I googled this book and found an online site that will allow you to see part of the book. Try here. Again, you can do a search and read some portions of the book. George Bedenbaugh, Newberry SC http://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Backcountry-Eve-Revolution-Woodmason/dp/0807840351#reader_0807840351 ----- Original Message ----- From: <kathquilt@aol.com> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:13 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Religion in the Backcountry > There is a fascinating book about religion in the back country of South > (and North) Carolina in the decade or so before the Revolutionary War. It > is a compilation of sermons, letters and other writings of an Anglican > priest, who was a former plantation and slave owner, merchant, elected > official, etc. who then became a priest and set out to serve those outside > of Charleston, SC as an itinerant minister, going 3000 + miles a year. > Speaks of Presbyterians, Baptists, Quakers as well as Anglicans. Wonderful > descriptions of life on the frontier. Full of his English, educated, > loyalist, political and Anglican sentiments! Talks about Saxe Gotha, 96 > District, the uncertain border between North and South Carolina and other > places that are frequently mentioned in the Bush River list > correspondence, and mentions quite a few people, both ministers and > various church members. Lots of documentation. > > > The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution. By Charles > Woodmason . Edited and with an Introduction by Richard Hooker. ISBN # > 0-8078-4035-1 > > > Published in 1953 by the University of North Carolina Press and multiple > printings since then. I do not know if it is still available or if it is > just in libraries and used book stores. > > > Kathie Johnston > kathquilt@aol.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >