I had read that the Jarretts had given some land for a church and I thought that maybe was Fancy Point. I know where the Sulphur Springs cemetery is. Do you have a membership list of Union Church. I believe that my GG-Grandfather was buried from that church in 1910 (wonder if it is the same Union church). There were sure a lot of little churches in the area. I know of another very close, I think it was Baptist also, Just up the road about a mile from the corner where the Huffacre mansion was built called Fancy Point. So I figure the area was known as Fancy Point. That is the corner that all of my family lived around. It is the crossroads of Loami Road and Waverly Road. The family in Island Grove in the 1820's were mostly living around there by the 1840's but none of them were the members of Fancy Point Church. Wonder if they were in Union. I am cooking Thanksgiving Dinner but we are not eating till 6:00PM here in CA so you will probably be looking for the leftovers by then. I have been getting things all ready and while I wait till time to start cooking I have been reading the E-mail. This is the only list that is active today. I will find those plat maps and scan and send to you, shows some of the churches. I may be able to do that late tonite. I remember sending you some scanned images before to a different E-mail address, so you can send that to me privately if you would like. Margarette

Margarette (and everyone else), Hi, again. I've enjoyed the dialogue and can add just a little. My family records indicate Jonathon Jarrett gave the land for the Sulphur Springs M.E. Church, in the "south suburbs of Loami." According to Lucy Dodd's reminiscence: "The Reverend Mr. Peck, a Baptist minister, organized the first Sunday school. Then the Methodists organized one. Mrs. Melissa Withrow (born 1841) came to Loami Township with her father and mother from the East in 1843. She attended this church and remembered distinctly of going to Sunday school when only 6 years old. She remembered only one minister of that church, whose name was Rev. McMurry." According to the "History of Sangamon County", this Methodist church was "close to the Sulphur Springs Cemetery, up on a hill above the Old Sulphur Springs, north of the Jim Stanton home." I know this thread concerns the Baptist churches in the area, but thought someone might be interested......Bill Hall > -----Original Message----- > From: MaggeD@aol.com [mailto:MaggeD@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 3:15 PM > To: ILSANGAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILSANGAM-L] Island Grove > > > I had read that the Jarretts had given some land for a church and >