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- STONE, JOHN, Charles Co. 6 Aug. 1775; 12 Sept. 1775
To wife Mary Stone, extx, Negroes: Rosil, Dick and Harelus, Rose, Dido, Sary and Jane, stock, all kitchen furniture, all poultry.
To sons: Thomas and Josias Stone, exrs,, all lands equally.
To son William Stone, Negro fellow Darby.
To son Josias Stone, Negro fellow Ignatius, horse.
To son John Stone, Negro follow Charles, horse.
To children: Matthew, Warran, Elizabeth and Barton Stone,
Negroes: wench Bog with child Cate, boy Ned and girls Priss and
Henny,
To grandson John Stone Gray, Negro boy Joe,
Wit: Sam'l, Stone; Eliz'th. Stone; Theo's. Hanson.
Thomas Stone heir at law was present at probate of will.
Mary Stone widow of John Stone stands to will In regard to personal estate but demands 1/3 part of real estate. 40.482
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Name: Gerry Hill
Email: GerryInGa@yahoo.com
Note: Born Port Tobacco Parish-Charles County, Maryland
wife Mrs. Elizabeth "Eliza" Campbell Nov 1784-30 Mar 1810 Muhenburg, Ky 10 children
Publication: The Meriwether Society, Inc.
http://MeriwetherSociety.org
He founded with Alexander Campbell the Desciples of Christ.
In his Biography..1796 he states "I accepted the appointment having determined from Charleston to return through Va. and visit my mother and relations." Bio. inf. from Beth Meriwether GERMERM@aol.com Nov. 25, 2001.
He moved to Lowndes/Montgomery Co Al 1818.
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D Michael Johnson>From Wikipedia:
Barton Warren Stone was born on December 24, 1772 to John and Mary Stone in Port Tobacco, Maryland. During his childhood he was exposed to the Church of England, Baptist, Methodist and Episcopal churches.
After going to Guilford Academy in North Carolina, founded by David
Caldwell[1], Stone heard James McGready (a Presbyterian minister) speak and eventually became a Presbyterian minister himself. But, as Stone looked more deeply into the beliefs of the Presbyterians, especially the Westminster Confession of Faith, he became skeptical of the convergence of church and Biblical beliefs. At odds was the Calvinistic belief in total depravity which Stone found inconsistent with the scriptures.
Stone also took issue with the Trinity doctrine and argued against it.
"Revelation no where declares that there are three persons of the same substance in the one only God; and it is universally acknowledged to be above reason" (Address to the Christian Churches, 2nd Edition [1821]).
At the Cane Ridge (Kentucky) revival of 1801, Barton W. Stone revealed his new found conviction of faith as prerequisite for salvation to the chagrin of the Presbyterian Church. He was quickly accused of Arminianism after which his association with the Presbyterian Church was severed by Kentucky Synod.
Last Will and Testament of The Springfield Presbytery
In 1803 the Springfield Presbytery was formed by Stone and others with the same theology. After reexamination, Barton and others in the presbytery were compelled by the scriptures to dissolve the organization for fear of Romanization. This led to the famous, "Last Will and Testament of The Springfield Presbytery."
In 1824 Barton W. Stone met with Alexander Campbell which would eventually lead to the partial unification of the "Christian" (Stone) movement and the "Reformed Baptist" (Campbell) movement into what is commonly called the Restoration Movement. The congregations that were part of Stone's original movement, which chose not to join with Campbell and his followers, merged with similar Christian Churches in other parts of the country to form the Christian Connection.
Barton W. Stone died on November 9, 1844 in Hannibal, Missouri. Barton College (formerly Atlantic Christian College) in Wilson, North Carolina was named for Barton Stone.
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Thank you, Mike !!!
During his childhood he was exposed to the Church of England, Baptist, Methodist and Episcopal churches.
This citation from Wikipedia need a bit of editing. The Church of England became in this country in 1789 the "Protestant Episcopal Church." The "Methodist Episcopal Church" separated itself from the Church of England and became a separate church in 1784 - at Lovely Lane Chapel in Baltimore [near/next to/under Orioles Park at Camden Yards]. So the Episcopal really isn't a different church than Church of England; and Methodism is a varient form - Anglican priest John Wesley's "reformation" of & within the Church of England.
Most likely Stone's influence in childhood was probably Church of
England/Anglican, because since the 1692 establishment, Church of
England/Anglican parishes pretty much covered all of Charles County. Port Tobacco Parish is still up & running with the parish church at Christ Church, La Plata.
The earliest Methodist circuit for the area was the Prince George's Circuit, established in 1793; but real Methodist activity in Charles County doesn't date much before the 1810s or so.
Nanjemoy Baptist was founded in 1790/1791 with the first meetinghouse built in 1793. This was the only Baptist congregation in Southern Maryland at the time or for many years to come.
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" Stone, Barton Warren, Sr., died Sat. morning at 7, Nov. 9, 1844, at the residence of Capt. Samuel A. Bowen in Hannibal, Missouri, at the age of 71 years, 10 months, 16 days, an elder in the Church of Christ and senior editor of the Christian Messenger. A short time before his death, he had gone with his wife and youngest son to visit his children in Missouri. As he was returning home, his last illness was induced by the inclement weather and he suffered intense pain for many days. On Fraidy, Nov. 8, he was visited by Elder Jacob Creath of Palmyra, Mo. and when asked by him if he feared to die, he replied, "no, my religion has not been one of excitement, nor am I now excited, I know in whom I have believed." His daughters Amanda, Polly and Catharine were at his bedside along with his son and daughter from Jacksonville, Ill. Sons Barton and Samuel are mentioned. Bro. D. T. Morton was his physician. See the last pages of booklet for more on the life of B. W. Stone."
source: http://www.mun.ca/rels/hrollmann/restmov/texts/resources/index/indexs.html
Found in THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER archives at the above site.
"A few words of Barton W. Stone. one of the most remarkable preachers of his day, in Kentucky, is a fitting conclusion to the history of this wonderful revival. He was born in Maryland December 24, 1772, and was a son of John Stone, who died when he was very young. His mother, after her husband's death, removed to Virginia, and settled in what was then termed the backwoods, in Pittsylvania County, eight miles below the Blue Mountains, where the future great preacher received his early education in the private schools of the neighborhood, and which he afterward completed at Guilford Academy, in North Carolina. While pursuing his studies he was converted, and in 1793 became a candidate for the ministry in the Presbyterian Church, in Orange County, North Carolina. Before he was licensed to preach, however, he became discouraged, and determined to give up the idea of the ministry and engage in some other calling. Under this determination he visited his brother in the State of Georgia, and, while there, was chosen Professor of Languages in the Methodist Academy, near Washington, in 1795. In the following spring, he resigned his professorship, returned to North Carolina, attended the Orange Presbytery, and received his license to preach. Soon afterward he went to Tennessee, and finally made his way through the wilderness to Kentucky, and commenced preaching at Cane Ridge and Concord, in Bourbon County. He continued to labor in these churches until 1798, when they gave him a regular call, which he accepted, and was installed as their pastor. He preached for them several years, and during his pastorate occurred the great revival already noticed. But the liberality of his doctrine was at length complained of by the more rigid and Calvinistic, and, in 1803, the matter was brought before the Synod at Lexington. Foreseeing that the Synod would most likely decide against him, he, and four others, withdrew from its jurisdiction, and sent in their protest to the proceedings. The Synod, however, proceeded to pass on them the sentence of "suspension," for the crime of departing from the doctrines of the Confession of Faith. Upon this action of the Synod, he severed his connection with his congregations, and with his companions, formed what they termed the "Springfield Presbytery," but soon gave it up, as it savored of partyism, and then took the name of CHRISTIAN-the name given by divine appointment first at Antioch. Having divested themselves, to use his own words, "of all party creeds and party names, and trusting alone in God, and the words of His grace, we became a by word and laughing-stock to the sects around us; all prophesying our speedy annihilation."
Mr. Stone continued to live a useful life. He finally became identified with the Christian Church (called, in derision, sometimes, Campbellites),and was one of its faithful ministers until his death. In the fall of 1834, he moved with his family to Jacksonville, Ill. In October, 1844, he made a visit to his children, relatives and friends living in Missouri, from which he never returned. He died on the 9th of November, at the residence of Capt.. Samuel A Bowen, in Hannibal, Mo., at the age of 71 years. Thus passed away an able minister, a zealous Christian, and an exemplary man."
Source: Excerpts from William Perrin's "History of Bourbon Co, Scott, Harrison & Nicholas Counties", Page 50-55.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1772 - 1844 (71 years)