Dianna, I've been seeing alot of material with Baptist and Presbyterian mixed in the same paragraphs, like the one below. Did these two groups have a common faction at one time? I love your writings, very interesting. I'm assuming that Hiwassee is one and the same as the one in Towns County, GA - bordering se TN? BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER --------------------------- # --------------------------- Rootsweb List Administrator - [email protected] Homestead for MYERS GENEALOGY.COM at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chrystiem/myersfam.html > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:39:04 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOYERS] Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:39:19 -0600 > > There must have been many different factions of the Baptist in the early > 1800's. Continuing from the same book "Sketches of..." > "The first introductory sermon before the Hiwassee Association (1824 one > year after its organization) was preached by Elder George Snider. The same > year he was chosen Moderator of that body, and served in that capacity as > long as the body had an existence, some five or six years. He was Moderator > of the Convention (1830) which created the "Sweetwater United Baptist > Association,'" and served as Moderator of the new body from fourteen to > sixteen years--up to within a year of his death. When the Association > divided (1837) on the question of missions, ....." > In my earlier post I should have stated that George Snider moved to > Monroe County, Tennessee which was a part of the "Hiwassee Purchase." He was > born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, January 1, 1769. "In 1797 he professed > a hope in Christ and united with the Presbyterians, in which connection he > continued about fifteen years, leading a pious and consistent life. He had > never studied the question of baptism, however, and upon a careful > examination of that question he joined the Baptist Church at Miller's Cove, > and was baptized, June 27, 1812, by Elijah Rogers." > I hope this is of value to someone on the list. Dianna >