GREAT, DIANE! THANKS for this info! It will prob.be of value to many. I will see abt posting it permanently on the WILKNSN CO. CLUSTER BOARD! (Oh, I havent told you abt that yet have I?????) TINA After forwarding my previous message to you, I realized there is a write-up >in History of Wilkinson County relating to Mt. Nebo Church. Here it is: > >MT. NEBO - Baptist Church, was organized in June, 1808, by Elders Joseph >Baker, Stephen Safford and Henry Hooten and was the first church of any >denomination to be organized in the county. The first pastor was Claiborn >Baitman. The early members were: > >Samuel Cannon, Benjamin Underwood, Thomas Jackson, William Bland, William >Lord, Sr.; William Pace, John Gilmore, John Hatcher, Sr.; Benajah King, Clark >Jackson, John Poulk, Elias Legget, Thomas Lord, Robert Milligan, Benjamin >Logan, Thomas Gray, Sr.; Thomas Gray, Jr.; John Clemons, John Eady, Sr.; >William Lord, Jr.; Hezekiah Williams, John Brown, Abner Jackson, Thomas >Underwood, Wiley Shepherd, Shadrick Adams, William Underwood, Joseph Clyet, >John Rustin, John Hardie, Merrit Ethridge, William Mackey, Sr.; Joab Durham, >John Taliaferro, James Sherer, John Ryan, Samuel Williams, Joshua Ryal, >Malachi Sanders, Henry Sanders, James Ware, James Ballard, James Benton, >Joseph Mayo, Alexander Passmore, Amos King, Wiley Davis, Underhill Davis, Ely >Mayo, Adam Branan, Harris Branan, Alexander Nesbit, Archibald Hooks, Sarah >Cannon, Junney Underwood, Hopey Ethridge, Ann Shepherd, Elizabeth Bland, >Margaret Edey, Molly Lord, Prescilla Pace, Lewey Jones, Lewisa Rustin, >Demaris Hardie, Adah David, Cally Ethridge, Mary Brady, Ludia English, Mary >Shepherd, Nancy Howard, Sarah Mayo, Sally Bozman, Tabytha Taylor, Elizabeth >Waid, Polly Williams, Sarah Lewis, Mary Milligan, Rebecca Gray, Maggy >Ballard, Rebeckah Copeland, Patsy Williams, Sally Underwood, RacheRuston, >Elizabeth Sanders, Bethah Milligan, Nancy Clyet, Mary Wilkinson, Mary >Hatcher, Syntha Pugh, Rebeckah Macky, Milly Ethridge, Mary Hancock, Nancy >King, Sarah Passmore, Tabytha Brown, Sally Dickson, Rachel Williams, Susannah >Jackson, Jr.; Rebecca Fairchild, Elizabeth Jackson, V. Butler, Ellizabeth >Underwood, Catherine Back, Sally Adams, Elizabeth Etheridge, Polly Clemons, >Maryan Gross, Anna Garrett, Pheby Howell, Sarah Shepherd, Billy Lancaster, >Lydia Taliaferro. > >The above was the full write-up. > >Diane > He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb