Here's another question about AME church - Rev Dotson. Can anyone help out with this one? 1)Does St. Luke this exist today? 2)Hollis used the initial CME St. Luke... I thought he probably meant AME (African Methodist Episcopal) --- but didn't want to assume this. original of the AME. In 1796, Blacks who worshipped at the John Street Church in New York City were dissatisfied with their exclusion from exercising church privileges and weary from having to receive Sacraments after the White families. Led by James Varick, they organized the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The distinguishing characteristic of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was freedom, and it took a pronounced position on slavery. The word "Zion" was added in 1848. We're still working on the Asbury Chapel....and Mack Stewart.... >Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 19:34:08 -0400 (EDT) >From: HThomas718@aol.com >Subject: [GACHATTA] AME churches - Chattahoochee valley GA >To: varcsix@hot.rr.com, GACHATTA-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 >X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine >Original-recipient: rfc822;varcsix@hot.rr.com > >I am trying to locate the churches and burial place of my African American >great grandfather, Rev. Bragg Dotson of Dodson. Bragg Dotson was born in >1864 in >Chattahoochee County and died November 6, 1919, in Muscogee County. I am told >that he served at a St. Luke C. M. E. church in Chattahoochee County and a >CME church in O'Chile, GA. > >He was married to Nora Walker Dotson. Nora was the daughter of Elijah and >Mary Walker from Chattahoochee County. Any assistance anyone can offer on my >search would be appreciated. > >Hollis Thomas Virginia Crilley