Hello, I would recommend that each and every one of you interested in Information such as this that is in records at the South Carolina Historical Socity in Charleston . join the Society, we have many documents and many are accessable on the net. I would recommend joining most highly and you to would enjoy the annual meeting in Charleston each year.. The membership is for the entire state of South Carolina and we are trying to secure more member for area other than Charleston. Columbia and Greenville. I personally would like more members from out Pee Dee Area. Please consider joining we do a great job or preserving documents etc. Charles

The mention by Bill Snipes of Joanna PORTER Snipes reminded me that if anyone is in touch with descendants of her brother, Hugh James Porter, who married Susannah Hays, I would love to know. I understand that their children were (or included) James Dwight Porter, who married Maggie Whittington; Stephen H.; Marion Monroe Porter who married Kate ____; and Charity Porter who married James R. Smith. I have a little more information but not much up-to-date. Many thanks to Marty for all his hard work! Larry Jones

Marty, Thanks for all your work posting these families. Since Hepsabeth CRAWFORD mar Osborne LANE, I'm naturally interested. More than that, I want to thank you again for posting a James CRAWFORD, Jr, hopefully father of Mahalalel CRAWFORD--yes, you might know! I'm still working on my CRAWFORD family. Anyone with knowledge, rumors, or stories of Mahalalel, please post to the list. There's always some grain of truth in these family stories passed down from generation to generation. Of course, I'm also interested in any sources you might find which I can try & obtain. Need your help. Marty, your postings are a great source, WITH SOURCES! Your time and energy is appreciated. Winkie CRAWFORD R In a message dated 6/26/01 12:06:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, SCMARION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > For those interested in the Lane family, I have finished (for now) the > following pages: >

Can anyone tell me about, for refer me to, information about the Maple Swamp area of Marion Co? I am researching the HAMILTONs & WIGGINS of that area. early 1800s into the civil war. I located W.W. Sellers book on the Hx of Marion Co at the Library. Are there any other books for the area? Any assistance appreciated Audrey

>Joanne, There are so many interesting things in your message, Joanne. I don't know anything about the book of Eli/Ely Kershaw and would love to know more if you or others learn anything which pertains to our area of the state. I have read a fair portion of the book by Woodmason. It certainly gives a different perspective on the area and, I think, is strongly flavored by his personality. As you know, it is not altogether complimentary of the early settlers. I do recall that he mentions preaching at Cheraw. I had briefly contemplated why he might not have mentioned Sandy Bluff by name and wondered if it might be because there was a resident minister in the form of Rev. Turbeville and, therefore, no need for a visiting itinerant. Of course, I was just speculating. I was very excited to see a few years back that (Bishop) Francis Asbury had visited Marlboro and Marion not so long after the first South Carolina Conference of the Methodists (1785). From his journal we know that he visited Marlboro and Darlington Counties in 1788. He returned in 1789, but this time his route took him, according to the editors of his journal text, "from Beauty Spot near Bennettsville....southward along the route of the present Blenheim and Brownsville in Marlboro County and Latta in Dillon County, approximating Highways 38 and 917". On his 1790 visit he followed the same route taken in 1789. On Monday, February 1, 1790--between being in Marlboro County and later near Marion, according to Asbury's journal, "Brother Whatcoat preached AT THE GROVE (my caps); John Ellis and myself spoke after him, and there were gracious signs of tenderness among the people. An elderly Baptist preacher attended, whose heart the Lord touched, and he acknowledged the power of the Most High to be present". I don't know all the locations along that road; however, since I grew up going to Bethesda church in Oak Grove, I could not help but wonder if "at the Grove" referred to Oak Grove. It certainly was along the route. John R. Little's daughter, Fannie Belle, married my grandfather Jones's brother Jake. They lived in Marlboro County and still have descendants there. One of this is a Munnerlyn (Ron, I think) who is an officer, I believe, with the Historical Society. John R. Little's wife was from the Berry family of old Marion County. I think her father was Bright Berry--or at least she is from the Bright Berry line. I had a note from Julia Bradford at Wake Forest just yesterday. Maybe she was away but back now. Thanks. Larry Larry, > >One of the sources that Mrs. Linder mentions in her book on ST. David's >Parish is the Ledger book of Eli /Ely Kershaw. It is stored at the SC >Historical Society in Charleston. There is no telling how many other >records that might be there that would shine some light on our area. Eli >Kershaw died ca. 1780 on one of those British ships in Charleston as a >prisoner. But before that, he was an early merchant in Cheraw. Another >source she quotes is by Charles Woodmason, "The Carolina Backcountry on the >Eve of the Revolution: The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, >Anglican Itinerant" ed. Richard J. Hooker (Chapel Hill; Univ. of N.C. 1953), >pp. xxvii, 5,13.. Also, Register Book of Prince Frederick Winjay, pp 53, >112,; John Fordyce to SPG, Nov. 4, 1745, , SC Dept. of A. & History, and >"The Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury "(Nashville, TN, Abingdon Press, >1958, Elmer T. Clark, ed. This is something I have to take one at a time. > >And by the way, I have found another Bundy researcher to help with the work. >We have since found our great-grandfather, John Albert Bundy ,1837-1905, >farming in Marion Co.. His son, Wm. C. was born there in 1877. I do not >know what area he farmed in. His wife was Elizabeth Little, and her brother >was a Methodist preacher, John R. Little. He may have been preaching in >Marion too. He married a woman named Ella Berry. Do not know anything >about her. > >I will check with the college archives. I think the Bradford lady is no >longer with the school. I have been in contact with her before. > >Joanne > > > > >==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== >SCGenWeb Main Page >Links to counties and Special Projects >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/

