Isn't there a sign on Jefferson Pike for the Wilson Line Baptist Church of Christ? I'm usually driving a bit too fast through there so I may have misread it. I'll slow down next time... Mari At 11:59 PM 10/15/2001 +0000, you wrote: >Marie and Melissa.... > >My gr grandfather, Richard Woodroof, was also a traveling Evangelist for >the Church of Christ...He took his family in a covered wagon all over >middle Tennessee and my grandfather, Bernice Bender Woodroof, was born in >that wagon....I would be interested in any information you might be able >to find about these traveling Preachers...There is a Wilson Line Baptist >Church of Christ on land that used to belong my Grandfather's family..It >is on the banks of Percy Priest lake, close to where the Wilson and >Rutherford county lines would neet if the lake were not there....I have >been trying, Unsuccessfully, to find someone who knows something about the >history of this Church.... > >Betty > > >Yes would love to hear anything else you have. The >person I'm looking for is my gr gr grandpa William >Leon Acuff(born 1842 died 1898). He was a traveling >preacher with either the Christian Church(Disciples of >Christ) or the Church of Christ. The only census >records i can find him in is the 1880 Census. He >married Sarah McElroy in 1871. I'm told that they met >when he was holding a meeting in 1869 at Antioch >Church and I've been in search of where that Antioch >church is. I figure it can't be far from the area >where he finally settled and where his in laws were >from as I can't find him with his parents in any >census records. He settled in Van Buren Co. TN so >I've been searching all of Middle TN area for Antioch >Churches and trying to narrow them down by date of >establishment and denomination. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== >Welcome to TNRUTHER-L >To unsubscribe send a message to TNRUTHER-L-Request@rootsweb.com >and put UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line.