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    3. I have a copy of the "Minutes of Broad Run Baptist Church, Faquier Co., Va., 1762-1872" as published in "Genealogical Record" Vol 7, No. 3, Sept . 1965 through Vol. 9, No. 4, Dec. 1967." The "Genealogical Record" was published by Houston Gen. Forum, Houston, Texas. I have this scanned to disk and am willing to send a text file to anyone who is interested. Please e-mail me if you'd like to receive it. The original was typed in an old typewriter with large and small capital letters, resulting in the scanned copy being all caps -- a bit slower to read, but better than nothing. The file is about 150K. Mary Gregg of Austin Texas located this record and scanned part of it, and sent me the rest. We did our best to remove scanner errors, but some may have slipped by. Many members of this church, including most of the Dodsons, migrated to Pittsylvania Co. in the late 1760s. Incidentally there are a number of slaves named in these records; anyone whose Fauquier Co. ancestors were enslaved may want a copy of this. On the last page of these minutes is a page of birth records, which includes at least one Stamps family. I'll paste it in here: APRIL THE 24TH 1763 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WERE RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / MARY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF PETER CORNWELL/ NANCY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF OBIDD CORNWELL / PLUBY DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOSHUA DODSON / JOSEPH CARTER SON OF WILLIAM CARTER/ JOHN BENNETT SON OF JOHN BENNETT/ MARY HIGGINS DAUGHTER OF ALEXR. HIGGINS / BETTY DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH DODSON / JAMES OWINGS SON OF JOSEPH OWINGS. OCTOBER THE 9TH 1763. THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / GEORGE DODSON SON OF LASAROUS DODSON / TOLIVER DODSON SON OF ROLY DODSON / GEORGE STAMPS SON OF TIMOTHY STAMPS / ELISHA DODSON SON OF ELISHA DODSON/ PRESLEY EDWARDS SON OF BENA. EDWARDS / JANE LEE DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN LEE / SALLY LEACHMAN DAUGHTER OF JO. LEACHMAN. / FEBRUAY 12TH 1764 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / MOLLY CREEL DAUGHTER OF JOHN CREEL / THOMAS DODSON SON OF GEORGE DODSON / FRANCES DODSON DAUGHTER OF GEORGE DODSON/ (PAGE 187) JUNE 7TH 1764 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS WAS / RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / JOHN PICKETT SON OF WM. PICKETT /JOHN WHITE SON OF JOHN WHITE / JOHN JONES SON OF JAMES JONES/ WILLIAM MURPHY SON OF WM. MURPHY. / APRIL THE 14TH 1765 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / JOHN STAMPS SON OF WM. STAMPS / ANN STAMPS DAUGHTER OF JOHN STAMPS. / JUNE 9TH 1765 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / ANN DODSON DAUGHTER OF JOR. DODSON./ AUGUS 11TH 1765 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / SALLEY SPENCER DAUGHTER OF JAMES SPENCER / JOEL HIGGINS SON OF ALEXR, HIGGINS. / (SPACE -- ED.) BENNETT DAUGHTER OF JON. BENNETT / RHODY DODSON DAUGHTER OF THOS. DODSON / ALCE CREEL DAUGHTER OF JOHN CREEL./ MAR. THE 10TH 1767 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / ELI CORNWELL SON OF OBED CORNWELL BORN 4 MAR. 67/ (PAGE 188) ELIJAH QUISINBERRY SON BORN 22ND OF NOVEMBER'67/ NANCY CORNWELL DAUGHTER OF DUOH BORN JULY 18 '67 / HOSIAH MADCALF BORN NOV. 15, 1767 / JESSE BENNETT BORN 15 NOVR. 1767 / THOSE FIVE REGISTERED IN CARE OF THE CHURCH 68 MAY THE 9, 1769 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS WAS / RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / THOMAS HIGGERSON SON OF THOS. HIGGERSON / MOSES CORNWELL SON OF OBED CORNWELL / BARSHEBA ROGERS DAUGHTER OF HENRY ROGERS/ HENRY HAINES SON ON WM. HAINES/ MOLLY STAMPS DAUGHTER OF WM. STAMPS /SALLY DAVIS DAUGHTER OF JOHN DAVIS /WILLIAM HUNTON SON OF WM. HUNTON. / APRIL THE 12TH 1772. THE FOLLOWING INFANTS / WAS RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / BETTY NASH DAUGHTER OF WM. NASH / RHODY HIGKERSON DAUGHTER OF THOS. HIGKERSON / NANCY WHITE DAUGHTER OF JOHN WHITE. AUG. 12, 1773 THE FOLLOWING INFANTS WAS / RECEIVED INTO THE CARE OF THE CHURCH / CHLOE SMITH DAUGHTER OF CALEB SMITH / BORN NOVR. THE 5TH DAY 1772 / (PAGE 189) JOHN SMITH SON OF JOSEPH AND JEANAH SMITH / BORN DECEMR. 6TH 1772/ WINNEY HICKERSON DAUGHTER OF THO. HICKERSON / WAS BORN DECEMR. 22ND 1773 / MOLLY DRURY DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH DRURY WAS/ BORN SEPTR . THE 20TH 1772. /BETTEY WARE DAUGHTER OF MICL. WARE AND MARTHA / HIS WIFE WAS BORN MARCH 22ND 1774 / JOHN MICHELL SON OF JOHN MICHELL WAS / BORN / BETTY DRURY DAUGHTER OF JOSEP DRURY / WAS BORN FEBRY. 14TH 1775 / THOMAS SMITH, SON OF JOSEPH AND LEANAH SMITH / WAS BORN FEBY. 14TH 1775 / LEWIS SMITH SON OF JOSEPH AND LEANAH SMITH / WAS BORN FEBR. THE 27TH 1777./ Libbie Griffin yyex00a@prodigy.com

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