Nancy I'll be very interested in the results of your search on this since my Gaston's were very much involved with Rev. Martins group. As a matter of fact, John Gaston was there when Martin arrived with two of John's siblings Joyce Gaston Reece, Secretary Friends of the Archives Historical & Preservation Society Monroe County, TN www.rootsweb.com/~tnfahps ----- Original Message ----- From: <NanSicotte@aol.com> To: <SCCHEST2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:42 AM Subject: [SCCHEST2] Rev. William Martin's church on Rocky Creek > Does anyone know the location of the church that the Rev. William Martin > established on Rocky Creek after his arrival from Ireland in 1772? Was it > on > his property? > > An article by Jim Knox on The President's Page in the Chester District > Genealogical Society Bulletin for March 2008 states that Union A.R.P. > Church > in Richburg is an outgrowth of Rev. Martin's "Rocky Creek Meeting House". > > In an issue of the Bulletin several years ago it was stated that the > graveyard at the Rev. Martin's church was called the "Talford" Graveyard > (spelling should be Telford). I am looking for the graves of Joseph (died > 1824) > and Rachel Telford, who arrived in 1771 from Ireland, and received land > on > Rocky Creek. Also for the graves of their son Samuel Telford and his > wife, > Margaret McCreary (both died 1834). > > We have been to the site of the Rev. Martin's gravestone and marker, on > his > property. There is no evidence of other graves there. > > Is there a plat map (around 1772 - 1835) of the Rocky Creek - Beaver Dam > Creek area, with the names of the owners of the land? Thanks for any > information. > > Nancy Sicotte > California > > > **************Big savings on Dell’s most popular laptops. Now starting at > $449! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221827510x1201399090/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214663377%3B36502382%3Bh) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCCHEST2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.19/2099 - Release Date: 05/05/09 13:07:00
*We are interested in Reverend Martin because he settled in the general area of Abbeville, South Carolina (Rocky Creek in Chester County), and after /his church was burned by the British in 1780/**, he took refuge in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. **In 1750 Presbyterians from Octoraro, Virginia, and North Carolina, came to South Carolina and settled at Rocky Creek. By 1755 Irish immigrants, many of them Covenanters, began arriving. Various groups (Associate, Covenanter, Burgher, Anti-Burgher, Seceders) formed the "Catholic" (meaning a union of various groups of Presbyterians) church on Rocky Mount Road, 15 miles southeast of Chester. **In 1770 Covenanters began holding society meetings and wrote to Ireland for a minister. Reverend William Martin answered the call in 1772, and preached many times at the Catholic church. In 1774 the Covenanters, under the leadership of Reverend William Martin, withdrew from the Catholic congregation and built their own meeting house, a log building on the same road as the Catholic church, and two miles east of it. In this context, a / Catholic/ church means a church made up by a union of various groups of Presbyterians. **"In County Down Ireland, James Blair's family was part of the congregation of Rev. William Martin, called the 'seceders' they were a splinter Presbyterian group. In 1772, Reverend Martin received a 'call' to South Carolina; about one thousand seceders, five shiploads, went with him. ... " http://www.pennywind.com/Genealogy/Migration/Co%20Atrim%20emigration_led_by_reverend_william%20Martin.htm "Sometime between 1772 and 1775 Rev. William Martin [who] came to America in 1772, from Ballymena, Ireland, and who was pastor at Catholic church, Chester County came, preached at Long Cane. **http://www.magoo.com/hugh/cahans.html#abbeville A church named "Catholic" was built in what was then Craven county, but is now in Chester County. It was on Rocky Mount Road. The third church that was built on the site was erected in 1842. Rev. Martin lived in the Rocky Mountain area of Abbeville. His stone house caught fire, and he built a log cabin.. where he lived until he died. He was buried near his cabin, about five miles from Richburg. http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:JrhGpuFlgvoJ:www.ulsterscotsagency.com/sitefiles/resources/March%252009%2520Page%252013.pdf+reverend+William+Martin&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Please list his genealogy here... If you can.. I am interested .. I'm a Presbyterian.. Thanks * --- Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Database (VPS): 090502-0, 05/02/2009 Tested on: 5/6/2009 9:02:01 AM (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
I don't mean to start a controversy but I was under the impression that the Angelican Church was the predecessor of the Catholics and the Presbyterian/Covenanters were the descendents of the French Huguenots Joyce Gaston Reece, Secretary Friends of the Archives Historical & Preservation Society Monroe County, TN www.rootsweb.com/~tnfahps ----- Original Message ----- From: "wcullars" <wcullars@bellsouth.net> To: <scchest2@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [SCCHEST2] Rev. William Martin's church on Rocky Creek > > *We are interested in Reverend Martin because he settled in the general > area of Abbeville, South Carolina > (Rocky Creek in Chester County), and after /his church was burned by > the British in 1780/**, he took refuge > in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. > > **In 1750 Presbyterians from Octoraro, Virginia, and North Carolina, > came to South Carolina and settled at Rocky Creek. By 1755 Irish > immigrants, many of them Covenanters, began arriving. Various groups > (Associate, Covenanter, Burgher, Anti-Burgher, Seceders) formed the > "Catholic" (meaning a union of various groups of Presbyterians) church > on Rocky Mount Road, 15 miles southeast of Chester. > > **In 1770 Covenanters began holding society meetings and wrote to > Ireland for a minister. Reverend William Martin answered the call in > 1772, and preached many times at the Catholic church. In 1774 the > Covenanters, under the leadership of Reverend William Martin, withdrew > from the Catholic congregation and built their own meeting house, a log > building on the same road as the Catholic church, and two miles east of > it. In this context, a / Catholic/ church means a church made up by a > union of various groups of Presbyterians. > > **"In County Down Ireland, James Blair's family was part of the > congregation of Rev. William Martin, called the 'seceders' they were a > splinter Presbyterian group. In 1772, Reverend Martin received a 'call' > to South Carolina; about one thousand seceders, five shiploads, went > with him. ... " > http://www.pennywind.com/Genealogy/Migration/Co%20Atrim%20emigration_led_by_reverend_william%20Martin.htm > > "Sometime between 1772 and 1775 Rev. William Martin [who] came to > America in 1772, from Ballymena, Ireland, and who was pastor at Catholic > church, Chester County came, preached at Long Cane. > **http://www.magoo.com/hugh/cahans.html#abbeville > > A church named "Catholic" was built in what was then Craven county, but > is now in Chester County. > It was on Rocky Mount Road. The third church that was built on the site > was erected in 1842. > Rev. Martin lived in the Rocky Mountain area of Abbeville. > His stone house caught fire, and he built a log cabin.. where he lived > until he died. > He was buried near his cabin, about five miles from Richburg. > http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:JrhGpuFlgvoJ:www.ulsterscotsagency.com/sitefiles/resources/March%252009%2520Page%252013.pdf+reverend+William+Martin&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us > > > Please list his genealogy here... If you can.. I am interested .. I'm a > Presbyterian.. > > Thanks > > > * > > > > --- > Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Database (VPS): 090502-0, 05/02/2009 Tested on: 5/6/2009 9:02:01 AM > (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCCHEST2-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.19/2099 - Release Date: 05/05/09 13:07:00