The original Stone Creek Baptist church was organized and built in 1808 and was "a modest frontier log structure built in the north western section of old Wilkinson County near the creek for which it was named." This quote is from an article in a Jeffersonville, GA newspaper dated Dec. 10, 1953. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen's Gen" <jensgen@earthlink.net> To: <GATWIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [GATWIGGS] First Old Stone Creek Church circa 1809 > It was not Primitive Baptist. > it is now Southern Baptist. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Scalawag1867@aol.com> > To: <GATWIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:25 AM > Subject: Re: [GATWIGGS] First Old Stone Creek Church circa 1809 > > > : Was it Baptist or Primitive Baptist? I am looking for my gr gr gr > grandpapa > : in surrounding counties. Most of the Baptist in the very early 1800s were > still > : Primitive Baptist. This was before they separated. My Waldrops were > members > : of the Sweetwater Primitive Baptist Church in Gwinnette County, Georgia. > My gr > : gr gr grandpapa died in Twiggs County in the early 1820s. > : > : Sandra > : > : > : ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > : Visit the Twiggs County GAGenWeb Page > : http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatwiggs > : > : > : ============================== > : 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 > : > : > > > > ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > Post your Obituaries for Twiggs County > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/TwiggsBios > > > ============================== > 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 >

Do you happen to have that newspaper article? It would be nice to have it on-line.... was it sort of a history of the Church? At 06:58 PM 9/28/2003 -0400, you wrote: >The original Stone Creek Baptist church was organized and built in 1808 and >was "a modest frontier log structure built in the north western section of >old Wilkinson County near the creek for which it was named." This quote is >from an article in a Jeffersonville, GA newspaper dated Dec. 10, 1953. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jen's Gen" <jensgen@earthlink.net> >To: <GATWIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 2:45 PM >Subject: Re: [GATWIGGS] First Old Stone Creek Church circa 1809 > > > > It was not Primitive Baptist. > > it is now Southern Baptist. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Scalawag1867@aol.com> > > To: <GATWIGGS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:25 AM > > Subject: Re: [GATWIGGS] First Old Stone Creek Church circa 1809 > > > > > > : Was it Baptist or Primitive Baptist? I am looking for my gr gr gr > > grandpapa > > : in surrounding counties. Most of the Baptist in the very early 1800s >were > > still > > : Primitive Baptist. This was before they separated. My Waldrops were > > members > > : of the Sweetwater Primitive Baptist Church in Gwinnette County, Georgia. > > My gr > > : gr gr grandpapa died in Twiggs County in the early 1820s. > > : > > : Sandra > > : > > : > > : ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > > : Visit the Twiggs County GAGenWeb Page > > : http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatwiggs > > : > > : > > : ============================== > > : 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 > > : > > : > > > > > > > > ==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== > > Post your Obituaries for Twiggs County > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/TwiggsBios > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > >==== GATWIGGS Mailing List ==== >Post your Bible Records for Twiggs County >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/TwiggsBibl > > >============================== >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 Virginia Crilley