Linda, Wow! I'm amazed and delighted at what I discovered in the remainder of your transcription. The majority of my kin folks apparently joined the church en masse a year after it was formed. It seems that my gg-gf served as church clerk for a while, then most of my folks resigned in 1831 to join a "society of men" from "Authordox Baptist Church." I assume they meant the "Orthodox Baptist Church," - ever hear of that one? Wonder what church they formed? The excerpt from 1854 you included shows that Allen and Etha Linda Reeves were back with the Salem church by that time. I'll look forward to reading future installments to see just how things played out with the rest of them. I have no James Reeves in my lineage at that point in history. However, I have an idea who he might be. He is probably the son of Jeremiah Reeves of Wilkes, county, who was a Baptist preacher and one of the founders of the Ga. Baptist Assn. He had four sons who became preachers also, one named James, who was born in 1784. Here are some excerpts from my notes about him: "Churches Jame Reeves served in: - Served in many churches unnamed. - Was present at organization of Western Association, and was their first moderator. - Two grandsons were in ministry. -Founder of churches in 8 Alabama and Western Ga. counties. - Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lagrange 1-1-1829 tp 12-31-1831. - Pastor of Sharon Baptist Church in Henry Co. 1824. - Either he or John Reeves, or both, was pastor of Bethlehem Church in Jasper Co., GA. till 1824. - On 13 Sept 1826, became one of pastors of Macedonia Church. - Was pastor of churches in Jasper, Butts, Henry, Campbell, Paulding, Carroll, Coweta, Heard and Troup counties, plus some in E. Alabama. He founded many of these churches. - Was minister of Macedonia Baptist Church in Carroll Co. on 17 May 1851, per the Christian Index." Fayette county isn't mentioned, but he apparently got around a lot, so it's possible it's him that's mentioned in the minutes. You might check him out next time you get to Mercer. He's only mentioned in the early part of the Salem minutes, so perhaps he was instrumental in setting up the church, then moved on, which appears to be part of his job, considering the number of churches he was associated with. The current Baptist Association calls that activity "church planting," and they have a big organization that does that sort of thing. I'll send you detail off-line later on who all my Fayette relatives were and how they inter-related. Thanks again for your selfless efforts in doing so much in researching and recording the history of Fayette county. You have done a truly remarkable job. Best regards, Paul Reeves >son of Rodolphus Reeves>G.G. Reeves>James Milton Reeves b.1824>William Reeves >b.1794>Wiley Reeves b.1769 (Latter three lived part of their lives in Fayette county >during 1820-1850 period). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barton" <lblumb@gmail.com> To: <gafayett@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [GAFAYETT] Salem Baptist Church Paul, I was smiling when I posted it because I knew you would be excited! It seems to fill in a missing time that I don't have information on your Reeves - hoping you will tell me who they all are. Do you know who James Reeves is/was? I don't have him in my database. It is also starting to give me some new clues on my Jones/Patterson/Whitakers so I am excited also. I copied the early years of Antioch also and will be posting them and then plan to go back and get the rest. I only had a short time when I was there. I went to the Jack Tarver Library at Mercer in Macon. I hope to find some McLean information but I may have to go to Whitewater for that in the earliest period. I was so excited when I saw in the Antioch minutes that they posted obituaries or death notices in the minutes and saw the one for two of my grandfathers.....well, not grand but great great something...... Enjoy! Linda B. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Paul Reeves<reeves1@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Linda, > > Bless you for transcribing and posting these Salem church records. For a long while I > have > tried to find out which church my ancestral Reeves family belonged to, and I found them > all in these minutes! My g-g-grandfather and g-g-gm William and Camilla (Mille) Reeves > joined on April 5, 1828 A day later my ggg-grandfather Wiley Reeves joined. My ggg-gm > Rebecca Reeves joined on May 16, 1828. I stopped reading there to absorb it all, but > will > certainly read every line you posted here and in the future, as this opens up a new > avenue > for my research. I am also hopeful there may be a clue to the death and resting place of > some of these ancestors. You have certainly made my day! > > Gratefully, > > Paul Reeves > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Barton" <lblumb@gmail.com> > To: <gafayett@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:13 AM > Subject: [GAFAYETT] Salem Baptist Church > > >>I have recently been able to copy some of the records of Salem Baptist >> Church and I think some of you may be interested in the information >> found in the records. The church was only in existence from 1827 until >> 1854. I have transcribed the records from 1827 through 1831 and part >> of 1832 and will try to obtain the rest very soon. I also included >> the information at the end of the microfilm when the church was >> dissolved in 1854. >> >> Names included: >> Adcock >> Beasley, Biffel, Bentley, Bates, Bolt, Bridges, Blann >> Cavender, Cook, Chambers, Crider, Clyatt, Cross, Caloway >> Elder >> Griffin, Gay, Green, Gibson, Gaskill >> Harrington, Holder, Head, Henderson, Hubbard, Heflin, Harris, Holmes >> Johnson, Jones >> Lee, Lyons >> Malone, Mercer, Moseley, McDonald >> Otwell, Osbern >> Pate, Patterson, Porter, Pearce >> Ransom, Reeves, Robertson, Rooker >> Sharp, Stell, Smith, Strickland >> Weems, Walden, Wilson, Williams, Walker, Whitaker >> >> The transcription is found here: >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gafayett/church/salem.htm >> >> Enjoy! >> Linda B. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAFAYETT-request@rootsweb.com >> with >> the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAFAYETT-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GAFAYETT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message