Hi Wilford and interested Woolseys: Following is an e-mail I received from a cousin of another branch of my family tree. My gggrandmother, Nancy Marietta Woolsey, was the second wife alluded to in the Antioch Baptist Church minutes. I found it interesting that the fathers-in-law were mentioned and not the wives but it did confirm the name and general location of Nancy's father for me. Also, Wilford, I noticed one of the committee members was a Whitaker - any connection? Hope this information will be useful for someone. Gail Hammond -----Original Message----- From: TrtFisher@aol.com <TrtFisher@aol.com> To: jrbco@erols.com <jrbco@erols.com>; gail-h@mindspring.com <gail-h@mindspring.com> Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 4:12 PM Subject: John (Adams) Snead Info. >Hi Gail and Michael, > >I was doing some research at the Georgia Archives in Atlanta on Saturday and >ran across some information about John (Adams) SNEAD that you might not have >seen before. It comes from the Antioch Baptist Church Minutes. I found two >entries, one recorded in Aug. 1881 at the time he joined the church and one >recorded in Feb 1894 shortly after he had died. I had seen most of the >information from other sources but it does show a different date of birth. >Thought you both might be interested since you are in his line. > > >Ken Snead > > > >"Antioch Baptist Church Minutes 1829-1917 (Fayette County)" (Georgia >Archives; Dwr 10, Box 84; p82; extracted 6/15/2000 by NKS) >February 1894 - In Memoriam. > Brother John Snead was born in North Carolina Feb. 15th, 1837 and died >Nov. 27th, 1893. He entered the confederate service in the 44th Ga. Regiment >Infantry in 1862 and continued in the service of his country till the close >of the war. He was in the battle of seven Pines and in most of the battles >in which his command took part. He was the Representative of the Co. of >Fayette in the lower branch of the Georgia Legislature during the years 1888 >& 1889. > He joined the Baptist Church at Antioch in August 1881* and was baptized >by Dr. I. G. Woolsey who was pastor and was a faithful member till his death. > His first wife was a daughter of William Walls by whom he had four sons two >living, his second wife was a daughter of John C. Woolsey of Kentucky by whom >he had two children a son and a daughter, both small. > Bro. Snead was confined for nearly three months. He bore his afflictions >with Christian fortitude and resignation and died in the triumph of Christian >faith. He was faithful in all the relations of life as husband, father, son, >and Brother and was especially kind to the poor and those who needed help and >will be much missed by them. > The Church at Antioch entered their warmest sympathies to all the bereaved >family. > W. R. Whitaker, W. C. Head, C. R. >Woolsey (Committee) > > *August 1881 Record: Wednesday (Aug 9) came forward John Snead and was >received by reference.