Greetings from SC. Effingham Associate Reformed Presbyterian church held its Centennial Celebration on June 18, 2006. There was a brief church history with a list of founding members & former ministers distributed, & some of you may be interested. This church is located in Florence County. "On June 17, 1906, a small group of believers formed Effingham Presbyterian Church in a farming community just south of Florence, SC. The church had its beginning a few years earlier, however, in the Tans Bay School in the McLaughlin Community. A teacher at Tans Bay, Miss Kate McKENZIE, conducted a Sunday School in the school house. Reverend Charles P. COBLE, the pastor of nearby Hopewell Presbyterian Church, joined Miss McKENZIE's missionary efforts by preaching at the school one or two afternoons a month. The new mission soon moved its meeting place to the Effingham School where Rev. COBLE began to conduct regular services. Long interested in establishing a church in Effingham, Mrs. J. S. McCALL, Effingham resident and member of the Florence First (Presbyterian) Church, recognized the mission's potential. It was largely through her help and influence that the necessary steps were taken to organize the mission into a church. Upon Rev. COBLE's presentation of a 26- name petition to the Pee Dee Presbytery, a commission was formed to perfect church organization. On June 17, 1906, the commission met and, after a sermon by Rev. mr. CLARK, the new church to be known as Effingham Presbyterian church welcomed its founding members: Mrs. J. S. McCALL, Miss Emma McCALL, Miss Annie McCALL, Furman ALLEN, W. M. ALLEN, Miss Effie ALLEN, J. T. ENDY, Mrs. Ella McPHERSON, B. P. HATCHELL, A. R. McLAUGHLIN, Mrs. A. R. McLAUGHLIN, J. A. McLAUGHLIN, Miss Jennie McLAUGHLIN, J. N. TURNER, Mrs. B. H. TURNER and Ellie TURNER. A lot donated by H. B. McCALL became the permanent home of Effingham Presbyterian Church..." [Next is a history of the construction of various portions of the church.] Pastors in chronological order: Rev. Charles P. COBLE Rev. Arthur E. SPENCER Rev. H. B. McLAUGHLIN Rev. H. W. HEAD Rev. P. D. PATRICK Rev. D. H. DULIN Rev. E. C. CLYDE, Sr. Rev. W. E. LELAND Rev. L. E. JORDAN Rev. J. E. CRAIG Rev. Edgar D. BYERS Rev. O. W. PERRELL Rev. Alan B. WELLS Rev. Charles TAYLOR Dr. Charles A. STEEL Rev. Andrew K. PUTNAM Rev. William R. ROBERTS Thought this might be of interest to some one of you researching in lower Florence County. URQ

This is very interesting. Are the MC LAUGHLINS of Leeds, Jefferson, AL part of these MC LAUGHLINS? Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <URQ5@aol.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:51 AM Subject: [SC] McCALL, ALLEN, ENDY, McPHERSON, McLAUGHLIN, TURNER, et. al > Greetings from SC. Effingham Associate Reformed Presbyterian church held > its > Centennial Celebration on June 18, 2006. There was a brief church history > with a list of founding members & former ministers distributed, & some of > you > may be interested. This church is located in Florence County. > > "On June 17, 1906, a small group of believers formed Effingham > Presbyterian > Church in a farming community just south of Florence, SC. The church had > its > beginning a few years earlier, however, in the Tans Bay School in the > McLaughlin Community. A teacher at Tans Bay, Miss Kate McKENZIE, > conducted a Sunday > School in the school house. Reverend Charles P. COBLE, the pastor of > nearby > Hopewell Presbyterian Church, joined Miss McKENZIE's missionary efforts > by > preaching at the school one or two afternoons a month. The new mission > soon moved > its meeting place to the Effingham School where Rev. COBLE began to > conduct > regular services. > > Long interested in establishing a church in Effingham, Mrs. J. S. McCALL, > Effingham resident and member of the Florence First (Presbyterian) Church, > recognized the mission's potential. It was largely through her help and > influence > that the necessary steps were taken to organize the mission into a > church. > Upon Rev. COBLE's presentation of a 26- name petition to the Pee Dee > Presbytery, a commission was formed to perfect church organization. On > June 17, 1906, > the commission met and, after a sermon by Rev. mr. CLARK, the new church > to > be known as Effingham Presbyterian church welcomed its founding members: > Mrs. > J. S. McCALL, Miss Emma McCALL, Miss Annie McCALL, Furman ALLEN, W. M. > ALLEN, > Miss Effie ALLEN, J. T. ENDY, Mrs. Ella McPHERSON, B. P. HATCHELL, A. R. > McLAUGHLIN, Mrs. A. R. McLAUGHLIN, J. A. McLAUGHLIN, Miss Jennie > McLAUGHLIN, J. > N. TURNER, Mrs. B. H. TURNER and Ellie TURNER. > > A lot donated by H. B. McCALL became the permanent home of Effingham > Presbyterian Church..." > > [Next is a history of the construction of various portions of the > church.] > > Pastors in chronological order: > Rev. Charles P. COBLE > Rev. Arthur E. SPENCER > Rev. H. B. McLAUGHLIN > Rev. H. W. HEAD > Rev. P. D. PATRICK > Rev. D. H. DULIN > Rev. E. C. CLYDE, Sr. > Rev. W. E. LELAND > Rev. L. E. JORDAN > Rev. J. E. CRAIG > Rev. Edgar D. BYERS > Rev. O. W. PERRELL > Rev. Alan B. WELLS > Rev. Charles TAYLOR > Dr. Charles A. STEEL > Rev. Andrew K. PUTNAM > Rev. William R. ROBERTS > > Thought this might be of interest to some one of you researching in lower > Florence County. > URQ > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Thank you RootsWeb for all the genealogy resources you have given us! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >