive for f e and circumstances. His Book of Serm There is still sermoits which he land entitled, “A of Faith,” which, among other dis-' |. 66 sermons on’ A glance! uy owt >} “). ‘ e Pi P| U — . book t from Skct- the other : hird volumes shows the trend of its own- | ng “Owen on ~~ “Peligion of Nature,? “Cruik- shank’s History of the Church,” and many similar, ‘Also there were in. his library , on | geography, histcry, lew: astrology and numerous’ other ste, few vor of 9o- left this li-’ brary to be divided into five lets, to be kept intact- by his fiv, the lots to be exchanged as des what after the cin ‘idea, It is no aman as 80 public spirited munity center, that } Samuel Young should hile part of Rowan county, rt of An- ay along Third wife, mar-' ‘the family ‘bonds, married ) > hand are Fashioned His Lite ifn the Scotch Prestivterice that JWilso igion color- heavy j in‘ bis: life, and nor practiced. / Mu- owaver, -that ey spiritua | Years old, saig that when the church ui And © Third > Creek congregation the conor of ‘its’ church site.: In the , community he was spoken of as a “Polk's: Lawyer,” and had _ the: confi- dence ‘not ‘only. of “colonial officials, but in the trouhlous the revolution, he was often appealed by of regulators, as shown by Before the ’ captain of the nh - as the struggle approached, he threw his influence " and his talents tothe side of the patriots; He served on ~ the Rowan , committee of safety and as its chair- « must have respected and ‘deferred to. times preceding : man; twice he was sent from Rowan | as) représe@pitative’ to” the provincial congress, ance at New Bern and once at Hillsboro. During the revolution he ps beyond the age limit for ice, but afterwards, he served in Carolina legislature, He died in 1793. After his death,’ Teird Creek church continued to grow and pros- per. In 1843 plans were inade for the nee criptie Present brick edifice, ; - Subscription paper, long. preserv-* , ed, showed ‘amounts pledged from $1 to $100. The building of this new church drew upon the: ingenuity, the craftsmanship, and material re- sources of its. members. It. is. said that: the sun dried brick were made by the slaves’ of members, plantation. owned by John Steele,’ and - also that the higges and bolts were by private. blacksmiths on ron handmade the varioiis heads ‘of families ‘in the By Z ‘The present building ' was completed and used for worghip | | in’ March, 1835, Above its doorway one’ reads the following hand cut in- scription: eT . Ji FR, Third Creek Church -. < Holiness to The Lord — , | Lyle andi Austin, Architects ” a 4 a ‘Sturdy Architecture. The simple dignity of " is symbolic. of Scotch-Irish sturdi- Ness. and sincerity. It stands, firm and four-square, as sure in asvit-is wi@hanging in tenets. Inside are plain white walls, straight aisles, - solid lenches,-and wice, high wiridows, through which the clear® white day- light streams unchecked, The high arehed roof, with no visible support, is an interesting atchitectural oddity. tharles Griffith, a late member of Third’-Creek, who lived t¢ be 102 stabill te was built the final coat of plasterin was mixed with sweet milk. The ori- ginal candle holders and reflectors have been replaced by acetylerie lamps. A wide gallery used by the negro slaves. in. ante-bellum days, runs around three sides of the_ in- terioz. For m years the present | buildifg had not dhiinnen, and ‘in pre- | ‘!paration for thé two-hour or so ser- of: mons then customary, the j, tion warmed of the Life’ con - itself’ beforehand in | front of big logs crackling in the truge dpen fireplace in the session house nearby. This session house was used on week days as a schoolhouse.