Gerald, I think that would be a wonderful idea. It would a great asset to this area. I know my gg/g/f Hiram Harmon attended the church & he was b abt 1804 & d abt 1890 in Campbell Co, TN. I'm almost certain the Historical Society doesn't have them but it would be worth contacting them to see. The Longfield Book that Edith Wilson Hutton did has great information in it. I feel certain the Historical Society would love to have the records. & probably copy them. Gloria Fay (Harmon) Burris gloriafayburris@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Lay" <slim@jellico.com> To: <tncampbe@rootsweb.com>; <singforhim@cox.net> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Macedonia Baptist Church > Donna, > > I can't help but be curious, How far does these records go back? My wife > works with a Lady who attends Mecedonia and we were there Christmas before > last to a Christmas play. > > It was the first time I had visited the church and even then could not > resist asking questions about it. I was told that the road going down > below the church was one that came from Lake City ( previously Coal > Creek ). I am not sure but looking at the map I would guess this road was > the one that came by Longfield church, I believe in Anderson County, and > crossed the creek which is now Norris Lake. > > Especially if those records go back a long time the church and or your > Uncle and Aunt may decide to have them copied and placed in the Campbell > County Historical Society Library, if this have not already been done. > > Surely Great History There. > > THANKS > > Gerald Lay > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Fletcher > To: tncampbe@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:09 PM > Subject: [TNCAMPBE] Macedonia Baptist Church > > > Jennifer, > > I was talking to my aunt about Macedonia Baptist and the fire. She > called her uncle, Eubaun Richardson (mother was Mary Hattie Gaylor). Uncle > Eubaun was born in 1921. His mother, Hattie Gaylor Richardson was my > great grandmother and she lived until 1990 and she was 104. I loved > visiting her because she loved to tell stories...I do wish I appreciated > it more and listened better. > > Anyhow, Uncle Eubaun said the current church standing is actually the > third church building. He said the first one was a log cabin. His > grandparents, Thomas Gaylor and Sarah Slover used to own the land around > there...so Eubaun heard these stories from them. The log cabin wasn't > very big so another church was built in its place and it burnt down in > 1921...at least it was rebuilt in 1921. He told about Thomas helping in > rebuilding it. He always heard the church burnt down from the stove that > heated it. The night before the Sunday services, they would come in and > bank the fire so it would be warm the next morning and the fire got too > hot and the building burnt down. The sad part is, the cemetery records > were also burnt in the fire. > > Now, Eubaun's brother, June, has attended church there since he was a boy > and he and his wife have the old church records. My aunt is going to visit > there at the Richardson Reunion on June 1 and she is going to ask to look > at them. He said it doesn't have any cemetery records listed but some > things about the church and some of the members. I am anxiously awaiting > her report on that! > > I have a few stories that my great grandmother told about her father, > Thomas Gaylor (Thomas II)..his father's name was also Thomas Gaylor. Both > are buried in the Macedonia Cemetery. If anyone is interested you can > email me. I feel so fortunate to have known my great grandmother and to > still have my dad's uncles, Eubaun and June around to answer our > questions. > > Donna > singforhim@cox.net > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I believe the founding year for the church is posted in a sign or plaque at the church. If so I know I looked. But have forgotten it. Early Indian Creek Baptist Church records were copied I believe by the WPA. They are in the McClung Library in the East TN Historical Center in Knoxville. Sure wish they had done ALL the churches. I also wish our ancestors had known that we were going to meddle into their business 200 years after their death. They may have left a better trail and preserved the records better. Church records are so vulnerable anyway. In my research I have found that fire has been the culprit many times. Either the church burn or in most of those cases the church clerk's house burns. Then there are the problem of passing down the records to the next clerk. Especially the older records were most suseptable to that dilemma. Then there is the problem of church quarrels. That has happened too. Of course church records are private records that are governed by the indivdual church bodies. I believe those in authority over all historically important public records should see that they are preserved. Of course some are moot records and need not be preserved. There are state guidelines to go by as to what state and county records are for the general public to view and those that are keep private even though they may be a state record. Also the length of time to keep these records. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL! Gerald Lay Lay Family Genealogical Association http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8896/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Gloria Fay Burris To: tncampbe@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Macedonia Baptist Church Gerald, I think that would be a wonderful idea. It would a great asset to this area. I know my gg/g/f Hiram Harmon attended the church & he was b abt 1804 & d abt 1890 in Campbell Co, TN. I'm almost certain the Historical Society doesn't have them but it would be worth contacting them to see. The Longfield Book that Edith Wilson Hutton did has great information in it. I feel certain the Historical Society would love to have the records. & probably copy them. Gloria Fay (Harmon) Burris gloriafayburris@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Lay" <slim@jellico.com> To: <tncampbe@rootsweb.com>; <singforhim@cox.net> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Macedonia Baptist Church > Donna, > > I can't help but be curious, How far does these records go back? My wife > works with a Lady who attends Mecedonia and we were there Christmas before > last to a Christmas play. > > It was the first time I had visited the church and even then could not > resist asking questions about it. I was told that the road going down > below the church was one that came from Lake City ( previously Coal > Creek ). I am not sure but looking at the map I would guess this road was > the one that came by Longfield church, I believe in Anderson County, and > crossed the creek which is now Norris Lake. > > Especially if those records go back a long time the church and or your > Uncle and Aunt may decide to have them copied and placed in the Campbell > County Historical Society Library, if this have not already been done. > > Surely Great History There. > > THANKS > > Gerald Lay > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Fletcher > To: tncampbe@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:09 PM > Subject: [TNCAMPBE] Macedonia Baptist Church > > > Jennifer, > > I was talking to my aunt about Macedonia Baptist and the fire. She > called her uncle, Eubaun Richardson (mother was Mary Hattie Gaylor). Uncle > Eubaun was born in 1921. His mother, Hattie Gaylor Richardson was my > great grandmother and she lived until 1990 and she was 104. I loved > visiting her because she loved to tell stories...I do wish I appreciated > it more and listened better. > > Anyhow, Uncle Eubaun said the current church standing is actually the > third church building. He said the first one was a log cabin. His > grandparents, Thomas Gaylor and Sarah Slover used to own the land around > there...so Eubaun heard these stories from them. The log cabin wasn't > very big so another church was built in its place and it burnt down in > 1921...at least it was rebuilt in 1921. He told about Thomas helping in > rebuilding it. He always heard the church burnt down from the stove that > heated it. The night before the Sunday services, they would come in and > bank the fire so it would be warm the next morning and the fire got too > hot and the building burnt down. The sad part is, the cemetery records > were also burnt in the fire. > > Now, Eubaun's brother, June, has attended church there since he was a boy > and he and his wife have the old church records. My aunt is going to visit > there at the Richardson Reunion on June 1 and she is going to ask to look > at them. He said it doesn't have any cemetery records listed but some > things about the church and some of the members. I am anxiously awaiting > her report on that! > > I have a few stories that my great grandmother told about her father, > Thomas Gaylor (Thomas II)..his father's name was also Thomas Gaylor. Both > are buried in the Macedonia Cemetery. If anyone is interested you can > email me. I feel so fortunate to have known my great grandmother and to > still have my dad's uncles, Eubaun and June around to answer our > questions. > > Donna > singforhim@cox.net > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message