The Records of Union Church Presbyterian Church Jefferson County, Mississippi

The records of Union Church Presbyterian Church rest securely in their place of safety, removed from, and untouched by, the vicissitudes of two turbulent centuries.  They are remarkable in their condition and in the detail of their contents.  I am deeply indebted to my cousin, Mike McCormick, for allowing me to spend an afternoon going through this storehouse of treasures to my heart's content.  I am grateful for his kindness in allowing the records to be copied and I am, also, grateful to the members of Union Church, past and present, for safeguarding these irreplaceable records.  These pages represent an afternoon's worth of scanning and only a fraction of the records.  Perhaps if I hadn't spent so much time reading, I could've spent more time copying. :-) But I had a lot of trouble putting each page aside, the history of the church is rich and the records bring the dust of our ancestors to life.  For a family researcher, what greater treasure is there?   Nancy

Union Church Presbyterian Church Records: Member Register Some Communicants Assessments Sesquicentennial Service, 1967 "Early Years of Union Church" Some Recorded Births and Deaths Trustees Transfer Parsonage Title to Rev. Grafton Other pages about Union Church: "The History of the Scotch Settlement" More Church Names! Photographs Survey of Union Church Cemetery

Beneath the roots of tangled weeds, afar in country graveyards, Lie the ones whose uncrowned heads have stamped this nation's destiny. Beneath those tottering slabs of stone, whose tribute moss and mold efface, Sleeps the calm dust that made us great, the true sub-stratum of our race.                                     -- Sara English