Rehoboth Baptist Church, was first located about one an a quarter miles below Cataula, Georgia. On March 10, 1839 , the Church was in conferences set. The Rev George Granberry was the Minister. It is thought that the Church was in existence before that date, but the other ministers are not known. It is thought that the Grandberry family gave four acres of land for the orginal site. The Church Cemetery is there, but the church as been moved to Cataula. In the first conference a letter was granted to sister Dinah a woman of colour, the property of the B.B. Buchannan. Mr. V A Hill was clerk. In November 17, 1839 , The Rev. George Granberry , Hiram McCullers, Willis Evenson were delegates to the Columbus. The following formed a presbytery viz: James Perryman, Wm. Henderson, G. B. Waldrop ( My gr gr grandpapa) Cary Willis, Anderson Smith, and Robert Fleming. Bother and Sister McKinley were dismissed by letter. A partial list of the members from the entry April 30, 1842, follows: Jesse Cox, Jane Cox, Robertson McCullers, Martha Ann McCullers, Tabitha Higgingbothoam, Emily Higgingbotham, Nancy Gunn, Martha Hamby, Mitchell Stribling, Newton McCuller, and a few more. It appears that Benjamin Waldrop (papa of the Rev. Green Berry Waldrop), Benjamin's wife Alsey and Bodi Waldrop had moved on. They were found in Alabama. Also : Heard Family Nancy Heard married Joseph Ryan Waldrop son of the Rev. Green Berry Waldrop from Georgia to Mississippi. Higgingbothams-Nancy Caroline Waldrop daughter of the Rev. Green Berry Waldrop married Seaborn Higgingbothom. Eavenson--The Rev. Green Berry buried in Eavenson's Cemetery. Higgingbothom and Eavenson along with the Heard were together with the Rev. Green Berry Waldrop in and around the 1820s until 1840. Henry Low Waldrop, the Rev. Green Berry Waldrop's son was born in Harris County. It appears many of these people were friends and traveled together and settled in the same places. Most of the Information I am sharing came from Talbot, Harris, Muscogee, Cowetta and other Counties in Georgia Libaries Court Houses and the friendly people in these Counties.. It appears these families were drawn here by the the land grants. Wadrops have also been found in Clayton, County, Georgia, Jonesboro, Georgia. Mr. Joseph H. Moore of Jonesboro, Georgia has Waldrop ancestors. Mr. Moore has great knowledge of the Civil War and the Battle of Jonesboros Georgia. Sandra maiden name Waldrop Georgia

I want to ask a favor. I see in this list of church members names that are familiar to me--last names, that is. I research Henderson, Anderson, Waldrop, and Willis. But the reason I am writing now is that I am desperate to find my ancestor named Eliza Ann Woodall, born ca. 1816 who married James A. Hunter, born ca. 1813 in Barren County, KY. I don't know where she was born, and that is why I am writing. They eventually settled in Hart County, Kentucky. I know there are Woodall families in Georgia, and I have considered Georgia a good possibility for Eliza Ann's birthplace. But I have not found her there. Since there are the Willis and Anderson families in this church you spoke of here, and I know Eliza Ann was related to Andersons and probably Willis-es. I wanted to ask if any on this list also might know of a Woodall family in your Georgia research--or Alabama--or Tennessee--or Kentucky. I have tried to find Eliza Ann's family for years, but to no avail. She may have been Native American and on the Trail of Tears. Ruth Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scalawag1867@aol.com> To: <WALDROP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: June 12, 2003 10:58 AM Subject: [WALDROP] Families that traveled thru Georgia on their way to Alabama and Mississippi > Rehoboth Baptist Church, was first located about one an a quarter miles below > Cataula, Georgia. On March 10, 1839 , the Church was in conferences set. The > Rev George Granberry was the Minister. It is thought that the Church was > in existence before that date, but the other ministers are not known. > > It is thought that the Grandberry family gave four acres of land for the > orginal site. The Church Cemetery is there, but the church as been moved to > Cataula. In the first conference a letter was granted to sister Dinah a woman of > colour, the property of the B.B. Buchannan. Mr. V A Hill was clerk. > > In November 17, 1839 , The Rev. George Granberry , Hiram McCullers, Willis > Evenson were delegates to the Columbus. The following formed a presbytery viz: > James Perryman, Wm. Henderson, G. B. Waldrop ( My gr gr grandpapa) > Cary Willis, Anderson Smith, and Robert Fleming. Bother and Sister McKinley > were dismissed by letter. > > A partial list of the members from the entry April 30, 1842, follows: Jesse > Cox, > Jane Cox, Robertson McCullers, Martha Ann McCullers, Tabitha Higgingbothoam, > Emily Higgingbotham, Nancy Gunn, Martha Hamby, Mitchell Stribling, Newton > McCuller, and a few more. > > It appears that Benjamin Waldrop (papa of the Rev. Green Berry Waldrop), > Benjamin's wife Alsey and Bodi Waldrop had moved on. They were found > in Alabama. > > Also : Heard Family > > Nancy Heard married Joseph Ryan Waldrop son of the Rev. Green Berry > Waldrop from Georgia to Mississippi. > > Higgingbothams-Nancy Caroline Waldrop daughter of the Rev. Green Berry > Waldrop > married Seaborn Higgingbothom. > > Eavenson--The Rev. Green Berry buried in Eavenson's Cemetery. > > Higgingbothom and Eavenson along with the Heard were together with the Rev. > Green Berry Waldrop in and around the 1820s until 1840. > > Henry Low Waldrop, the Rev. Green Berry Waldrop's son was born in Harris > County. > > It appears many of these people were friends and traveled together and > settled > in the same places. > > Most of the Information I am sharing came from Talbot, Harris, Muscogee, > Cowetta and other Counties in Georgia Libaries Court Houses and the > friendly people in these Counties.. It appears these families were > drawn here by the the land grants. > > Wadrops have also been found in Clayton, County, Georgia, Jonesboro, > Georgia. > Mr. Joseph H. Moore of Jonesboro, Georgia has Waldrop ancestors. Mr. Moore > has great knowledge of the Civil War and the Battle of Jonesboros Georgia. > > Sandra > maiden name Waldrop > Georgia > > > ==== WALDROP Mailing List ==== > To use Waldrop Message Board: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/wal/Waldrop > To Review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/WALDROP-L > >