Thanks, Mary, that helps. Ebbing Spring/Glade Spring >>>> Same congregation, two locations. By the way, thanks for your help a few years ago when you helped me sort out my Moses Lindsey's. Have found lots of new ancestors since. Katie ---------------Original Message-------------------------------------- >From: "Mary F. Kelley" <mfk@valink.com> >To: katie angermeyer <angermeyer@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [VAWASHIN] Ebbing Spring >Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:27:12 -0500 > > >Katie, > >I believe that there is confusion about the physical location of these two >churches and cemeteries and the congregations of them. The Ebbing Spring >Church was found in circa 1771 and was located on the north bank of the >Middle Fork of the Holston River just above where today SR 714 crosses the >river (this is south of US 81 east of Abingdon). The building is long gone >and very little remains of the cemetery. As far as I know the only record >of actual burials there is in High on a Windy Hill, Vol 1. > >The Old Glade Spring Church and Cemetery are located on US 11 just east of >where SR 91 crosses it. They are still active. When the Ebbing Spring >Church was closed in circa 1792, the congregation moved to the Old Glade >Spring site, so in the sense of the congregation they are the same church. > >I hope this helps to clarify the history of the Ebbing Spring Church. > >Mary > > ------------------------------------------------- > > For more on Ebbing Spring, try these sites. First one is on Jeff >Weaver's > > New River Site (thanks Jeff), other is the Pres. Church site in >Abingdon. > > You may find some help from someone at the Abingdon church. Ebbing >Spring, > > I believe is the same as Glade Spring. Someone tell me if I'm wrong. I >may > > have LINDSEY, BRECKENRIDGE ancestors in that early graveyard, so am also > > interested in what may come of your search. Katie > > > > http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/abpres1.htm > > HISTORY OF ABINGDON PRESBYTERY > > > > http://www.sinkingspring.org/briefhistory.htm > > History Sinking Spring and Ebbing Spring/Glade Spring Pres Church _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com