Disciples of Christ (Campbellites) was named after Rev. Alexander Campbell, a minister who, indeed, did break with Presbyterians to form a new church. Sue Strong Hassler On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, DBS &/or MD wrote: > Hi BoB!, and Everyone else, Too! > > Thanks, BoB, for reminding me ab out the Benjamin Dwight material re John > Strong of Cumberland Co. KY... I have included it in the latest revision to > Chapter 13, The Lineages Directory, which I just posted this morning... > > Does anyone out there know any of the history of the Disciples of Christ... > specifically, why were they called "Campbellites"?.... Were they a > Presbyterian "sect" which later became independant altogether??? > > By the Way, several folks have given me inputs for revisions to The Lineage > Directory... I have tried to include them all, but am aware that I have > overlooked/misplaced a few of my notes. I would appreciate your assistance > in pointing out anything I have overlooked! {:-)! > > Thanks, > David B. "Dave" Strong > Email: [email protected] > Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 > > ********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert T. Strong, Jr. <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, August 30, 1998 9:25 PM > Subject: John Strong of Cumberland Co., KY > > > > > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > > > >From: [email protected] > >Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:59:35 EDT > >To: [email protected], > > [email protected] > > > >Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > >[email protected], [email protected], > >[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > >[email protected] > > > >Subject: Fwd: "Cumberland Co., Ky., Will Abstracts, 1815-1912" by > > Butler & Smith > > > >I believe this is the WILL of the JOHN STRONG of 1820 > >Cumberland Co., KY. Still working on his connection to our > >Southern Strong's. > > > >Dave Strong > >Cramel, IN > > > >==================================================== > > > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > > > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: "Cumberland Co Ky will abstracts, 1815-1912" by > > Butler & Smith > >Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:30:14 EDT > > > >Hello Dave > > > >Sorry there are no Casteel's listed. > > > >There is one Strong. It is as follows: > > > >Page 8 > > > >JOHN STRONG > > > >Will B-129; signed 1/5/1820; recorded 4/14/1820; > >Wife Elizabeth; > >Youngest child Jane; > >Sons William, Alpherd; > >Ex. Dennis Hopkins, Pleasant H. Williams and wife; > >Wit. William Cross, Elijah Hopkins, Josiah Beekett, Marey Hopkins > > > >Appr. B-123, 125; > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >Sandy Lee > >Davison, Michigan > > > >Researching: Amos, Harvey, Hughes, Moody, Nance and Terry > > > >=========1=========2=========3=========4=========5=========6===== > > > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > > > >From: "BoB T. Strong" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] (Dave Strong of IN) > >Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:55:11 -0600 > >Subject: Cumberland Co Ky will abstracts 1815-1912 by Butler > > > >May I post this to the Strong Mail List? > > > >"BoB T." Strong > > > >================================================================== > > > >Dear Bob > > > >Please feel free to post this on the list. I hope it will help somebody in > >the near future. I have not found too much on this JOHN STRONG other than > >his LAND DEED, CENSUS and now his WILL. I would love to fit him into the > >Southern Strong's. > > > >What I have found is that his property was in/near that part of CUMBERLAND > >CO., KY that became MONROE CO., KY in 1820, when MONROE CO., KY was fromed > >from parts of CUMBERLAND and BARREN CO., KY. JOHN STRONG's property was not > >that far from my SAMUEL STRONG's property that was in BARREN CO., KY until > >that area also bacame MONROE CO., KY in 1820. > > > >Hope this isn't too confusing. > > > >Dave Strong (Indpls, Indiana) > > > >=================================================================== > > > >Hi, Dave! > > > >While searching through several pages I photocopied from Dwight's 1871 > >genealogy of the descendants of John Strong, 1635 immigrant to > >Massachusetts, I came across this article in an appendix about John Strong > >of Cumberland County, Kentucky. The article entitled "John Strong of > >Albany, KY" is found on Pages 1534-1535. I will only quote the first > >paragraph about John and omit the three paragraphs about his children. > > > >"John, Michael and William Strong, brothers, were involved in the Emmet > >rebellion in 1798 in Ireland. When that collapsed the three brothers > >escaped secretly and landed in 1799, in Philadelphia, and after tarrying in > >that city for a few months they separated from each other, and he never > >afterwards heard either from them or of them. He located at last in > >Cumberland, Clinton Co., Ky. [sic], on a farm near what is now Albany. In > >1808, he married Elizabeth Williams. He died in 1820, and she married a > >second husband (name not given) who was living in 1868 in Woodson, > >Illinois. He had three children: I. Rev. William Hardin Strong. II. > >Prince Alfred Strong. III. Jane Strong." > > > >I. Rev. William Hardin Strong. Born 26 AUG 1809. Campellite [Disciples > >of Christ?] preacher. Married 1832, Josephine Dawson of Danville, > >Kentucky. Resided in Winchester, Illinois; Morgan County, Illinois; and > >Girard, Illinois. Apparently living in 1871 when Dwight published his > >genealogy. 10 children named. > > > >II. Prince Alfred Strong. Born 1811. Married Frances Renfro at > >Lexington, Kentucky. Relocated to Illinois in 1838 and to California in > >1867. Apparently living in 1871. Four children named. > > > >III. Jane Strong married Harvey Burnett of Lancaster, Kentucky. Moved to > >Alton, Illinois in 1842. She died there in 1848 or 1849. Seven children > >named. > > > >It appears that Clinton County was probably formed out of Cumberland County > >after 1820. Albany in 1871 was in Clinton County and still is. Albany is > >near the Tennessee State line, > >north of Overton Co., TN. Clinton County, KY, is east of Monroe and > >Cumberland Counties, KY. > > > >I cannot evaluate the validity of the story about the three immigrant > >brothers but assume there is a passenger list or other records that will > >verify the story. Dwight did not cite his sources. > > > >Could the Michael Strong from Ireland mentioned be of interest to William > >L. (Bill) Strong or to Rev. Micheal Strong, subscribers to the Strong Mail > >List? > > > >While researching my wife's ancestors in this area of Kentucky (south > >central) I recall abstracting some Strong records, but at the moment I > >cannot locate those records. > > > >"Bob T." > > > > > >Robert T. 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