Thanks for this Beulah. If this is Rev. James B. Reeves, son of Jeremiah, he is my ancestor. Jaunice York TX ----- Original Message ----- From: GrannyMc@aol.com To: Reeves@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [REEVES] "James Reeves" This is the Rev.James Reeves who was a Baptist preacher in GA and was well known throughout the state. Maybe someone is a descendant of that family. Beulah Excerpt from "A Brief History of Macedonia Baptist Church, Coweta County, GA", " Tradition has it that soon after settling in North Coweta, prayer meetings were held in the homes of the settlers. These good people seeing the great need for a church put into motion a movement which led to the establishment of the Macedonia Baptist Church in the year 1827. Revolutionary soldier Allen Gay, Ann Gay, Nicholas Dyer, Harriet Dyer, Elizabeth Dyer, Moses Kelly, Moses Shelley, Sarah Jennings and Martha Haney were the charter members. These consecrated pioneers invited Reverand James Reeves and Reverand Cyrus White to assist. A meeting was held Aug 23, 1827 in the home of Allen Gay, where the church was formally organized. The first church building was a log house with a clay floor, located about a mile northeast of the present church. In 1846 this building burned. The old graveyard still marks the site of the first church building to be established in Coweta County. After the loss of the old building it was thought best to move the location to it's present site. On July 12, 1847 Jacobus Gibson, James Stamps and Owen Wood, as trustees, arranged the transfer of land for the new buildings. A larger house of worship was required to accomodate the greater ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to REEVES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message