I think the the date 1745 for the "New Salem, VA" is off .(I know it is ) the Shrewsbury S D B Church was organized in 1745 in Monmouth Co NJ . and in 1789 they moved west and in 1792 organized the Church and town of "New Salem, VA" . Were the Rev Bailey is off is that the church group moved the Church to "New Salem, VA" he is looking at the "FIRST RECORDS" I have a copy of the and it starts in NJ 1745 and ends in Salem WV in about 1830. (the church is still there . >From the city web page ________- HISTORY OF SALEM W.V.Historic Information The Salem Community has a diverse and lasting heritage of which its citizens are proud. Founded in 1792 and chartered in 1794 as New Salem, Virginia, this "home among the hills" became the final settlement for a group of Seventh Day Baptist families completing a two-year trek from Shewsbury, New Jersey. Scotch-Irish and German farm culture shaped the ___________ hope it helps I lone to see the list of Churchs in Rev Baileys book I have a copy of FI RANDOLPH 1905 Book Richard Brandstetter Tinton Falls NJ Bruce/Terry Durst wrote: > "History Of The Seventh-Day Baptist > General Conference From Its Origin, September, 1802, To Its Fifty-Third > Session, September, 1865. By Rev. James Bailey". This book has a listing, > pages 317-318, of SDB Churches and their organization dates. The first 2 > listed for VA are #17, "New Salem, VA", organized 1745, and #18, "Lost > Creek, VA", organized 1805. I know Lost Creek is now in West Virginia, and > I think New Salem may be the current Salem, WV Church, but I don't know.> The listing > If anyone is interested, I would be willing to make the list > part of a future e-mail to this group. > > BTW, the Scott, NY Church is listed as #24, organized in 1820. The other NY > State churches organized before that date are Berlin (1780); Brookfield > (1797); DeRuyter (1806); Alfred (1816); Preston (1816); and Verona (1820). > I don't know how close or far away any of them in relation to Scott. > > Terry L. (Crane) Durst > > ==== SDB Mailing List ==== > Your listowner is [email protected]