-| beek congregation was said-to ‘one Of the prosperous and | best dressed in this section - of the; state. An old gen nof the Neigh- | borhood recalls that in his boyhood, nearly every man worshipped there was “a silk. mn.” |: \ ; “the North | tts physi- | 4 ‘ ft structure; _ W. M. Kamsey Celebrates Nth Birthday With Big Dinner 4 {Young and ‘Ale of 0 ert at 89. a oe you like”:the good ‘preacher told . > . | Ker so she joined the ARP church and | with her family she has been‘a pillar \of stret in it, ; Mrs.. Rameey tells a ‘tittle tale of | the days when the ghildren were little about -her. were seven of i : : there eae beds use in th 4 ‘the. “bi bedroom” of | amsey home there were two double and whder each ® bed Was a trundle bed for the One evening the preacher Getedly to call, It was ttle folks had been tucked in’ y. ~ im a big bed, two in |one trundle by thee big Syed, two in ' ‘pulled out across the déot- and the biggest boy and. the /mother and father still up. There {seemed just too many beds and tod many. babies to invite the preacher in #0 g firm, decided shove was -given the trundle nearest fhe door and it was sent back ‘under the big bed with its two -little fellows still sleeping . The preacher came in, he looked |. ti , rubbed his hands and said > ‘Ab-) a happy sighi—so mony aR past en Pete? © : ; . : out n of the J lS Sea other two “blessings undes that. bed | The war came on and left its mark] - & aang oe ag pret on the hom Gld . the t ar one ess “A hal” ce servants scattered, ings would wake squeal trom : : = y vonctag staying on to cook one righ. batk 6 ae preacher. was generat eork 1 fh with the . ——_ Sue ‘ bers vivid lnetdacne’ sey remem- “. rs. Ramsey chuckles -about that <b sick selina of those war days : She has lots of ahose little homely hid out’ elon the, meeihgee"S w _- : pee ae ony Je ber mt to , reme and chuckle over and she came through, of food stnugeled hom® place to another d themi_with a rare charm. hon had_mad her where " “ree a wt heme but she is never Tray a made @ acarcit —she recalls z “ay: ine of th an Incident wien. Witte Bit Lueky| ! ‘ fie ae led e it beurt Yonken to be married and the 3 : : | « fallions in Saint home took th ny. Tausecked | the ‘and the wealth of her memories makes | until: th fe best of everythin her days rich. There are two of her ley came across the new sult -brethers living, Lonnie Stevenson : Msn pn ding. There was a| -—-fentire waiewan Tet Iaemveaiptete ee eee de tenes. Ti Where thé Priders found it and} .- - AelerBtewenagh Turner, “Mrs. Lily z » Mrs. A |. Uncle Bill” later was married in it Stevenson Montgo ngié | Sg its ‘ee nen % Pa .. >. Seevenson-Houge bet-the nicces and happy girlhood th of ay the nephews ate very near, to her— [calls “We dit rateMrs, Ramsey te-| > her daughters, Lillie Belle, Sadie ‘and sid amine tatintan® ee / Aige ase wih bose-Dlb, the son who Men feeling to remember it, “Why is in. Blackstone’ Va, ‘games home. as was about’ th wes Good at it and he eo oftep as he can—wag with her on her munity.” Tes nee sitter in the coms birthday and the other two children Was Tot ren) yecation she explained Clatence and \Jettie Ramsey Axley On jot Teal dancing—oh no indeed, ~ are here in Statesville where they can ddan