Buffalo Presbyterian then is west of the Barbecue Presbyterian Church community on Barbecue Creek. Col. Vic Clark told me that Clark's Bridge in the Anderson Creek Township of Harnett County was named for his ancestor who settled there when the Argyll group came in 1739. My Ray and Black ancestors settle about a mile from that bridge, and my grandfather was born there. I went there many times when I was growing up, but rarely in the last 50 years. However, I was at Barbecue Presbyterian in the last 5 years for the NC Presbyterian Historical Society annual meeting. A distant cousin who lives there now graciously gave us a guided tour of the Black and McRae family cemeteries near Clark's Bridge and other places of interest. Donnie and Mary Young wrote: > My Clark line was definitely part of Buffalo Presbyterian......at least > according to the book about the church, The Bountiful Legacy of a Mother, > Buffalo Presbyterian Church. Alexander Clark's barn was used for one of the > first services. By the 1830 though, most of his children migrated to > Calloway Co Kentucky. I cannot find anything as to where he was buried, who > his family was, etc. The only thing I ever found that has confused me was > this excerpt from Rassie Wicker's, Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore > County, N.C. -- page 314, "Clark -- Primarily a Drowning Creek family. > Alexander was on Big Buffalo Creek, Lee County. Archibald on Jackson's > Creek and Nevin on Drowning Creek near the mouth of the Devil's Gut. There > were several later families on Drowning Creek, representatives still > remaining." > There are so many Archibald Clarks, I couldn't connect. I don't think I > ever found anything on Nevin Clark. I would love to be able to "prove" some > kind of family connection though. > > (Until I dug up all my notes, I guess I knew at one time Moore was part of > Lee, etc., but had forgotten. I haven't worked on the Clark line in a > while.) > > ~ Mary > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth McPherson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] Shaw, McCraine, Thompson, Kelly, McIver, CLARK > > > >> I am aware of Barbecue Presbyterian Church on Barbecue Creek near the >> Lee/Harnett County Line (can't remember just which county the church is >> in. But I'm not aware of Buffalo Creek and Buffalo Presbyterian Church. >> All of those counties were formed from Cumberland County, I believe. I >> have roots in both Moore and Harnett County (east and west of southern >> Lee County) - strong Presbyterian roots beginning about 1754. I've been >> away from the area in my adulthood, but these postings have raised a >> question in my mind. Clark's Bridge in Harnett County where Clarks in >> the Argyll groups settled in 1739 is in Harnett County not very far from >> Barbecue Church which was the first Presbyterian Church organized in >> that area (about the same time as Longstreet Presbyterian, located in >> the Fort Bragg Reservation, and Bluff, on the east side of the Cape >> Fear River in Cumberland County. >> >> The postings the last few days seem to fit Barbecue?: Which is correct? >> Lib McPherson >> >> Steve E. wrote: >> >>> Donnie and Mary, >>> >>> Do you know what John McPherson married the Flora Kelly? Were they >>> married in KY or NC? Do you know anything at all about him? I have done >>> a lot of research on the various McPherson families of Cumberland and >>> the region. Perhaps we can compare notes. >>> >>> Were Beaverdam Presbyterian Church and Buffalo Presbyterian Church the >>> same church? I'm pretty ignorant of those congregations in that part of >>> the region. My ancestor Turquill McNeill of the Buffalo area was my >>> ancestor, and it appears he may have attended or been a member of >>> Beaverdam Presbyterian Church. His sons and a son-in-law attended. >>> >>> Where might I get a copy of "Bountiful Legacy of a Mother"? >>> Thanks, >>> Steve >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Donnie and Mary Young wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Alexander Clark - Buffalo Creek area - founder of Buffalo Presbyterian >>>> Church (I have the book - Bountiful Legacy of a Mother), married >>>> Margaret >>>> Thompson (believed to be related to Daniel, possibly both the child of >>>> Malcolm Thompson), then married Margaret McRaine/McCraine in 1822 >>>> Cumberland >>>> Co. The marriage bond was signed also by an Alan McLean - anyone know >>>> who >>>> this might be? >>>> Alexander and Margaret Thompson Clark had several children - >>>> Mary who married Miles Kelly, son of Duncan and Mary Kelly >>>> Malcom/Malcolm who married Sarah Kelly, sister of Miles, daughter of >>>> Duncan >>>> and Mary Kelly >>>> Catherine who married Daniel Roderick McIver, son of Little John and >>>> Mary >>>> McIver >>>> Flora who married an Alexander Shaw, though I know the least about this >>>> couple >>>> I think there was also a Daniel Clark, but he died prior to 1830. >>>> Alexander >>>> died after 1830, and left his "mansion" and 239 acres surrounding it to >>>> his >>>> second wife Margaret McRaine. He left his children his remaining 718 >>>> acres >>>> of land. His daughter, Mary Clark Kelly's obit was in the Fayetteville >>>> Observer in 1858. >>>> >>>> >From what I know about the Kelly family -- Duncan Kelly probably died >>>> >>>>> in >>>>> >>>> Scotland or NC. Duncan's wife, Mary, was born approximately 1764, and >>>> died >>>> Dec 6, 1859 in Calloway Co Kentucky. She and several (probably all) of >>>> her >>>> children are buried in South Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Calloway Co >>>> Kentucky >>>> along with a lot of the Clark children and later generations. I also >>>> know >>>> that several other families with ties to Cumberland and Moore Co ended >>>> up in >>>> Calloway Co (I know there are Wicker's buried in South Pleasant Grove >>>> Cemetery) >>>> Duncan Kelly b 1781 died 1876 married to Sarah b 1792 >>>> Daniel Kelly b 1793 d May 19, 1873 his headstone is marked as born in >>>> Scotland >>>> Miles b Sept 15, 1803 d Jan 14, 1869 his headstone marked also as born >>>> in >>>> Scotland >>>> Sallie/Sarah b 1806, d May 7, 1872 >>>> Flora b 1800 d 1845 married to John McPherson who was born 1803 and died >>>> 1837 >>>> >>>> There are a lot of gaps. I would really like to solve the mystery of >>>> Alexander Clark's parentage or who his siblings are. I am also >>>> interested >>>> in hearing from someone who has more information on the Kelly, Clark, >>>> Thompson, Shaw, or McPherson lines that connect. I have (somewhere) a >>>> bunch >>>> of stuff on the McIver line. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.15/659 - Release Date: 1/30/2007 >> 9:31 AM >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >