Was a John Dietrick MILLER and wife Mary in the Early Mt. Zion congregation? They moved from Adams County into Cumberland County after the 1850 Federal Census. Tks. www.unf.edu/~fmille/miller.htm Millers of Adams County, Pa On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, JC Tripp wrote: > Donna, > > Here's a little info... 2 different sources. > > Upper Bermudian "Ground Oak" Union Church, Huntington Twp. The church was > built circa 1782. The record of the baptisms begin in 1791. > Records: 1791-1874. Location of copies are at the Adams Hist. Soc. #H5; York > Hist Soc. #VV2; Hist Soc of Pa #A/3L. > > more..... Ground Oaks to Mt. Zion .... > > Among the early pioneers of the Lutheran Church in America was a man by the > name of Rev. Lucas Raus. He arrived at the port of Philadelphia in 1749 and > eventually made his way into what is known today as Adams County. It was > here where he founded the Upper Bermudian Church, also known as Ground Oak > Church in 1770. > Around the year 1868, there emerged from this congregation a group of men > and women who was to organize the Mt. Zion congregation in current day > Cumberland County, however the congregation was not organized until February > 6, 1869. There were approximately 85 - 100 members in this first > congregation. > > The earlier records to 1800 were published by Willow Bend Books in a book > called "Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century". > I have not found any info on why the church was named Ground Oaks, but I'm > guessing it had to do with the trees in that region. > Jane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Heller Zinn" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:08 AM > Subject: [PAADAMS] Ground Oak Church - Upper Bermudian Church > Hello Fellow Listers: > > Are the Ground Oak Church and the Upper Bermudian Church one and the same? > > Donna HELLER ZINN > > > ==== PAADAMS Mailing List ==== > Adams Co. PA GenWeb URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/adams.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >