Washington Memorial Library-which has a very good collection of Bap. books-listing preachers, where, what, bio's etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crilley" <varcsix@hot.rr.com> To: <> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:23 PM Subject: [GAHARRIS] Bethesda > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/monroe/church.html > > Gives Flint River Baptist Association 1828 > > John Adams gave us this listing --- > > 57.Bethesda, Harris Co John T. Goldsmith, C. J. Atkins > =============== > Have you tried Mercer? They will sometimes make copies of the records they > have...just depends on the size, etc. > > GEORGIA BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS > Stored on Micro film and available thru library loan. Located in > the Georgia Baptist History Depository, Special > Collections, Main Library, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia > http://tarver.mercer.edu/special_collections/default.htm > > ============ > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:59:01 EST > From: Scalawag1867@aol.com > Subject: [GAHARRIS] Bethesda Baptist Church Ellerslie, Ga. > To: GAHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-id: <38.3ee58d91.2ce922f5@aol.com> > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > X-Message: #6 > > I am researching my gr gr grandpapa Rev. Green Berry Waldrop who was a > member of the Baptist Assoc. , Presbytery , He help constitued many > Chruches in > Harris County. He was also a minister of the Beth Baptist Chruch on Flat > Rock in > Columbus, Georgia, Muscogee County. > > I am researching the History Bethesda Baptist Chruch that was located in > Harris County in 1834. I am researching who the Presbytery was with the > Baptist > Assoc and who constituted the Bethesda Baptist Church. I believe it was in > Ellerslie. > > This road marks the route of the first telegraph lines from Washington to New > Orleans, via Columbus completed in 1848. The road entered Harris County at > Mt. Airy (later Ridgeway), 5 miles east from here. A stage coach inn, stores, > houses and schools there were almost swept away by the cyclone of 1875. On > this > road stood Bethesda Baptist Church organized in 1828, later moved to > Ellerslie. The home of General Henry Lowe, near this junction, entertained > ex-President > James K. Polk and other prominent visitors as they came from Milledgeville, > then the capital of Georgia, along "The Wire Road". > > Thank you for any help. > > Sandra > maiden name Waldrop > Muscogee County, Georgia > > > > Virginia Crilley > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by your Internet Service Provider] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by your Internet Service Provider]