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From: "Robert and Sue Carpenter" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Henry Rhodes - Brethren west of Catawba River in North Carolina
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 22:46:32 -0400
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Thank you for this information. I know there was a fairly large group of
Rhodes in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and at least some of them were
Dunker. There was also a large Rhodes family here in NC settling here prior
to the American Revolution. A Henry Rhodes belonged to this NC group. I
have been unable to determine whether the NC Henry Rhodes was the same as
Rev. Henry Rhodes the Dunker.

Thanks,
Robert Carpenter
----- Original Message -----
From: "RHOADS, Roger" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:40 AM
Subject: [BRE] Henry Rhodes - Brethren west of Catawba River in North
Carolina


> Captain Henry Rhodes (1739-1814), s/o gunsmith Henry Rhodes, was
> definitely Brethren even though he was an officer in the Rev. War. He was
> born in Berks Co., PA and went with his parents to Frederick Co., MD.
> Gunsmith Henry was Lutheran who changed to brethren and proselytized among
> his neighbors to the point that they officially complained in ca 1750. So
> he moved his family first to the Hagerstown, MD area and then onto
Brothers
> Valley Twp. in western Bedford Co., PA in 1762. This was later to become
> part of Somerset Co. He was one of the original members of the
Stoneycreek
> Brethren Church founded there in 1762. Capn. Henry took a large
contingent
> of settlers west to KY in 1785 and settled in that portion of Nelson Co.
> that was later Muhlenberg Co. His home built in 1795 still stands.
> Interestingly, that group eventually became English Brethren. I'm not
aware
> of any Henry Rhodes from that group that moved to NC.
>
> Roger Rhoads
> (no relation)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merle C Rummel
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:42 AM
> To:
> Subject: [BRE] Re: Brethren west of Catawba River in North Carolina
>
>
> >
> > I have contemporary sources which recalls two of their ministers. They
> were Lorentz Linhardt/Leonhardt/etc. and Henry Rhodes. Rev. Linhardt
> arrived here between 1790 and 1800. His place of origin is unknown. Rev.
> Rhodes may have been born and raised here to another Rhodes/Roth family or
> may have moved here about the same time. Both are mentioned as Dunker
> ministers.
> >
>
> Rhodes/Roth are referenced in Austin Cooper's "2 Centuries in Brother's
> Valley" (Somerset Co VA) -with several Henry. I followed him to the Green
> River in Kentucky -Muhlenberg Co -possibly by 1785.
>
>
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