Bob, I am the person that was requesting that information. I do have the copy of "The History of Hart County" and will look into churches listed there. I understand Moses Sanders started the Nails Creek Church and please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm waiting on information from MERCER UNIVERSITY about some of that information and about some of the churches. I've been told by several that at first, most meetings/services were held in "meeting houses" and that the churches came later or should I say, they were built later. My focus is on ANY COUNTY that was once a part of WILKES,FRANKLIN, ELBERT or HART CO, GEORGIA and any MEETING HOUSES or FIRST CHURCHES, in these areas of GEORGIA. Thank you for sending me this information and to all of you that have done so off the list. Please feel free to post anything you might know or think you know onto the list as others may be looking for the same thing. If not, feel free to email me directly. No problem to me either way. Again, thanks to everyone. Warmest Regards, Gale Sanders ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Robert B. Laughon" <BLaughon@compuserve.com> To: GAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAFRANKL] Churches Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:54:36 -0500 Someone inquired about the oldest Baptist churches in Franklin, Hart, and a couple of other Georgia counties. Nails Creek Baptist Church was established on 11 Feb 1787 at Joseph Nail's trading post on the upper waters of Nails Creek, then in Franklin County but now in Banks County. That's pretty old, and only three years younger than the county itself. There may be older churches, however, since Franklin County was originally as large as present-day Rhode Island and has given up land to many other "daughter" counties, including two or three now in South Carolina. The book "History of Franklin County, Georgia" has articles about many of the churches, at least in present-day Franklin County, including lists of ministers who served early, but might not include churches that are now in other counties, especially those in South Carolina. There is a similar book "History of Hart County, Georgia" that I have seen but am less familiar with. I don't have a personal copy of either, or I would look the information up for you. These books are pretty widely distributed, however. Bob blaughon@compuserve.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com