Stokes County Rooters Don't apologize for including historical information on the list. It is vitially important to understand the history of an area and the religion, etc. of our ancestors to get any meaning of their lives. This can also help us to clear up many misunderstandings and guide us down the right path. History is very important to genealogy. Now that I have said that I want to ask the list a question. I had an ancestor who might have been a Baptist minister in Stokes County around 1790. His name was John Newman. I found this information on a reproduction of an old Stokes County map. He was the minister of the Soapstone Creek Baptist Church in Northern Stokes County. I visited Stokes County last summer and think I found the area where this church once stood. Does anyone have an information about that church or any suggestions where I could find information? Is there anyone out there researching the NEWMAN family of Stokes County? Janice Shives