With all this talk onm the Forks of the Cheat - a friend who does not have a computer is interested and asked me if there are any records for this church - I think he is interested all the weay to the beginning 0 1775 ? Can anyone help me answer his question - where can one find these records, he does not use a computer- Thanks, Paul Pettit -----Original Message----- From: Jane McCANN Walsh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 11:23 AM Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Re: Forks of Cheat Bapt. Church Cem. List - Stewarts >[email protected] wrote: >> Thanks, Jane, appreciate the response. Hopefully, even more info will arise! >Hi, Cheryl, >Before I put away that list. . . . and while waiting for software to load after a total >system crash. . . . > >Stewarts buried in Forks of the Cheat Baptist Cem. are: >Rev. Huston Stewart 1824-1902 >Rachel Evans Stewart 1812-1890 wife of Huston Stewart > >[I have Huston Stewart marrying a Mary Ann Ross Morgan Reed (1830-1904) in 1892; >supposedly, Mary Ann ROSS m. James MORGAN in 1854 and then Hamilton Reed who d.in 1868] > >Joseph G. Stewart 14 Aug 1833 - 27 Apr 1857 son A&S > >And, it was Fidellas Stewart and his second wife, Elizabeth Davis, who are buried nearby >in Eden Cem. [Do you know who her parents were? I'm related to his first wife, Mary >Sadler.] > >You should see signs to that cem. on Rt. 119 and on the road to Forks of the Cheat >which can be spotted by a sign for the winery of the same name. > >Best regards, >Jane >-- >Jane McCann Walsh >[email protected] >

Paul and Listers: A booklet called A BICENTENNIAL 1775-1975 FORKS OF CHEAT BAPTIST CHURCH compiled by the church Historical Committee begins: The Forks of Cheat Baptist Church constituted Nov. 5, 1775 by Elder John Corbley, who was chosen pastor. Consisting of twelve members, namely: Samuel Lewellyn (chosen elder), John McFarland (chosen deacon), Thomas Mills, Thomas Evans, Joseph Boltinghouse, Hannah Lewellyn, Sarah McFarland, Martha Mills, Catharine Evans, Elizabeth Jackson...(no Stewarts) Elsewhere, The land for the first church was part of an original patent grant to Thomas Evans assigned by a Galleway in 1784. 1784 was the year the first patents came out on land by the governor of Virginia. The land was sold by Evans to Robert Stewart. Robert Stewart and Catherine, his wife, sold the land to the church for $5.00 on Sept.10, 1806... I don't know where/if the book is currently being sold. No doubt you could find it in the Morgantown libraries. The oldest Stewart (with marker found) was Elizabeth Stewart, 1799-7-20-1883, 84y, 5m, 27d. The cemetery listing is included in UNION DISTRICT CEMETERIES, MONONGALIA CO., WV by Marion County Genelogical Club, 321 Monroe St., Fairmont WV 26554. Janice Paul Pettit wrote: > With all this talk onm the Forks of the Cheat - a friend who does not have a > computer is interested and asked me if there are any records for this > church - I think he is interested all the weay to the beginning 0 1775 ? > > Can anyone help me answer his question - where can one find these records, > he does not use a computer- > > Thanks, > > Paul Pettit