>Thanks, Jo, for your message and for your suggestion about where "the >Grove" might have been. I find this all fascinating and really remarkable >too that such influential players in the early spread of Methodism were >right in our home territory. I can't wait to look again at the Woodmason book to see what he says about Gideon Gibson. Thanks for bringing it up! Larry Larry Jones wrote: >"...(snip) 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. > > >I wonder if he might have been referring to Hickory Grove, a little further >downriver toward Mars Bluff, and just above or part of the Sandy Bluff >Settlement. I have often come across old deeds and plats that refer to the >old lands of Gideon Gibson at Hickory Grove merely as "The Grove" or "The >Grove Lands." It was here at his home plantation that Gregg said Gibson was >shot by his nephew, Murphee. It would have been very near here that the Sandy >Bluff Church, also mentioned in some of your recent messages, was located. > >Woodmason had some very interesting things to say about Gideon Gibson, by the >way, especially about his role in the War of the Regulators. Anyone who >hasn't treated themselves to a good, careful read of "Carolina Backcountry on >the Eve of the Revolution" by Charles Woodmason is cheating themselves of a >wonderful, first hand account of some of the goings on in these parts. > >It's really good to see you active on the list again, Larry! > >Jo Church Dickerson > > >==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== >Dillon County SCGenWeb site: >http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/dillon.html