There are several Strawn's in the Murray co Heritage. First ; The minutes of the orgaization meeting wee found in the back of an old church book by Ford Cochran. These minue read: "The following is a travail of Holly Creek Church. It was constituted July 2l, ll848. The following brethern met according to request. Elcer James Adams, Edward McAbee and James Strawn, jAfter prayer by Bro Adams, they formed themselvesuinto a presbytery and called on the petitioners to present their letters, whereuonm the following . . . . . .Holly Creek is listed in the Middle Cherokee minutes of l848 with James Strawn as pastor, address Spring Place, . . . . . .There is more if this is what you ae searching for. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
Is there any reference in the old church book to the Baptist Church in Mountaintown (Gilmer Co) at about the same time that had William Williams as the first pastor? -----Original Message----- From: blp374@juno.com [mailto:blp374@juno.com] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:06 PM To: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MURRAY] Strawn and Cross Families located in Murray County 1850's and prior There are several Strawn's in the Murray co Heritage. First ; The minutes of the orgaization meeting wee found in the back of an old church book by Ford Cochran. These minue read: "The following is a travail of Holly Creek Church. It was constituted July 2l, ll848. The following brethern met according to request. Elcer James Adams, Edward McAbee and James Strawn, jAfter prayer by Bro Adams, they formed themselvesuinto a presbytery and called on the petitioners to present their letters, whereuonm the following . . . . . .Holly Creek is listed in the Middle Cherokee minutes of l848 with James Strawn as pastor, address Spring Place, . . . . . .There is more if this is what you ae searching for. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== --- Author Retains Copyright --- -- Copyright 2002 Author -- All Rights Reserved Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com Unsubscribe request To: GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl