Hi Robert, Wonder if you could help me? I would love to have information on James Tate, who family history says was a circuit rider for the Primitive Baptist Church for 31 years, as well as a farmer and merchant. He is buried at Rector Cemetery, along with other of his family members, in Hamilton County, IL. He was born October 16, 1827 in TN and died October 25, 1881 in Hamilton County. If my information is correct, is there any way to get a copy of his records as a minister? Thanking you in advance, Faith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L Webb" <bwebb9@juno.com> To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 17:53 Subject: Re: [ILSALINE-L] Greetings > Friends, > Earlier today I subscribed to this forum, so I have no knowledge of > what has been or is being discussed here, and hence, if I say anything > which seems to be an intrusion, please pardon me. Will just say that my > Webb family came to Illinois before it was a state, and I am a sixth > generation Primitive Baptist, of which four generations (myself included) > have been ministers, and I have been untiringly interested in church > history since age 18, and now conduct a religious library which has > records of our churches all over Illinois and a dozen other states, and > am writing a book on the same subject. Have just recently obtained the > records of the Grand Pier church in Pope Co., and part of the records of > Big Creek church which existed from 1806-1837 in what is now Hardin Co. > I hope to obtain a few more records of Saline Co. PBC's. > Robert Webb - Carthage, Illinois (Hancock Co) > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >