Chatham County, NC - Early NC Phillips Families

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Oh, I have some of the Bear Creek, Lenoir Co, records posted  - from Duke

http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/church/bearpb.txt

Don't see them listed on the WF site except for the one in 
Mocksville.  Where did you find them listed.

Thanks

Martha


At 10:34 AM 3/11/2012, you wrote:
>For those searching their Phillips ancestors in Chatham Co. NC; the Fall 
>Creek Baptist church minutes are available from Wake Forest University.  I 
>don't recall the exact years right now but I believe they run from about 
>1818 until the early 1830's.  The minutes are photocopied and difficult to 
>read and there are hundreds of pages.  The cost was about $60.  I ordered 
>the minutes because my 3rd great-grandfather was a member of the church 
>during that time period.  His name was William Adkins Henry and he married 
>Susanna Phillips in 1825.  William, Susanna and their 4 young children 
>migrated to western Tennessee in 1834. I was hoping that the minutes might 
>identify Susanna's parents if they were also members of the 
>church.  Although the minutes named a few male Phillips as members there 
>was no way to make a definite connection to my Susanna.  Although I struck 
>out and didn't find any info on Susanna, I found the minutes 
>fascinating.  Much of the minutes amounted to gossip like who drank too 
>much, who was seeing someone else's wife, who was pregnant (without 
>benefit of marriage), etc.  A lot of the minutes centered around the 
>resolution of disputes.  Disputes involved families and sometimes men vs. 
>men and women vs. women.  For those researchers interested in the personal 
>lives of our ancestors the minutes provide quite an insight.
>
>Wake Forest University also has the minutes of the Bear Creek Baptist 
>church which was near the Fall Creek church.  I haven't ordered them yet 
>but intend to do so soon.
>
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<font size=3D3>Oh, I have some of the Bear Creek, Lenoir Co, records
posted&nbsp; - from Duke<br><br>
<a href=3D"http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/church/bearpb.txt"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/church/bearpb.tx=
t<br><br>
</a>Don't see them listed on the WF site except for the one in
Mocksville.&nbsp; Where did you find them listed.<br><br>
Thanks<br><br>
Martha<br><br>
<br>
At 10:34 AM 3/11/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>For those searching their Phillips
ancestors in Chatham Co. NC; the Fall Creek Baptist church minutes are
available from Wake Forest University.&nbsp; I don't recall the exact
years right now but I believe they run from about 1818 until the early
1830's.&nbsp; The minutes are photocopied and difficult to read and there
are hundreds of pages.&nbsp; The cost was about $60.&nbsp; I ordered the
minutes because my 3rd great-grandfather was a member of the church
during that time period.&nbsp; His name was William Adkins Henry and he
married Susanna Phillips in 1825.&nbsp; William, Susanna and their 4
young children migrated to western Tennessee in 1834. I was hoping that
the minutes might identify Susanna's parents if they were also members of
the church.&nbsp; Although the minutes named a few male Phillips as
members there was no way to make a definite connection to my
Susanna.&nbsp; Although I struck out and didn't find any info on Susanna,
I found the minutes fascinating.&nbsp; Much of the minutes amounted to
gossip like who drank too much, who was seeing someone else's wife, who
was pregnant (without benefit of marriage), etc.&nbsp; A lot of the
minutes centered around the resolution of disputes.&nbsp; Disputes
involved families and sometimes men vs. men and women vs. women.&nbsp;
For those researchers interested in the personal lives of our ancestors
the minutes provide quite an insight.&nbsp; <br><br>
Wake Forest University also has the minutes of the Bear Creek Baptist
church which was near the Fall Creek church.&nbsp; I haven't ordered them
yet but intend to do so soon.<br><br>
No virus found in this message.<br>
Checked by AVG - <a href=3D"'http://www.avg.com'">www.avg.com</a><br>
Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4864 - Release Date:
03/11/12<br><br>
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