Just moved about in twistifica- * see her often : 2 bod: — <a time with some- Mrs. Ramsey is_2 happy woman or maybe ting patting their hands Years haye not dimmed her happi- fiddle gf Sometimes with a bit of ness. The sorrows and the chaaiios s sei fting was just a kind of time has wrought have not stolen it forward ne, foot and the other foot} She is happy in-her children. and dancing, not a pine time—not real \grandehildren, her neighbors and Mr. Ramsey or : ~ | Friends fi the busy lives- they lead Greon Acrés, the Rare ee, nate at . about her. is happy with a happi- Ho was cit ihe Ramaey home place,| .- , ness that eames. from inward confid War he eue Of the boys of 17 in the ence ‘and strength, She has lived life music, ould the states, He loved tully, she -has lived it with strength most” — whistle, sing and pat and courage She has known sadness His was doveie his | wife remembers, she has known joy, she has known .fafter-his f the 14° is family too and ; work, she has known comfort and now in his pl . —'s death Re earried on at 89 she can say “Lhave truly lived.” ters, Inter for che erotnmes afd xis]. 3 And those who ok known he ' art, later or children of those broth. through the-years, whe know her aoe teow hear an and his-tride built} _ oa say for her: “And she has Hived truly ried, the h a es after they mar- . too—serving her God, her family and in. Here - ie now lives her friend® with loyalty, uprightness | born—six of th ght children were and love: finding in her service here they spent om now living—~and ' + Aer ihe a geen ere they spent a full and happy life 7 o eee — Saat fark te Mes and — cters 2 ; grandchildren, © children’ and the Mrs. Ramsey joj church with her Kesha. oo oe ‘ein “qld Dr. Pressly that she would join the ARP's if she could ‘go, now and” thet to Wer old hymhs—“sing your hyeens he oak eaten anene paces: Fron Dt ; Here ty C eo. 1953. 7 | IF32! eg enny Gina \ase KR a ($3 Laait-oRmew yl ce bo Lied ( ahi foal—27<- | 3 2 lane 1839 7842. kt + fide ISIS De pee 15314 (992. Jere An elk der - SSee aie RO O68 wk. wre wu’ ~ Mahe, othe Ae | aps roman Faby eae bal we 9 &. # ‘Lh —— Fonda A+ Man ie ag Los YY Uy ae ani See fwd Rorrinlee R ley! oa SG Mew (EN a LD ee : 7 4 Vet Ule Veeck 7 1993-18 en to Fe S: “/ tax, . Te a oe ee P* §. Alek jpeg. 7": Lin Seek, y OP GS THIRD GREEK PRESBYPERIAN 15 a. up Statesville By¥70 to Cleveland. Tura r wo Proceed 2} mi.. to a ae abet OE Allieon,Mary 5. 44-1804) ABAT8HO “deanaat’ of J. "Sarah 3. 11-24-1834 7-5-1865 dau of J.S.luckey e Web. 7-12-1859 4~12-1896 fleving, Anelia V.W. 2171840 4-14-1922 Wr of David. " andrew J. ---- 1031-1853 age 29 David 4-17-1830 7mh—-1899 Jacob Krider --~--- 522-1849 age 17yr 19 da son John Gilds 4-9-1623. 9n7=1 884-5 of J.G. & MLC, "Margaret C.. 5-26-1823 §§ 1-26-1879 wf of Jag. ‘" Margaret Bo --~---- §5-1873 ag.46,wf of A.J. 2 Margaret Inez. 8=20-1855 3-15-1926 _," Martha M. 3=17=1645 12-25-1910 wf of H. ‘ "Rowan, Grehen ------ , 1922-1858 ag 6 en of JME Graham, Jane . wf of Capt.Rich. 6-26-1805 age 48 "‘Capt.Richard . -=---- , ww2=--~Revolution None of our name in “Old ahilesh" or in Back Creek. THYATIRA Lv.Selistury #150 SW 10 mi to Mill Bridge (Magy Allison,Mary Y. 12-10-1805 222-1844 wf of Dr.Jno(Kerr Gibson, Elisa 4. “**** 7=4-1887 age 20... @: Eliza G 5-29-1845 " 25-2-4 wf of J.3. " John : 8=9-1777 5 oe igs s+] " Sissel A.. : 8-10-1777 * 67 1/2 ° Leck, Geo | 12-18-1776 age 4 " Tehn 4—15-1764 " 36 _ " Martha 2 . 6=2001787 " 24°: " Matthew 1-5—1807 “ 33 7 mo Ann 7=20—1764 j2-8-1811 lst wf of. Maj. John Francis(Col) --- =~ W.C.Mil.Rev, " Esq. * -10=21-1766 _1~20~1823 James 3-14-1773 . 8-13-1813 ded. by: neph. Moses John F. ~~age 26 10-16-1849 Alex. Lock >. John Maj. § Revolution 4-21-1833 Age 82-8me,9da Kary meet 7m31=1790 " 55 wf of Matthew Matthew, Béq. + 19730 9~7-1801 Legislator; patfiot Matthew 4. 512-1819 8-25-1872 Age.52,2mo0,13da "Melissa A. 12-29-1825 10-22-1872 wf of Mat.A. . Polly ~-wf-of Jno.10-26-1822 Age.30,\5mo, 16da " Richard lyr. 4 1-7-1853 son of & arg. A. * ae ded. by-MrAtex, 11-28-1849 Age.50,2mo,7ca —~ " Wa. 11-17-1756 1-10-1785 ded oy Moses Alex, son Nisbet Jas ---- le 1763 " John --<— 11-19=1753 age 50 1103 "Sarah | 10-1764 wf of John Young, Margaret. . 10-21-1776 age 40 is Xe zazaaesae:s3h6mU3C=«MesC<C ° sp we wos er) ection ty AG S yon 47 eX xe): . pee 4G a ste ed 5 A? ey 4 hy ¥ eT, y a ae at a es ale si _— Poplar Text “Conete Ki llough, 4 Oct.1823 in 38th year. 8 8. to ; 2 . ‘ > 8 = % : s fa — b 77-1760 d 314-1615 None in ANTIOCH earlier than 1913 aN McRee, Moses W. " Wm, Bx z 2 x F. E. GAITHER 1005 CHESLEY DR. LOUISVILLE, KY. 40219 . Cera nn * OWalLI. ashamed cf myself: that I have not answered ‘ed- from the Bank, I have xept myself sq busy that I have got myself too far behind with my © work, in’our garage, just finishing it ; d ‘painting it inside and out. The. garage .loc have painted all the house, ting. This has been 4 holdup, due to the fact @ yurs Of. paint ? the trim around: the utside nest raght by our front door, ina Holly tree, and I could oainting at this point because of the disturbante to tne pretty busy trying to get our garden JWe*have alsosbeen pretty plant we have had a lot of trouble with the seeds coming up, cue r grou has been too wet to work most of, the ti pout ty nice tomatoe. plants, ‘some sweet and S80! AS some. squash, okfta, cabbage, lettuce,bunch beané , he lima beans iid not come. wp very we Che" F ‘ll have about six rows to plant,. which will be ~ le 5 e " f fe me: more lima beans. Our’ tomatoe plants are blooming, and KHinoms \se around here that have tomatoe 0100ms. ur garden is muc! better. than eurs. we do, perhaps your garaen is-doing have decided to: leave your garaen alo 4 Mw u ipping abou I , when we he ho of her si r, (Bul ) Mrs. Jas mort tay Mer ¥ ae Rivy Ce ay) Mrs. James Di a ; ¢ ” +A ‘4 wee) 4 w we wenvu Ws & Lara sou ry , ‘amily's Line. quite comp: Hack over there sometime, when oking arxound. I would like t& Ylarksbury, Little Dutchman Breek, J 14 | N97 } r se places. I could spend m ; ne =stha wisest and ViSilting 4 we do net know mucn news } y “713 leneve #3 A C—~ FF 2 ot, << . | Cio -t- tS ¥ pr Carn <4é —_—" C oto 4 % Re Sang fd e at 3 pif Wig y Jilec+id, / A Z f st alll i» 4 edge BK Cee Pian! a kA j Pe oy : So. ¢ f —— 2 “os luz kote ae 2-7 lg FOB Ags Lr \ | Jeet ee: Caer { A oe 4 yes t POH Se cd th / I tas The Valley of the - Tennessee: ma4 i iwassen ywatt-nours TVA power, three times q enterprises have begun operatic & Jans have created a series r 630 miles, from Paducah, Ker operates c rs-are made intimes of peace an 15 mill Hon acre Jams can store ntrol of lower Ohio ant . 4 near A eu a j ft - cated in North Caroline line in the Great MOKY N\ essee ntana Is ONe€ of the words FC T ; { he constr ction Vi Government oN : ated as a-res Of \ _ al in 1933..1n Sef require nei ofe § productiv@Pebion. the 1 VAy has becompate Targcst, in the U:S- oe" ' in the country. 