Thank you, Tammy, Yours, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Cox" <jcox6888@prodigy.net> To: <SCMARLBO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:09 AM Subject: [SCMARLBO-L] Baptist Church & Rev. John Brown/ Coxes > Probably Cousin Patrick actually. He's the active Coxe researcher in > Marlboro. Our Coxe line comes from John James Coxe > born April 28, 1828 near Brownsville. > -Tammy Cox > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Vincent <billvinc@bcpl.net> > To: <SCMARLBO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:56 PM > Subject: Re: [SCMARLBO-L] [Fwd: Brownsville Baptist Church & Rev. John > Brown] > > > > Jeff, > > Is the Pat Coxe that you mention either Pat Barringer Coxe who married > > Marshall Taylor Ware in 1960 or her mother with the same married name? > > Yours, Bill in Baltimore > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Dudley" <jeffdudley@mecsc.net> > > To: <SCMARLBO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:43 AM > > Subject: Re: [SCMARLBO-L] [Fwd: Brownsville Baptist Church & Rev. John > > Brown] > > > > > > > Hi Janet, > > > > > > The original minutes back to 1756 are in archives at Furman (Baptist) > > University. They have archived records for many very old baptist churches > in > > the southeast. I have not visited there personally yet, but have heard > from > > others who have. I have a photo of the minute book(book is in poor > > condition) somewhere on my old computer. I'll try to dig it up with some > > notes from those minutes. There is some fascinating reading from that time > > regarding alcohol, betting on horse racing, etc.. The first pastor was > sent > > from Cashway to Catfish, by delegates from Welsh Neck when it was > determined > > he wouldn't abstain from drinking alcoholic beverages. This is when > > associate pastor Rev. Brown was made pastor of Cashway. The land for the > > church was given by Rev. John Brown to the church at Cashway(county > records > > prior to 1785 will be in archives in Columbia). The second site for the > > church (Muddy Creek) was also surrounded by land of Rev. Brown's children. > > There are surveys in the courthous! > > > e of their land (showing two story houses) from about 1810. The original > > church building at Cashway was moved about three miles to Muddy Creek in > > 1788-89(the original building still bore holes in and around the shutters > > from musket ball shots fired in a revolutionary war skirmish at Cashway > > between patriots and tories).This new site was on the new road(Old River > > road) between Marlboro Courthouse and Marion Courthouse, which were formed > > as counties in1785. The second site was purchased in 1788, for ten > shillings > > sterling for one acre on "Cleveland Hill". This site is now known as > Rogers > > Cemetery.I have a copy of the deed at my office, and I'm recalling this > from > > memory. I got the New Jersey info from Coxe family genealogical records, > via > > Pat Coxe. My Great Great Grandmother is said to be a Rebecca Coxe Sawyer, > > wife of Levi Sawyer. She is apparently descended from Emanuel Coxe, per > Pat > > Coxe, so we appear to be cousins. > > > > > > Cousin Jeff > > > > > > Janet wrote: > > > > > > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > >--------------BFCF8A997F0DBBE251550CCD > > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------BFCF8A997F0DBBE251550CCD > > > >Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > > > >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > > >Message-ID: <3D749C15.1E51C0D5@gte.net> > > > >Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 07:25:10 -0400 > > > >From: Janet <janet.l.shearer@gte.net> > > > >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) > > > >X-Accept-Language: en > > > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > >To: SCMARLBORO-L@rootsweb.com > > > >Subject: Brownsville Baptist Church & Rev. John Brown > > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > >Hi Jeff, > > > > > > > >Where can I find more information about the churches you delineated in > > > >your reply to Sam, specifically about Brownsville Baptist and Rev. John > > > >Brown from New Jersey? This could be the breakthrough I have been > > > >seeking for so long. I descend from a Rev. John Brown and wife Sarah > > > >Newberry from New Jersey through their daughter Mercy, who married > > > >Emanuel Coxe. Are church records extant? Is there a Baptist history > of > > > >Marlboro Co that I could get my hands on? Did the Rev. own land, and > > > >are there civil records? > > > > > > > >Thank you so much for any help you can provide. > > > > > > > >Janet Shearer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------BFCF8A997F0DBBE251550CCD-- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > >