Oops, I should have read further! ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Wm. Glenn Pearson" <gpearson@carolina.rr.com> Reply-To: SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:26:32 -0400 >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 > > >