1740? 1760? 1800? 1820?
it depends on what one means by Universalism.....
with the exception of the Charleston society, Universalists in SC started as an outshoot of Baptists - thus around 1740 when they moved in; 1760 when churches organized, 1800 when kicked out of the Baptists Churchs, 1820 when affiliated with the Universalist denomination......
all are right
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Yes, I have some nice photos of the inside and out of Liberty Universalist church - the mother church of the south.
which if i can figure out how to post, I will do so....
Confusingly, the written histories of the SC Baptist church does often include the German Baptist Brethren, -- and dont ask me if the 7th day Baptists were German or English....( were they from the Pa too?)
but I used the big tent of Baptists, so I could include Father Clayton and Mrs. Irwin (whose gravesite I hope to photograph this weekend). Which is a whole younger generation
and of course, my local guy, E. Winchester was a Baptist minister before moving back north.
Gee, do we dare mention Ephrata and Beissel? to understand early Southern Univeralism, I guess we have to... but then George Adam Martin got around upnorth too, didnt he?
Wonder how much time he spent near Good Luck?
More seriously (and less nudgenudgewinkwink-ism), the book BRETHREN IN THE CAROLINAS is both good and unfortantely rare (I need, that is NEED, to own a copy), the BRETHREN IN THE COLONIAL AMERICA, and THE BRETHREN IN THE NEW NATION, are too good sources - some old research though - John H. is now ID as Hendricks.
the http://www.cob-net.org/genhis.htm
is a good place to start for Brethren history (and its free too)
Did you know that J. L. E. Shecut wrote a manuscript about the church?
thanks anonymous - there is some material about Shecut published later (this is a 2008 comment on a 2005 blog.
while I have both volumes of his fiction book, I cant say Ive read anything about a manuscript about the Church. Can you tell us more?
yes it was unpublished but the manuscript was in the posession of his grandson Edward Willis. It may now be @ the S. C. Historical Society. I believe that they have a file there but I have not had a chance to do any further research. I am a great great great grandson of J. L. E. W. Shecut's
I just looked at the online catalog for the SC Historical Society, and didnt see it - but then I didnt see the newspapers that books tell me that the Historical Society has (hope it has and not had!)
doing a quick look at their website I see that one of Shecut's descendants was at Holly Springs Mississippi - at the same time Universalist minister (and SC native) D.B. Clayton lived there-
an interesting coincidence.
I've yet to make it to Charleston to do serious research, something to do if I can figure out their tourist seasons......as I figure that it might be one of those long weekend trips.
the Shecuts are an interesting family - how come no one has written a book on them? factories, biology, bandaids, Thomas Rush, Thomas Jefferson, fiction writing, all that and a great name too!
thanks for your comments.
I'm a rookie blogger so I don't know what I am doing but yes I thought that I knew a lot about the Shecuts but I keep finding more. A book could be written about them. I am hoping that the historical society has that manuscript. There are a few Willis left but I have not tracked them down. Appearantly J. L. E. W. was very influenced by Benjamin Rush but also John Ramsey an original member of the Continental
Congress. I have just recently learned of this connection with the Universalist Church. Not sure about the Missisippi connection but there was a John Frezier Shecut that fought in the Civil War and moved to Alabama afterward. I would like to know more about Benjamin Rush and Universalism.
> I would like to know more about >Benjamin Rush and Universalism.
Several denominations claim Rush,
so I'm not trying to arguing exclusive Universalist rights (nor have I studied Rush that carefully)
Rush attended Rev. E. Winchester's "Universal Baptist" Church in Philadelphia, and recommended his books to others.
http://www.gtft.org/ElhananWinchester/Winchester019.html
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/benjaminrush.html
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