Transcriptions of the Wilson Co. TN Foster, Tucker and Cedar Grove Cemeteries can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/wilson/cemeterytz.html Note - only a few remaining tombstones were still readable by the transcriber. Kathleen in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Waugh" <kmwaugh@tampabay.rr.com> To: <tnwilson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [TNWILSON] TNWILSON Digest, Vol 3, Issue 9 > -----Original Message----- From: tnwilson-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:tnwilson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donna Fischer Sent: > Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:03 PM To: tnwilson@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: > [TNWILSON] Old Cedar Grove Baptist Church > > > > I just checked one (email) source who wrote up one biographical sketch on > my > ancestor and his, and these are the churches my ancestor was associated > with > in Wilson County, Tennessee: > > > > "By 1811 he and his wife were attending Mt. Olivet (Mt. Juliet) Baptist > Church in Wilson County, Tennessee. (Others attending this church were > William M. Moore and Sarah Moore). Mt Olivet Church was founded in 1801. > Elijah moved to the community called Cedar Grove, four miles north of > Lebanon, Tennessee, and there he helped found the old Cedar Grove Baptist > Church in 1813, and was made the first preacher there, serving until 1841. > Besides this he also did other pastoral and evangelistic work. He died in > 1866, during the time of the Civil War, in the home of Foster Tucker and > was > buried at his expense in the old Tucker graveyard." > > > > I am looking for information regarding Mt Olivet Church founded in > > 1801 and the old Cedar Grove Baptist church that was founded in 1813 where > he was the pastor. And I am looking for information regarding the Foster > Tucker graveyard. > > > > > > ALL of my father’s ancestors lived between Mt. Juliet in Wilson > County and New Middleton in Smith County. I am interested in this MOORE > couple as William and Sarah are both family names in my MOORE line. > > However, you should know and research an area of West Wilson > County along this same line (the old Trousdale Ferry Road) shown as 141 > from > Lebanon to Grant, as that is where you will find Tuckers Crossroad. I > have > a 1933 photo of a family reunion at the school there. John & Rhetta > Waggoner with the Smith County Historical Society know almost every > ancient > burial spot in this part of Middle Tennessee. Contact them in Carthage > or > check with the Smith County Library and they may be able to point you in > the > right direction. > > Here’s a link to a Google map of Tucker’s Crossroad: > > HYPERLINK > "http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Tuckers > +Crossroad,+Wilson+County+TN&ie=UTF8&ll=36.199958,-86.16148&spn=0.03283,0.08 > 6002&z=14&om=0"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&tt > ype=&q=Tuckers+Crossroad,+Wilson+County+TN&ie=UTF8&ll=36.199958,-86.16148&sp > n=0.03283,0.086002&z=14&om=0 > > > > Karen Moore Waugh > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1212 - Release Date: 1/6/2008 > 10:55 PM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message