In a message dated 6/25/01 9:09:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, harleyclan@coastalnet.com writes: > I think my early McLeods may have been not too far from > there. I keep remembering the cute story about how the boys all fled to the > swamp to hide from the Yankees, and their Uncle Daniel McLeod slipped in l > to join them. Joanne, Mary, et al: I am not sure if this helps or not but have noticed the McLeod names popping up quite a bit. Is Fannie McLeod a relative? She married G.W.A. McRae of Marion Co., SC and they moved to Florida. There are several McLeod's buried in the Eliam Cemetery in Melrose, FL. Maybe you are aware of this and it is not your line, but thought I would throw that out there. Noticed a Norman William Mcleod, born 1827 but don't know if this is the time period you are looking for. Let me know if you need more info. Cathy

Hi Marty, My ancestor was Joanna PORTER, dau of Hepsy LANE and James Crawford PORTER. I have only approx. birth dates for Hepsy and James. Do you have anything better for them? Bill >===== Original Message From SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com ===== >Marty, > Thanks for all your work posting these families. Since Hepsabeth >CRAWFORD mar Osborne LANE, I'm naturally interested. > More than that, I want to thank you again for posting a James >CRAWFORD, Jr, hopefully father of Mahalalel CRAWFORD--yes, you might know! >I'm still working on my CRAWFORD family. Anyone with knowledge, rumors, or >stories of Mahalalel, please post to the list. There's always some grain of >truth in these family stories passed down from generation to generation. Of >course, I'm also interested in any sources you might find which I can try & >obtain. Need your help. > Marty, your postings are a great source, WITH SOURCES! Your time and >energy is appreciated. > Winkie CRAWFORD R > >In a message dated 6/26/01 12:06:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >SCMARION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >> For those interested in the Lane family, I have finished (for now) the >> following pages: >> > > > > >==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== >Take a look to see what documents are in the SCGenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/scfiles.htm >Search the SCGenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm (Select SC)

Hi, All: I just wanted to mention to everyone interested that I remember looking at the Catfish Baptist Church membership rolls from a film I rented from the Mormon Library. This particular roll (or the information contained therein) was in very good condition and easy to read. Here's a list of the church records the Mormons have relating to Marion and Dillon: South Carolina, DILLON- Church records Titles: Minutes of meetings and lists of members, 1802-1971 Catfish Creek Baptist Church (Dillon County, South Carolina) Prince Frederick Winyah, 1729-1763 : W.P.A. Project 165-33-7172 Polk, Mrs. Louie H The Register book for the parish Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant Episcopal) The Register book for the parish Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant Episcopal) South Carolina, MARION - Church records Titles: Church minutes, 1833-1867 Gapway Baptist Church (Marion County, South Carolina) Minutes of the union meetings of Ebenezer, Elim and High Hill Creek Baptist Churches, 1818-1843 : including minutes from Lake Swamp, Willow Creek, Sparrow Swamp, Swift Creek, Gapway, Terrills Bay, Little Pee Dee, Bosticks, Bethlehem, Mizpah, Mount Moriah, Mount Zion, and Bethel Baptist churches Smith, Thomas E Prince Frederick Winyah, 1729-1763 : W.P.A. Project 165-33-7172 Polk, Mrs. Louie H The Register book for the parish Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant Episcopal) The Register book for the parish Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant Episcopal) Welsh Neck Baptist Church, South Carolina, 1737-1841 I hope this helps someone. Cheers, Terri Brigman England __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Hi Terri (and all), Furman University has some of these same films along with the minutes of several other Pee Dee Baptist Churches which can be obtained through inter-library loan. And for those on a fixed income, Furman does not charge for their films although I'm sure a donation would be appreciated. A complete list can be found at the Furman web page. Bill On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, TL England wrote: > Hi, All: > > I just wanted to mention to everyone interested that I > remember looking at the Catfish Baptist Church > membership rolls from a film I rented from the Mormon > Library. This particular roll (or the information > contained therein) was in very good condition and easy > to read. > > Here's a list of the church records the Mormons have > relating to Marion and Dillon: > > > South Carolina, DILLON- Church records Titles: > > Minutes of meetings and lists of > members, 1802-1971 Catfish Creek Baptist Church > (Dillon County, South Carolina) > > Prince Frederick Winyah, 1729-1763 : > W.P.A. Project 165-33-7172 Polk, Mrs. Louie H > > The Register book for the parish > Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince > Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant > Episcopal) > > The Register book for the parish > Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince > Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant > Episcopal) > > > > > South Carolina, MARION - Church records Titles: > Church minutes, 1833-1867 Gapway > Baptist Church (Marion County, South Carolina) > > Minutes of the union meetings of > Ebenezer, Elim and High Hill Creek Baptist Churches, > 1818-1843 : including minutes from Lake Swamp, Willow > Creek, Sparrow Swamp, Swift Creek, Gapway, Terrills > Bay, Little Pee Dee, Bosticks, Bethlehem, Mizpah, > Mount Moriah, Mount Zion, and Bethel Baptist > churches Smith, Thomas E > > Prince Frederick Winyah, 1729-1763 : > W.P.A. Project 165-33-7172 Polk, Mrs. Louie H > > The Register book for the parish > Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince > Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant > Episcopal) > > The Register book for the parish > Prince Frederick Winyaw,Ann: Dom: 1713 Prince > Frederick Parish (South Carolina : Protestant > Episcopal) > > Welsh Neck Baptist Church, South > Carolina, 1737-1841 > > I hope this helps someone. > > Cheers, > Terri Brigman England > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== > Tombstone Inscription Project - South Carolina > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/s-car.html >

I have several McLEODs in the Sumter area of SC who moved from Clarendon in the previous generation. Bill

Hello to All :-) My cousin lives in Kansas and she is having a difficult time getting through to this email listing and asked if I would send this out for her. She is searching for connections to her Allen family. Anyone with knowledge of the following, please contact me. Jane (Femail85@Aol.com) Thank you! Grandfather---Pete Allen, his brothers were: Losson, Shell, Sidney and possibly a sister named Nora. Great-grandfather was John (or Howard) Allen. Great-grandmother was Elizabeth Rowell. All believed to be from or around the Dillon area.

Mary, It is always nice to hear from you. You always have something good to offer. The location is just right for the Betheas. I suspected that was where they were. I think my early McLeods may have been not too far from there. I keep remembering the cute story about how the boys all fled to the swamp to hide from the Yankees, and their Uncle Daniel McLeod slipped in l to join them. He had to have been fairly close to the Dillon/Marion line to have joined them. He spent his last years in the home of his nephew, James David Bethea. His sister, Mary Catherine and her husband may have worshipped at the Dothan Methodist church. Do you know where that is? Can you offer any information on whether there are any early records of the Minturn Methodist church available for the public to look at? Bedtime.. Actually, past bedtime. Last note on the subject. There were two sets of Mcleods. Joanne

Larry, One of the sources that Mrs. Linder mentions in her book on ST. David's Parish is the Ledger book of Eli /Ely Kershaw. It is stored at the SC Historical Society in Charleston. There is no telling how many other records that might be there that would shine some light on our area. Eli Kershaw died ca. 1780 on one of those British ships in Charleston as a prisoner. But before that, he was an early merchant in Cheraw. Another source she quotes is by Charles Woodmason, "The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution: The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant" ed. Richard J. Hooker (Chapel Hill; Univ. of N.C. 1953), pp. xxvii, 5,13.. Also, Register Book of Prince Frederick Winjay, pp 53, 112,; John Fordyce to SPG, Nov. 4, 1745, , SC Dept. of A. & History, and "The Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury "(Nashville, TN, Abingdon Press, 1958, Elmer T. Clark, ed. This is something I have to take one at a time. And by the way, I have found another Bundy researcher to help with the work. We have since found our great-grandfather, John Albert Bundy ,1837-1905, farming in Marion Co.. His son, Wm. C. was born there in 1877. I do not know what area he farmed in. His wife was Elizabeth Little, and her brother was a Methodist preacher, John R. Little. He may have been preaching in Marion too. He married a woman named Ella Berry. Do not know anything about her. I will check with the college archives. I think the Bradford lady is no longer with the school. I have been in contact with her before. Joanne

Dear Joanne, In reading your letter to Larry, I think there is a possibility that I have an answer to your question about the Bethea home. I do not have Bethea history that far back but I know that Mr. Preston L. Bethea's farm adjoined my grandfather's. It was on Highway 9 between Little Rock and Clio, in Dillon County. It was about five miles from Little Rock and about 1.5 or 2 miles from Reedy Creek Presbyterian Church. However, the Betheas were Methodists and belonged to the Methodist Church in Minturn. The reason I think it may have been this family is because they named their daughter Mary McLeod Bethea and I know that she was descended from McLeod's. I know that Mrs. Preston Bethea's name was Josie Weatherly so I think her mother was possibly a McLeod. Mary McLeod married Dr B. F. Hardy who practiced at Minturn when I was a child and then in Dillon. The Bethea home burned a good many years ago and my cousin, Nelson McRae, has built a house on that property and lives there now. I suppose he bought at least part of the acreage. The only member of the Hardy family who is living now is Ben Frank Hardy who lives in Minturn. I don't know if he could give you much family history or not but surely he knows who his gggrandfather is. By the way, the Alice Harper that Larry mentioned is also my husband's ggggrandmother. He and Larry are cousins. My husband is also descended from McLeods. His grandmother was Katherine McLeod, daughter of Dr. Neil McLeod. I may have told you this before. I just stopped fora few minutes to see if I had anything further back on P. L. Bethea. In Mary Belle Manning Bethea's " Ancestral Key to the Pee Dee" I find that Josephine Weatherly's father was Colin McRae Weatherly who was the son of Mary Griffin McLeod. Is that your McLeod ancestor? No, I've checked further on Donald McDearmid McLeod and I"m all wrong but I'm sending you this anyway so you will know I tried. Sorry about that. Mary Harper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Harley" <harleyclan@coastalnet.com> To: <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:47 PM Subject: [SCMARION-L] Re: Early Churches > Hi Larry et al, > Glenn and I are bouncing all of this CHURCH MATERIAL stuff off each other > with bits of information we keep struggling to find. My question is, where > did you locate the "Biblical Recorder" and "Southern Watchman"? Is this one > or two different booklets. > > I have just bought Suzanne Linder's "Anglican Churches in Colonial South > Carolina". I am especially interested in her sources for the St. David's > Parish and surrounding counties. > > I am presently going through the "Diary of Evan Pugh", making notes on the > marriages he performed for later posting. His obituary that was published > mentioned that, at his death, which was at his plantation in Darlington > Dist. in Dec. 1802, he was the pastor of the Baptist church at Mount > Pleasant, which, according to the Furman Archives, was at Mechenicsville, > in Darl Co. This church drew parishioners from miles away. It was an > offshoot of the Cashway Church that was on the Pee Dee River where the > lines of Marlboro, Marion and Darlington Counties all meet, and was Pugh's > former church until they moved to it to Mechanicsville ..Pugh started > several early Baptist churches in that area. He speaks of Catfish, which > was in Marion Co., SC and organized by Robert Thomas, a Baptist minister > from Marlboro who died at Britton's Neck in 1817 while on a preaching tour > there. (J.A.W. Thomas's "HISTORY OF MARLBORO CO., SC", page 86) > > I will appreciate your continued posting to the Marion Co. site so that we > can all benefit from each other's 'finds'. > > It seems like someone on this list had some resource that listed some of the > early Meth. ministers of the area. I remember she/he was graciously > fielding requests for names. What we need are some early church minutes > giving names of those who attended which will help us locate their > whereabouts and the years they were around the area. > > Does anyone on this list know where James Robert Bethea's (1809-1878) home > was. His wife was sister to my great, great grandfather, Donald MacDiarmid > MacLeod. Phillip Bethea was a son. Is there a church near their former > home? > > Thanks to all > Joanne Harley > NC > harleyclan@coastalnet.com > RESEARCHING: PEARSON, MACLEOD, BUNDY, LITTLE, MEDLIN, HUBBARD, PATRICK, > ALFORD, MACRAE, MACTYRE, ADAIR, WELCH, THOMAS, DONALDSON, FIELDS, PLEDGER, > EVANS, VINING, HASKEW. > > > ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== > Marion County Listmember sites: > 1. Marty Grant http://www.martygrant.com > 2. Herbert Turner CHRISTMAS Home Page - http://members.aol.com/herbnet/christmas/webintro.html > 3. Debbie Kerner - Clan Carmichael USA http://home.triad.rr.com/clancarmichael > >

