Mr. Webb, I also would be interested in anything available for Old Ruff. The Jones' family is one of my direct lines and Elizabeth Jones, believed to be one of the charter members, is my Great Great Grandmother. Thanks you for your help, Barbara Robert L Webb wrote: > I have a photo and a copy of at least part of the records if not all. At > least the constitution of the church and many years of minutes do exist. > Have compiled a brief history of the church. Will check into your > inquiry and try to get back to you later. > Robert Webb > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 06:39:38 -0600 "Trev" <thward@cafes.net> writes: > > Dear Elder Webb, > > > > Glad to see you are still at it. I would surely be interested in a > > copy of your > > book when finished. Would you please let us know. I am assuming this > > will be for > > public sale, is this correct? > > > > I am interested in the PB Churches of NW Saline and SW Hamilton > > Co's. I have > > heard that there were records that survived of the Old Ruff Church > > that was > > located in Tate Twp.. Have you come across these? I was sent a few > > names of > > original members, of which I believe a couple were our JONES > > ancestors > > (Elizabeth (Carner) Jones & her son Ben Jr.). This sparked my > > interest to wonder > > who the other members and minister were. Can you shed any light on > > this. So far > > I have seen nothing in the early "association" on this church... > > > > BTW... wasn't there a website for your library?? > > > > Best Regards in your endeavor > > > > Trev > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Robert L Webb <bwebb9@juno.com> > > To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, 07 November, 2000 5:53 PM > > 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. > > > >