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Ce 7 atitls Nceue a. ese be 1) are “ "pV pet tes Ty. ; : Y My thee et, Tan pte thee Le le onl AO tee pn treks We [tapers opin Ce os 4. tuys }L on [fy . y . j t fect eit a ot eg ; - ef TS tas cer 2 i Ltr] Wevr--2/ JL eee “ae a eyes /¥% ny ae ae 7 a } cee G Fria — Me aq, beet ae wait; ti: i halt 4 i ty =! # Meh, ti ‘aaiti z uit hil ie Sin ni | iT HE iin ae ut c vaRtdl PA : Hite nile CURRENT INFORMATION FOR GENEALOGISTS 3 education, and to a considerable degree, In politics ‘and Indian warfare. .Often they Were the only éducated persons in-a community.” The Society of the Descen- * dants of the Colenial Clergy, of which Dr. Weis is Historian-General, was organized in 1933 to perpetuate the memory of those fedrless men. who invaded the American Wilderness centuries ago to bring the word . Of God to settlers and aborigines alike. TheColonial Clergy ... of New Eng- land is composed of biographies of minis- ters, arranged alphabetically by surname, .from “the earliest. period of colonization 1776. The sketches vary .in length, according to the amount of infor- mation available on each person. - The second volume of the series, dealing with the Middle and ‘Southern Colonies, covers too wide “a territory to permit detailed biographies.-. It contains lists of clergy- men, arranged in the alphabetical order of their “communities and thereunder by For instance, under the head- -ing “Germantown, Pa.” appear the follow- ing churehes “ Mennonite, Dutch Re- formed, German Reformed, German Bap. -tist, arid Lutheran (St. Michaels Church), and under each are listed the names of their ministers in chronological order. The Index (pp. 108-139) ‘contains the names of all ‘of the clergymen mentioned inthe volume.’ The third” book of the series gives biographical sketches of the colonial clergy of Maryland, Delaware, These books are important down to pr churches, and Georgia, reference works. for our colonial’ church leaders; and we trust that in the not-too- . distant future ,Dr. Weis will publish og- raphies of ministers of the other Middle and Southern Colonies. y COOPERATION REQUESTED members generally know, no one on the Staff of the Society is a paid officer, As probably jobs, as well The Treasurer carries. a heavy load of work and refponsibility. ‘It would help her tremendously if each mémm,- that Janu- ber “or -stibseriber could -remember dues and subscriptions are due in ary, and would send-in their money with- out her having to bill them: ‘Let's all help her! ., pages, ‘land’s Heroldic Families, 1634-1935. and most of -them hold full time - ‘Isle of Wight Co... Va. BOOKS OF INTEREST (Paid 4 dvertisement) Hanna, Charles A. Historical Colleéc- tions of. Harrison Co.; Qhid, With Lists of the First Land.Owners, Early Marriages, Will Records, Burial Records, and.Numer- ous Genealogies. ‘636 pages. Cloth. N. Y.. 1900. $7.50. f Davidsgn, Graee G. Records of Rich mond Co., Georgia, Formerly St. Paul’s. Parish. 402 pages. Cloth. Athens, 1929. $5. Turner, J. K., and Bridges, JL. -His- tory of. Edgecombe County, N. C. 486 Cloth:. Raleigh, 1990. $3.50. Browning, Charles H. Welsh Settle ment-of Pennsylvania. 631 pages? Phila., 1912. $5.00. i : South Carolina, Indexes to the County Wills of. Compiled from the W. P. A. copies of the County. Will Boaks. 223 pages. Wrps. Columbia,‘ 19397 $7.50. Parran, Alice N, Register of Mary- Two volumes Complete’ with index -and -ad- denda. 