> Bernice > > Yesterday we were speaking of Cumberland Shed Church. This morning while sifting thru some old papers, etc I found part of the > article that was printed in one of the Tennessee Homecoming ('86) editions of The Polk County News www.polkpourri.net > > It says: > > " "Be here by early candle light'. These were the words of I.A. McClary, pastor of the old old church, meaning a Presbyterian > Church called Ocoee Cumberland Shed, organized about 1846. This was his way of telling the flock what time to be back for evening > services." > > I don't have the complete article but thought you might be interested in getting it from the Polk Co News. They sell those type > articles for pocket change and most are very interesting. Can also provide some ideas when researching. > Joyce Gaston Reece > Rootsweb mail list minder: Gilbreath, Galbreath, Raper, > Knuckles, TN-Meigs, Southeast, TN., Northeast, TN., Shields, > Hembree, Hemby. > Ancestry Message Board Admin for: Daugherty, Galbreath, Gaston, > Gilbreath, Hembree, Hemby, Knuckles, Raper, Reece, > Shield, Shields & Polk Co., TN. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >