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.

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 > >