Nell, what McCorkle line do you research? I have a McCorkle line connected to me Rape line. Aileen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelda Florence" <nellnjf@arn.net> To: <SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 17-November-2003 10:20 Subject: [SCLANCAS] Rape famiy info Mineral Springs,NC > > I would love to get hold of old church records for the area of Monroe, > > > Waxhaw and Mineral Springs. We know that Henry R. Rape was born in > 1830 in > > this area. His father, John Rape, built the Arbor at Mineral Springs > Camp > > Ground in that same year, they were said to have lived four miles from > the > > camp ground. Other family members have said that the family had moved > back > > to NC after my grandmother was born and that he died there. > > There is a book in the Heritage Center, Union County,Monroe NC, wtritten > by George T. Winchester,called A Story of Union County and the History > of Pleasant Grove Camp Ground,published in 1937.I was able to have the > wonderful staff at the Heritage Center copy this for me(4 pages to a > sheet,book is 104 pages, I think their charge is 8 cents a page,,anyway > it was less than $5.00 to copy) > contains infor about John Rape as builder of the Camp Ground and also > memeber in sunday school. This would be a nice addition to your family > information. > If you live in the area you can go to the Heritage Center in the old > Court House Bldg Monroe, as they have a lot more information on the > Rape family,other books and a family file. > Thanks, Nell, > tracing the McCorkle, Stephenson, Penegar, Howey,Osborne, Orr, > Beckett,Wolfe famiies with different spellings of each. > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >