Subject: Henderson Regular Predestinarian Baptist Church Organized August 14, 1830. Gentlemen: A possibility for locating the records of the Henderson Church, which was near Rio (and was the oldest church in Knox County, organized in 1830) would be to find descendants of Mr. Francis (Frank) M. Epperson, who died in 1925. He was one of the last members, I believe, and joined the church at Greenbush after the Henderson church closed. Mr. Epperson's obituary states that he was born on the "old homestead north of Rio, in August 1845, and died at his home in Rio in June 1925. He married Lucinda Bair in Sep 1864, and had eight children, but four of them had died before he did. He married Bellzora Virginia Nash in Mar 1913, who survived him, with four daughters - Mrs. A. R. Landon, Mrs. H. A. Brinkman, Mrs. Roy Dougherty, and Mrs. W. G. Miller, besides 12 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. If you have any leads on any of these names, I would be glad to follow up on them. We would like to locate the records of this church. Some of its early members were the pioneers of the county, and some were even Revolutionary War veterans. Sincerely, Robert ________________________________________________________________ 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/tagj.

Epperson, Pedro W. His parents were Charles and Sarah Epperson and were Virginia farmers, and he was born in Albemarle County, VA on April 13, 1800. When three years old his parents removed with him to Hawkins County, TN where he spent his school-boy days; they went next to Kentucky in 1812, where he married Miss Elizabeth H. Dalton Dec. 4, 1824. The union was blessed with 11 children, 7 sons and 4 daughters. Four years later, in 1828 removed to Indiana, and in 1836 to Knoxville in this county. In 1823 at Richmond, KY, he joined the Drownding Creek Baptist Church, in which his father served as Deacon for 30 successive years. He owns a fine farm in Rio Township. He is a Democrat. P.O. Rio Epperson, Thomas P. He was born in Rio Township, Knox Co., IL in 1842. He married Oct. 16, 1862 to Miss Sophronia Abbot Oris. He engaged in farming from choice, and has always continued in agricultural pursuits, in which he has been very successful. He served in the 102nd Illinois Vol. Inf during the late war. He has acted as School Director in Rio Township. Democrat, P.O. Rio Epperson, William D. A farmer, he was born in Madison County, KY on Nov. 17, 1827 and his parents were P. W. and Elizabeth (Dalton) Epperson, both of Virginia. The family moved from Kentucky to Indiana in 1828, thence to Knox County, IL in 1836. The subject of this sketch removed to Iowa in 1868, and came back to Knox Co., in \ 1877. His education was limited to the common schools of Knox County. He now resided on his farm in Rio Twp., and devotes himself to farming and dealing in coal. He married Mary J. Westfall Sept. 27, 1848, which marriage has resulted in a family of 7 sons and 5 daughters. He has been a member of the M. E. Church since 1847. Republican. P. O. Rio. Joan