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