This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENDERSON, MURPHY, MYHAND, POPE, STRINGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1471 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Jeff STRINGER, a Primitive Baptist Elder who officiated at the marriage of John Elbert Washington HENDERSON and Louisiana MURPHY in or about 1856 at Clapp’s Factory, Muscogee Co, GA. STRINGER was in TX by 1877; he and wife Caroline appear with their two children on p. 467B of the 1880 census of Precinct 4, Upshur Co, TX. He is evidently (from LDS IGI NA): Jefferson STRINGER (23 FEB 1811 Edgefield Dist, SC-04 FEB 1891 Shady Grove, Upshur Co, TX), who m1. 22 MAY 1847 Harris Co, GA, to Nancy Dinkins MYHAND (22 SEP 1823 Harris Co, GA), m2. 01 NOV 1853 in Harris Co, GA, to Caroline Elizabeth MYHAND (b. 24 DEC 1819 GA). Jefferson and Nancy appear with three children on the 1850 census of Harris Co, GA (History of Harris Co, GA, by Barfield, p. 205), and Caroline is in a MYHAND household nearby (p. 203). [Is he the same Jefferson STRINGER who m. 01 NOV 1831 in Harris Co. to Jane E. POPE?] I am interested to know more about Elder STRINGER, particularly what churches he served in Harris and Muscogee Counties. I am also seeking the parentage and family connections of J. E. W. HENDERSON and Louisiana MURPHY. He was in Naylor, Lowndes Co, GA, in 1877, and they appear with nine children on p. 436D in Rome, Tallapossa Co, AL in 1880 – he preached at Beulah Primitive Baptist Church in Troy, Pike Co, AL, and probably others, and also edited the “Primitive Pathway” publication. Thanks.