I found the source -- Source Halifax County Court House Deed Book 31 page 220 Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn Hux <huxd@erols.com> To: <NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [NCHALIFA] Early churches > George Green was the person that gave the land to the church. It is on page > 220 (sorry I didn't write the deed book number) but the date was the 26th > day of March 1842. George Green was a Rev. War soldier and his grave has a > marker by the DAR I think it was. My husband is a direct descendent. I > have collected some documents but I have not written up the family. I hope > to some day. > > Betsy at the Halifax library Genealogy Room is also a direct descendent. > She will be able to direct you to the grave site of George Green. (I get > lost in a shopping mall!!) I have a picture of his stone if anyone on the > list is interested. > > The Church has a graveyard around it with many old markers. > > Happy Hunting > Dawn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don & Patti <dddmp@earthlink.net> > To: <NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:42 AM > Subject: Re: [NCHALIFA] Early churches > > > > Please make that three. I too am interested in this subject as well. > > Patti > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <mingia@blueridge.net> > > To: <NCHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [NCHALIFA] Early churches > > > > > > > I am interested in this as well. The Ebenezier (sp) Meth church near > > Littleton > > > is the church I need records for.. It is my understanding that the > > Green family > > > gave the first land to that church.. Anyone knowing about this and > > this Green > > > family, please get in touch with me. > > > Joanne Mingia Burch > > > > > > BobEmo@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > Does anyone know of early churches and records in Halifax Cty prior > > to 1850, > > > > particularly from Weldon, Roanoke Rapids, to Littleton townships? > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews > > > > Free e-zine with helpful articles, news, and tips > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 64,000,000 records in the Social Security Death Index: > > > http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ > > > > > ============================== > Know the town name but not the county? Look it up at: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > >