Handwritten material transcribed by Eddie H. Mikell 1720 Goldentree Place Charlottesville, VA 22911 Bethany Baptist Church records continued ------ William and Frankey Stamps transferred their membership to the Bethany Baptist Church. Originally the members net under a large oak tree near White Sandy Creek, on property which he owned. The Church still stands - on highway No. 13; near the Junction of the old St. Stephens Road between St. Stephens, Alabama and Natchez. The following letter from Silver Creek at Zore, later Bethany: "Greetings: We received your petition which meets our hearty approbation. We have dismissed the following. Williams Stamps and Frances Stamps.." The church building contract was signed on April of 1823 and William Stamps contracted to do certain work on the church building. He donated the land. In August of 1845, either he or his son, William Stamps, received ten dollars to build a new pulpit. On July 19, 1851, his son William Stamps put on a new roof. William Stamps died in the fall of 1854 and his will proved November 28, 1854 in Orphan's Court, Lawrence County.