The Old Jordan Cemetery is located at Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee. Triune is an unincorporated community in eastern Williamson County, Tennessee, approximately halfway between Franklin and Murfreesboro. The community is located along the Wilson Branch of the Harpeth River. The intersection of former local roads State Route 96 (Murfreesboro Road) and the concurrency of U.S. …
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I visited the Chester Bethel Church and Cemetery this week to shoot some photos of gravestones for FindAGrave.com. I gave myself an hour to photograph three grave sites. Of course, it didn’t work out as planned! The cemetery was larger than I thought and I couldn’t find the headstones in question. I quickly gave up …
St. John’s Union Church may also be called Old Towamensing Church and is now known as St. John’s Lutheran Church. It’s located in Palmerton, Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is the second church built in what is now Carbon County. The land was purchased in 1798 and the church built the following year. The …
The following information is available thanks to Teresa Kelley: Stevensburg Baptist Church, founded October 23, 1833, in Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia. Tombstone Inscriptions The following tombstone inscriptions were made on 26 April 1997 and 10 May 1997. Only two stones could not be read: one because it was completely worn off; and the other because …
From Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia by Bishop Meade. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1857, Volume 2, pages 9-13. Article XLVI Antrim Parish, Halifax County When Halifax county was divided from Lunenburg, in 1752, it comprehended all that is now Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and Patrick. Antrim parish was coextensive with the county. At …
I visited this church on April 10, 2001. The church doesn’t have any old records on file. The Easton Public Library has microfilm copies of the church’s session minutes and birth, marriage, and death records. The original books are deposited in the home church in Philadelphia. Some Surnames From My Tree Who Were Members of …
Chanceford Presbyterian Church, established in 1751, is among the oldest congregations in York County, Pennsylvania. “Nestled in the scenic, rolling hills and farmland of Lower Chanceford Township, the building features some of the most beautiful stained glass windows and unique late 19th century architecture in the county.” (chancefordpc.org) My ancestor, John Fraser Farquhar, was the …