Cathy, Datto Missionary Baptist Church wasn't organized until 1902. J. A. Wheatly was the first pastor. It is still an active church and as far as I know, the church records are intact. My dad was pastor there in the late 1940's and early 1950's. I will make some phone calls and find out who the present church clerk is and let you know. Mabel The Barnes Family wrote: > Does anyone know if there are surviving records for the Datto Missionary > Baptist Church in Datto, Clay Co., Arkansas? If there is something, > does it date back to 1895? > > A Missionary Baptist preacher named J. A. Wheetley performed the wedding > ceremony for Annie Coleman and John Icenogle in 1895. The Rev. Wheetley > lived in/near Datto as did Annie and John. I would like to find out > whether Annie and John were members of the church, and if so, were other > people in this family members as well? > > Cathy Barnes > bbarnes@cswnet.com > > ...Desmond Walls Allen Letter Writing Campaign... > ... http://www.cswnet.com/~bbarnes/des.htm .... > .......Please write in behalf of Desmond......... > > ==== ARCLAY Mailing List ==== > Clay County Genealogy Page http://www.cswnet.com/~bbarnes/clay.html > ARGenWeb Archives Search http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ar/search.htm