This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pR.2ADE/1437.2 Message Board Post: The subject of the following chronology, Rev. William L. Harrod (1785-1866), is believed to be the father of the William Harrod / Herrod (1820-1896) whose remains rest at Collee Cemetery of Autuaga County: 1785 Born - October 20, 1786, Beaufort, SC 1806 Married Sarah Chewing / Chewning (b. May 5, 1785) – ca. 1806 1807 Birth of son Eli Harrod - ca. 1807, SC 1818 Elder in Mulberry Church, Bibb Co., AL - 1818 1819 Ordained to ministry at Mulberry Church - 1819 Presbyter, with Lewis C. Davis and Isaac Suttle, at constitution of Ebenezer Church, Bogle’s Creek (Stanton) Chilton County (then Bibb/Cahawba County) - 1819 1820 Presbyter, with Lewis C. Davis and Asa Wright, at constitution of Cedar Creek Church, Wilcox County - May 19, 1820 Member of presbytery, with Isaac Suttle, William Calloway, and Charles Crow, organizing Ocmulgee Church – June 10, 1820 Member of presbytery, with Isaac Suttle, organizing Providence Baptist Church of Christ (Boguechitto Creek, Dallas County) – June 13, 1820 Preached at Ocmulgee Church – September 1820 Received by letter at Town Creek Church (Old Town, Dallas County), with wife Sarah – November 19, 1820 Birth of son William – ca. 1820 1821 Preached at Providence Church; member of presbytery to ordain deacons at Providence – August 1821 1822 Patented 80.3 acres of Montgomery (later Lowndes) County; W ½ SE ¼, Sec. 30, T15, R13; resident of Dallas County – February 1, 1822 Dismissed from Town Creek Church by letter, with wife Sarah – November 30, 1822 Member of presbytery called to form Mount Gilead Church (Trickem/Church Hill), Montgomery (later Lowndes) County – October 17, 1822 Served as messenger from Alabama Baptist Association to either the Ocmulgee or Ebeneezer Association of Georgia - 1822 1823 Member of presbytery called to form Sister Springs Church (Tyler, Dallas County)– January 16, 1823 Asked to participate in presbytery at Providence Church to ordain William Moseley to the ministry (did not attend) – January 1823 1828 Pastor of Bethlehem Church, Barbour Co., AL - 1828 1829 Pastor of Bethlehem Church, Barbour Co., AL - 1829 1830 Pastor of Bethlehem Church, Barbour Co., AL - 1830 1831 Pastor of Bethlehem Church, Barbour Co., AL - 1831 1832 Pastor of Bethlehem Church, Barbour Co., AL - 1832 1850 Marriage of son William to Sylvia Barfield; Bibb Co. (now Chilton Co.) – March 24, 1850 1856 Death of wife Sarah – July 16, 1856; Choctaw Co., MS; buried Candaretta, MS 1862 Joined “Sons of Liberty” which became the “Davis Guards” of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry; supplied provisions to the 33rd Infantry - 1862 1866 Died - September 1, 1866; Cadaretta, Choctaw Co., MS; buried Canderetta, MS Children of William Harrod and Sarah Chewning: Eli Harrod – b. ca 1807, SC Rhoda Jane Harrod – b. May 23, 1810, GA Philotha Harrod – b. May 22, 1811, GA Elijah Harrod – b. 1812, SC Jacob Harrod – b. ca. 1816 Mary Harrod – b. 1818, GA Marha Harrod – b. 1819, GA William Harrod – b. ca. 1820, AL; d. Aug. 16, 1896, Autauga Co., AL; buried Colee Cemetery, Autagua Co.; m. Sylvia Barfield (1831-1889) March 24, 1850, Bibb Co., AL (now Chilton Co.) unknown – b. ca. 1821 John Harrod – b. Dec. 24, 1826, AL; d. June 25, 1864, Atlanta, GA (Civil War); bur. New Hope Church, Atlanta; m. Sophire Ann Coleman Smith (b. May 8,1833; d. June 21,1902) - Candaretta, MS; Lt. Colonel of Co. G, “Sons of Liberty” later “Davis Guards;” widow moved to California after Civil War. Sarah Priscilla Harrod – b. 1830, AL unknown unknown (13 children total)