Daris, I made the same assumption when I saw those at the courthouse. I came to find out that it stands for "bonds man". Milton ---------- > From: Daris A Nevil <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NEVILLE-L] Baptism Ministers > Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 2:46 PM > > I was looking through some old notes I made from the book "Marriages of > Gibson County, TN", and found the following: > > Pg. 101: "Samuel Mount to Frances Flippin, Sept. 27, 1854. R.J. Nevil, > BM." > Pg 133: "Isaac Mathis to Metilda S. Dowland, May 22, 1860. Geo. W. > Nevil, BM." > P. 114: "Rufus D. Mathis to Lucy C. Edwards, Nov. 8, 1856. (Nov 17, > 1856). George Nevil, BM." > P.112: "Eli Ray to Sarah Vickers, Aug 13, 1856. T.C. Nevil, B.M." > > I made the assumption that B.M. stands for Baptist Minister. Is this a > correct assumption? Were the Nevil son's of Thomas Baptist Ministers? > > Since I am new to the list I realize I may be asking questions > previously hashed out on this rootsweb. Is there a repository of past > messages that I can read through and get "up to date" with the rest of > you? > > > Daris Nevil > > > > ==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== > Have you tried GenConnect? > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index.html >