Merle--I have a Jacob Ronk [b.1778, d.1860] and his wife, Amy (Tucker) Ronk [b. 1803, d. 1863] buried in the Noffsinger Cemetery, Linn Township, Cedar County, MO. As far as is known, they were Brethren. Is this the same Jacob Ronk you are mentioning in the Raccoon Creek church? It is known that Thomas Miller and others came to Cedar County from this church and helped with organizing the church in MO in 1852 or 1853. However, the more that is revealed about this group it appears to have been spread out through several counties in southwestern MO prior to the Civil War. It most likely had several preaching points rather than one central location with the one the 3 Moore families attended near Stockton being one of several preaching points, or locations, of this church as there were a number of ministers located within the bounds of this church. This is perhaps one of the reasons a building was never erected. Jane Davis. _________________________________________________________________ Make Windows Vista more reliable and secure with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. http://www.windowsvista.com/SP1?WT.mc_id=hotmailvistasp1banner

I don't have direct information on the Jacob Ronk - but Winger says: Jacob Ronk and wife Hannah - from Virginia to Big Raccoon Creek, 1826, Putnam Co IN (same year as Elder William R Smith). He then mentions Jacob Ronk -as deacon, 1830 - other Ronk names are mentioned for later - so this could be a son: Besides Thomas Miller going from the Four Mile to Raccoon Creek and adjacent areas, I also had Elder Daniel Miller, Francis and Henry Moss, and John Fosher. Potter John Miller (Elder Daniel's older brother -both sons of Elder Jacob Miller) and his family were living just west on Raccoon Creek, in Parke Co IN. - how many of these moved on to Missouri, I didn't try to track. And you are right -it was the early 1850s -not 1848 (as Winger/Harshbarger said) -at least for Thomas Miller. Besides the Ronks coming from Virginia, Winger names the Harshbargers - and Myers, Britts, Graybills, Pefleys, Stoners. Elder Jacob Garver was there, at least by 1846 (I don't know whether he was directly from Virginia, or had come first to my Obannon/Clermont Co OH area first (as some others did)) by the way, Jane - I've tried to send some of my Kentucky Book info to you - and just realized -I had an old address and you've moved -so of course it doesn't work - will send it again (its BIG!). Merle > I have a Jacob Ronk [b.1778, d.1860] and his wife, Amy (Tucker) Ronk [b. 1803, d. 1863] buried in the Noffsinger Cemetery, Linn Township, Cedar County, MO. As far as is known, they were Brethren. Is this the same Jacob Ronk you are mentioning in the Raccoon Creek church? It is known that Thomas Miller and others came to Cedar County from this church and helped with organizing the church in MO in 1852 or 1853. > >

The Harshbargers, Meyers/Myers, Britts, Graybills, Peffleys, and Stoners, mentioned by Winger in Merle's message below, were residents of Botetourt County, Virginia, prior to their moving to Raccoon Creek, Ladoga, and other places in the Montgomery County, Indiana, area. Other related families in this particular migration included the Houtzes, Arnolds, Markeys, Kesslers, and Noffsingers. These families moved from Botetourt, VA, to Montgomery, IN, during the 1820s, 1830s, and into the 1840s. Dwayne Wrightsman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle C Rummel" <cliff@rtkonline.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Jacob Ronk > I don't have direct information on the Jacob Ronk - but Winger > says: Jacob Ronk and wife Hannah - from Virginia to Big Raccoon Creek, > 1826, Putnam Co IN (same year as Elder William R Smith). He then > mentions Jacob Ronk -as deacon, 1830 - other Ronk names are mentioned > for later - so this could be a son: > > Besides Thomas Miller going from the Four Mile to Raccoon Creek and > adjacent areas, I also had Elder Daniel Miller, Francis and Henry Moss, > and John Fosher. Potter John Miller (Elder Daniel's older brother -both > sons of Elder Jacob Miller) and his family were living just west on > Raccoon Creek, in Parke Co IN. - how many of these moved on to Missouri, > I didn't try to track. And you are right -it was the early 1850s -not > 1848 (as Winger/Harshbarger said) -at least for Thomas Miller. > > Besides the Ronks coming from Virginia, Winger names the Harshbargers - > and Myers, Britts, Graybills, Pefleys, Stoners. Elder Jacob Garver was > there, at least by 1846 (I don't know whether he was directly from > Virginia, or had come first to my Obannon/Clermont Co OH area first (as > some others did)) > > by the way, Jane - I've tried to send some of my Kentucky Book info to > you - and just realized -I had an old address and you've moved -so of > course it doesn't work - will send it again (its BIG!). > > Merle