NICHOLS Thomas Robert Harrelson Thomas Robert Harrelson, 56, died Sunday, June 24, 2001, at home after an illness. He was born July 3, 1944, in Horry County, a son of the late Troy Worth Harrelson and Ruby Lee Johnson Harrelson Stroud. He was a member of Green Sea Baptist Church. He was a writer and self-taught artist. He was known around the world as one of the most detailed and fastest artists of acrylic land- and seascapes. He spent many years in Atlanta as an artist and entrepreneur. He conducted classes for more than 7,000 students around the world. He used his God-given talents to bring fulfillment, unforgettable lifetime memories and laughter to his students in their two-hour sessions. His unique style empowered students with a relaxed understanding of self-confidence and desire to continue painting. He returned to the Horry County and Loris area in 1993 to care for his ailing parents. He and Estelle Stanley, a retired schoolteacher, established Heritage Village in 1999. He sought to bring culture to the rural area of the country where artists, craftsmen and collectors could blend with junk dealers to create, display and sell their goods. Survivors include a daughter, Becky Fulmer of Columbia; three brothers, Billy Harrelson and Worth Harrelson, both of Nichols, and Tony Harrelson of Mullins; and four sisters, Frances Elliott of Nichols, Joyce Ward and Carolyn Etheridge, both of Whiteville, N.C., and Sue Elliott of Mount Pleasant. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mills-Harrelson Cemetery. The Rev. Ted Papsis will officiate. Cox-Collins Funeral Home of Mullins is in charge. Memorials may be made to the Thomas R. Harrelson Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 613, Mullins, SC 29574.

The State (Columbia): Tuesday, June 26, 2001 Alma Benson DILLON (--) Services for Alma D. Benson, 90, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2001, at the Dillon Church of God with burial in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 this evening at Cooper Funeral Home. . Mrs. Benson died Sunday, June 24, 2001, in St. Eugene Medical Center after an illness. Born in Dillon December 13, 1910, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Doris Guinn Deas. She was a retired sales clerk and a member of Dillon Church of God for more than 58 years. She was the widow of the late Van Norton Benson Sr. Mrs. Benson was predeceased by a daughter, Catherine M. Benson. Surviving are her sons, Van N. (Dorothy) Benson Jr. of Dillon, James B. (Deborah) Benson of Rocky Mount, N.C., John T. Hubbard of Columbia; daughters, Mildred (Jim) Bowers of Easley, Anne B. Huggins of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildren; very special friend, Marie Herring of Dillon.

