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    2. James H. Davis
    3. Hi, Folks: I'm researching the McGill & Marbut lines in Giles County. My McGill's, along with several other families including (but not limited to) the SHELTONS and KENNEMERS, were members of the Puncheon Camp Baptist Church of Christ, on Puncheon Branch SE of Minor Hill, and very near the State line with Alabama. I have seen the "Baptist Church of Christ" described variously as another name for "Primitive Baptist" or "Hard Rock" Baptists. This having been said, did those folks not believe in getting a marriage license? The marriage records of Giles & surrounding counties are conspicuously short of licenses issued to individuals with surnames associated with the church I mentioned. For example, we infer via other data that my 3rd great-grandfather, Peterson McGill, was married four times: to Mahal Long about 1836; to Oda Marbut about 1849; to Sarah Sherwood (1870, recorded); and to Catherine Daly (1873, recorded). Does anyone have any ideas? Jim Davis

    07/10/1998 08:37:52