Hi, I am not sure, but Ida Head Gristy was a member of the Selden Baptist Church, organized either by Great Great Grand Rev. and Dr. Hatcherr or one of his sons, Hamp or "Pink " or Pinckney. Dr Hatchett was a missionary Babtist, son in law of Rev. B.Tt. Stevens of Shipley, now Pine Mountain, Ga. Both are buried at Selden. They and "Choctaw" Bill Robinson organized "Churches of Christ to be called the Pony Creek (or whichever) Baptist Churches. In the Pony Creek organization they had 1. 2 sermons back to back (no Sunday School), 2. Gave Right hand of Christian Fellowship to new converts (In a community where two of Quantrill.s Raiders who rode with jesse james lived), adjourned to a pool in the Pony Creek for baptizing, went back to the church and gave the right hand of Church membership to those baptized, , went into business conference, and elected delegates to the Paluxy Baptist Association. a month later those delegates met in Grandbury. Rumors spread that Indians had returned (Usually equal opportunity Raiding Comanches who also raided Caddo and Lipan and Cherokee homes- nothing personal towards white skin) on Pony Creek & Paluxy before all Civil war soldiers came home. All delegates to the association returned home, passing burned homes or raided stock pens. Not one of their farms was disturbed by the Raiders. Erath County was the Cross Timbers religiously as well as geography. In the 1940's there were 7 th Day Baptists, Anti Music Baptists ( Usually Primitive or "Hardshell" ), Missionary Baptists, which many Black Baptists have never left (Keiths and Rippetoes of Highland and Pontotoc - Dublin to De Leon, were Missionary Baptists with local associations. Others were Primitive who supported the Primitive Baptist Duffau Association campgrounds in Glen Rose. The Fundamental Baptists were strong in 1940's days of Frank Norris of Fort Worth and Hubbard, Tex & Detroit Michigan, where some guy named Jerry Falwell was a teenage Sunday School member. Southern Baptist literature was from Nashville, Tenn. Missionary baptist literature, if they used anything but the Bible was from Conway, Arkansas. Those in the reform movement of the Campbell Brothers and one Stone, dropped the Baptist name in cases like Atlanta First Baptist and dropped the Bapgtist name and doctorines, taking over the building. 40% of the members found a new building and at a recent Centenial celebration led by Dr. Charles Stanley, the Church of Christ in the old building returned the old Pulpit to the Baptist group for special services. Dr. Hatchett's cousin, Crid Hatchett was a Church of Christ Elder at Chalk Mountain and Clara Atkins, my elementary teacher, and the Stiglers of Stephenville grocery were his descendants. Several Hatchetts were killed in Taylor's army in Mexico, 1845-7. Missionary Baptist churches around Clarkesville, Ga. were integrated before 1840's Toby Cleveland, given freedom money and property when Rev. War Col. Ben Cleveland died, organized Missionary Baptist Churches in Georgia and South Carolina which spread into Texas. No rural Baptist or Methodist or Church of Christ would work on Sunday . Some would repair broken threshers or bailers several worked around so it would be ready Monday. That vanished from Erath County with the coming of Dairies- Cows need milking 7 days a week and State inspectors may call on Sunday. I remember Rev. Holt of Bluf Dale changed from Methodist to Baptist 4 or 5 times, depending on who needed a pastor within driving distance. The Episcopal ans Disciples of Christ were in early Stephenville. Dublin had a Catholic parish until Tarleton, of A&M system, drew Catholic services into Stephenville. Thurber had Catholic and most Protestant churches. Some Northern Baptists had one mission in Stephenville, which switched to Southern or dual afilliation. I remember 8 or 10 types Baptist- two types Methodist (Congregational and Episcopal), 2 types Churches of Christ- some were doctorinal one cuppers and anti all holidays but July 4 th, several types Pentecostal, and accordion and Gituar music in the Courthouse shade before preaching. Jehova's Witness from Hico were very active in south and East Erath County. Most held 2 week summer Revivals and meetingsunder Brush arbors, tabernacle sheds, or Oak Trees with 1 or 2 lanterns to stay cool. Most harvest was completed by then. Sorry if i chased rabbits- hope this helps.Take this and $5.oo to the dairy Queen and you can get a Malt, and hopefully some change. Take care, Charles Wyly On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 20:35:51 -0600 Julia Brewer <juliab@flash.net> writes: >I saw a Rev. Head in the old Erath County Appeal newspaper from the >1890s. Who was he and what denomination would that be? >Julia > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]