Dear John, I wish I could be helpful. Actually I don't have a copy of the book. I just have notes and copies of one or two pages. The only place I have ever seen the book is in the library in Bennettsville. If I had a copy I certainly would be glad to check. Larry Larry, > >Your mention of the book on Beauty Spot by Hamer caught my attention. >Although none of my family were listed as tenters, I do know that they >attended the Beauty Spot Baptist Church. I understand that you have a copy >of the book? If there is an index, would you please check for Edmund or >Nancy Brown. I would be interested in any Browns who attended Beauty Spot >Church before 1830. > >Thanks, >John > >At 12:26 PM 9/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >>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 >> >> >> >----------- >John K. Brown, Jr. >[email protected] > >Researching: Burt, Brown, Abney, Watts