Just for the sake of sharing information.... My gg grandfather, John Jones, was a farmer and a Methodist minister. I ran across a reference to him (and his father James) as tenters when there was the Beauty Spot encampment, and I was so intrigued by this idea of people actually having tents and camping at camp meeting time that I thought I would send along the following quotation regarding who was there. This list is from a book by Hamer on Beauty Spot. Hamer also makes reference to a plat of the grounds, made by Capt. P. L. Breeden, on November 14, 1853. I would also love to see this if anyone ever runs into it. "The following were some of the tenters on the eastern line: Wesley Parham, Thomas S. Covington, Eli Thomas, Robert D. Thomas, Rev. Charles Manship, Rev. Allen Edens, Isaac Pipkin, Lindsey Breeden, Thomas Lester, Joel Easterling, and others. On the northern line were the tents of William Bundy, William Seals, James Jones, Rev. John Jones, Philip Barrentine, Meekin J. Townsend, Joshua Fletcher, Lewis Thomas, Daniel Hamer, John H. Hamer, Alfred Hamer, William Dudley and Francis Harrison. On the western side were tents of John Crosland, Robert Bolton, George McDaniel, Shadrack Fuller, John Webster, Col. William J. Cook, Rev. Thomas Cook, Philip S. Thomas, Daniel Parham and Col. John Covington. On the southern side were those of Hugh McDonald, Aaron Breeden, Samuel Edwards, James C. Thomas, John McCollum, Rev. Henry Williams, Mrs. Pegues, Daniel Caulk and others." If you are a descendant of any of these folks and are on this system, please drop me a line. I would just love to know you are there. Larry Jones