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From: Charles Bell <>
Subject: [Fwd: Union Presbyterian Church]
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:55:00 -0500


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Charles Bell wrote:
>
> Thank you so very much for the information.
>
> Do you have the "9 pages" in electronic format?
> I am bound to be related to the Catherine Monk I found, but just how, I
> do not know just yet. Frank should let me know something soon.
>
> Also, I could tell there were a number of graves that had unreadable
> headstones. Does your list of "9 pages" include every tombstone or just
> the ones you can read?
>
> Thank you so much for your kind reply. I am so very very excited about
> finding out more of my Scottish roots.
>
> When I get my digital camera hooked up and the pictures I took
> downloaded I could send the ones I took in the cemetery to this email
> list.
>
> Could you tell me more about this Murcheson cemetery? Location, size,
> any other families?
>
> Any info could prove useful. We are just a bunch of untrained detectives
> searching for anything we can find.
> Sincerely,
>
> Charles
>
> Barbara Roseborough wrote:
>
> > Hello Charles,
> >
> > I have 9 pages of names from the Union church cemetery. I find only
> > one Monk, Catherine, died in May 1845. Does that date fit the time you
> > were looking for?
> > The brief history of the church follows.
> > Union Presbyterian Church was established in 1797. W.D. Paisley was
> > sent by the Orange Presbytery to serve the congregation know as Union.
> > A settlement had sprung up near the crossings of four early roads, the
> > Old Yadkin Trail )from the Cape Fear to the Yadkin Valley) ran nine
> > miles south, the Salem Road (from Campbelltown or Crosscreek to
> > Salem), passed through the north side of the church grounds, the Old
> > Joel Road (running east to west) passed one-half mile south of Union
> > and the Pee Dee Road (running north to south) passed through the
> > church ground on the west side of the building.
> >
> > Services were first held in the house of Archibald Reed (1796).
> > Union Church itself was organized in 1797 with Walter MacBeth,
> > Zachariah Graham, Duncan Patterson, John Blue, and Colonel A.
> > McDougald as the first elders. John McKenzie, Donald Blue and Martin
> > McPherson were later made elders.
> >
> > In 1798 a log church building was built on Crain's Creek by a spring,
> > across the field from the present church. Soon afterwards a larger log
> > church was built on land given by Mrs. Elizabeth M.Rowan.
> >
> > By 1813 the church had grown to the point that a new building was
> > needed. A new frame building was erected by Duncan Buie.
> >
> > In 1833 during the pastorate of Rev. Angus McCallum, the great revival
> > was held after which over 300 people joined Union Church.
> >
> > In 1838 a new and larger church building was erected near the present
> > site.
> >
> > These 9 pages were sent to my mother back in 1957 so I do not know who
> > copied them or from what source.
> >
> > I know how you feel after at least finding the cemetery because I went
> > on a similar hunt with my 2 daughters 2 year ago in the same area and
> > we found the Murchison cemetery in the deep woods but did find 6 of my
> > McIntosh family.
> >
> > If I can be of any more help just ask.
> >
> > Barbara


WOULD YOU BY ANY CHANCE KNOW OF OR HAVE ANY INFO. ON THE JOHN MCKENZIE
REFERENCED IN THIS ARTICLE? I DESCEND FROM A NANCY ANN MCKENZIE WHOSE
FATHER WAS ALLEGEDLY NAMED JOHN MCKENZIE. NANCY ANN MCKENZIE M. WILLIAM
BOBBITT, 1768 PITTSYLVANIA, VA. HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PROVE WHO HER
PARENTS WERE.

WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
NANCY ELAM-KELLY


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