Dear Donali, Joanne, Glenn, and others: Donali, I think the information to which I referred on the Methodist churches of 1842 was sent to me some years ago by the late Herbert Hucks who was archivist at Wofford College. I am sure Wofford still has the archives, and I believe there is a related website which may become more and more helpful over time as they add more. Joanne, I think, but might be wrong, that Biblical Recorder and Southern Watchman may be a long title for the same publication. There is a searchable index through the website for Baptist archives at Wake Forest, and a person named Julia Bradford, who works at the archives, has been very helpful to me. Most of the info, as I understand it, is about NC, although the Dwight Hays circuit in SC was in this publication. The website is http://www.wfu.edu/Library/baptist/ If you click on Biblical Recorder it takes you to a page with writing in a yellow box at the right of the screen. At the bottom of that is a way to click so that you can search the index for different years. I was so excited to find, a little while back, that the Evan Pugh diary mentions his trip to marry Martha Harper to Jesse Coxe--in Marlboro County. Widow Alice Harper (my ggg grandmother), mother of Martha, lived in that section of Marlboro over toward old Marion County. She had property on the Great Pee Dee River and was a neighbor of Baron Poellnitz, if you know where he lived. (I think there is an historical marker about him on Highway 38.) If there is any reference in the volume on Anglican churches to one at Sandy Bluff, I would love to know. Thanks. Larry

Hi Larry et al, Glenn and I are bouncing all of this CHURCH MATERIAL stuff off each other with bits of information we keep struggling to find. My question is, where did you locate the "Biblical Recorder" and "Southern Watchman"? Is this one or two different booklets. I have just bought Suzanne Linder's "Anglican Churches in Colonial South Carolina". I am especially interested in her sources for the St. David's Parish and surrounding counties. I am presently going through the "Diary of Evan Pugh", making notes on the marriages he performed for later posting. His obituary that was published mentioned that, at his death, which was at his plantation in Darlington Dist. in Dec. 1802, he was the pastor of the Baptist church at Mount Pleasant, which, according to the Furman Archives, was at Mechenicsville, in Darl Co. This church drew parishioners from miles away. It was an offshoot of the Cashway Church that was on the Pee Dee River where the lines of Marlboro, Marion and Darlington Counties all meet, and was Pugh's former church until they moved to it to Mechanicsville ..Pugh started several early Baptist churches in that area. He speaks of Catfish, which was in Marion Co., SC and organized by Robert Thomas, a Baptist minister from Marlboro who died at Britton's Neck in 1817 while on a preaching tour there. (J.A.W. Thomas's "HISTORY OF MARLBORO CO., SC", page 86) I will appreciate your continued posting to the Marion Co. site so that we can all benefit from each other's 'finds'. It seems like someone on this list had some resource that listed some of the early Meth. ministers of the area. I remember she/he was graciously fielding requests for names. What we need are some early church minutes giving names of those who attended which will help us locate their whereabouts and the years they were around the area. Does anyone on this list know where James Robert Bethea's (1809-1878) home was. His wife was sister to my great, great grandfather, Donald MacDiarmid MacLeod. Phillip Bethea was a son. Is there a church near their former home? Thanks to all Joanne Harley NC harleyclan@coastalnet.com RESEARCHING: PEARSON, MACLEOD, BUNDY, LITTLE, MEDLIN, HUBBARD, PATRICK, ALFORD, MACRAE, MACTYRE, ADAIR, WELCH, THOMAS, DONALDSON, FIELDS, PLEDGER, EVANS, VINING, HASKEW.

Larry, Is there a source for the early Methodist records? I have a Rev. Samuel C. James (my 3g-gf) who was a local supply preacher for the Methodist Church. He was in Williamsburg County, apparently in the Lynches Creek area between Scranton & Coward, which was very near the Marion County line. I know that some of his relatives were members of Hebron Baptist at Friendfield -- (he doesn't seem to have been too successful at converting the family!) -- I'm not sure how he ended up Methodist. I also found in the Hebron Minute Books a Celia Cox, who may have been my 4g-gm; she was excluded from Hebron Church for joining a Methodist church. Donali Howell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry H. Jones" <ljones@sewanee.edu> To: <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [SCMARION-L] Early Churches | Then, I have some notes on Bethesda Methodist (now Southern Methodist) | Church in Oak Grove. | | I have some other notes on the "fourth quarterly conference of the | Methodist Church for the Marion District" held November 30, 1842. Evidently | the district involved some of Marlboro too. Churches involved were | Bethesda, Dothan, Marion Courthouse, Ariel, Old Neck, Millers, Liberty | Chapel, Union, Hopewell, Moodys, Tranquil, Schoolhouse, Clio, Parnassus, | Bethlehem, Macedonia, Ebenezer, Ark, Philadephia, Tabernacle, and Shiloh." | Unfortunately I don't know which ones besides Bethesda, Union, and perhaps | Dothan would have been in the area in which you are interested. |

