The Southern Christian Advocate was the newspaper for the Methodist church in the southeast. There were several Baptist papers that covered South Carolina: Southern Baptist and General Intelligencer, Southern Baptist, Confederate Baptist, The South Carolina Baptist, The Working Christian, and The Baptist Courier. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Subject: Rev. Thomas Frean ... RockySprings > Furman College in Greenville, SC would be the place to check for Baptist > Records. Another good resource would be the Southern Christian Advocate > (I > believe this is the name of the paper). > > > In a message dated 10/26/2008 2:28:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Yes, this is the same Thomas Frean. According to the Annals, he had quite > a > rough life, joined the Methodist church, and then was baptized 24 October > 1835 and united with the Baptist church. He then was licensed and later > ordained > to preach. Rocky Springs Baptist Church was received into the Reedy River > Baptist Association on 14 September 1838. Rev. Frean was listed as the > first > pastor and probably helped form the church. A recommendation was made for > the > dissolution of Rocky Springs Church at the 16 September 1853 meeting of > the > association. I doubt there will be any records for Rocky Springs Baptist, > since it was dissolved so early. Unless by an rare chance someone took the > records to a church where the members started attending after Rocky > Springs > dissolved. The church is not mentioned in Pope's History of Newberry and > just a > couple of lines in the Annals of Newberry. > > Chris Prince > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Iverson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 11:04 AM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Rev. Thomas Frean ... Rocky Springs > > Hello. Just got the latest update and saw that Rocky Springs Meeting > turned > into Rocky Springs Baptist Church and that Rev. Thomas Frean was the > first > pastor. Is this the Thomas Frean (1793-1851) that was married to Hannah > Elmore > (1795-1859)?? One of Thomas and Hannah's sons was named "John Belton > O'Neill > Frean", born and died as an infant in 1831 in Newberry County. > > Thomas Frean is buried in Bush River Quaker Cemetery, Newberry County and > was a native of Tipperary, Ireland. His wife Hannah Elmore was a child of > Matthias Elmore (1755-1835) and Rebecca Kelly. I am related to this family > through > Matthias' first wife, Elizabeth Appleton. > > Are there minutes from the Rocky Springs Baptist Church that survive? How > can I locate them? Pat Iverson Roundup, MT > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your > favorites, > no registration required and great graphics – check it out! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= > http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message