408, 352, and 60 pages. % mor, Balto., 1935-38. $7.50 Clemens, William - M. 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Franklin St. Balto, 2, Md. “6 ¢ ar ar [pote NATIONAL GENEALOGK Al. SOCIETY QUARTERLY _ COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTES aaa Readers are invited to submit items of news, discussion, criticism, or cortio that may have wide genealogical interést, and Members of. .N: G. Other sources for ‘publication in these columns. S.’may submit old unpublished vital records from Bibles or Recent entries and data on living “persons must he « cluded, and Jong items or those of personal or limited interest require speci»! arrangements for publication.” VITAL RECORDS FROM OLD CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND. BIBLES By FaitH StTokK. DASKAM, Washington, D. C. (Continued from Volume XXXIII, June, 1945, p. 42) The Bibles from which these records came were.found in ‘the old home of the Howard family, Randalia, Cecil Co., .Md., “in 1926.) They are now in the possession of Mrs. Eloise Howard Davis, Chesapeake “City, Cecil Co., Md: a‘ Thomas Thomas (168421774) “Emigra- ted from Wales and Settled in Cecil Co., Md.” These records are from the Bibles of his son William Thomas (1723 @r 265- 1798) who married Hannah Buckingham, and of William’s son; Theodore (1772- 1828), who married Mary. (Nancy) Moore. Bible of William and Hannah Thoanas :. Births: ‘[Thom]as the’ son of Wm. and Hannah Thomas, b. 12 Feb. 1856, at 8-0’clock “A. M:, and d. 12 Mar. 1756: ; Lydia Thomas, dau. of Wm. and Han- -nah Thomas, b. 19 Mar. 1757, at 11 o’clock, : and d. — Oct. 1759: Mary Thomas, dau. of Wm. and Hannah Thomas, b. 10 Mar. 1760, -about 1 -o’clock A. M.; had Jain Thomas, dau. of Wm. and Hannah Thomas, b. 13 Mar. 1762 at 5 o’clock, A.M, : Enoch Thomas, son of Wm. and Hannah ‘Thomas, b. 6 Feb.-1764 at-9 o’clock, P. M. and d. 3 Sept. 1765; i Lewis .Thomas, son of Wm. Thomas and Hannah Thomas, b. 22 Nov. 1767, at J Oce, PM 2 rs Calup Thomas, son of Wm. and’ Han- nah Thomas, b. 4 Feb. 1770, at 5 o'clock Aim THeodore Thomas, son of Wm. and Han-~ nah Thomas, b. 25 Oct.-1772, at 5 o'clock A.M.; Asenath Thomas. dau. of Wm. and Han- nah Thomas, b. 16 Jan: 1775, about 11 o'clock; : John Buckingham Thomas, son of Wm. and Hannah Thomas, b. 14 Mar.-1777, at 10 min. after 10 o'clock, A.M.: ae 1Abstracts: these recorfde are written in. each Bible in the full and usual formal style of. the periods. We regret thy necessity of using the form of abstracts. . %s - Elizabeth, -w. of mee) Hanna Thomas, dau: of Wm. and Han nah Thomas, b. 5 Jan. 1782. 1:30 o'clock, A. M.; Deaths: Thomas, Thomas, d. 8 July..1774. about 6 o’clock, A. M., aged 90 yr.; Eniigrated from Wales and settled in Cecil Co., Md Wm. Thomas, son of Thomas Thomas d. 25 Mar. 1798, in-his 75th yr. Hannah Buckingham, w. of, Wm. Thom- as, d. 9 Nov.- 1800, in her 64th yr. Marriage: ‘ Theodore Thomas and m. 28 May 1801; |. : Bible of. Theodore avd Mary Thomas: Births: . : 2 ° Theodore Thomas, b. 25 Oct. 1772; Mary Thomas, w. of Theodore. h. Dec..1773; 2 Hannah Thomas, dau- of Theodore and Mary Thomas, b. 22. Feb. 1802; Ann Thomas, dau. of Theodore and Mary Thomas, b. 27 Noy. 1803: Thomas Boulden, b. 13 Sept. 1804; Mary Thomas,- dau. ‘of ‘Theodore. and Mary Thomas, b. 2 May 1807?) Elizabeth. Margaret ; Thomas, dau. of Theodore and Mary Thomas, b. 6 May | 1809: oo William Moore Thomas, ‘son’ of Theo dore and Mary Thomas, b. 2\Nov. 1811: Mary Harriett