>Hi, Glenn, By coincidence, I have just been working on piecing together information on the ministry of a Rev. Dwight Hays (Baptist). In January of 1839, the Biblical Recorder and Southern Watchman gave the schedule for the February (and subsequent) preaching appointments for Dwight Hays. I think Rev. J. Culpeper, Jr. and Rev. Joel Allen visited the same churches. Preaching circuit information read: Dwight Hays will preach Feb. 1st. on the same circuit, at Gapway; 2nd, at Hopewell; 3rd, at Salem; 4th, at Conwayborough; 5th, at Little Pee Dee; 6th, at School-house; 7th, at Friendship; 8th, at Terrell's Bay; 9th, at Brown's C. H. at night; 10th, at Bird's; 11th, at Antioch; 12th, at Catfish; 13th, at Brownsville; 14th, at Salem; 15th, at Bethel Ch.; 18th, at Digg's; 19th, at Piney Grove; 20th, at Bethel; 21st, at Beaver Dam; 22nd, at Burton's Fort-Bennettsville at night; 23rd, at Hebron; 24th, at Sardis; 25th, at Stafford's; 26th, at Buck Swamp. Somehow I think this names many of the Baptist churches in old Marion County and Marlboro County at that time, although I would love to know what others existed. Then, I have some notes on Bethesda Methodist (now Southern Methodist) Church in Oak Grove. As you know that is not too far over into what was Marion County--and not so many miles down the road from Parnassus. These notes indicate that around 1850 the only nearby churches were Bethlehem (Methodist), which you probably know is in Marlboro County; Catfish and Antioch (Baptist), which you not are listed in the schedule above; and Union (Methodist--later to become Presbyterian), which I think is the old church that years ago sat in a field not far from Berry's Crossroads--between Oak Grove and Sellers. I have some other notes on the "fourth quarterly conference of the Methodist Church for the Marion District" held November 30, 1842. Evidently the district involved some of Marlboro too. Churches involved were Bethesda, Dothan, Marion Courthouse, Ariel, Old Neck, Millers, Liberty Chapel, Union, Hopewell, Moodys, Tranquil, Schoolhouse, Clio, Parnassus, Bethlehem, Macedonia, Ebenezer, Ark, Philadephia, Tabernacle, and Shiloh." Unfortunately I don't know which ones besides Bethesda, Union, and perhaps Dothan would have been in the area in which you are interested. I don't have a good comprehensive view of the old churches and will be very interested in seeing other responses, but I thought I should toss this in. Larry Jones Can anyone tell me the names and locations of the earliest churches located in Marion County in close proximity of the Marlboro County Line? > >We are searching for early records that may shed light upon one of our >g....grandfathers, Thomas Preston Pearson and his early family. Thomas >Pearson was listed on the 1820 Marion County census as Preston Pearson >with wife and children enumerated. His father was Captain Moses Pearson >who with his brother Aaron Pearson raised their families on the Pee Dee >River in the vicinity of Hunts Bluff and close to where the current >Parnassus Church is located (all in Marlboro County). > >We suspect that Thomas married a Marion County woman, although we do not >have proof,, nor do we know her name. He reappears in Marlboro county in >later census periods. We only know that he and his young family were >residents there for a period of time. > >One of his sons, Preston Pearson latter married Sarah (Sallie) Clark from >Marion County. She was a daughter of George Clark whose property I believe >was in the vicinity of Reddy Creek or Little Reddy Creek... > >The Pearson family was Baptist and after 1820 or so, became Methodist. A >few of Thomas's children are buried in the Parnassus Church Cemetery. > >We suspect that Thomas Pearson married someone and lived reasonably close >to the Marlboro County line in Marion County and probably attended a >Baptist ..or maybe a Methodist Church... We would like very much to learn >more of his and his family's whereabouts and activities during this period >of time....and we are hoping Church histories may help us.. > >We would certainly appreciate any help. > >Glenn Pearson > > >==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== >Marion County SCGenWeb site: >http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/marion.html