Hello Stella Thanks for the info. Can you tell me if my Elias M. Williams is mentioned in this book? I recently heard he was listed as being on a committie from Haysop Bapt. I think it was the Mulberry committie. Thanks chuck >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [ALBIBB] Local Books Of Interest Pertaining To Histories >Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:03:32 -0600 > >Connie, list, I am going to talk a little about this book, A HISTORY OF >MULBERRY CHURCH 1818-1968 because people are familiar with 'mulberry >creek' which this book says runs it's course some thirty miles before >joining the flow of the Alabama River. and the small town of Stanton >settled on the railroads.and on the main Elyton Road..... has the creek >running right next to it too...and this church is on over from there.the >book says the Mulberry settlement was on the upper reaches of Mulberry >Creek,...but that was the two main roads traveled then, one called the >Elyton Road (Elyton Al was county seat of Jefferson County then) and >the other was called The Fort Jackson road going east to west..(.to >Tuscaloosa)...the railroad came through there to Montgomery in >1852...then Old Maplesville started moving to the railroad, to what was >called new Maplesville (the Depot). (remains today) lots of the >community went to Mulberry Church. It lists 55 pastors. Says the >church was settled before Al became a state...settled by people from Ga >and Edgefield Co S.C. mostly.About the time the church was organized.., >the Mulberry settlement was incorporated into the confines of a new >county, created by the Alabama Territorial Legislature sitting at St >Stephens, on Feb 7 1818.The name of the new county was Cahawba, and the >temporary seat of Justice was at The Falls, later known as >Centreville.It was one of the first counties to be created. The Alabama >Territory became the State of Alabama on Dec 14th, 1819. It goes on to >tell about Gov.Bibb and his fall from a horse in 1820, resulting in his >death and the county being changed to Bibb in his honor that same >year,...and for fifty glorious years this church was in Bibb county. >until 1868 when it became Chilton. >It was written by Ulysses H. Abrams and published by Times Printing Co >Montevallo, Al. I purchased second printing in 1995. Gotta run, now. >Ste _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series.  Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001