Dear Williamson county forum members, A few days ago the original manuscript records of Salem Regular Baptist Church, organized in 1827 and reorganized in 1848, were turned over to us to keep in our Primitive Baptist library collection here in Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. They had been in private hands. Also turned in to us were the records of Pleasant Hill Regular Baptist Church at Johnston City. The Regular Baptist churches of that time period which still exist are now called Primitive Baptists. I would be happy to obtain a copy of a photo of the Pleasant Hill Church building at Johnston City. I'm pretty sure it is gone now but was there maybe 30 or 35 years ago. I have now gone through the records of Salem Church and entered the names of members into our database, with the date they joined, and the year of death, wherever possible. I have also updated the historical information on our website for Salem Church, and corrected and updated the list of surnames of members. As time permits, I will be glad to communicate with anyone whom this information may help. Feel free to write to me privately, or on the forum. If you wish to see the information regarding this church, and other Primitive Baptist churches in Franklin county (or other counties in Illinois and other states), go to the following URL: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html and click on the following link for the index of states: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/Index.html or, go directly to Franklin county: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/FamHist-Franklin .html If any of these URL's break into two lines, you must put them back together to work. Sincerely, Robert Webb