At 05:42 AM 1/1/2003 -0600, you wrote: I would also be considering if the author of this statement really meant Dutch. Germans were often called Dutch because their language: Deutsch. And Lutherans are more commonly of German origin. terri > > I have found reference to the following: > > "In 1853, a group of Dutch people came to Smith Co MS from South > > Carolina, making their first settlement at the present site of Trenton. > > They were members of the Luthern Church, and brought with them a young > > preacher. Rev. Waldrop, who was unmarried." Does anyone have any idea > > who this Rev. Waldrop was?