Thanks for the information, My GGG grandparents were married by Henry Hanes in 1841. It may be of help to know the background of the church. They also moved to Arkansas sometime after 1850. If you come across any information on any McCurdys, please keep me in mind. Thanks, Doug McCurdy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert A. Casper" <ccasper@wave-net.net> To: <GACARROL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:10 AM Subject: [GACARROL] New Hope Primitive Baptist Church > I have information on the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church which I will > look up and post here. It held its first meetings in my ggg grandfather's > home, Jonathan Haynes. Several of his brothers were Primitive Baptists > ministers. Previous to the founding of the New Hope Baptist Church in > Carroll County, they had founded New Providence Primitive Baptist Church in > Habersham County, GA. The Haynes family had just migrated from Haywood > County, NC. If you think your ancestors were part of this migration, I can > give you information on it. Jonathan Haynes stayed in Carroll County but his > brothers moved on to Arkansas and Texas. Jonathan was married to Cynthia > McDowell, daughter of Daniel McDowell who also migrated with this family. > Other families known to have come from NC to Habersham County and then on to > Carroll County were Kinney, Palmer, Owens, and maybe Ward. > > This comes from some work done on the Haynes family by William Edgar Haynes, > presently residing in California: > quote > "They (the Haynes brothers Henry, Jonathan, Edward and William), along with > others, came together to form the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church. Minutes > of the meetings are on file in the Genealogy Section, Carrollton, Georgia > Library. On September 24, 1830, Jonathan was appointed to a committee to > purchase land for a new meeting house. He was elected as a trustee and as a > brothers to assist in laying the new church's foundations on November 27, > 1830. According to the minutes, the committee did not get the job done and > some harsh (but polite) words were exchanged. The outcome was that the new > church, named New Hope, was built east of the town that is now known as > Villa Rica, Georgia, near the present-day Atlanta Highway US-78, and the old > Pumpkintown Road crossing. The church was still active in 1996. The church > must not have been completed by February 1, 1834, because church services > were held at Jonathan's home. This was the last entry of Jonathan's name in > the church meeting minutes." > end quote > > Since the church was still active in 1996, it might still be active today. A > search for an address and telephone number on the internet might be helpful > and you could talk with the church. They may have a published history being > such an old church. > > You could also contact the Nova Lomason Library and leave a message for the > genealogy department to see if they would send you copies of the minutes for > particular years, etc. The genealogy department is not open all the time so > it might take a while to get a response but I bet they would help you. When > I visited the library, they were wonderful and very helpful. > > Cathy M. Casper > Sanford, NC > > >