Thomas, dau. of Theo- : Mary Thomas, _,dore and Mary Thomas, b. 30 Jan: 1815; ’*: Mary,Elizabeth Boulden, dau. of Thom- as and Ann Boulden, b. 1% Nov, 1831: Theodore Thomas Boulden, b. 3° Ant 1833: . : Charles Lewis Boulden, s,. of Thomas and Ann Bouldén, b. 13 Sept..1834: * Harriet Ann Boulden, dau. of Thomas and Ann Boulden, b. 17 Sept. 1835; Amor Forwood ulden, son of Thomas and Ann Boulden, b\ 14 June 1840; , writfen 1784, THeodore’s Bible [ "Under this date is 5Note that his son wet? hays “73rd dau. Mary par. of Mrs: then to their . Howard. gr w. of Thomas Bouldan, ‘Published, 1793; ri he went to Anne Thomas, Davis, above. y * CURRENT INFORMATION FOR GENEALOGISTS * education, and to,a considerable degree, in “politics and Indian warfare. they were the only edwfited persons ik a community.” The Society of the Descen- dantsggf the Colonial Clergy, of which Dr. Weis ts Historian-General, was organized in 1933 to perpetuate the memory of those fearless -men- who irivaded the American wilderness centuries ago to bring the word of God to settlers and aborigines alike. cee Ca Clergy... ters; arranged alphabetically by surname, from ‘the earliest period of colonization down 1776. The sketches -vary in length, according to the amount of infor- available ‘on, each person. to mation the "Middle and.Southern Colonies, covers too wide a territory to permit detailed biographies. It contains listS of clergy- men, arranged in the alphabetical order of theiy ~communities and ‘thereunder by churches. For instance, under the head- ing YGermantown, Pa.” appear the follow- ing churches: Mennonite, Dutch Re- formed, German Reformed, German Bap- tist, and Lutheran (St? Michael’s Church), yunder each ure listed the names of their ministers in chronological order. The Index-’ (pp. 108-139) - contains the names of all of. the clergymen mentioned in the volume. The third book of the ane _ series gives biographical sketches of the. . colonial clergy of Maryland, Delaware, and Georgia. These books are important _ reference works for our colonial church leaders, and we trust that in the not-too- distant future Dr. Weis will publish biog- _raphies of ministers of the other Middle and Southern. Colonies. COOPERATION REQUESTED As probably members generally know, no one on the staff of the Society. is a paid officer, and most of them hold.-full time jobs; as -well. The Treasurer carries a heavy load of work and responsibility. It would help her tremendously if each mem- ber. 0 subscriber could remember that dues: and subscriptions are due in Janu- ary, and would send in their money with- ’ or out her having to bill them. Let’s all help her! Often : of New Eng-~ fu nd is composed of biographies of minis- ~ The, second volume of the series, dealing with’ BOOKS OF INTEREST (Paid Advertisement) Hanna, Charles A. Historical Collec- tions of Harrison Co., Ohio, With Lists of the First Land-Owners, Early Marriages, ‘1900. $7.50. Davidson, Grace G, Records of Rich- mond Co., Georgia. Formerly St. Paul’s Parish. 402 pages. Cloth. Athens, 1929. $5. . Turner, J. K., and Bridges, J. L. His- tory of Edgecombe County, N.C.» 486 pages. Cloth. Raleigh, 1920. $3.50. -Browning, Charles H. Welsh Settle- ment of Pennsylvania. 631 pages. Phila., 1912. $5.00. ; : ‘South Carolina, Indexes to the -County Wills of. copies of the County Will Books. . 223 pages. Wrps. Columbia, .1939. $7.50. Parrah, Alice N. 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